Around Kent Folk issue 117 for June / July

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Welcome to issue 117 June/July 2023 issue of Around Kent Folk

By the time you read this the 2023 festival season will be underway with most of the May festivals having taken place and many more about to. I’m hearing on the festival grapevine that many festivals are experiencing much lower advance ticket sales this year compared with last year and before the pandemic. Grants and commercial sponsorship also seem to be much harder to get. A few festivals have been cancelled or the organisers have retired but there are also several new festivals being planned. Locally there seems to be plans for two days of “Folk and Beer” at Betteshanger near Deal in July although not many details seem to be available. If that is true June to July will be packed with local festivals and events. Steve Heap, the General Secretary of the Association of Festival Organisers, which represents around 250 festivals nationwide, asks, ”are we shooting ourselves in the foot by making it even more crowded? Can our potential customers actually afford not only a variety of festivals but even one?” Some tickets for some of the best-known folk festivals can now cost between £300 and £500 or even more. Even a day ticket can be well over £50 at some festivals. What do you think? Let us know at AKF.

Tenterden Folk Festival has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign through Crowdfund Kent on Spacehive. With support from Ashford Borough Council and Ashford Federation of Arts the Trust is raising funds to buy some vital extra festival equipment including enlarging the dance stage which is one of the main attractions on the Recreation Ground. At the time of writing, we have pledges of just over 51% of our target of £8719. To find out more and to support the campaign at just go to www.spacehive.com/festivalequiment.

Alan Castle (Editor)

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Front cover: Ted Handley, Ian Petrie, Steve Shorey. The Ian Petrie Band at the Two Brewers, Sweeps Saturday...

Stay well and take care in these difficult times Folk

A traditional song from a particular region, or a modern song, usually with a tune played on a guitar, that is written in a style similar to that of traditional music.

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Peter the Punter

Once again the sun shone on Rochester Sweeps, big blue above the Castle and the cherry trees’ pink blossom swaying by the Cathedral welcoming another huge gathering of colours, tatters, snatches of song, jigs, reels, fiddle music, guests swelling the streets and local families enjoying the welcoming warmth of Spring. A quiet (!) Friday evening at the Rising Sun, catching up with the legendary Karen Woebley from the lamented Good Intent and the Hog Eye Men promised well…

Early on Saturday Morris throngs were soon drumming and stick-whacking the heck out of the morning on the High Street. Jingling bells and ‘dancing cloths’, melodeon whimsies and Speed The Plough… faces green and robes purple… floral arches and black-ragged fearsomes… catching up with old friends… exchanging news and glad to be out and active again.

Stages aplenty for music, each with its own style. Castle Gardens for the big ensembles, Boley Hill and the intimate City Wine Bar for acoustic atmosphere and a range of local acts, Crown Stage for the Songwriters’ Den, Eastgate Quarter and the Cathedral Crypt- I enjoyed Paul Corcoran’s bright trio and the Silver Darlings’ female shanty crew. The organization must have been formidable, juggling acts from stage to stage, carting instruments through swelling crowds…

Raven Drummers brought fear and glee to Boley Hill and a real treat was Kitka dancers involving passers-by in their swirl of bright costume and fast-flowing Bulgarian folk tunes… Not just a folk stage- Caramellos with uke hits before Lemon and Paice’s quartet of original crafted songs and Bob K on harmonica classics with his grandchildren dancing along… a very full day with happy faces for CJ and Dave Raey in town and The Lowly Strung up by the castle. A funfair too! And to round off the evening, the Ian Petrie band featuring Steve Shorey and the full frontal (Hawaiian shirt) of Ted Handley in the Two Brewers, along with many folk luminaries… what more could we ask for?

Well, on Sunday, more… Hot Rats on the Castle in sapphire blue sky… Will Allen in fetching yellow tatters and pheasant feather hat joyfully entertaining on his Hohner, the cracking young Irish dancers of the McManigan Academy, Fezheads everywhere, sophisticated folk from Rachel Lowrie/ James Fromow and Pytchwood (very expensive chords, Dave and Zahira!) and Milton Hide’s brand of committed,

powerful acoustic… crowned by Galician power dancing from Faltrukeirass- a truly international festival, something for everyone, and crowds galore again.. up to the Rising Sun for great and unusual jazz from The Beard Conspiracy in the gloaming…

Great to see Henry Sparks, a true original, on Mayday morning and Rosie Eade braving the cooler conditions with her combo before the theatrical Pretending People drew a huge crowd for their entertaining rockabilly… as did Mokum all weekend… spits and spots threatened, but Jack-In-The-Green saw them off- congratulations to the Morris in the procession, most of whom had been up at the grey crack of dawn to dance around their respective stones… lots of Loose Women and Offcumduns… Hartley singing… Four Gone in the crypt… Gypskazz up top, CJ racing up to drum as only she can…before skipping back to play her Wine Bar Stage… wunderbar! Sunblessed, we all headed home… those chants really do work…

Big congratulations to Gordon Newton and Doug Hudson for once again putting on this fantastic festival with such good humour- a memorable treat for thousands of families and us folkies alike. Also the sound crews and security, doing their work with smiles and care, all greatly appreciated. The Council too: the support from the top and the Events organization is wonderful. All that goes on behind the scenes has restored a stunning weekend to the calendar- long may it continue!

