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ke nt folk Issue 106 August / September 2021
Your FREE Guide to Folk Events in Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond
Published by Tenterden Folk Festival, Charity No 1038663 Promoting folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions.
ISSN 2634-7830 (Print) ISSN 2634-7849 (Online)
Welcome to issue 106 August/September 2021 issue of Around Kent Folk The Government’s shock announcements that Covid restrictions would not be lifted in mid June sadly led to a spate of cancellations of folk festivals which organisers had been working hard to hold in July. The latest Fairport’s Cropredy Convention festival postponed until 11- 13 August 2022. In the absence of a government backed insurance scheme, this will have an irreversible adverse financial effect on at least some, if not all, of these mostly not for profit organisations. This has also affected some of our regular advertisers. Sandwich Folk and Ale Due to be held from 2nd to 4th July was sadly cancelled “Due to Covid-19 precautions”. Warwick Folk Festival “Following extensive planning and discussion in light of the most recent government guidelines, with huge regret it has been decided that Warwick Folk Festival, which was due to take place 15 - 18 July, will be postponed until 21 - 24 July 2022”. Chickenstock As the time of AKF going to press Chickenstock Festival are still planning to go ahead from 22nd to 25th July. Also still planning to go ahead over the next few months are Broadstairs Folk Week, Southdowns Folk Festival and Tenterden Folk Festival. See their adverts elsewhere in this issue. If you are on Twitter you should follow @kenticisms who often include folk related items. One recent one read “Originally published in “The Kentish Gazette” in 1771 “The Chathamites” paints a very unflattering portrait of 18C Chatham in Kent. Starting with the towns uniqueness before denigrating inhabitants morals & religions plus the military, finishing with a comparison to other Medway towns.” Alan Castle (Editor) PS: You can make a donation to Tenterden Folk Festival or this magazine via our websites or by post (see payment details on last page). Thank you. www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk www.aroundkentfolk.org.uk
For the latest news of online folk events check out The Folk Forecast at thefolkforecast.substack.com lots of interesting stuff there. Around Kent Folk, the independent folk magazine for Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond, which is now published six times a year by Tenterden Folk Festival, edited by me with the invaluable assistance of Andy Wood from Anmar Printing Services. Find us online at www.aroundkentfolk.org.uk and on Twitter as @AroundKentFolk, where you can always find a link to the latest and past issues of AKF. Please pass this link on to your mailing lists and place it on your social media so that as many as possible of our regular readers can find AKF online until we are able to get back to a full print run and physical distribution of the printed magazine. Stay well and take care in these difficult times
Dartford Folk Club BBC Radio 2 Best Folk Club of the year 2008 www.dartfordfolk.org.uk Enquiries: dartfordfolkclub@gmail.com
FLOOR SINGERS WELCOME (PLEASE BOOK) PRE-BOOKED GUESTS Please note all singarounds and bookings are dependent on easing of current Covid restrictions and Government legislation and are therefore subject to change and cancellation.
03 Aug - 31 Aug - AUGUST SINGAROUNDS 07 Sep 2021 - Harp & a Monkey 14 Sep 2021 - DOUBLE HEADER with… Brown Boots & The Kimberleys 21 Sep 2021 - The Shackleton Trio 28 Sep 2021 - Miranda Sykes & Hannah Martin During these uncertain times, we are keen to keep pre-booked artists in our diary and will reschedule gigs as and when appropriate. FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK PAGES
DARTFORD WORKING MENS CLUB Essex Road, DA1 2AU EVERY TUESDAY 8.30 TILL 11.00
Scene & Heard I feel like a South Eastern train announcer as I’m writing this (never see that on a dating app, do you?)… there’s a landslide on the roadmap and the big question is … does an injection of Dave Ferra save us from the Delta Blues??? By the time this issue comes out things might be open… or not.. or Zooming.. or in another pub… and we might, just might, be able to sing together… mind you, we’ve all learned to sing slightly ahead of the lip-synch so that should be interesting… As we speak Broadstairs Folk Week is going ahead, and it’s good to hear that many have decided to attend for the week to meet friends and enjoy the acts which it’s permissible to put on. Hats off to Jo Tuffs and the crew/ committee, who have goalposts moving in front of them like a tall ships race… seek out their updates and Facebook entries for latest news… It’s heartening to see that most Kent and Sussex clubs have maintained their presence on the net despite the heavy competition, and that some virtual festivals have gone ahead. The Chippenham/Chester weekend was discovered by several locals and songs of the south well featured. As many are finding, the music is the least of our worries- the technical and payment issues are varied and really do need robust professional input, with the financial implications that involves. At the least there must be Paypal or a secure way in which doesn’t involve superfluous personal details… Highlights of the past couple of months have been the emergence of music into the openonce again Orpington leads the way, with both clubs cracking on and Paul Green’s al fresco gigs featuring a wealth of interesting local acts. The sessions over in Faversham being in abeyance, Mike Wheeler and Ruth Cronk have been gathering buddies to play sociallydistanced tunes in support of end-of-life charities across the county, all nearby musicians and all for good causes. It’s wonderful to see the response from old and young alike, even if, as Helen North pointed out, That’ll Be The Day in a song set might not be entirely appropriate for Pilgrim’s Hospice… The Sandwich Festival was sadly cancelled due to new restrictions… as are many small occasions involving 60-80 singers all double-jabbed… the restrictions on singing itself which appear to be continuing after final release seem bafflingly severe. Tenterden still on the cards though… Despite the technical difficulties Pig’s Ear festival went ahead virtually, from Thanet, I believe, with recorded videos from friends like Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter, John & Di Cullen and many more. James, Erin and the crew deserve praise for taking it on. Brown Boots were featured- one of the delights of lockdown is the playing of Will Allen, rapidly gaining national status. Virtual Barn dances too, plasterers all over the Garden Of England are in constant employ… Keep an eye out for news of local club changes of venue- I’ve heard of several which are pending, keeping their advertisement until things become clearer. Everyone is being very careful to avoid conflicting with nearby clubs in the usual spirit of mutual advantage. Zoom sessions offered a useful get-out for those of us exploring the further reaches of repertoire.. at the Drum recently I was told that I’d twice been frozen by the unstable connection but all had come out well.. in fact I clean forgot the middle eight… the trick is to sit gormlessly expressioned and still until you remember where you are… Please continue to send AKF news- we will publish what we can but if we don’t know we can’t! Keep well everyone, and somehow or other let’s be out and be seen in the summer… Bob Kenward
