Around Kent Folk issue 116 for April - May 2023

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Welcome to issue 116 April/May 2023 issue of Around Kent Folk

The good news in this issue includes the re-opening of Deal Folk Club on a new night in a new venue. They will now meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month from 7.15 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. at St. Andrews Church Hall, West Street, Deal CT14 6DZ. There will be a mix of guests and singers nights and admission will be £3.00 for singers nights and £7.00/£8.00 on guest nights. Tea and coffee will be available or you can take your own drinks. See the advert in this issue for more details.

We are now at the start of the festival season and it is good to see so many festivals announcing full programmes of events and guests. This year’s local festivals will include Rochester Sweeps, Hastings Jack in the Green, Chickenstock, Pigs Ear Folk and Ale, Broadstairs Folk Week, Southdown Music Festival and Tenterden Folk Festival. Other festivals popular with our readers include Chippenham, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, New Forest, Sidmouth, Warwick, Whitby, and many others. I shall certainly be going to several of them and hope to meet some of you there.

I recently attended the Association of Festival Organisers online conference. Topics discussed included:

• The health and welfare of the festival team, artists and ticketholders, etc.

• Should artists help to market events through their websites and social media

• The proposed “Martyn’s Law” and how it will impact all festivals and events

• Greener environmentally friendly festivals

• A whistlestop tour to Arts Council England Project Grants

• Gender balanced festival and event programming

• Bringing in guest artists from overseas and what paperwork is needed for them work legally in England

• Working to improve access for disabled people to festivals and venues

Some of these issues could be controversial and other could impact on festival budgets so it was very good to hear the views of people who are very knowledgeable in their fields. The AFO are now planning their first face to face conference since Covid for November 2023. If you are involved in festival organisation you should plan to be there.

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.

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Stay well and take care in these difficult times

Front cover: Photo by Philip L Hinton taken at Tenterden Folk Festival 2022. Morena Slovak Dancers will be dancing at Rochester Sweeps Festival.

News from the North West Passage

As one Rising Sun morphed into the Kemsing Folk & Blues Club the former Good Intent Club’s new home is at The Rising Sun, Delce Street, Rochester ( 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ) keeping folk music alive in Medway alongside Rainham’s More or Less Club.

Dartford’s earlier start and finish time seems to be working well and a varied line up of guests is holding audience numbers up.

A recent visit by Martyn Joseph to Bessels Green Baptist Chapel provided a rare opportunity to see him in a smaller venue and he did not disappoint.

The perceptible blending of folk music and other genres at open mic nights continues at a number of venues such as Eltham’s Bob Hope Theatre and the many afternoon and evening events organised by Paul Green around Orpington. Orpington Folk Club at Farnborough Social Club continues to meet weekly with at least one guest per month and we are lucky to have Keith Stockman promoting larger concerts under the St Edith Folk banner - all worthy of our active support.

Joe Whittaker

DEAL FOLK CLUB

1st and 3rd Thursdays 7.15pm-10pm St Andrews Church Hall, West Street, CT14 6DZ

April 6th – Singers Night

April 20th – Bob Kenward

May 4th – Singers Night

May 18th – Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

June 1st – Singers Night

Admission: £8 Guest Nights, £3 Singers Nights Tea & coffee available or bring your own drink

www.dealfolkclub.org.uk Information 01-304-360877

The Silver Darlings shanty group from Southend

CD Reviews

The Magpies - Undertow 11 Tracks

An arresting rhythmic start announces a delicious collection of songs and tunes in guitar/fiddle/ banjo/ dobro conjunction. It’s not long before the triple harmonies kick in with the news that Now Is Not Then. Kate Griffin, Bella Gaffney and Holly Brandon play and sing admirably in Americana style. I admire their neatly placed instrumentals Solstice and Colin’s/The Mariner/ Tiredness Kills which capture the sweep of wide open skies. If you enjoy The Staves you will relish also Magpies’ emphasis on their original lyrics, and their handling of Hares On The Mountain. They tackle I Never Will Marry convincingly, with the twang of oldtimey youth. All of their own songs are well worth the listening. There’s a hint of Yorkshire grit in the storytelling. There’s no lyric sheet but you don’t need one. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These), covered in their own style, concludes in fine fashion. A lovely sound, well worked out and persuasive.