DEAL FOLK CLUB

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

June 1 – Singers Night

June 15 – Porchswing Blues

July 6 – Singers Night

July 20 – Dan Walsh

August 3 – Singers Night

Admission: £7/8 Guest Nights, £3 Singers Nights

Tea & coffee available or bring your own drink

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

KImberleys

In 2022 Isobel and Jim Kimberley started a summer season of folk concerts in conjunction with The Chambers Café bringing national touring folk acts to Folkstone town centre. They have a long connection with Folkestone and after COVID they were keen to continue bringing their music to the town. As a full-time touring folk duo, they found themselves meeting and sharing stages with many quality acts and with the encouragement of Chris and Liz from The Chambers they decided to run a monthly club featuring unamplified traditional folk musicians.

Despite having the most folky name in England, Folkestone was poorly represented in the genre though there is a thriving base of musicians, artists, venues and galleries. Chambers was intended to improve the situation at a grass roots level. Regular touring brought Isobel and Jim to the Harbour Arm and The Chambers and they always looked forward to visiting and enjoying a swim in the sea and the fish and chips. They know a great day out when they have one, and the best end to any day is a tec-free performance to an open attentive audience, bringing acts they have been impressed by, to an acoustically beautiful room. They began in April 2022 with Brown Boots, vivacious musicality on melodeon and fiddle. In May they welcomed Chalk Horse Music, a 5-piece band utterly grounded in folk tradition but creating a contemporary sound pleasing to traditionalists and ears new to the folk scene. The concerts proved successful enough to continue through to December 2022 with groups such as Doves Vagaries (music hall to medieval) and Bridget & Kitty (sibling harmony) to our own Christmas show (Christmas with The Kimberleys).

The 2023 line up so far features international folk pairing Linde Nijland and Bert Ridderbos on 31st May. Broomdasher bring their 5-part harmony astonishment on 21st June and on July 19th, Andy Cutting, multiple awardwinning member of Blowzabella, Leverett and collaborator with The Who! Wherever folk and roots music happen he’s there, being brilliant. Thrilling live authentic music that uplifts the spirit and calms the soul. The folk scene in Folkstone is growing; there’s a monthly session at Home Taproom called Folke Around The Table (first Thursday of the month, Americana, Country, Folk), the occasional folk superstar at Lees Cliffe Hall and of the monthly delight, treasure and treat which is The Chambers with Folk:Sea:Sun.

Jenny Pudding

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Scene & Heard

After Sweeps… written before the weather forecast…

March and April saw a feast of folk around the county- a delight to see Paul Downes in his customary affable form at Faversham, with Annie Winter contributing a floor spot. As with Steve Turner at Tonbridge, expertise worn very lightly and enthusiasm which suffuses the room. I was amazed by the sheer camaradie of Brown Boots, Will Allen on squeezebox and Martin Clarke on fiddle showing that pure tunes woven in and out with decorations and harmony can sound as free as country air.

The adventures of Four Gone Confusion continue across the South, thoroughly entertaining essays into guitar virtuosity and a wide songbook… always a surprise in the locker for those who hear them regularly set about with smiles and deft presentation. Their Zoom presence is now being rewarded with festival and club gigs around the country.

Proof that local music is picking up came mid-April where the diary gave Broadstairs Woodshed (Tomfoolery, puns and jollity galore), Tonbridge Caroline Kendall (delightfully lyric-clear vocals ornamented with sympathetically gentle guitar), Dartford Johnny Coppin (a long-time hero of mine, new album and such rapport, encouraging audience harmony to their favourites as the sound soared), Faversham Si Barron (quicksilver DADGAD and quirky intros), Deal solo (recently reopened, always a strong bunch of characters, songs maritime and Kentish)… and so much more that there’s always a choice…. Young ‘Uns at Sandwich, John Conolly at Rosslyn Court, Liz Simcock at Orpington… we should recognize how lucky we are to have so many sound organisers and rooms in Kent. Particularly good to revisit Dartford in the Far North- looking forward to a Southern double-header with Steve Moreham and Capella on 4 July…. A lovely venue and excellent sound.

Well worth checking out Rosslyn Court’s monthly attractions, Una Bellingham’s new Irish session, James Kerry’s Scratch Band venture and French Connection, for which see Morag’s advertisement for exact dates and times. All good participation.