Broadstairs 2021 isn’t the first year that Folk Week has taken place in a Festival Arena. When Jack Hamilton wanted to organise an English festival on the south coast, 55 years ago, he thought that Broadstairs was the ideal spot, as there was a suitable natural arena in the centre of town to put on shows. So, the Broadstairs Folk Show was born, outdoors, with an audience in deckchairs, dance boards for displays and at the end of each show, Jack invited the audience to join in with the last dance. There were twice daily shows, with lots of costume changes and participants using the dark damp old dungeons underneath the park. There have been many reincarnations of Folk Week – for all sorts of reasons – and in 2021, there is another – and I think we all know the reason why. Folk Week usually takes a year to organize, but it was only in March 2021 that the festival committee took the decision to go ahead. The new Festival Arena, located at the Memorial Recreation ground, next to Broadstairs railway station has an outdoor stage, a fully stocked bar from Rent-a-bar, food stall, the Children’s Creative Tent and a grassy area where you can bring your seating or blanket to watch the bands. Festival Arena Information The arena will be open from 10am to midday, free entry with some ticketed workshops taking place on-site. The Arena reopens at 12.45pm for tickets only afternoon concerts, which start at 1pm and finish at 5pm. The Arena will open again at 6.15pm for tickets only evening concerts which begin at 7pm and finish at 10pm. Please don’t bring any alcohol or food on-site or tables, gazebos. There are no reserved areas, so please ensure you arrive in good time for the concerts. We hope you will be able to support Folk Week and the musicians coming from all over the UK, by buying tickets and having a great time. A bit of history The Memorial Recreation Ground was donated to the people of Broadstairs by Dan Mason, one of Broadstairs’ unsung personalities. With his brother Charles, they founded the Chiswick Soap Company in 1878 and later, the Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish company. They looked after their employees with a pension scheme and medical clinics. Dan bought a house in Broadstairs and in 1921, 100 years ago, Dan gifted the Memorial Recreation Ground with a Bowls Club to the people of Broadstairs by way of his personal thanks to the troops who served in World War I. The park is a popular spot for children, regular walkers, the thriving Broadstairs Bowls Club and now Broadstairs Folk Week is very honoured to use part of the space for our arena site. Jo Tuffs
CD Reviews
Alden & Patterson - Hunter (10 tracks) www.christinaaldenandalexpatterson.com Welcome guests at Kent folk clubs, Christina Alden and Alex Patterson capture their lyrical lilting style attractively here. If you’ve seen them live you’ll know Hunter is a true reflection of skill used with discretion. I liked the blend of Christina’s guitar/banjo and Alex’s strings behind thoughtful vocals gracefully harmonised. Arrangements build and release tension- I was reminded of the way the best artists draw only the perfect line. These newly written tracks (8 vocal 2 instrumental) were recorded at home in Norfolk yet reflect a wider world. Hunter draws on the friendship between a Finnish wolf and bear; My Boy on an Indonesian adrift on his hut for 49 days, The Fox Song on that Arctic creature’s tracked journey from Norway to Canada in 76 days.. alongside a story of migration in Brooklyn and a magical New Year Waltz. To bring us back home there’s a Reedcutter who does everything in multiples of nine... As songwriters they have a real knack for the phrase which stays in the mind: ‘I’m a hunter now’… ‘I’m a boy cast out to sea’… ‘finding a way home’… of the fox ‘transmissions will follow where the track ends’.. (the gentle persuasive strum on this track is well worth listening to as a model for accompanists, as is the banjo on My Flower, My Companion And Me). Thoroughly recommended and let’s hope we can see Alden & Patterson in our clubs again soon. Cambridge & Walker - Wheel And Dive (12 tracks) www.cambridgeandwalker.com A twittering of birdsong precedes the title track, which brings cello and piano to a fascinating original by Joanna Walker, a swooping melody beautifully delivered. There follows a blend of traditional and soundly chosen contemporary songs, all of which are worth the listening. Two Magicians crisply alternating, Reynardine’s wistful vocalizing suggesting an innocent facing infinite menace, conveyed by haunting lap-steel, The Unfortunate Tailor (to a new tune) and a criss-cross combination of Thyme/Fair & Tender Ladies each receive well-built acoustic backings. Waltzing For Dreamers, an a cappella Briar & Rose, an unexpected David Cambridge lead vocal on Case Of You, demonstrate how well C&W bring something new to songs which have become staples of folk spots across the country. Sea Change - a Cambridge songhas a persuasive refrain; I could have listened to more of their own writing. C&W seem at home with every genre tackled here, the vocal harmonies spot on and the emotion in Hurt In Your Heart sincere. Personal playlists nowadays are rich and mighty varied, and Wheel And Dive reflects this well. Brightly finished off with accordion on the acidicly tuned Unfortunate Tailor, here’s something for everyone, well played and with plenty to admire. Bob Kenward
Tenterden Folk song and music sessions IN NORMAL TIMES AT The William Caxton West Cross, Tenterden TN30 6JR The second Tuesday of every month 8.00 for 8.30 p.m. Free, sing-a-round style folk club Floor singers, musicians storytellers, step dancers, etc. always welcome Information: E: info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk W: www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk T: 01233 626805 Tenterden Folk Club has been running consistently since 1993 Tenterden Folk Club is part of Tenterden Folk Festival (Charity No 1038663) Promoting folk song, music and dance
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Rosslyn Court
Live acoustic music in the cultural heart of Cliftonville
Live concerts and effective, fun, friendly voice/music/dance workshops +…
Concerts doors 7.15– 9 .30.
usually £12 Full list/YouTube link: www.RosslynCourt.com/concerts or Facebook book: WeGotTickets/Rosslyn Court – limited audience atm The 1st hour is also live streamed on YouTube -donations please!