Brooks Williams & Dan Walsh - Fortune By Design 10 Tracks

Oh yes... spot-on clawhammer and finger licks with dandy guitar, that sense of space all around the picking from this quickfire duo. The Trad Boneparte Crossing The Rhine/ Lockdown Hoedown combines like brandy and a shot of silver. There’s social angst (Just Listen) to tug the heart and the wry Well Well Well. Credits shared for Stays

The Same and a silky smooth Sin To Tell A Lie. Their live bounce on stage is captured, a coupla hi-class musicians having fun and letting us in on the gig. Buddy riffs. Catch them in concert if you can, too.

Bob Kenward

Megson - What Are We Trying to Say? EDJ033

Megson are Debbie Hanna on vocals and accordion and Stu Hanna on vocals, banjo, mandolin, mandola, fiddle and guitars. On this album they are joined by John Parker on double base. Eight of the 10 tracks on the album were written by Debbie and Stu. The other two are Canny Old Blind Willie, which was taken from The Newcastle Song Book from 1842, and The Barber’s News which was written by John Shield (1768 to 1848) and set to music by Debbie and Stu. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Megson in concert a couple of times and this album is a good representation of what they do live and makes me want to see them again.

Alan Castle (Editor)

Scene & Heard

Just now the frost is off the larch, the early flowers are out, and it’s time to anticipate the summer festivals… over the winter there’s definitely been a gradual rise in audience numbers for guests at clubs as confidence gains. Larger gatherings like the Sussex Sing were full of fine participants from all over the country, and interestingly I hear that some Zoom sessions are being continued too, reflecting the fact that our South-Eastern folk strikes a chord right around the world.

Congratulations to the Session Band, who have achieved their ambitious lockdown target of £10,000+ for hospices around Kent in 2021-2. Led by Mike Wheeler & Ruth Cronk, they gathered first to play music in public in Faversham marketplace and Tunbridge Wells, a bucket to the fore. Canterbury, Deal, Sittingbourne, Sheerness, Maidstone… over two summers a lot of talented local musicians came out into the sun to play two hours of jigs, reels and gems from their extensive repertoires. As Mike says, ‘it blossomed with enthusiasm into a well motivated force with a worthy cause.’ Early days, it was wonderful to see so many children dancing as they passed and shoppers in general were most generous. ‘Live music back again’ was the overwhelming reaction. Thanks to all who were enticed out on Saturday mornings and to Ruth for her delicious lunches…!

The Market Inn sessions continue each Tuesday, 8-10 now.

There’s a flurry of recording which should bear fruit in the summer- James Kerry has his album in production, Danny Tonks likewise, and after the chart success of Will Allen’s ‘English Fiddle’ with Rowan Piggott (himself preparing another) he is contemplating new tunes for his next. A delight to hear, as all have the folk repertoire deeply embedded in their

wide-ranging portfolios.

A great pleasure to hear Bully Wee in Kent, sadly for the last time as they are retiring as a band. Their set spanned the years, Ian Cutler’s flying fingers frying jigs, Colin Reece enticing Lady Lovibond out of the mist and a tumbling, rolling ability to switch from ballad to revel. Flute, mandolin, bazouki, all in the best possible taste. Colin plans to continue to play as usual in Medway with the likes of Steve Shorey, which is good news. Good to catch up with old friends and audience faithfuls like Derek, Pete, Linda, Dave and Russ in the crowd…

Grand evenings from Dave Ellis & Boo Howard, Dave Ferra and Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter recently- all with fresh songs to augment their most requested. I can recommend sitting in the front row for DF, a masterclass for slide guitar and such polite introductions… all generous with their advice and warm professionalism.