Delighted to be officially an Artefact… my family has been telling me that for years…

Maidstone Museum’s fine Hoodening and Guising exhibition is still running, with the Whitstable Hoodeners’ song immortalised in Aaron Janes’ evocative cartoon… James Frost has curated a fascinating display of horses and other traditional relics together with plenty of stunning footage from country-wide sources- Abbots Bromley, Combe Martin, Padstow, various Jacks-In-The Green. Definitely worth a visit, and allow plenty of time… Guest nights, singarounds and sessions abound: the former Good Intent in Medway is now at the Rising Sun, Delce Street Rochester on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, and hosted the Sweeps sessions… there’s always Crabble Mill, the Moore Or Less, Tenterden and Egerton as advertised…the long-established Tartar Frigate Wednesdays; the Market Inn at Faversham continues … and many more.. when do we sleep?

However there is also some sad news that some publicans are preferring not to open on quiet nights rather than host folk sessions. This isn’t new, stories across the county have regularly arisen over the years of successful sessions not being to the taste of the landlord, or being uneconomic to run.

Roger Resch of Travelling Folk made the point recently that sessioneers could helpfully include some of the more popular and recognizable songs to which pub regulars relate… and Mike Wheeler and I have had many conversations as to how we cannot expect publicans to live on a single drink per person per session. A difficult one; expense of drinks/ driving have weakened our case for free room. If we are performing in a public arena, it’s to be expected that if customers drift off the publican will start looking at his till. Very rarely is quality an issue in truly acoustic sessions; it maybe more to do with the autotuned apprentice era…

Which leads to delving into world music: forgive me those who know far more. However Joe Boyd in his excellent White Bicycles makes the point that once you let the genie out of the bottle (he was talking about traditional American music) and introduce new recording techniques it’s almost impossible to go back. His mantra of ‘straight to stereo, no mixing, no over-dubbing- and no digits’ for the best sound is worth restating. It’s where recent recordings by Brown Boots, Milton Hide, Megson, James Kerry et al score- they can actually play live what they record.

Some world performers like Sona Jobarteh blend traditional instruments with guitars and modern drums to make a sound which gets their message recognised. Hi-tech mastering and phrase editing inevitably become the norm. The same probably happened in the 1970s somewhat suddenly to English folk music- personally I found then that Phil Tanner was pretty difficult to listen to on cassette… though instinctively I tuned in to George Belton… and that Fairport and Steeleye were immediately accessible to those of us new to folk music. The big bands led so many of us into diverse passages… and opened so many doors…

We are indeed fortunate that so much is still available and that festivals and clubs keep alive so many excellent performers to be seen close too and live… also that long may that continue!

Have a Jolly Good Summer!

Bob Kenward

7-9 JULY 2023

STUNTNEY ESTATE

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

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

06 June - Roger Wilson with Chris Parkinson

13 June - Na-Mara

20 June - Wizz Jones

27 June - Amy Goddard

04 July - Bob Kenward & Steve Moreham AND Capella (DOUBLE HEADER)

11 July - Tim Laycock

18 July - Ben Robertson

25 July - Will Finn & Rosie Calvert

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

DARTFORD

Essex Road, DA1 2AU

EVERY TUESDAY 8.00 TILL 10.30

WORKING MENS CLUB

(Father Time’s Got) Silver Heels

Words & Music by Bob Watson

(Father Time’s Got) Silver Heels

Words & Music by Bob Watson

1. Old Father Time’s got silver heels, And the ages ride on spinning wheels; The spinning wheels roll years along, Too swift the years are gone.

No chance to stop or to stand and stare, Old Father Time won’t linger there –The rod he jerks and the line he reels, It’s follow Silver Heels.

Chorus: Slow down old Father Time slow down, but that he never will, The spinning wheels and silver heels won’t ever let time stand still.

2. Now Father Time, so I’ve heard say, He is an old man, bent and grey; But, bent and grey though he may be, He moves too fast for me.

He dances on to a galloping beat, So light, so swift up on his feet -It’s moment coming and moment gone, Old Silver Heels leads on

Chorus

3. I wish, I wish, but I wish in vain, I wish that I were young again; But young again I’ll never be, Till the stars grow on the tree.

The scythe is sharp, and the path well set, No use to look back with regret –Far out ahead is the silver shine, The heels of Father Time.

