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29th October
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Triality
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Folk/Ceilidh
Band: This UK-based trio consists of three brothers: Charlie, Ted, and
Dave. They perform folk-based material, including Celtic music, using
trumpet, accordion, bass, and vocals. They've been active since 1982 and
have played at festivals like Broadstairs Folk
Festival. They've released tracks on SoundCloud and maintain a Facebook
page.
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19th November
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Dan Walsh
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BBC Folk Awards Best Musician nominee Dan
Walsh combines ‘virtuoso playing and winning songwriting’ (MORNING STAR).
Describing what Dan does is no easy task but at the heart of it is British,
Irish and American folk music delivered with a healthy dose of funky
grooves – all performed with his unique and dazzling take on clawhammer
style banjo helping to challenge all preconceptions about the instrument.
Add to all that poignant songs, astonishing musical departures and lively humour and the result is a truly memorable live show
which has wowed audiences across the world from intimate seated rooms to
huge dancing crowds in festival fields.
Walsh has recorded seven solo albums to
much critical acclaim. Most recently he returned to his first love and
recorded ‘O’Neill’s Tunes’ – a collection of traditional Irish tunes played
in his unique take on clawhammer style which was described as ‘expertly
played’ and ‘difficult to find any fault with’ by Songlines magazine as
well as receiving airplay on BBC Radio 2. He is an in
demand performer with a hectic touring schedule in the UK, USA,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and throughout Europe. He has also
released two
banjo tablature books including a very successful book of
clawhammer arrangements of Irish folk tunes which inspired the O’Neill’s
album.
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3rd December
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John
Kirkpatrick
(£12 / £14)
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John Kirkpatrick has been dancing,
singing, and playing his way around the English folk scene since he joined
Hammersmith Morris Men in 1959 at the age of twelve. Displaying a rare
skill on a variety of push-pull squeezeboxes - the melodeon, the button accordion,
and the Anglo concertina - he has been fully professional since 1970, not
only with vast amounts of solo appearances, but also in all kinds of duos,
trios, and bands – including spells in Steeleye Span, The Albion Band,
Trans Europe Diatonique, in a long term duo with
Roy Bailey, Band of Hope, lengthy stints with Richard Thompson’s Band, The
Sultans of Squeeze, Brass Monkey, and Home Service. In the mid 1990s he led his own John Kirkpatrick Band.
He is still an unrelentingly enthusiastic
morris dancer, and started one of England’s most
influential teams – The Shropshire Bedlams. And he still finds time to play
for dancing, currently in a band with all his four sons – Kirkophany.
Out in the wide world John has
contributed music, song, and dance to a great number of plays in the
theatre, and to a lesser extent radio, television, and film. As a virtuoso
session player his squeezeboxes can be heard on hundreds of recordings, and
as a creator of new work in all these fields he has established an enviable
reputation.
But on his own live gigs you’re more
likely to see him in his natural habitat pursuing his first love -
traditional English music and song. John fills the room with an
irresistibly joyful noise, topping his sparkling squeezebox playing with
lusty vocals, all presented with lashings of wit and humour.
In 2002 – Made an honorary lifetime
member of the International Concertina Association.
In 2003 – Awarded the Gold Badge of the
English Folk Dance & Song Society for his outstanding contribution to
English Folk Music.
In 2010 – Named Musician of the Year in
the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
In 2016 – Made an honorary lifetime
member of The South West Shropshire Historical and Archaeological Society.
In 2021 – Appointed MBE in the New Year’s
Honours list.
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All Wednesdays
without guests.
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Singers Nights.
Admission £2 for
everyone.
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Bring your instruments, poems, stories and
particularly your favourite songs and join in - or just listen or sing the
choruses.
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