Deal Folk Club is reopening on THURSDAYS at a new venue as from February… St Andrews Church Hall, West St CT14 6DZ with guests once a month, singers other evenings. March 16 is Derek Gifford, April 20 sees Bob Kenward ( who he?) , an evening of Kentish song with plenty of involvement, and for May 18 Johnny Dyer & Vicki Swann.

New monthly Irish session at Rosslyn Court in Cliftonville led by the irrepressible Una Bellingham, third Tuesdays of the month... 8-10pm ... hoping to hold future concerts...

Sarah Paley of Morrigan has been virtually pedalling herself round the globe… stung by a remark from a young relative, I’ve been exploring world music again. Vic would know more, it seems to me that the internet is a two-way blessing. An honour to host part of the Sussex Sing- newly ensconced in the Elephant & Castle, and a triumph for the organisers Valmai, Bryan et al. Always cheering in the heart of winter, a log fire burning and 148 different songs of love, cheer and goodwill. Strange to miss Sandra Goddard, Pete Collins and not to see Jerry Jordan this year, but as ever the company was lively and the choruses rang. For me the new year begins when Jim Glover sings Belloc and Ken Hobbs entertains… Will Duke delightfully engages with murder and bloaters… Marian Button ballads…Moose Rosser connects old songs with recent events…and the harmonies rise into the night…

Onwards, then: Sweeps from Sat 29 Apr- Mon 1 May is a must, with morris and folk acts all over the streets and gardens. The Castle stage has ever-popular Sur Les Docks and Silver Darlings, a female shanty group, among its attractions; the Gordon Hotel Marquee will host Loins with the Dredgermen to celebrate the songs of Chris Broderick, whilst there are four more music stages during the day offering a plethora of good acts… and its all free! Come and say hi at the Boley St Stage, if you’re passing- its’s always enjoyable to share a bit of time and catch up on your news…

Broadstairs planning is well advanced, 11-18 Aug; set your alarm clocks for Granny’s Attic, Tim Edey, Lady Maisery and Katie Spencer… working on the new KSC show Where Are You Going To as we speak, which is always interesting. John & Di Cullen, Sue Watson, Sue Evans and Laurie Jeal all contributing, songs, tunes and plenty of new material. Sessions as before with extensive use of the Sailing Club, Baptist Centre and daily Woodsheds in the Wrotham. Plenty to choose from!

Best wishes to all, and I’ve put one in for Ian Petrie... will he spot it???

Bob Kenward

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)

*** PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW START TIME OF 8PM ***

DOORS OPEN AT 7.15PM

FEATURED GUESTS

04 Apr - The Fritillaries

11 Apr - Suthering

18 Apr - Johnny Coppin

25 Apr - Rag Mama Rag

(Rescheduled from November 2021)

02 May - John Richards and Jim Sutton

09 May - Jon Doran and Janice Burns

16 May - Robb Johnson

23 May - Katie Spencer

30 May - Linde Nijland and Bert Ridderbos

FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK PAGES DARTFORD

Essex Road, DA1 2AU

EVERY TUESDAY 8.00 TILL 10.30

7-9 JULY 2023

STUNTNEY

SOHAM RD · ELY · CB7 5TR

★ F erocious Dog ★ Eliza Carthy Trio ★ Edward II ★ Gerry Colvin Band ★ Katie Spencer

The Willows ★ Banter ★ Seto Kanuteh ★ The Often Herd

The Magpies ★ The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonigan

The Finn Collinson Band ...and lots more. *All artists confirmed subject to contract MORRIS DISPLAYS, REAL ALE BAR, TRADE STALLS, WORKSHOPS, DANCES, CHILDRENS’ ENTERTAINMENT

WEEKEND TICKETS: Tier 1 from £99; Tier 2 from £112; Tier 3 from £126 Concessions available

