Lincoln Folk, Roots & World Music Festival, Lincoln Drill Hall July 31st 2016.

Lincoln Folk, Roots & World Music Festival 

Lincoln Drill Hall - 31st July 2016 from 2 pm.

With Lindisfarne headlining a lineup of household names and emerging artists, this will most definitely be a festival to remember and one not to miss!

Lindisfarne 

The unforgettable 70s folk-rock pioneers return to form with a classic six-piece line up of long-time members, fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle, guitars; Dave Hull-Denholm, vocal, guitars; Steve Daggett, vocal, keyboards, guitars; Charlie Harcourt, guitar, vocal; Ian Thomson, bass, vocal and Paul Thompson (ex-Roxy Music) drums.

With a repertoire of incredible songs like “Meet Me On The Corner”, “Fog On The Tyne”, “Lady Eleanor” and “Run For Home” and a reputation for live performance second to none, Lindisfarne’s power to galvanise festival and concert audiences remains undimmed and is guaranteed to get the crowd on its feet and singing along.

The festival line-up also includes...

Julie Felix

There are those who just have to play and sing; to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job but a calling…..... Julie Felix is one such musician!

Gilmore & Roberts

Combine award-winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound that just has to be heard!

Polly and the Billets Doux

Their energy-filled live performances and genre-defying quartet boast a genius blend of Folk, Pop, Rock N’ Roll, Soul, Country, Blues and even Gospel!

Said The Maiden

Three friends who discovered a mutual love of folk music and sing traditional songs from around the UK and America, often in three part acapella harmony!

The Life And Times Of The Brothers Hogg

The Lincolnshire-based acoustic/roots band, drawing on traditional and modern folk, new country and Americana

TICKETS from 01522 873894

ONCE EARLY BIRD OFFER ENDS, ADVANCE TICKET: £25
& ON THE DAY TICKET: £30 (sold from midnight on 30 July.

www.lincolndrillhall.com

Blowzabella @ St Mary In The Castle Friday, May 20 2016

Blowzabella @ St Mary In The Castle Friday, May 20 Doors:7.00pm

BLOWZABELLA is Andy Cutting – diatonic button accordion; Jo Freya – vocals, saxophone, clarinet; Paul James – bagpipes, saxophones; Gregory Jolivet – hurdygurdy; David Shepherd – violin; Barn Stradling – bass guitar; Jon Swayne – bagpipes, saxophone.
Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, dronebased sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional dance music.

All the band members compose and many of their tunes are “standards” in the
modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world.
Bands across Europe who experiment with folk music often cite Blowzabella as a
major influence. Much loved and respected, there is no one else quite like them.

We can't wait to have them and we don't think you should miss it. Tickets available right here

(http://stmaryinthecastle.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1314220b3e7f9eec99640868c&id=3dfb1b63b4&e=c6ba5bbda3) .

Peter Knight's Gigspanner @ St Mary In The Castle, Hastings, Sunday 8th May 2016.

Peter Knight's Gigspanner will bring this years Hastings Folk Fesitval to a close at St Mary in the Castle on Sunday 8th May. 

Knight is probably best known for his exploits with Steeleye Span, and with Gigspanner he has mustered some of the finest folk musicians in the country including Roger Flack (Guitar) and Vincent Salzfaas (Percussion), and BBC 2014 Folk Awards 'Best Duo' Phillip Henry (slide guitar and harmonica) & Hannah Martin (fiddle, banjo). 

The band have already built massive reputations for producing some of the most imaginative and

exciting music on today's folk scene removing it from the expected and placing it in the arena of the unique and intriguing and we can't wait to host them!

Get your tickets here...

Ticket Link...

www.gigspanner.com

A Happy New Year From Topic Records

‘AND WE WISH YOU, SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR.' The New Year starts with 2 nights of wonderful music from the first family of English folk music, as The Scarborough Spa Theatre plays host to NORMAFEST - a celebration of Norma Waterson featuring the great lady herself, with The Gift Band (Norma, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Neil MacColl and Kate St. John), Eddi Reader, The Waterson Family, Boo Hewerdine, and the Marry Waterson Band. This splendid event takes place on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th January, with tickets available for one or both nights, and is a rare opportunity to experience the power and beauty of a live performance by Norma Waterson. January special offers To celebrate NORMAFEST, Topic is offering a selection of seminal albums by Norma, Eliza Carthy and Waterson:Carthy at the very special price of only £6 each:   TSCD 475 ~ WATERSON:CARTHY  Waterson:Carthy TSCD 488 ~ WATERSON:CARTHY  Common Tongue TSCD 489 ~ ELIZA CARTHY  & The Kings of Calicutt TSCD 520 ~ NORMA WATERSON  Bright Shiny Morning TSCD 536 ~ WATERSON:CARTHY  A Dark Light TSCD 542 ~ WATERSON:CARTHY  Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand          Our good friends at Fledg’ling Records are marking the recent anniversary of CHRIS McGREGOR’s birth (on Christmas Eve, 1936), with a special offer on four stunning albums of his music for just £21 the set:      FLED 3059 ~ The CHRIS McGREGOR GROUP  Very Urgent FLED 3069 ~ The CHRIS McGREGOR SEPTET  Up to Earth FLED 3070 ~ The CHRIS McGREGOR TRIO  Our Prayer FLED 3081 ~ CHRIS McGREGOR  Sea Breezes    Celtic Connections 2016 Throughout the second half of January, Glasgow becomes a magnet for music fans, with over 2000 artists performing in 300 events across 20 venues during Celtic Connections 2016. Martin Simpson is one of the headline acts on the bill of  a concert taking place on 2 nights in tribute to Bert Jansch. Entitled ‘Bert Inspired: A Concert for Bert Jansch’, these take place on Sunday 31st January and Monday 1st February. More details on this and many other events can be found by following the link: Celtic Connections As part of the Bert Inspired strand at Celtic Connections 2016, Anne Briggs will make a very rare personal appearance in conversation with Pete Paphides, following a screening of the 1992 documentary film ‘Acoustic Routes’ at The Glasgow Film Theatre on Sunday 31st January. Anne will talk about life in the Scottish and London folk scenes with Bert Jansch in the 1960s. Tickets for this unmissable event are available by clicking this link: Anne Briggs   With all best wishes for 2016 from all at Topic