August 1
A J Clarke and Dave Pegg – very limited seating-gonna be good (If they let Peggy out of France….) We are having a bit of a rest in August! September2 tba 11 John Kirkpatrick doing his thing in his very own style 16 Magpies – transatlantic neo-folk ‘making waves wherever they play’ 23 Alden and Patterson fine songwriters and multi-instrumentalists 30 tba Licenced micro bar, hot and cold soft drinks + cake! available .
Fun and Friendly socially isolated Workshops Sep 11 3-5 multi instrument session with John kirkpatrick £14 Harmonica with Nigel Feist / Kenn Ward 3 – 5 pm £14 tba Krista Bubble’s regular Fiddle club 2.30 – 4.00 £14 Clog/Step taster workshops monthly – Lesley Riding and banjo Dave 11 – 12 a.m., Aug 24, Sep 14, Oct 5+26, Nov 16, Dec 14 £10 Mandolin or Ukulele with Dick Smith - tba Call 07902140248 for workshop details. Advanced bookings: seats- WeGotTickets or 07902140248 62 Sweyn Rd, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2DD 8/33/Loop bus -please try to park on the sea front-unless your mobility is limited.. W e really appreciate the financial support w e received from the Music Venue Trust ACE an d Th anet DC
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Tonbridge Folk Club (Nellie’s) The Beer Seller, 64 High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1EH First and third Mondays of each month, 8 - 11 pm
At the time of going to press we hope to reopen the club on Monday 19th July with Martin Ledner, but this is of course subject to Covid 19 regulations.
Volunteer stewards and workforce Tenterden Folk Festival 2021
Please check our website for the latest information: tonbridgefolkclub.org
W: tenterdenfolkfestival.com/Volunteer-at-TFF/ E: chiefsteward@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
Tel: 01892 822945
Volunteer to earn your free weekend ticket
info@tonbridgefolkclub.org www.tonbridgefolkclub.org
Singdanceandplay We’re all missing our regular events and our friends. We’re particularly missing: • last Sunday of the month Castle Inn, Brenchley song and tune sessions with guests • lively mainly English tunes sessions at the Gun, Brenchley • popular workshops for tunes players • twice-yearly barndances We’re greatly looking forward to normal life resuming. Until then, we’re running weekly online Sunday night song and tune sessions from 7.30 to 9.30pm, focused as usual on the trad, the old fashioned and the entertaining. To join us, go to Singdanceandplay.net and sign up to receive our emails.
Farnborough Social Club 6 Pleasant View Pl, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7BL AUGUST
5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Singers & Musicians Nights
SEPTEMBER
2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th 23rd
Singers & Musicians Nights Jim McLean
Orpington Folk Music and Song Club exists to promote folk music and song. It is a non profit making organisation and is for those who wish to listen to or take part in an informal evening of folk music and song. For those who wish confirmation of guest(s) nights they can call any of the telephone numbers below.
Thursdays @ 8.15pm 01959 532 754 020 8325 6513 Website: www.orpingtonfolkclub.org.uk E-mail: orpingtonfolkclub@hotmail.com
Deal Folk Club Meets 8pm every Friday
Deal Folk Club is continuing to meet online for weekly singarounds via Zoom every Friday. For the latest information see our website www.dealfolkclub.org.uk. We look forward to seeing you all again in person, hopefully after the summer. Guest Nights £5, Singers Nights £2 www.dealfoIkcIub.org.uk or ring Sue on 01304-360877
MOORE or LESS FOLK CLUB Oast Community Centre, Granary Close, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7SG (next to Rainham railway station)
Live club nights due to resume on Friday 13th August, 2021 Dates: Friday 13th August, 2021 Friday 10th September, 2021
All club nights 8.30 to 11.00pm Entrance fee £4.00 ( guest nights as advertised) Enquiries to Chris Wilkin – 01634 366155 or 07821 606076
Sussex Folk News The indications are, and I’m writing this is early July, that the weekly folk clubs in Sussex are going to make a careful, slow and cautious recovery from the pandemic. According to their websites, the weekly clubs in Eastbourne, Chichester, Railway Roots in Portslade and Horsham are not yet in a position to announce any definite re-opening plans. Again the Lewes Saturday Night folk club tells us that there is nothing yet planned for a full reopening at the Elephant & Castle but in a conversation with Valmai Goodyear this morning, she told me that for each of the Saturdays in August there will be themed sing around evenings. This is the month when most folk clubs take a summer break but this club has always remained open and this year she will be using these low key August Saturdays to ‘test the water’. The monthly Brighton Acoustic is another that is still uncertain when it will re-start but Billingshurst Folk Club’s future plans show a couple of changes. This club which has its home in the lovely historic Unitarian Chapel in the town will be restarting in September with its meeting date changed from the first Friday to the first Saturday of the month and with future meetings always being Singers’ evenings, no longer with any booked guests. Hastings has always had a different approach to folk music than other places in Sussex. The town has supported fewer regular folk clubs with a strong emphasis on ceilidhs, morris and a number of high-quality regular tune and song sessions with folk song performances integrated into the regular fabric of pub and venue band gigs. Often, these gigs are advertised at fairly short notice making them inaccessible for this column. One exception that has been advertised well in advance is one by Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Trio’s first gig since November 2019 which will take place on Sunday September 5th at Manor Barn in Bexhill on Sea. To keep up to date with events in Hastings, the place to look is the Hastings