Children under 12yrs free

Day Tickets available

Box office: www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk

CD Reviews

James Kerry - Source Private label JK2022CD

www.Jameskerrymusic.com

On this, his first solo CD, James Kerry is joined by James Delarre on violin, viola and mandolin, as well as Tom Kitchen on violin and mandolin and Danny Tonks on acoustic guitar. James is probably best known for playing melodeon with Foot Down and The Hilltop Ceilidh Band who most of you will have seen, heard or danced to at local festivals including Broadstairs Folk Week, Tenterden Folk Festival and others. James is also well known for his involvement with Pigs Ear Folk and Ale and organising other local events, running bars and a PA hire business. Very much a man of many parts. Source showcases James’s skill and melodeon and his love for high energy English dance music, both traditional and contemporary. About half the CD is traditional tunes including Brighton Camp, The Staffordshire Hornpipe and Blue Eyed Stranger. Four tunes were written by James and one each by Robert Whitehead and Otis A Thomas. The CD comes in a well designed cardboard cover with a small illustrated insert which tells you about the artists. The title of the album reflects James’s love of the Kentish countryside and its rivers and waterways. There will be a country wide tour to promote the album later in the year which will include Broadstairs Folk Week, Rosslyn Court in Margate, Graylingwell Chapel in Chichester and many other venues. This is definitely an album you should have a listen to.

Alan Castle (Editor)

Bass & Taylor – Blue Water

I’m not sure how familiar people will be with Anna Bass & Ray Taylor from Essex who I recently encountered on Zoom, and who impressed me immediately with their live sound. They have been playing and singing together since 2009, both as a duo and as part of folk band Two Coats Colder. This cd Blue Water was recorded by sound expert Jonny Dyer and mixed by Phil Snell who both also contributed to the overall sound with backing instrumentation and vocals. It contains a variety of songs, the majority of which were self penned, with Anna as the lead singer on most tracks and Ray providing beautiful guitar accompaniment and backing vocals. What particularly strikes me about this cd is the diversity of subject matter – they are not afraid to tackle any subject, from steam locomotives, to pit ponies, to barges transporting goods, families being torn apart by war, deep sea research and a touching tribute to Anna’s father “Two wrongs don’t make a right”. Each song well crafted and performed, with some catchy choruses and memorable refrains. A lovely laid back sound and very easy on the ear. I can also see why they have chosen to include five tracks written by David Edgington which add even more to the variety of material. I particularly loved one of his songs The Morris – a jolly song in celebration of traditional dance, and The Lifeboats, about the days when lifeboats were powered by oars. If you are not familiar with Anna and Ray (Bass & Taylor) then please give this cd a listen

it contains some lovely songs beautifully presented.

Sue Watson

April - May

Yes, Faversham Folk Club is open every Wednesday, 8 pm til 1030... we welcome performers and audience to our popular Singers’ Nights. On Guest nights, floor spots are welcomed by M/Cs if you arrive soon enough. A warm welcome is always available at The Limes!

5 April Brown Boots - Superb duo Will Allen & Martin Clarke, fiddle and melodeon, wonderful traditional melodies from highly respected rising stars. £8/9

19 April Si Barron - DADGAD guitar wizard and fine singer returns to dazzle with his deft arrangements, again rooted firmly in the tradition. £8/9

26 April Jackie Oates - Well-admired and charismatic singer brings her wide repertoire and catchy fiddle playingyou’ve seen her at festivals, come and see her close to. £10/11

10 May Peter & Barbara Snape - Something unusual always just around the corner from masters of variety and cracking musicians - plenty to smile at! £8/9

24 May Border Crossing - Local heroes who stepped in at a moment’s notice back for a cornucopia of Scots and Southern songs- will John’s beard be tamed? Will Dean bring his Submarine? Bound to be a good chorus night. £7/8

All others Singers’ Nights, and not, necessarily, as advertised in the local paper, Swingers. All other Wednesdays are Singers Nights, only £2, where traditional mixes with contemporary and jollity is encouraged.

We ask that you please test yourself before coming to the club, to keep guests and all of us safe and well. We do what we can to ventilate and keep safe by distancing. See you at the Limes!