Chorus

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Farnborough Social Club

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

JUNE

1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd Singers & Musicians Nights

29th

Gavin & Julie Atkin

• 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

JULY

6th, 13th, 27th

20th

Singers & Musicians Nights

The John Ward Trio

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

Support our Crowdfunding campaign

For essential equipment for Tenterden Folk Festival

Tenterden Folk Festival needs some new festival equipment to enable us to continue to promote the festival in a safe and professional manner for the benefit of performers, volunteers and audiences. The main item on our shopping list is to expand our existing professional dance stage which is used for dance displays by hundreds of Morris dancers and folk dancers and others over the festival weekend. Other equipment on our list includes a new printer for the festival office, more benches for the festival bar, a badge making machine to produce badges for stewards and to sell to festival goers, more hi vis safety jackets and lanyards for stewards and workforce and finally some new banners to clearly signpost venues and to publicise the festival generally. You can help us by making a pledge at www.spacehive.com/festival -equiment.

Dorking Folk Club

Meets at Dorking Golf Club, Deepdene Avenue, Dorking RH5 4BX Wednesdays 8:30pm: Doors 8pm.

www.dorkingfolkclub.org.uk

7th JuneSingers’ Night £5

14th JuneCohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne £10

21st JuneSingers’ Night £5

28th JuneSi Barron £10

5th JulySingers’ Night £5

12th JulySingers’ Night (with an extended showcase of 3 local performers in the second half).£5

19th JulyJohn Ward Trio £12

26th JulySingers’ Night £5

Summer Break ; Club re-opens on 13th September

Coming up later in the year: Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch (20th Sept); Richard Digance (4th Oct); Bob Fox (18th Oct); Chris Leslie (15th Nov); Steve Tilston & Hugh Bradley (29th Nov).

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

All payments in cash on the day please

June 3 Come All Ye: no theme £5

June 10 Emmanuel Pariselle & Didier Oliver French traditional & new songs & tunes with melodeon & fiddle. Email to reserve tickets (£12)

ALL-DAY WORKSHOP: MORE TRADITIONAL DANCE MUSIC FROM GASCONY FOR ANY INSTRUMENT – email to book

(10.45 am – 4.45 pm £45 2 under 25-year-olds £22)

June 17 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan New & traditional songs with fiddle, bouzouki & guitar. Email to reserve tickets (£15)

ALL-DAY FIDDLE WORKSHOP – email to book

ALL-DAY BOUZOUKI & CITTERN WORKSHOP – email to book

(10.45 am – 4.45 pm £45 2 under 25-year-olds £22)

June 24 Come All Ye: no theme £5

July 1 Keith Phillips & Pete Rogan £7 Bijou booking: Tunes from Britain & Europe with fiddle, melodeon, bassoon

July 8 Ben Paley US Old-Time, Swedish, Irish & Scottish fiddle music. Email to reserve tickets (£12)

ALL-DAY FIDDLE WORKSHOP – email to book

(10.45 am – 4.45 pm £45 2 under 25-year-olds £22)

July 15

Sound Tradition £10

Traditional & new songs in four-part vocal harmony

July 22

Celebrating Sandra Goddard: Come All Ye £5

July 29 Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner £10

Traditional & new songs in vocal harmony

Sussex Folk News

The Sussex Village of Rottingdean will always have an important place in the history of English folk music for it was there that in 1896 Mrs Kate Lee notated some fifty songs from James “Brasser” and Thomas Copper which she went back to London and then played to the small band of growing enthusiasts for the traditional songs of this country. It led to the formation of the Folk Song Society two years later and when the first edition of the Journal of The Folk Song Society two years further on.

One of Brasser’s grandsons was Bob Copper who became the iconic traditional singer of the post World War II folk revival and achieved great fame as a singer, writer and broadcaster. Quite a few artefacts of farming and rural life have been contributed to the museum rooms at the Grange and now the Rottingdean Heritage Society has decided to put on four folk music events during the summer. The first will have Taken place before this is published (18th May) but very appropriately will feature the Copper Family and will feature a combination of various children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a sonin-law of Bob Copper The two events that take place in the AKF diary period are also on Thursdays. On Thurs June 22nd it will be a dance in their lovely garden with THE LARKS (Bing Lyle, Tina and Vic Smith) in the event of inclement weather, this will be song event inside the Grange. The July event is on the 27th with the hugely popular local band, THE LONG HILL RAMBLERS (Laura Hockenhull, Ben Paley, Dan Stewart).

The folk clubs now: -

Chichester Folk Club meets on Mondays at the Chichester Inn at 38 West St, PO19 1RP. They seem to be limiting themselves to one guest a month at the moment and given the high standard and large numbers of regular singers, they scarcely need book more guests. However, on 12th June they will be presenting James Patterson & John Dipper. This brings together James, one of the folk scene’s most lyrical singers with an instantly recognisable voice and John, one of its most sophisticated and skilful musicians on fiddle. Got to see them and you are in for an unforgettable treat. On Mondays 5th and 19th they will be having Club Singaround evenings where everyone gets a chance to perform. Then on May 26th there is themed evening where singers are on this occasion asked to chose songs around the subject of “Friendship.