Trad Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/266317346874457 . The brightest place by far for this period goes to the Southdowns Folk Festival which takes place in Bognor from 16th – 19th September and this year features top names such as Jez Lowe, Steve Tilston and Steve Knightley. This festival has been expending in scope and in size over the years. Innovations this year include the Southdowns Americana Festival, a Shanty Showdown event, Musical Minds marquee plus the popular Southdowns Ukulele Festival. Four-Day ticket holders will get great value entry to nine daytime and evening concerts from Thursday to Sunday. At the 2021 event can also expect music sessions in several different venues across Bognor Regis, an expanded dance programme, festival food and craft markets, the Sussex Young Folk Competition, the Real Ale Festival, plus excellent workshops and children’s entertainment. The brilliant, eight-piece Merry Hell are now headlining on Saturday 18th September in place of The Strawbs, who have sadly had to pull out due to medical reasons. More information and tickets at https://southdownsfolkfest.co.uk/tickets/ Looking ahead to October and November there are a number of events that catch the eye organised by Wemsfest. This is a registered Community Interest Company based in Westbourne which stages a wide range of music gigs, the WemsFest annual arts festival and other cultural events in an area which cover the very west of West Sussex and the very east of Hampshire. Concerts that will be of interest to folk enthusiasts are Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham (October 4),Eddi Reader (October 6 ) Bob Hall & Dave Kelly (October 14) and The Tannahill Weavers (November 4). More details of these in the next issue Vic Smith
Lewes Saturday Folk Club Traditional music every Saturday night
Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ 8.00 – 11.00 www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org valmaigoodyear@aol.com 01273 476757 Loyalty card: 6 evening visits = £5 off an evening Aug 7 Aug 14 Aug 21 Aug 28 Sept 4 Sept 11 Sept 18 Sept 25
Open Night Open Night Open Night Open Night Open Night Open Night Open Night Open Night
‘Desert Island Discs’ £3 ‘Gang Aft Agley’ £3 ‘What We Did On Our Holidays’ £3 ‘Far Away’ £3 ‘Magic & Enchantment’ £3 ‘Murder Most Foul’ £3 ‘Why Did We Stop Singin’ ‘Em?’ £3 ‘Harvest’ £3
WORKSHOPS 2022 (10.45 am – 4.45 pm) The tutor performs at the club in the evening. Booking forms from club website. Half-price places for 2 under-25 year-olds. 9 April Rheingans Sisters Fiddle 30 April Daoirí Farrell Bouzouki 11 June Emmanuel Pariselle & Didier Oliver Gascon trad 9 July JIB (Temples & Jim Mageean) Sea songs 23 July John Kirkpatrick Tune arranging 24 July John Kirkpatrick Vocal harmony 17 Sept Alistair Anderson Northumbrian tunesmiths Dan Walsh Clawhammer banjo ALISTAIR ANDERSON & DAN WALSH evening 15 Oct
Andy Cutting Melodeon Rob Harbron English concertina Sam Sweeney Fiddle LEVERET evening
29 Oct 11 Nov
Ben Paley Riley Baugus
Fiddle Banjo
CD Reviews
Next Slide Please - Martin Brinsford and Keith Ryan with Gareth Kiddier This is a traditional dance release from three English-based musicians, well versed in English music, but here playing mainly Irish, but also Scots, Scandinavian and American music. There’s the fiddle of Keith Ryan, the keyboards of Gareth Kiddier, and Martin Brinsford playing the harmonica and its Free-Reed cousin, the jaws harp. He also plays us the tambourine, probably the most annoying instrument of all when some b**** gets up and thrashes it, jingling around out of time, but not here, there’s a consummate use of it. Martin and I were at one of Harmonica UK’s festivals a few years ago, and we had a pleasant time blowing in a session in the café there. I remember hearing the English influences in his playing, so I was surprised how Celtic this collection is. Martin’s main instrument is the tremolo, that’s the harmonica with two chambers, one above the other, playing the same note, but with the pitch set a few cents away from each other. Although it’s a mainly Irish playlist, this doesn’t sound like those fine Irish tremolo players, the Murphy brothers or Noel Battle. To my ears, the sound is Scottish, with the stamp of the greatly underrated Jimmy Shand running through it, but perhaps that’s not surprising – these are top class dance-band players. In some of the Polkas (such as Hugh Gillespie’s) they sound Mainland Western European rather than British or Irish, perhaps a little more staccato than our styles on these islands. The sharp bite of Martin’s tremolo, cutting through and above and below the fiddle is impressive, using the similar range of the two instruments. He uses the tremolo percussively in some of the tracks, other times the fiddle and harmonica play an octave away from each other, and other times one plays straight while the other does the twiddly bits. The tremolo comes up particularly well in the Scandinavian pieces, the drone of the Hardanger Fjelle being replicated so well by the vibrating tone from the two chambers in the tremolo. They show how tightly they can play, both by the use of the tacet (shutting up for a beat or so!), and also the changing time signatures in “Trowie Burn” and “The Waterman’s Hornpipe”. The chromatic harmonica (that’s the one with the button on the end) gets into the CD too. “The Return of Spring” and “The Mountain Pathway” come from the grand old days of the chromatic harmonica. We are hearing the likes of Ronald Chesney and Max Geldray here. The Free Reed family is also represented by Martin playing the jaws harp on “The Lonesome Polkas” and “Tobin’s” then back to the tremolo for “The Frost is all Over”, with a nice change of rhythmical feel in the middle. A call for attention: we need to look after this neglected traditional instrument. There is some fine understated keyboard on this CD, by England’s own Violet Tulloch, Gareth Kiddier, his rhythmical patterns supporting and driving the tune carriers. Big shout out here to the producer, Rod Stradling, who has balanced up the sound so well. He’s kept the lively sound. I like the way he’s kept a few of the slight speed ups and slow downs that we all do, the feet tapping, the slight fluffs with the endings. He could have faked them out, but he kept them in, so we know we’re listening to humans. A fine mix of Celtic and Scandinavian traditional dance music. Jim Davies