NEW MOORINGS

Dedication to John Masefield (1878-1967)

Format and Rhythm as his famous and much-loved poem “Cargoes”

Long and lanky tanker with her bridgeworks aft’ards, Cutting through the ocean like a lean sharp dart, With a cargo of crude oil, won from a shalebed -Lifeblood for the beating of the new, hungry heart.

Giant steel container, travelling as a unit, Moving from a lorry, to a train, to a ship, With but scarcely the need for a man’s hand to touch it, Right from the start to the end of the trip.

Heavy duty crane hook, swinging from a gantry, Long and snaking hoseline from the ship to the shore; The cargoes of new times have need of new havens -They can’t use the moorings of old any more.

Havens of yesteryear turning to marinas, Or filled up with rubble when they’re drained and they’re dry: Just a turn on the wheel in the voyage of progress, The new growing old in the wink of an eye.

Aluminium cutter with her man-made mains’l, Warping from the basin on the floodtide’s flow; As children of venturers clear their new moorings, The ghosts of the tall ships watch as they go.

Handsome Tudor galleon, raised up from the seabed, Looking down the Solent to the Channel, to the sea, While the last British coaster with her spring-cleaned smokestack Nuzzles at her fenders by a timeworn quay.

Long and lanky tanker from the Quinquirime waters, Homeward bound to haven by the Estuary shore, Blows a toot on her hooter to scatter the small ships That sail where the tall ships went sailing before.

© 1986 Bob Watson 9 Compton Close, Earley, READING, RG6 7EA

Tonbridge Folk Club (Nellie’s)

Ye Olde Chequers Inn, 122 High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1AS

First and third Mondays of each month, 8 - 11 pm

Subject to the Covid 19 emergency, please check our website for the latest information tonbridgefolkclub.org

3rd April Martin Ledner

17th April Caroline Kendall

15th May Paul McGladdery

5th June Border Crossing

19th June Milton Hide

3rd July The Twagger Band

17th July Tony Wilson

Tel: 01892 822945

info@tonbridgefolkclub.org

www.tonbridgefolkclub.org

Singdanceandplay.net

• Julie and Gavin Atkin sing and play mainly trad material. Julie is a fine singer with a repertoire of songs about women’s lives. She also plays piano. Meanwhile Gav is a multi-instrumentalist, a sensitive accompanist, and plays and sings lots of tunes and story songs (serious and silly)

• Our first and third Sunday night Zoom sessions are free, friendly, fun and safe. Email to join us!

• Gavin runs a tunes session at The Peacock Inn, Iden Green, on the first Monday of the month, from 8pm, and a twice-monthly tunes-playing meetings with Goudhurst U3A on Mondays

Email for details!

• The Tonic barn dance and ceilidh band: ‘A great band – music that makes you want to get up and dance! So good that we book them every year!’ John Sweeney, dance organiser

• Contact: gmatkin@gmail.com

Farnborough Social Club

6 Pleasant View Pl, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7BL

APRIL

6th, 13th, 27th Singers & Musicians Nights

20th Liz Simcock

MAY

4th Dave Plane

11th, 18th, 25th Singers & Musicians Nights

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 @ 8pm

01959 532 754 020 8325 6513

Website: www.orpingtonfolkclub.org.uk

E-mail:orpingtonfolkclub@hotmail.com

CD Reviews

Milton Hide - The Holloway

A most enjoyable second album from Josie and Jim Tipler. Right away we are in acoustic folk settings, reflecting their rural Sussex home near Wilmington. There’s a fresh, live feel, just like seeing them in person as I’ve had the pleasure of doing at Sweeps and at folk clubs: I wish more recordings were as crisp and honest. There are hints of overdub, sure, (some bass, violin and electric guitar) neatly mixed; however it’s the strength of lyric and match to words which stands out. All Gone South and Cuckmere are both appropriately warm and contemplative. Josie’s clarinet adds verve, as does Jim’s nifty fretwork, which befits a duo whose live act is well considered and entertaining. They’ve written all the songs and there is humour and variety- from Widow’s Revenge to The Happiest Man On Earth. Their first album, Temperature’s Rising, was full on and excellent in its own right. The Holloway takes us into territory much closer to home and has absorbed the atmosphere of Sussex Downland- a more measured delight. Check it out- it’ll be time well spent.