Eastbourne folk club has had its base at The Lamb Inn, High Street, Old Town, Eastbourne, BN21 1HH and meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, in the upstairs room there. On 7th June they will be presenting Linde Nijland who is on tour from Holland. Linde tours all over Europe with her crystal clear voice and pure performance. She is partly known for her sincere renditions of Sandy Denny song material and made a lovely and fresh record that shows off her beautiful voice as well as her good taste’. Their other meeting in June is on 21st June is an Open stage Evening with singers and musicians; all welcome and it will be free entry.

Horsham Folk Club next and that meets on Sunday evenings at the Normandy Centre in Denne Rd, Horsham RH12 1JF. They also have only one guest evening in June and that is on June 7th with The Churchfitters, a folk band like no other. A double bass made out of a saucepan! Heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw or a glass harp. Foot-stompingly fast fiddle mixed with infectious funk-rock rhythms. And traditional tunes reinvigorated with mesmerising jazz sax.

The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments - adding flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar, ukulele, electric hub-cap bass-bouzouki and a sackful of percussion to their ensemble. On the three following Sundays in June (11th, 18th and 25th) they have Open

Floor nights which are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen (and taste the excellent and inexpensive beer) are welcome. The Horsham Folk Club are one of the few folk clubs that still combine dance evenings as well as song events in their programme and 2nd July will see them holding on of their song and dance evening with the evening offering songs, tunes and poems from members and guests plus dancing to their excellent ceilidh band. Beginners and experts alike are welcome and experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment.

Finally it’s the Lewes Saturday night folk club which meets at the Elephant & Castle in White Hill. They have two duos bringing the highest quality of performances to their evenings as well as running daytime workshops On 10th June they present Emmanuel Pariselle and Didier Oliver. Email to reserve tickets, pay cash on the night

Emmanuel is one of the best melodeon players in France, a singer & an expert in French regional dance music. He also plays a specially designed ‘Franglo’ concertina. He has taught at Hands-On Music & regularly leads melodeon-building weeks in England. Didier is a superb fiddler & also dazzles on mandolin, boha (Gascon bagpipes and guitar. They are favourites at the National Centre for Folk Arts at Halsway Manor. Both are wonderful singers.

Then, the following Saturday, they have two of the top names in folk music; Nancy Kerr and James Fagan. Nancy is a brilliant fiddler & singer of traditional songs. She’s also a fine songwriter. James is a fine singer & thrilling bouzouki player. Their performances are always beautiful, exciting, & filled with invention & exhilaration.

Here are the details of the three workshops that they will be holding. On the 10th Emmanuel and Didier will lead an all-day workshop on French traditional music and any instrument will be catered for. Then there are two workshops on 17th with James leading one for cittern or bouzouki and Nancy offering on for the fiddle.

Looking ahead to July, on 8th of that month, the outstanding Brighton-based fiddle player, Ben Paley will be their guest performer in the evening as well as another fiddle workshop during the day. All these workshops in Lewes do require advance bookings which you can arrange via this email - valmaigoodyear@aol.com

That just leaves the evenings of 3rd and 24th June to mention, and they will both be Come All Ye evenings.

Vic Smith

The first ever European Folk Day will take place on Saturday 23 September 2023

The European Folk Day 2023 is a pilot project conceived and coordinated by members of the European Folk Network (EFN) with funding from the European Union via the MusicAIRE programme. The intention is to establish the European Folk Day as a key date in the folk annual calendar.

Background and objectives

The idea of the European Folk Day emerged during conversations within the EFN. It is an event directly related to one of the objectives of the network: to demonstrate the existence of a critical mass of people all over Europe, involved, in one way or another, in the traditional performing arts including music, dance, and storytelling.

Participation is open to any individual, band, institution, company, community, workshop, local group - indeed anyone who wants to join in with an activity related to folk music, dance or storytelling, either on-site or online. EVERYONE is welcome, whether or not they are members of EFN.

Participation can be as simple as recording a video with an old or new song, uploading it to social media and tag it with #europeanfolkday. As elaborate as a festival with several artists performing, on or around the time of 23 September and publicising it as part of the European Folk Day.

To find out more check out the new website at www.europeanfolkday.eu

The European Folk Day is by you, for you, for us!

Counting the number of musicians and dancers who flood into Broadstairs during Folk Week is a daunting task. But it’s safe to say – there are hundreds!

There are lots of venue choices of where to see them – if you prefer small acoustic venues – there’s the Sailing Club and Crampton Tower Museum.

For the headline concerts, the Baptist Centre auditorium has full PA, comfy chairs, air-con, proper toilets, an on-site café and small bar – and a lift.

Morris dancing displays take place around the town and at the Bandstand, as well as at the opening parade on Saturday 12.

Or there are plenty of joining in opportunities, from the daily Singalongs, Playalongs, music, dance and song workshops, mayhem at the Family Hobby Horse Club, Poets’ Breakfast, and of course, volunteering!