Faversham
Every Wednesday 8.00pm Doors open 7.30 www.favershamfolkclub.net
Folk Club
The Limes
Preston Steet, Faversham ME13 8PG
Aug - Sept
There’s still music at Faversham Folk Club every Wednesday at 8pm! It’s just temporarily online… We meet on Zoom for a friendly evening of traditional and contemporary songs and a few tunes.. hosted by Ernie, Bob and Al with support from the Committee- and no chairs to put away… If you’d like to join us please contact as below and we will forward your request to the Keeper Of The List. Hints and tips on the everchanging Zoom are available to optimize your sound… it varies so much according to platform, connection and whether the guy manning the radar dish is cycling fast enough. We like to sing along with chorus songs, muted of course to reduce th latency issues, and it’s fine to play along too. Signing to singing and other participation such as dance are also encouraged, they’re your neighbours… We are keeping tabs on the developing situation regarding reopening; for now we are looking at booking a few free guest showcases, although our main emphasis is on our weekly singarounds which are always entertaining. Drop in and join uswe’re easy to find! Keep well and see you over the summer.
We meet every Wednesday for Singers’ Nights: all are welcome to perform or listen Please contact Ernie, Bob or Pat for the access code to our Zooms. Chairman/ Bookings: Pat on 01795 423674 or rjpmailbox pat@yahoo.co.uk Press/ Radio Publicity:Bob on 07885 642763 / bobkenward21c@gmail.com
Oysterband Sunday 19th September – Gulbenkian Thea Gilmore Wednesday 29th September – Gulbenkian
Autumn 2021
Eddi Reader Friday 8th October – Gulbenkian Show of Hands Thursday 28th October – St Mary’s Arts Centre, Sandwich Declan O’Rourke Friday 12th November – Canterbury Cathedral Lodge The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican Saturday 20th November – Gulbenkian (CF Hall) Usher’s Island Sunday 28th November – Gulbenkian Martyn Joseph Saturday 4th December – Waterstones, Canterbury
St Agnes Fountain Thursday 16th December – The Great Hall, Kent College, Canterbury
www.folkinthebarn.co.uk
Albion Christmas Band Saturday 18th December – Gulbenkian
EGERTON FOLK AND BLUES CLUB Meets every last Tuesday of the month, at The Barrow House, Egerton, TN27 9DJ, from 8pm. Folk. Blues and beyond. No guests, just residents and itinerants. All welcome. Hat collection.
Once normality returns Contact Jerry Hatrick (07387) 382050.
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© COPYRIGHT 1986 ROM Watson 9 Compton Close EARLEY RG6 7EA UK watson.bob@ tiscali.co.uk
WAKE ME AT WATERLOO Words & Music by Bob Watson
1. We’d travel by train up to Town every day, old Fred the arch-kipper and me, I’d always take with me some papers to read, ‘cause Fred wasn’t much company. He’d wedge ‘is self into the same corner seat, and just as the train pulled away, He’d loosen his muffler and slack off his coat, then he’d pull down his cap & he’d say: Chorus: (Blimey!) Wake me at Waterloo, old mate, wake me at Waterloo, It’s a tedious trip, so I fancy a kip, if you’ll wake me at Waterloo! 2. His time in the army had taught him the knack of catching a nap like a cat, And no one who’d seen him in action would doubt he was a past master at that. Each time that I see some old dog take a doze, it puts me in mind of old Fred – There’s some folks who can’t sleep without taking pills, but Fred could sleep stood on ‘is ‘ead, Chorus: (Saying) Wake me at Waterloo . . . . etc 3. The ticket inspectors they all knew old Fred, and they knew that he’d paid for his berth, They didn’t disturb him, they knew if they did, it was more than their lives would be worth. One day there’s a new one with bright shiny boots, officious and full of his-self, But he lost his belief at the sight of Fred’s teeth, in a snarl from the National Health! Chorus: (I said) Wake me . . . . etc Extra Verse(s) if required (See below) Insert here 4. When the time comes for Fred to enjoy his last kip, on the through train that’s bound for the skies, At the station beside of the old Pearly Gates, Saint Peter is due a surprise. As he walks down the corridor, shouting “All Change”, just think what a shock he will get, When a bleary voice says “Where the hell is this place? We ain’t got to Waterloo yet!” Chorus: (I said) Wake me . . . etc Extra Verse(s): (Insert if required between Verses 3 and 4 Above) 3 a. It’s there for to read in the history books of the champion kippers of old, There’s Mister Van Winkle and old Ethelred, plus Alfred who let cakes grow cold. At the leaving of Moscow in eighteen and twelve, there’s Napoleon sat on his horse, Who stared at his troops with a ruddy great yawn, then he said (in French lingo of course) Chorus: (Sacre Bleu!) Wake me . . etc (Spoken aside: And when ‘e did, Wellin’ton put the boot in, di’n’t ‘e?) 3 b. Now Fred had a missus who fancied some love, so she put on a nightdress of lace, She left off her curlers & threw off her stays, then she squirted some scent round the place. With a smile that was sweet, she was there ‘neath the sheet, awaiting advances from Fred, But as he climbed out of his trusty Long Johns, can you guess what old beggar said? Chorus 3b: (You’d be wrong!) I’ve just got to water the loo, old Dear, I’ve just got to water the loo, Tonight is the night, and I’ll see you all right, but first I must water the loo! © COPYRIGHT 1986 ROM Watson 9 Compton Close EARLEY RG6 7EA UK watson.bob@ tiscali.co.uk
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“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”
olk festival 2021
A Near Normal Festival!