The Trials Of Cato - Gog Magog Self Release

WANTED

LPs, EPs, 45s, CDs

Folk, blues, reggae, jazz and rock

Collections or smaller items

Best prices paid

Bob Kenward

Ring Collin 07860 354 135

WANTED

LPs, EPs, 45s, CDs

WANTED

LPs, EPs, 45s, CDs

Folk, blues, reggae, jazz and rock Collections or smaller items

I rarely quote press releases, however Trials Of Cato’s is spot on. ‘Awash with a spray of styles… unexpected instrumental explorations of the outer edges of folktronica & trad-jazz… swallowing the folk tradition whole and completely reimagining it in a contemporary context… demonstrating the Trials’ unique ability to push the boundaries of their genre…’ 12 tracks here, feisty percussive banjo, lyrics to interpret, reminiscent of the outer reaches of Yes … virtuosity where the only constant is that things will change before you can get hold of them. The standout track is Aberdaron, which is sung in lyrical Welsh- the arrangement is gorgeous. The Huckleberries came to mind in the repetitions of riff and the absorption of world rhythms- as Phillip Larkin said in All What Jazz of Miles Davis, some of it must have been quite hard to do. ‘Thrilling, bold, unexpected… sashays and struts… a musical furrow all of its own…’ You might, as I did, find yourself agreeing and disagreeing track by track. New directions

Best prices paid

Ring Collin 07860 354 135

Folk, Blues, reggae, jazz and rock Collections or smaller items, best prices paid

Ring Collin 07860 354 135

Bob Fox & Billy Mitchell

Saturday 1st April, Barham Village Hall

The Young Uns

Thursday 13th April, St Mary’s Sandwich

www.ashfordcommunitylottery.co.uk/

Meets every last Tuesday of the month, from 7.00 pm. All welcome.

No paid guest performers, just residents, itinerants and wayfaring strangers (rich or poor).

PA available if you need it. Hat collection (if you need one).

Contact details: Jerry ‘Hatrick’ Crossley

Phone - 07387 382050

Facebook - EgertonFolkandBluesClub

LewesSaturdayFolkClub

TraditionalmusiceverySaturdaynight Elephant&Castle,WhiteHill,LewesBN72DJ8.00–11.00

www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org

valmaigoodyear@aol.com

01273476757

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April1TheWilsons GloriousvocalharmonyfromTeesside Emailtoreservetickets.

All-dayvocalharmonyworkshop–emailtobook

(10.45am–4.45pm£452under25-year-olds£22)

April8EasterComeAllYe Bringsongs&tunestosuitthe theme.Home-madeEasterbiscuits.

April15OldSpot USOld-timefromRowanPiggot(fiddle,voice)& JoeDanks(banjo,gourdbanjo,voice)

April22GeorgeSansome&MattQuinn Tradsongsfromthe BritishIsleswithmandolin&guitar

April29Will&PippaNoble Trad&newersongsfromYorkshire& beyond.Emailtoreservetickets.

All-dayballadforum–emailtobook

(10.45am–4.45pm£452under25-year-olds£22)

May6ComeAllYe:TheLifeoftheCommonPeople

May13ComeAllYe:notheme

May20BrianPeters Britishtradsongswithmelodeon,anglo concertina,guitar.Emailtoreservetickets

All-daymelodeonworkshop–emailtobook

(10.45am–4.45pm£452under25-year-olds£22)

May27ComeAllYe:notheme

2023 f olk festival Tenterden

Thursday evening concert

5th October 2023

THE TENTERDEN CLUB (upstairs)

Church Road, Tenterden, TN30 6AT

7.30 to 10.30 p.m. (Doors open at 7.00 p.m.)