Dance News

The Sarah Thorne Theatre is once again the venue for dances and ceilidhs in 2023. On the Saturday 12th August, there’s a special celebration.

Ramsgate Folk Dance Club was formed in 1973 – 50 years ago this year - after moving to Broadstairs for a few years, it was sadly disbanded around 2002 through lack of new members. They have had a few reunions over the years and many members have kept in touch. There were a lot of really good years of dancing, much travelling and many friendships formed and retained.

Some of the driving forces in starting up this dance club then went on to get very involved in Broadstairs Folk Week, as one led to the other, with Bernie Porritt, Pam [Porritt] Wells and Linda [Wood] Owen, standing back from the club organisation as they got more heavily involved in Folk Week in the 1980s.

“Broadstairs Folk Week has very kindly agreed to mark the 50th year of the forming of RFDC with a dance on Saturday 12th August at the Sarah Thorne Theatre [Hilderstone College hall] with our very own RFDC member Mic Spenceley as the caller and musicians, old friend Brian Stone with Elaine Meecham as the band Portland

Drive Duo.” Pam

The rest of the week has daily lunchtime and evening ceilidhs with the Hot Rats, the Hill Top Ceilidh band, Banter, the Relentless Ceilidh Band, Paul Hutchinson and Karen Wimhurst, Crowdy Kit, the Rejigged Ceilidh Band, the Tonic Ceilidh band and a visit from the EFDSS Workshop Ceilidh band from Cecil Sharp House- lots of young musicians having a ball! Callers include Brian Stanton, Alison Rowley, Doug Hudson, Mic Spenceley and Ernestine Lawrence.

Madeleine Smith is the Dance Director and more info on the series of special Country Dance workshops can be found on the Folk Week website.

You can swing your partner at ceilidhs, let your hair down with Buffo’s Wake and Elvis Fontanot & the Sugar Bees, brush up your Appalachian clogging and dip a toe into French, Breton and Flemish dance.

Workshops

Join the Festival Choir, the Ukulele all-rounders, sing with Sarah Westcott, Ben & Dom, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham and Chan Reid; learn African drumming with Rich Rhythms and many others for all levels and abilities.

James Kerry of the Hill Top Ceilidh band invites young people between 10 and 18 – to join him in creating the Band in a Weekend to create a musical journey together – of any type of music – just see what happens!

The Souvenir Programme will be published in mid-June – order online or phone 01843 604080 – it’s £7.50 including postage and packing and is packed full of information about the bands and daily events – plus it’s an important fund-raiser for Folk Week.

Join in and Dance, Sing, Play, Volunteer….

Folk Week is a community event, a registered charity and we ALWAYS needs volunteers!

You can be anything from 18 to 75 – and the mix of the generations is one of the great strengths of the festival.

In return for just 35 hours a week you will have the opportunity to explore this amazingly diverse festival, plus free camping. When you’re not working, there’s a huge range of concerts, workshops and dances for you to enjoy as part of your festival week ticket. So – if you’d love to experience the full festival week on a limited budget – this is the way to do it!

Visit the Folk Week website – www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk and check into our online portal where you can fill in the form. Or email us on info@broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk or call us on 01843 604080.and we’ll send you a form.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in August!

The AFO Conference 2023 postponed

For some time now the Association of Festival Organisers has been advertising the fact that they will be running a face-to-face Conference in early November 2023, the first for over two years. However, they are in the middle of a membership campaign, talking to members about the cost of running AFO and membership fee changes. They are also talking about subject matter and issues that festivals and events are now having to deal with. To this end they have decided that November is too early to put in place a whole Conference based on the experiences of the 2023 season. So, the Conference has been moved 10th February 2024. If you are involved in running a festival put that date in your diary now, Saturday February 10 from 10am to 6pm in a venue in the Midlands for the first face-to-face Conference since before Covid. Keep an eye on their website at www.festivalorganisers.org/conference for more details as it happens.

Always great live acoustic music

62 Sweyn Rd, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2DD 07902140248

Doors 7pm Bar, Seated concerts, on one level

£12 if you can afford it please, otherwise £6 ,no questions asked

1st hour only livestreamed 7.30 YouTube

www.rosslyncourt.com/concerts

June 1 annA rydeR original & inventive... + a song or two from Gerry Colvin

June 8 Shake Me Up Sally - Sally Ironmonger, Brian Carter, Tony & Lesley Petty cool harmonies

June 15 Na Mara -Return! incisive stories in song.

June 22 Charlie Hannah Catchy choruses, humour

June 29 Snottledogs - glorious inclusive shanty singing

July 13 English/US folk songs &tunes. Foot tapping great

July 20 Ben Paley - possibly the best fiddle player you will hear this year. Songs and wit. Perfect

July 27 tba

Monthly...