Tenterden Folk Festival 2021 - Thursday 30th September to Sunday 3rd October We are going ahead with a Covid safe Tenterden Folk Festival with a few changes but as near normal as possible. We will still be using most of our regular venues but will move some events to the larger venues to allow audiences and performers more space, so expect to see us making more use of The Tenterden Club, The Town Hall and especially St Mildred’s Church. We have some very special events lined up for you to enjoy as well as a near normal mix of concerts, song and music sessions, workshops, sea songs and shanties session, meet the guest events, dance displays, procession, crafts and stalls, free music stage, etc. We hope to go ahead with the Friday barn dance but understand that some people may be reluctant to dance with close contact to strangers so may have to come up with some changes. You can see a full list of guests booked for the festival in our advert but there could still be some late additions so also check our website. Sadly, Jeff Warner has had to postpone his UK tour again so will not be with us this year but will be with us in 2022. Bill (Belinda) Jones has had to drop out having taken on a fulltime role with the NHS but we hope to book her another time. Chris and Steve Wilson will be making a rare duo appearance followed by the full Wilson Family next year. Recent additions to the guest list include the return of Discovery (Jeff & Elaine Gillett) and Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham and a first visit to Tenterden by Dora Darling who was recommended by our friend Nick Dow. Events of particular interest will include The Thursday Evening Concert with Brian Peters and Scolds Bridle, The Cinque Ports Sea Songs and Shanties Session with a selection of guests on Saturday, Broomdasher’s Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady which is part of a national tour of Churches and The Gilchrist Collective’s audio visual show with The Snapes, Sue Burgess and Brian Peters. We are also pleased to say that The Marsh Warblers and The Yardarm Folk Orchestra will be back with us. The list of events just goes on and on. We have also had a very good response from stallholders and already have over 30 stalls booked into the extra wide marquee on The Recreation Ground. Most of the regular stalls will be there along with several excellent new ones. Morris sides and display teams were not able to meet and practice for nearly two years but we hope to have at least 30 sides with us over the weekend, may be more, so the streets will be full of the sounds of music and bells. The procession will go ahead on Saturday as normal. We also have a good lineup of bands on the free music stage. Tickets are on sale online and by post and will be on sale from the box office over the festival weekend. For the first time we will be accepting payment by card at the festival to reduce the need for cash. You can still put cash in the collecting buckets though! More information at www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk Alan Castle and the festival committee
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention festival postponed until 1113 August 2022 Fairport Convention today announced that their annual music festival, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, has been postponed for the second time. The three-day event had been scheduled to take place on 12-14 August this year. It will now be staged over the weekend of 11, 12, 13 August 2022 on its usual farmland site in Oxfordshire. The organisers hope the current line-up of acts will be carried forward. Artists booked to appear this year have provisionally agreed to transfer their bookings to 2022. Highlights are expected to include Trevor Horn Band, Clannad, Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited, Richard Thompson, and host band Fairport Convention. Festival Director Gareth Williams said: “We’re left with no other choice than to postpone our festival again. We have reached the point where we’d need to spend big money but without any certainty we could go ahead. The dilemma we are facing is simple – proceed and risk potentially going out of business or postpone for a year and live to fight another day.” “So far, despite over six months of lobbying, the government has failed to support any form of Covid-related cancellation insurance scheme for the festival industry,” Mr Williams continued. Also, there has been no guidance on what mitigations might be required post Step 4. This has made it effectively impossible to plan this year’s event.” “Like the rest of the festival industry, we’ve tried everything we can to keep going but I’m afraid we would be placing Cropredy’s future in serious jeopardy if we were to go ahead.” Mr Williams said tickets purchased in 2020 and 2021 will be valid for the rescheduled festival. “Ticket buyers who can’t attend next year will be entitled to a refund,” he added, “but we hope people will hang on to their tickets until next year. This will help us keep the festival going throughout the coming months while we prepare a great weekend of music for next summer.” Cropredy 2022 provisional line-up Thursday 11 August 2022 Trevor Horn Band, Clannad, Edward II, The Thumping Tommys, Fairport Acoustic Friday 12 August 2022 Steve Hackett – Genesis Revisited, Turin Brakes, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Martyn Joseph, Home Service, Emily Barker, Maddie Morris Saturday 13 August 2022 Fairport Convention (including the fifty-first anniversary of Full House), Richard Thompson, Matthews Southern Comfort, Rosalie Cunningham, The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican, Holy Moly and The Crackers, Richard Digance.
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Tweeted by @kenticisms “Originally published in “The Kentish Gazette” in 1771 “The Chathamites” paints a very unflattering portrait of 18C Chatham in Kent. Starting with the towns uniqueness before denigrating inhabitants morals & religions plus the military, finishing with a comparison to other Medway towns.”