Tickets from £12:00

Real ale bar

Promoting folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions

Pete Coe

Plus

Other guests to be announced

TICKET AVAILABLE FROM:

Festival director: Alan Castle

Tenterden Folk Day Trust

15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 3HA

E: info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

W: www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

Or online

www.musicglue.com/tenterdenfolkfestival/tickets/

“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”

TENTERDEN FOLK SESSIONS

Free folk song, and music sessions at This Ancient Boro

3 East Cross, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6AD

The second Monday of every month from 7:30 to 10:30

Tenterden Folk Club has been running consistently since 1993

For information contact Alan Castle

E: info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk T: 01233 626805

W: www.tenterdenfolkfestival.com/Tenterden-Folk-Sessions/

MOORE or LESS FOLK CLUB

MOORE or LESS FOLK CLUB

MOORE or LESS FOLK CLUB

Oast Community Centre, Granary Close, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7SG (next to Rainham railway station)

Oast Community Centre, Granary Close, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7SG (next to Rainham railway station)

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

Friday

Live club nights due to resume on Friday 13th August, 2021

Live club nights due to resume on Friday 13th August, 2021

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Dates:

Dates:

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April

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Friday 12th May

All club nights 8.00 to 10.30pm Entrance fee £4.00 (including raffle)

Entrance fee £4.00 (including raffle)

All club nights 8.00 to 10.30pm Entrance fee £4.00 (including raffle)

All club nights 8.00 to 10.30pm

Enquiries to Chris Wilkin 07821 606076

Enquiries to Chris Wilkin 07821 606076

Enquiries to Chris Wilkin 07821 606076

FOLK AT THE DRUM

The club meets every Monday evening at The Drum Inn, Stanford, Stone Street (TN25 6DN), between Canterbury and Hythe, from 7 till 10pm.

If you enjoy playing or listening to acoustic music of all types (folk, blues, country, rock, etc), you are very welcome to join us in the function room of the pub for a relaxed and entertaining evening.

Nominal £2 entry fee.

For more information, contact Jeff on 01303 813188

Tenterden

2023 f olk festival

Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October

tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

Guests will include:

Brown Boots (Will Allen & Martin Clarke)

Discovery (Jeff & Elaine Gillett)

Drywood (Denise Dryburgh and Phil Underwood)

Erin Mansfield, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham

Mick Ryan & Paul Downes

Milton Hide (Jim and Josie Tipler)

Pete Coe, Pip Ives, Steve Turner

Swing the Bridge with caller Pete Coe

Regular and local guests

Bob Kenward, Chris Roche, Gavin & Julie Atkin, Jerry Crossley, John & Di Cullen, Morrigan, Portside, Rattlebag, Roger Resch, Spare Parts, Sue Watson, Travelling Folk, Vic & Tina Smith, Vic Ellis

Up to 50 Morris sides and dance display team s

Free Music Stage & other showcase guests

Ashford Folk Band, Ceol Na Mara (Emma Clarke and Jim Richards)

Discovery, Drywood, Milton Hide,

Howlerz Band, Yardarm Folk Orchestra

More to be confirmed

Ticketed events include:

Thursday evening concert, concerts, barn dance, special shows, workshops, meet the guests, folk clubs, Sea songs and shanties session and much more

Free events include:

Craft & street stalls, free music stage, dance stage, Morris dancers, dance displays, procession, song & music sessions, street theatre, etc.

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: E: chiefsteward@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

Dance co-ordinator: Spud Jones E: dance@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”

The 30th TENTERDEN Folk Festival

Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October 2023

Ordered by:

Information may be stored for the use of Tenterden Folk Festival only

FULL WEEKEND TICKETS: Admits holder to all Festival events except Thursday evening concert and camping, which must be booked separately.

Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms EARLY BIRD OFFERS: Valid until 30th April 2023

Name

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Adult £60.00

Youth 10 -16's £30.00 and Under 10’s £5.00 when bought with an adult ticket

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Postcode THURSDAY EVENING CONCERT: All tickets £12.00 before 30th April 2022

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Make cheques payable to "Tenterden Folk Day Trust". Send cheque and details of the tickets you require, together with 2 x A5 stamped and addressed envelopes (for tickets and free programme) and a list of the full names of all ticket holders and age if 16 or under, to Tenterden Folk Festival, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 3HA

Book Review

James Frost - Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse Ozaru Books

This very interesting book is basically a very detailed guide to the history of various forms of animal guising found in the UK, but is centred around the Kentish traditions of the Hooden Horse and Hoodening. The author has also organised a comprehensive exhibition at Maidstone Museum from 8th February to 17th June 2023 which I have not yet had a chance to get to. The book consolidates what is known about the Hooden Horse and draws on previously published material ranging from Percy Maylam’s “The Hooden Horse, An East Kent Christmas Custom” published in Canterbury in 1909, to George Frampton’s “Discordant Comicals, The Hooden Horse of East Kent” published in 2018. It also draws on the knowledge of, and includes contributions, from Ben Jones of The St Nicholasat-Wade Hoodeners and Geoff Doel from Tonbridge Mummers. There are numerous illustrations, some old and some new. The book is broken into sections covering the history, the exhibition, Hoodening today, life as a Hoodener and the appendixes include modern Hoodening verses from Phil Martin, Gail Duff and Sonia Overall, as well as the scripts to some modern Hoodening plays from Whitstable, Canterbury, St Nicholas-at-Wade and others. The history section covers Northern Beasts, Mari Lwyd of Wales, Hobby Horses, Obby Osses, Stag Guising and other traditions, as well as the Hooden Horse. The author, James Frost, is a freelance curator, artist, designer and puppeteer and teaches classes in theatre design at Canterbury Christchurch University and is a visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London and Birmingham City University. The book can be read as a standalone guide to animal guising or in conjunction with a visit to the museum exhibition.

CD Review

O’Hooley & Tidow - Cloudheads

No Masters Co-operative NMCD57

Two people who have become nationally well known on the folk in recent years are Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow. Like many people I first heard them singing the theme song to BBC TV’s Gentleman Jack and later had the good fortune to see them live on stage. This new album includes 12 original songs which they say tell the stories of parenthood, the call of the song thrush, the last days of a touching relationship between their neighbour and his dog and much more. One track, The Ballad of Anne and Ann, is a collaboration with Gentleman Jack’s Suranne Jones. There are various guest musicians on the album but O’Hooley and Tidow’s impressive vocals and the stories they tell are always at the forefront of this interesting album. The insert includes all the words to the songs and details of the guest musicians playing on them.

Alan Castle (Editor)

This issue of Around Kent Folk was produced by Alan Castle and Andy Wood on behalf of Tenterden Folk Festival. Promoting folk song, music, dance, crafts and traditions.

Registered Charity No 1038663

Issue No. 117 June/July COPY DATE: 18th April

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FOLK MUSIC BY THE SEA

SETH LAKEMAN | LADY MAISERY | TIM EDEY | GRANNY'S ATTIC

T HE JEREMIAHS | URBAN FOLK QUARTET | HOME SERVICE | BANTER

T HE OFTEN HERD | ANGELINE MORRISON | RANAGRI | HA RMONIA

HONEY & THE BEAR | THE HILL TOP CEILIDH BAND

WILL PAGE | CORACLE | WINT ER WILSON | PATAKAS

KAT IE SPENCER | SUNTOU SUSSO | CLUB DEBRIS

T HE RELENTLESS CEILIDH BAND | JON WILKES | NICK DOW

DAVE ELLIS & BOO HOWARD | SUTHERING | DAN SEALEY

BEN & DOM | WILDWOOD JACK | WILL ALLEN | MALCOLM MACWATT

ELVIS FONTENOT & THE SUGAR BEES | SHAKE ME UP SALLY

JOHN & DI CULLEN | BOB KENWARD | BECKY SYSON

PLUS MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

CONCER TS . CEILIDHS . WORKSHOPS . CHILDREN’S FESTIV AL DANCES . CRAFT & MUSIC F AIR . FESTIV AL CAMPSITE MORRIS DANCERS . PUB SESSIONS