Every 3rd Tuesday Irish session 8pm pay what you can

Every 3rd Wed Jazz at 8 with Tony Hudd and guests/ £10

Every last Monday Scratch band with James Kerry 6-8 £10 all instruments all levels, fun session in the bar

Every last Sunday French Connection -play or dance, £5

French/Flemish/Breton dances - live music & caller 12-4.30

CD Reviews

The Young ‘Uns – Tiny Notes (Hudson Records HUD036CD)

The fame of this trio took some time to spread southwards from their native Teeside but by ten years ago, the growing fame surrounding them has reached the ears of this Lewes folk club organiser. The opportunity of this visit south was taken to interview them and the subsequent article appeared in “fRoots” in May 2014. They were really very promising then and this great album shows how much that promise has been fulfilled.

The development shows itself in a variety of ways; the attack and certainty of their harmony singing is marked. They have broadened their approach in the studio with several of the songs being treated to a big production with their David Eagle accompanying on piano joined by a string quartet playing arrangements written by Jon Boden and they provide an excellent contrast to the raw attack of the unaccompanied songs.

Perhaps the most profound development has been in the songwriting of Sean Cooney. Every well-grounded song has a strong impact with strong melodies. Several of them deal with aspects of tragedies, whether large (Lockerbie, Aleppo) and small (the London Bridge terrorist murders, a single killing in the troubles in Derry). Other issues such as youthful persons’ suicides. These sit alongside some more pastoral pieces, but all are of high quality.

As this is being written they are near the start of a 17-day tour of major venues all over the British Isles which will be followed by four top festivals in August. This album shows that they deserve all of this.

https://hudsonrecords.co.uk/product/--tiny-notes

Vic Smith

Ruth Angell - Hlywing (Talking Elephant Records TECD484)

Ruth is best known on the folk circuit for her work with Ashley Hutchings and has accompanied him on several of his recent CDs. She also works in an occasional duo with Becky Mills who also plays on this, Ruth’s first solo album. Ruth plays violin and provides the vocals and there are also a variety of other talented guest musicians. The album includes 10 tracks of which nine were written by Ruth and the other is Magdalene Laundries by Joni Mitchell. The album title comes from an old English word for shelter and refuge and is pronounced Hu-lee-weenguh. Ashley described this album as “truly wonderful” and Ruth as a “terrific musician”.

Alan Castle (Editor)

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

June - July

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!

7 June Pete Coe - Troubadour supreme Pete returns by popular demand with his unique and wide-ranging songs on a variety of instruments… a consummate committed performer. A long-time Faversham favourite- catch him if you can. £9/10

28 June Hilary Spencer - Good to rebook Hilary, whose entertaining presentation enlivens every evening. Blessed with an amazing range, she brings music-hall, ballads and chorus to perfection. £9/10

5 July

Dave Gibb - From the hills of Dumfries and Galloway Dave brings songs with stories, all accompanied with exquisite finger-style guitar work. Halfway Up The Stairs and Privateer are his work, and you may recognize others as he weaves his magic. £8/9

26 July

Claude Bourbon - Wow! Romantic, medieval and Spanish/ progressive blues with vocal elements of Dylan/ Cat Stephens with a long list of prestigious festival appearances… ‘his music would not have been out of place in the courts of Emperors and Kings’… a treat for Coronation year! £9/10

All August Singers’ Nights

Coming in September: 6th Derek Gifford, 20th Edwina Hayes

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!

TICKETS JUST £80 ( NOR-

CD Reviews

Tom Ward – Cobbled Together (Greentrax CDTRAX417)

Tom is veteran of the Scottish folk scene who was well known as a concertina player as early as the 1970s. Though this was his first, and is still, his main instrument, he also plays the whistle, the Scottish small pipes and the guitar on this album. He is frequently multi-tracking, and he sings “Jamie Raeburn” and “Gin I Were A Baron’s Heir” though it must be said that his voice is not the strongest card in his hand.

He is at best when he is playing slower airs and song melodies and there is interest in the way he switches lead between pipes and concertina and when the two are blended; the best example of this would be his fine playing of “The Rowan Tree”. The repertoire here brings many of the best-known tunes from Scotland, Ireland and Northumbria. The album takes a different direction for the final track, “Dill Pickle Rag” in which we hear the only other musician, another veteran Brian Miller playing some typically crisp guitar accompaniment.

The outstanding track is the one that starts with “The Flower O’ The Quern” and this classic composition of Scott Skinner is given exquisite treatment before he moves on to a hornpipe, a set dance and then a reel.