Summer's Here - Latest News From Topic Records

Summer's here ~ Festival Season After a run of fabulous gigs earlier in the summer, and wonderful reviews for their Murmurs album, Simpson∙ŸCutting∙ŸKerr appear together again at two festivals over the summer, Cambridge Folk Festival on Sunday 2nd August and Towersey Festival on Sunday 30th August. The trio resume the Murmurs Tour on Friday September 18th at The Grand in Clitheroe, the first of eight more concerts. Check www.martinsimpson.com for more details.   You can also catch the wonderful Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band at the following venues over the next couple of months: Friday 31st July : Camp Bestival, LULWORTH, Dorset Saturday 8th August : WICKHAM Festival, Hampshire Saturday 5th September : Robin Hood Folk Festival, RAVENSHEAD, Notts Sunday 6th September : COTTINGHAM Folk Festival Perfect for the festival season (and record collectors), we now have for sale a black tote bag with the classic Topic accordion player logo on one side and a 1967 Topic flyer design on the other. Continuing our monthly choice of music at a very special price, August’s selections are volumes 17 to 20 of the original Voice of the People set and 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:   another 4 volumes of the Voice of the People:     TSCD667  IT FELL UPON A DAY, A BONNY SUMMER DAY TSCD668  TO CATCH A FINE BUCK WAS MY DELIGHT TSCD669  RANTING & REELING TSCD670  THERE IS A MAN UPON THE FARM   and an August bundle of 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:       FLED 3017  RICHARD THOMPSON & Chums ~ Hard Cash FLED 3026  JULIAN DAWSON ~ Under The Sun FLED 3080  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ Sweet England FIVE 005  DAPHNE'S FLIGHT Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick head out on an extensive 23-date tour in September, starting at St David’s Hall in Cardiff on Tuesday September 1st and finishing on October 30th at the Stamford Arts Centre in South Lincolnshire. You can see the full list of dates by following this link: Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick tour dates

All the latest summer news from Topic Records

The life and work of the very wonderful Shirley Collins is celebrated on her 80th birthday on Sunday 5th July in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre in London.   Shirley is a towering figure in the music world, her influence stretching far and wide, and some of the brightest stars in the realm of contemporary folk music and beyond will congregate to pay tribute to a woman who is, arguably, the greatest living exponent of the folk tradition. “When I sing, I feel past generations standing behind me… those farm labourers and their wives who kept the songs going for us. The songs are social history and their beauty and power undeniable.” This very special event will be compered by Stewart Lee and, with a band led by John Kirkpatrick, will feature performances by Sam Lee, Olivia Chaney, Lisa Knapp, Alasdair Roberts, Graham Coxon and Trembling Bells. The evening will also see the first-ever live performance of the whole of Shirley’s classic album No Roses. Further details can be found here: southbankcentre.co.uk   Available on the day will be a strictly-limited beautiful souvenir programme which will include a 7-inch vinyl record with four recently-discovered recordings believed to be the earliest Shirley made, in 1957. Perfect for the festival season (and record collectors), we now have for sale a black tote bag with the classic Topic accordion player logo on one side and a 1967 Topic flyer design on the other. Continuing our monthly choice of music at a very special price, July’s selections are volumes 13 to 16 of the original Voice of the People set and 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:   another 4 volumes of the Voice of the People:     TSCD663  They ordered their pints of beer & bottles of sherry TSCD664   Troubles they are but few TSCD665   As me and my love sat courting TSCD666    You lazy lot of bone-shakers    and a July bundle of 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:      FLED 3014  HOME SERVICE ~ The Mysteries FLED 3029  SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ False True Lovers FLED 3058  HELEN WATSON ~ Blue Slipper FLED 3084  JOHN KIRKPATRICK ~ God Speed The Plough SIMPSON∙CUTTING∙KERR news Tune in to hear Martin, Andy and Nancy when they visit Mark Radcliffe at the BBC Radio 2 studios for The Folk Show on Wednesday 15th July. After a very busy tour schedule over the last few weeks, SimpsonŸ∙Cutting∙Kerr appear together again at two festivals over the summer, Cambridge Folk Festival on Sunday 2nd August and Towersey Festival on Sunday 30th August. They then resume the Murmurs Tour on Friday September 18th at The Grand in Clitheroe, the first of eight more concerts Check www.martinsimpson/gigs for more details.