NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 12th 2014 Hello All Last Thursday, Lou Marriott turned the clubs Wagon Wheel challenge into a Jaffa Cake challenge! Lou gave us the great evening of entertainment that we all knew he would, aided and abeted by his good friend and collaborator Andrew Hardy, whilst another bunch of floor singers provided accomplished support. Bright Season have stepped in to replace Toein in the Dark this week (they will now appear in July). They formed in 2013 bringing together the talents of singer and guitarist Michael J Tinker, fiddle-player Ella Sprung and accordionist Simon Dumpleton. Together they perform traditional and self-penned songs and tunes, displaying their own individual gifts and combining to deliver stunning arrangements and harmonies. Included in their set are traditional ballads such as The House Carpenter, a cappella arrangements of John Ball and the shape-note song Africa and also tune sets drawing on influences from European folk. This is particularly brought to the fore with Ella’s Nyckelharpa. Bright Season have toured around the country, and in addition to playing headline shows they have also supported, among others, Martin Simpson, Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party and Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker. Michael J Tinker has performed and recorded with Damien O’Kane (Kate Rusby band) and Katriona Gilmore and is currently working on a collaborative project with Bella Hardy, Josienne Clarke, The Young’uns, Tom Oakes, Ian Stephenson with a guest track from Jon Boden. In addition he has supported Bellowhead, Lucy Ward, Sam Carter, Maz O’Connor and many more. Ella Sprung is a fiddle player, singer and dancer. She specialises in French, Breton, and Scandinavian folk music, and performs with European folk dance band Trip the Light and folk groups Gallivant and Jack’s Rake. In addition to playing the fiddle she also plays the Swedish Nyckelharpa. Simon is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed with numerous people including Kirsty Bromley and in the ceilidh band Trinculo. He has recently produced recordings for Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, Hekety, Outre Manche and the Melrose Quartet. “…very impressive…a perfect combination.” Now Then Magazine “If ever three musicians were meant together, Bright Season are it. A stunning blend of instruments and voices. Truly mesmerising.” Ant Miles, Downend Folk Club FLOOR SINGERS IN MAY Turn-outs for our club nights in May were generally quite disapointing, however, we still had a wonderful crop of floor singers, some new, some regulars, some from these parts, some from farther afield, to help things rattle along, so my thanks this month go to all of the following people:- Ar Faoued Nick Barnett Richard Benn Robert Bostock Bob Butler Bob Chiswick Roy Derry Simon Ennals Vikki Fielden Albert Hattersley Tim Lewin Andy Murdoch The Repeters Mike Richards Sue Scott-Goldstone & Ian Hudson Kiri Smith Barbara Stewart Cara Stones Les Stovin Johnathan Tilley Kerrie Wells FACEBOOK Please keep clicking the Maybes! You can see all of the Facebook events to which I have been invited on the Facebook group Crookes Folk and all That at: facebook/groups/crookesfolkandallthat . COMING DATES June 12 - Bright Season June 19 - Magpi June 26 - Paul Bell July 3 - Paula Ryan July 10 - Paul Handyside July 17 - Toein in the Dark July 24 - Johnny Campbell and Sheffield City Morris Men (Tramlines warm-up with SCMM display 7:30 to 8:15) July 25 (FRIDAY) - Tramlines Special (No floor singers, 6 acts, 8:00 - 11:30, door 7:45) July 31 - Raintown Seers August 7 - Scanning Horizons August 14 - Chris Sammon & Dave Wilde August 21 - Blackwater August 28 - TBC September 4 - Bob Ballard (**PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE**) September 11 - Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies (FREE tickets in advance only) September 18 - Jan Bell (**PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE**) September 25 - Luke Hirst I had hoped to be able to announce our guests for August 28th this week, but that hasnt been possible, so we need to be patient for a little while longer. If this arrangement falls through I shall certainly go to the list of people who have contacted me enquiring about a booking on that evening. Last time that Harry Bird & the Rubber Wellies appeared