As well as playing nearly everything, Tom has also produced the album himself; not necessarily the best decision as sometimes the mix of instruments is rather uneven.

www.greentrax.com

Vic Smith

George Sansome and Matt Quinn - Sheffield Park (Grimdon Records GRICD007)

This album starts with an unaccompanied version of Tyne of Harrow lead by George and quickly joined by Matt. A great start to an excellent album. Track two is Tailor in the Tea Chest with George on guitar and Matt on mandolin. The album then continues to treat us to such vocal delights as Sheffield Park, I Once Loved a Boy, The Fox and the Grey Goose, Night Visiting Song, until it finishes with The Death of Andrew. All but one of the songs comes from the Roud collection, the exception being My Son Amerikay credited as Trad/McLoughlin. George and Matt only started singing together just before lockdown and have just completed a short tour together in April but you can catch them at several festivals over the summer.

Alan Castle (Editor)

“Tenterden the Jewel of the Weald”

Thursday evening concert

5th October 2023

THE TENTERDEN CLUB (upstairs)

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

Tickets from £12:00

Real ale bar

Promotin

Sound Tradition

Pete Coe

TICKET

E:

Kieran Goss & Annie Kinsella

Sunday 4th June – Godmersham & Crundale Village Hall, Canterbury

O’Hooley & Tidow

Tues 13th June - Gulbenkian, Canterbury

Tenterden folk festival lottery

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

www.ashfordcommunitylottery.co.uk/

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

5th June Border Crossing

19th June Milton Hide

3rd July The Twagger Band

17th July Tony Wilson

7th August Hilary Ward

21st August Henty and English

4th September Simon Kempston

18th September Here and there

Tel: 01892 822945

info@tonbridgefolkclub.org www.tonbridgefolkclub.org

Thursday

5th

to Sunday 8th October 2023 f olk festival Tenterden

tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

Guests will include:

Brown Boots (Will Allen & Martin Clarke)

Ceol Na Mara (Emma Clarke and Jim Richards)

Dick Miles, Discovery (Jeff & Elaine Gillett)

Drywood (Denise Dryburgh and Phil Underwood)

Erin Mansfield, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham

Mary Hollins, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes

Milton Hide (Jim and Josie Tipler)

Pete Coe, Pip Ives, Sound Tradition, 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

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Free Music Stage & other showcase guests

Ashford Folk Band,

Ceol Na Mara (Emma Clarke and Jim Richards)

Discovery, Drywood, Highworth Folk Band, Invicta Ukulele Club Band, 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.

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:

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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

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Address Full Weekend

Adult £60.00

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

Town

Caravan / Campervan £25.00

Tent £23.00

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

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Up to 4 nights from Thursday afternoon to Monday morning

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TOTAL PAYABLE

HOW TO PAY (also available online from www.musicglue.com/tenterdenfolkfestival/tickets/

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

CD Reviews

Kris Drever - The Best Of (REVEAL 193CDX)

The Best of Kris Drever is a 36 track double album and includes a wide variety of his popular material and some new songs. The new ones include Catterline, which was released as a single in March, Punch Bag and Dust in Light. The best of material includes Black Water, If Wishes Were horses and Where the World is Thin. Kris performs the majority of the songs himself but there are a few from Lau and there is a selection of talented guest artists such as John McCusker, Megan Henderson and Boo Hewerdine. The package includes a booklet with details of the songs and a selection of photos. While I cannot fault the music and performances, the design of the booklet left me struggling to distinguish the print from the background colour and to read the exceptionally small print. Just to mention a few more the other tracks include Butcher Boy and Unquiet Grave from Lau and When the Shouting is Over with Boo. Kris is touring throughout June but unfortunately the nearest he comes to our area is Union Chapel in London on 13th June so if you cannot get there you need to buy this album.

Jon Wilks - Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost (Self release)

This is Jon’s fourth solo album and the 12 tracks include are mainly traditional songs such as Johnny Sands, Haymaking Song, Lofty Tall Ships and The Old Miner. There are three of Jon’s own compositions, Tape Machine, Greek Street and Banjo Therapy. Jon plays guitar and sings the lead vocals and on the final track plays a banjo given to him by Martin Simpson. There is also a John Spier and Jackie Oates instrumental, Gallons of Brandy / Fox Tell that Jon learnt from John Spiers. On some tracks

Jon is accompanied by Lukas Drinkwater on double bass, Tom Gregory on percussion, Jackie Oates on viola and backing vocals, Jon Nice on keyboards and electric guitar. Jon and Jackie have recently started to perform as a duo. I’ve never had the pleasure to see Jon live but this album will definitely encourage me to try to do so.

Alan Castle (Editor)

A type of traditional English dancing in which a group of people, especially men, dance together, wearing special clothes decorated with little bells.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english

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

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

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

Dates:

Dates:

Dates:

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 9th June Friday 14th July

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 13th August, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Friday 10th September, 2021

Club will be closed during August due to Festivals

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

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. 118 August/September COPY DATE: 18th June

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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