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED… There is a pub in deepest Kent, they call The Rising Sun, And it’s been the ruin of many poor band, and we, oh yes, we’re one. The only place there is to play, is standing by the Gents, Or else we’re roasting by the fire, or shivering out in tents. The Landlord is a stingy sod, he’d rather us play for free; He gives us beer the whole night long, then deducts it from our fee. The punters are not interested, they’d rather than stand and chat, Until you play ‘The Wild Rover’, or some other tat like that. The only thing a folk band needs, is every song that’s sung, And the only time the crowd’s satisfied, is when they’re all damned drunk. We always get some strange requests, like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, And then complain it’s not the same, as on their own CD. The Landlord likes his Rock and Roll, like the old Swinging Blue Jeans, His wife she likes Traditional Jazz, from down in New Orleans. The Government’s changed the Licence Laws, live music’s now a crime; ‘Happy Birthday’ cannot be played, or even ‘Auld Lang Syne’. They’d made life hard for folk musicians, with just two in a bar, Whilst soloists with backing tracks, make much more noise by far. You’ll have to have a licence now, to sing carols indoors, And all those in pub singarounds, are now branded outlaws. Soon you’ll need a Risk Assessment, to play darts or dominoes, As singing songs is a fire hazard, as everybody knows. So patrons tell your neighbours now, to keep away from us, We might induce a public riot, or spontaneously combust. The Landlord’s got some plasma screens, to pull punters from home, So all night long they watch matches, between two teams unknown. We’ve MTV, sport and striptease, and drinking all night long, But there’s only any noise nuisance, lifting your voice in song. So with one foot in the fireplace, and one foot in the hall, I’m going back to playing pool, another load of balls. There is a pub in deepest Kent, they call The Rising Sun, And it’s been the ruin of many poor band, and we, oh yes, we’re one. JJ Crossley 2003
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Tenterden
“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”
olk festival 2021
A brief history of… The Living Tradition The Living Tradition is a full colour, A4 folk and traditional music magazine, published five times a year. Now in its 28th year, the magazine has built a great reputation and solid readership base around the globe from its home in Ayrshire, Scotland, and more recently in Donegal, Ireland. Its main aim is to highlight the rich heritage of traditional music in the UK, Ireland and further afield, and bring it to a wider audience. But who in their right mind would want to start a folk music magazine? Few, if any, start out as serious business projects, most magazines evolving out of some other related activity. For The Living Tradition, that activity was folk club and festival organisation. Raising three children meant that, for the young Pete and Heather Heywood, involvement in folk music was done on a local basis, but it was an important part of life. In the early seventies, they started a folk club in Kilmarnock, and they were also a key part of the team running the Girvan Folk Festival. With a responsible position in ‘the day job’ also demanding attention, something had to give for Pete. “I felt that I had to either concentrate fully on the day job or make a complete break,” he said. “So I set about exploring options to start a folk development agency.” The Development Agency, named Inform, was constituted as a ‘not for profit’ arts organisation with Pete and Heather Heywood and close friends, Janetta and Peter Fairbairn as directors. Although the formal business name was Inform, the tagline was ‘The Living Tradition’. That name became the obvious choice for the magazine that came a little later. The roots of The Living Tradition magazine lie in Sandy Bells Broadsheet, ‘the newsletter of the Scottish folk scene’ which ran for a decade or so, and then was followed by The Broadsheet and The Scottish Folk Gazette. When the editors decided they wanted to pass on the baton, the timing was right for Pete, and taking on the magazine became part of his strategy. He wanted to create a publication which would be relevant outside of Scotland as well as in it. And so The Living Tradition was born and became not just a Scottish magazine, but one focussing on the traditional folk music of all parts of the UK, Ireland and beyond. 28 years or so and 140 issues down the line, and the magazine has developed into one of the main folk music publications on the market, and one of the few national magazines still going! Recent coverage has included articles on Martin Simpson, Jock Duncan, Chris Newman
& Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Fay Hield, Mossy Christian, Patterson Dipper, Malinky and The Old Swan Band, as well as articles on song collections, historical characters and folkrelated issues. When describing its significant achievements, Pete talks about The Tradition Bearers, a record label he began as a development of the magazine. “We felt that in the modern folk revival, many great singers were being overlooked in favour of the glamour and glitz of the more ‘commercially appealing’ artists. This was an imbalance that we wanted to redress and so we recorded a series of albums with singers who we felt were closer to the true bearers of the tradition. These albums have been distributed widely and have helped to bring these singers and songs to the attention of people interested in the tradition. I am very proud of what we have achieved.” The Living Tradition has gone through a period of transition over the last decade and Pete’s daughter Fiona, and her husband Jim Byrne, now manage to day to day running of the magazine from their home in Donegal. They are both involved in the music and have a passion to see the work of the magazine continue. Pete and Heather remain actively involved from the other side of the Irish Sea. Though recent times have made print publication a difficult business, The Living Tradition continues to fulfil its aims of promoting traditional folk music and musicians through its pages, thanks to the loyal support of its subscriber-base and regular advertisers. If folk music is your thing, a subscription is well worth looking into. www.livingtradition.co.uk.