at Crookes Folk Club, we were faced with an over-crowded room and some very, perhaps understandably disgruntled people who we had to turn away because there simply wasnt any more space in the room. Faced with the possibility of a repeat this september and in the interests of safety and fairness, I have decided that entry to the club on that night (September 11th) will be advanced booking only, anyone who doesnt have a ticket will not be able to get in - sorry. However, I am determined to keep entry to the club free so there will be no charge. I shall announce nearer to the time exactly how you should obtain your tickets (Ive not worked that bit out yet). TRAMLINES SPECIAL Well, Tramlines is almost upon us once more and Crookes Folk Club is planning its fourth Tramlines Special on the Friday of that weekend (July 25th). As in previous years, we will have 6 acts, each giving us a 25 minute set. This year we are blessed to have appearing (in loosely alphabetical order): The Coles (Tim & Julie) Raymond Greenoaken Magpi Tina McKevitt The Repeters String Theory The evening will begin at 8:00pm prompt and will end at about 11:30, the exact running order is yet to be decided. Entry is free and there will be no raffle or collection, but most guests will be hoping to sell a CD or two, so please come prepared to spend a little. This is part of a whole weekend of Tramlines events at The Princess Royal, kicking off on Thursday the 24th with an extended club night starting with Sheffield City Morris Men performing between 7:30 and 8:15, followed by normal procedings from 8:30 and featuring Johnny Campbell. Our landlady, Jayne, will then take over proceedings on the Saturday with several live guests appearing at the pub. THE PLUG (See below in AND FINALLY, THE USUAL STUFF for how to get your plug in here) **Warning** - this list has been assembled in all good faith and, as the information comes principally from the horses mouths ought to be accurate but, if you dont want to make a wasted journey then its is probably best to check using the link(s) or other contact details provided. TOFFEE Musics regular (2nd Tuesdays) benefit for The Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity is at Shakespeares, Gibraltar street on Tuesday June 10th: toffeemusic.co.uk . The Fates wave a fond farewell to Peter Rophone at the Lantern Theatre on Tuesday June 10th, but fear not, Tegwen, Sue and Bay will be continuing with their own top-notch a-capella music: ticketsource.co.uk/search/searchPerformance.asp?performance_id=103046&sid= or lanterntheatre.org.uk or facebook/events/463883293757083 . Great club favourites, Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies grace the stage at The Greystones on Wednesday June 11th (NOT the 10th as indicated last week): hotdroprecords for details. As part of the Broomhill Festival, Martin Simpson and Roy Bailey join forces for an evening of acoustic music at St Marks Church, Broomhill on Wednesday June 11th, tickets from record collector: broomhillfestival.org.uk/events/an-evening-with-martin-simpson-roy-bailey . Whaley & Fletcher are the guests at Mansfield Folk Club on Monday June 16th: mansfieldfolkclub.org.uk . Dont miss the Big Boulder stage on Taggys Field at The Heeley Festival which takes place on Saturday June 21st Dont forget Richard Kitsons KickStarter campaign to get his new CD out (see CDs, below). FESTIVAL PLUGS (See below in AND FINALLY, THE USUAL STUFF for how to get your plug in here) Heeley Festival is always a great day out with all sort happening. This year, a bunch of the things happening will be on the Big Boulder stage compered by the incomparable Elliot J Huntley - a great comedian, musician and lego sculptor amongst many other things. The fun starts at lunch time and our line up will be: Sieben, Paul Littlewood, Julian Jones, Shaun Hutch, The Bints, and Krapwerk. But hey, there are a bunch of other things going on all afternoon and its free - why not make a day of it? CDs (See below in AND FINALLY, THE USUAL STUFF for how to get your plug in here) Skyhook are soon to release their new, much awaited, CD At the Stringsmiths Forge, see: skyhookmusic and watch THE PLUG for their launch concert details. Im sure Keystone will be only too delighted to sell you a copy of their new CD Blah, Blah, Blah, go to: keystoneacoustic.co.uk for details. Hugh Wallers The Grey Hawk and revised Seeds of Love and