10th: Richard Grainger
Richard Grainger is a ‘Tees-side & Yorkshire’ born Singer & Guitarist
living on the North - East
Coast of England. His extensive repertoire addresses
much of folk-life from the Yorkshire Coast and Moors to industrial Teesside and
beyond, both past and present. There are songs with an industrial and maritime
theme, songs of the environment and much more.
Richard Grainger'sWeb Site
17th: Closed for Easter
More than simply a folk-singer, multi award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud
Devonian Jim Causley is an all-round entertainer and during the past decade Causley has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.
2017 was the centenary of Jim’s relative; the celebrated Cornish poet Charles Causley and award winning filmmaker Jane Darke made a specially commissioned biographical film about the poet which aired on BBC4 TV on 1st October as part of the Centenary celebrations. The soundtrack to the film was composed entirely by Jim and featured music from his 2013 album ‘Cyprus Well’ of musical settings of Charles’ work.
Jim Causley's Web Site
Folk club members and those from the wider acoustic scene.
Tommy's songs, like There were Roses, and Daughters and Sons, which
have been recorded by Joan Baez, Kathy Matthea, Dolores Keane, Sean Keane, Frank
Patterson, Dick Gaughan, The Dubliners and many others have been translated into
many languages and are currently included in the English language syllabus in
German secondary schools.
Phil came to spotlight night with one of the members of
his trio, they wowed the audience, with humour and good musicain ship, and vowed
to return, so here is the Trio, Phil Dave & Dickie 