Pete and Heather Heywood
TENTERDEN
olk festival 2021
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Tenterden
“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”
Thu 30th Sept to Sun 3rd October Folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions
A Covid safe Festival. Check our new website for the latest details
tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk All details subject to Covid restrictions and government advise
Guests: Bob & Gill Berry, Brian Peters, Broomdasher, Dick Miles, Discovery (Jeff & Elaine Gillett), Dora Darling, Graeme & Heather Knights, (Jeff Warner - moved to 2022), Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Morrigan, Pete Castle, Peter & Barbara Snape, Scolds Bridle, Steve Turner, Tom Patterson, Tom Perry & Clive Brooks, The Tonic with Fee Lock, Chris & Steve Wilson, The Wilson Family ~ (moved to 2022) More still to be confirmed Plus up to 50 Morris sides and dance display teams
Local and regular guests Bob Kenward, Chris Roche, Gavin & Julie Atkin, Jerry Crossley, John & Di Cullen, Malcolm Ward, Marsh Warblers, Peter Collins, Portside, Rattlebag, Roger Resch, Spare Parts, Sue Watson, Travelling Folk, Vic & Tina Smith, Vic Ellis one man band Free music stage & showcase guests Ashford Folk Band, Broomdasher, Highworth Folk Band, The Kukes, Lunatraktor, New Frontier, Nunhead Folk Circle, Open Water, Direction Corsairs, Yardarm Folk Orchestra More still to confirm
CONTACT INFORMATION: Festival director: Alan Castle, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 3HA E: alan@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk Crafts & stalls: Margaret White E: info@tenterdencraftfair.org.uk Chief steward: Sally Williamson E: chiefsteward@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk Dance co-ordinator: Spud Jones E: dance@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
Tenterden Folk Festival Registered charity No. 1038663
CD Reviews
Ashley Hutchings - Ninety-nine. Impressions Talking Elephant TECD 464 How many people can say that they have made 100 albums over their music career? Ninety-nine. Impressions is Ashley’s 99th album so he will soon be able to say so! Those albums of course range from work with Steeleye Span, various versions of Albion Bands and many, many more and often included different amounts of spoken work. This album follows several of Ashley’s recent albums in that includes both poems and music, but it is also different in that all the 15 tracks are poems or spoken word and the music is there to support that. Some of the words are taken from well known quotations and sources but, at Blair Dunlop’s suggestion, this album also includes many of Ashley’s own words. The musicians adding the atmosphere to the spoken words are Bair Dunlop and Sid Peacock on guitars, Jacob J Stoney on keyboards, and Ruth Angell on violin and extra vocals. Ashley says “This album not to be listened to whilst driving or doing carpentry” and once you hear it you will know why; you have to sit an concentrate on the words not on anything else. It is certainly not background music. I’m now looking forward to that 100th album. Banter Three - Mrs Casey Records MCRCD1202 On this, Banters’ third album, the trio are Tim Walker, Simon Care and Nina Zella plus guest appearances from John Spiers on melodion on The Labourer, and Phil Beer on fiddle and guitar on Unquiet Grave. Some of tracks have the full sound with Tim’s brass, drums, and percussion backing Simons melodeon or concertina, and Nina’s keyboards. All three band members provide the vocals. The 12 tracks on this album include 11 traditional songs and tunes plus one, Home Sweet Home, credited to John Reading/Zella. Traditional tracks include Forsaken Maiden, Gloucester Hornpipe, Blackbird and Thrushes and Rare Bog. The style ranges from fairly traditional to more contemporary with influences from jazz and blues as well as barn dance and Morris but remains reminiscent of what you would get in a live show. An insert gives you all the words and other information. Well worth adding to you collection. Whistlebow Trio - Whistlebow Cabin Creation Records CC06 This, the debut album from the Whistlebow Trio is due for release on International Crumhorn Day, 3rd October 2021. The trio comprise the flutes and crumhorns of Will Summer, cello from Rupert Gillett and vocals from Patricia Hammond. Tracks range widely from Cyril Tawney’s Sally Free and Easy to Henry VIII’s Pastime With Good Company, by way of The Cuckoo, Searching for Lambs, and Tourdion by Cesar Geoffray. Some of the arrangements owe a lot to traditional folk, while others owe
more to jazz and early music and perhaps the influence of The City Waits. The musicians’ backgrounds are obviously diverse but they blend together well and provide and interesting sound. Well worth a listen and I would like to see them live. Green Diesel - After Comes the Dark Talking Elephant TECD463 Faversham based Green Diesel’s fourth album was released on 16th July and I’m sure will be their most successful and popular yet. With a new five piece line up, plus a guest, and a set that includes tradition tracks and tracks written by all the band members in true folk rock style they manage to sound more Steeleye than Steeleye. Several tracks have a sound which could have been influenced by the Wintersmith album. Ellen Care has a clear distinct voice on lead vocals and violin, Paul Dadswell is the new drummer and also a vocalist, Matt Dear contributes lead guitar and vocals, Ben Holliday is on bass, and Greg Ireland manages to add guitar, bouzouki, dulcimer, mandolin, keyboards, percussion and vocals. They are joined on Dusty Fairies (King of the Fairies, Dusty Miller, Rusty Gully) by Ellen’s dad Chris Care on concertina. Other traditional tracks include I Wish My Love and Katy Cruel. Greg describes this album as being “folk in technicolor” with extra textures added in the studio and went on to say that it was also influenced by prog rock and “the Canterbury sound”. Some tracks however have a much more live sound. Green Diesel have been a popular festival band since starting in 2009 and frequently play at Broadstairs Folk Week, Faversham Hop Festival, Rochester Sweeps and Tenterden Folk Festival amongst many others, you so should get a chance to hear them playing material off this album live somewhere soon. The only thing lacking are any detailed sleeve notes. Definitely one to add to your CD collection. Alan Castle (Editor) Victory Morris Singers - Heave The Lead/ Swing The Lead (15 tracks each) wwwvictorymorrismen.org.uk A brace of CDs which lift the spirits no end- Victory Morris singing the songs they sing in the bar after they’ve danced, after they’ve earned a jug or two. They capture the kind of atmosphere we are all missing, the joy of singing together, finding harmonies, giving it all we’re got. Led by singers like John Bartlett, Pete Luscombe, Una Bolton, Ron Fidler, Alan Glock and many others, these sessions were recorded in the Irish Club Southsea, and the songs are familiar to all who have propped up the Nep, Wrotham Arms and other venues of sound character in Broadstairs over the years. Standards like I Can Hew, Hal And Tow, The Good Old Way and Follow Me ‘Ome ring out alongside Kerry Manning’s Rout Of The Booze and Carrie Hodgson’s delightfully apt Dancing With Men…… the musicians join in with three tunes each time, variety being the spice, and if you were looking to build or add to a repertoire of great chorus songs here’s where. I enjoyed singing along at home. Seek it out! Bob Kenward
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