Death are available at the bar at Fagans for £10 each, all proceeds from sales are to be donated to MacMillan Cancer Care for whom Hughs partner, Sue Taylor, told me £1000 some weeks ago had so far been raised in his honour, keep it coming and get a great CD into the bargain. Richard Kitson has launched a KickStarter campaign to raise the necessary funds to release his up-coming CD Hermit Hill, there are all sorts of goodies available to contributors, please go to kickstarter/projects/720907514/hermit-hill to get full details and to make your investment in the future of one of the regions shining stars. Simon Kempston graced the club a couple of weeks ago, not many were there to enjoy this excellent singer and guitarist, but you can enjoy a selection of his CDs from his web-site: simonkempston.co.uk/albums . Patrick Rose has his album Paradise Square available both as a CD and a download, whilst his Himself album is also available as a download go to: patrickrose.bandcamp/album/paradise-square and patrickrose.bandcamp/album/himself respectively, or e-mail him at [email protected] . The Repeters (Peter Gilbert and Pete Smith) have now released Fruits of Time and Freedom get it from Amazon, iTunes and the rest if you must, but Peter Gilbert will be happy to supply you direct at: pipg80@hotmail . Big favourites with yours truly, Grassoline, have their new CD available, it is an EP entitled Here But Not at Home - Vol 2 goto: grassoline.bandcamp to buy this and their previous CDs (free entry to Crookes Folk Club for 6 months if you can guess what one of them is called). Philip Cockerhams new CD Running Man is available from Philip at: facebook/PhilipCockerham . Ray Padgett still has his monster 2 CD set, Traditionalist English Songs, containing 49 traditional English songs available: facebook/raymond.padgett . TOFFEE Music now have 2 CDs, Toffee Rainbow and the brand new Sheffield Flood, released to mark the 150th anniversary of the great Sheffield flood, they are £5 each and all proceeds go to the Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity: toffeemusic.co.uk . Julian Socha will be only too happy to sell you some of his CDs, of which I understand there are several: juliansocha . Dogwood Roses CD All Things to Please Us is available from Mike Richards at: michael_g_richards@hotmail . Richard Kitsons re-released eponymous debut album in new packaging and flashy new artwork is now available from Richard at: richardkitson.net . Welsh Geoffs new CD Crug Mawr is available, to get your sticky mitts on it, go to: welshgeoff.co.uk . Club favourite Michael J Tinker, in collaboration with Damien OKane has a single, Shenandoah, more details at: facebook/michaeljtinker and michaeljtinker . Paul Bells new album Small Town Boy is available at: store.paulbellmusic . Shaun (Hutch) Hutchisons CD EP Introducing... Shaun Hutch is available from Shaun at: shaunhutchmusic . Andy Broderick has CDs available and very good they are too, please contact him at: [email protected] . And dont forget that Blackwaters Vanderpool, available at: facebook/blackwatermelodicacoustica?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab . BOOKS (See below in AND FINALLY, THE USUAL STUFF for how to get your plug in here) JP Beans Singing from the Floor is now available on general release. INTERESTING LINKS (**UPDATED LAST WEEK**) facebook/pages/Crookes-Folk-Club/261198863985926 - Our very own Facebook page facebook/groups/crookesfolkandallthat - A place for event invites and to find out what is going on in folk and beyond facebook/princess.royal.507 - the Facebook page of our host venue, the Princess Royal google/calendar/embed?src=sheffieldfolk%40gmail&ctz=Europe/London - The Sheffield Folk: Gigs & Events Calendar, if its on in Sheffield, it should be listed here. https://google/calendar/embed?src=nfmj3k662fo6k4nep4n7s7gm20%40group.calendar.google&ctz=Europe/London - The Sheffield Folk: Sessions Calendar want a session in Sheffield? Look here. wortleyfolkclub.info/ - the website of Wortley Folk Club, now based at the Venu in Stocksbridge mansfieldfolkclub.org.uk/ - Mansfield Folk Clubs web site sheffieldbabelsongs.org/ - a project to collect and disseminate songs and related memories from the international people who now live in Sheffield stirrings.org.uk/ - the folk magazine for Sheffield, South Yorkshire and beyond syfolk.co.uk/ - Pete Shaws web site with links to much that is happening in these parts reverbnation/ - a useful site for finding out whats on and where folkradio.co.uk/ - online radio station specialising in folk music sheffieldlive.org/ - home of Sheffields independent radio station, Sheffield Live and, in particular, Thank Goodness Its Folk UnsignedRadio.biz/ - Unsigned Radio, an on-line radio station providing a platform for un-signed talent hallamtrads.co.uk/ - a site promoting traditional song and dance in the Sheffield area jmucreate/ - Acoustic Rotherhams splendid web-site, containing lots and lots of information and links for folk and the broader arts in Rotherham and South Yorkshire, this is a great site wyecreekmusic.co.uk/ - The web-site of a community-based, not for profit, group, set up to promote songwriters in and around the Peak District mudcat.org/ - The Mudcat Cafe online folk music chat room yorkshirefolksong.net/ - The web-site of the Yorkshire Garland project, which includes a growing database of traditional folk songs from Yorkshire yorkshire-folk-arts/ - The web-site of Yorkshire Folk Arts and the Yorkshire Folk Arts directory. Yorkshire Folk Arts exists to co-ordinate and promote folk song and dance throughout Yorkshire E-MAIL [email protected] to get your music included on Mimi OMalleys folk show on Federal Radio AND FINALLY, THE USUAL STUFF How to Get a Plug: I am happy to help people out by including short plugs in this newsletter - here is how you can get yourself one. For ALL plugs, please use [email protected] . Gigs and Other Non-Festival Events I dont have the time nor, frankly, the inclination to trawl through Facebook Events, ReverbNation, Stirrings or leaflets looking for things to plug. So, if you would like me to put a line about your up-coming event in the newsletter, then please e-mail me at [email protected] . Ill try to get it in a couple of weeks before-hand, but in order for me to do that, you need to get it to me on the Tuesday of the week that you want it to appear (for instance, for your plug to appear in the Newsletter for January 16th - sent out January 9th to 13th, you will need to get it to me by Tuesday January 7th). Festivals Rather than add these to my THE PLUG section (as I have done hither too) I now have a dedicated section called FESTIVAL PLUGS (clever, eh?) If you are the organiser of a festival and you would like me to give you a mention then you need to e-mail me at [email protected] with the following:- Festival name Dates Location 3 main headline acts OR a brief (no more than 10 words) summary of the nature of the festival (eg song sessions or sea shanties or Wagon Wheel variations). Closing date for early bird ticket sales Contact details, consisting of one or more of: web address, e-mail address, Facebook page, telephone number I shall include the plug for about 3 weeks prior to the closure of early bird ticket sales and then remove it once that date has passed, re-inserting it about 3 weeks before the event. As with all other plugs, you need to e-mail me at said address, I do not have the time, energy or inclination to trawl through leaflets, web pages, Facebook events or newspapers looking for things to include, no e-mail, probably no plug. CDs and Books I now have separate sections to plug CDs and books, but the e-mail address is the same: [email protected] . Ill need the name and contact details for finding out more (1 or more of snail mail, phone, e-mail, WWW or Facebook). I wont keep the plug in forever, but the turnover will be very much dictated by how many I am asked to include, itll be a case of first in, first out. As usual, we are at the Princess Royal, Slinn Street, SHEFFIELD, S10 1NW, doors open at 8:15, for an 8:30 start and there is no charge for entry, just bring a few quid to support the raffle and collection! All singers and musicians are welcome, there is no need to pre-arrange a spot, just try to get there early, so that we have the best chance of giving everyone a fair go. Disclaimer etc: I have tried to ensure that people do not receive more than one copy of this mailing and hope that all who receive it want it. If you have received more than one copy, or do not wish to receive any further ones, please e-mail me with the e-mail address in question and I shall endeavour to avoid any repetition. See you all on Thursday Steve Cooper, Crookes Folk Club
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