HANNAH READ & MICHAEL STARKEY - Live Touring Dates February 2025

 Live Touring Dates February 2025 HANNAH READ & MICHAEL STARKEY plus two very special guests CAHALEN MORRISON and VERA VAN HEERINGEN

Over recent years, Hannah Read and Michael Starkey have fast become one of the most sought-after fiddle-banjo duos on the UK acoustic music scene. Their richly dynamic take on Appalachian old time music has seen them enthrall audiences up and down the country, both during their live shows and on their critically-acclaimed debut duo album 'Cross The Rolling Water', released on Hudson Records. They bring a unique depth of expression to traditional music, looking forwards and reaching out whilst still finding an anchor in its timeless language. At the heart of their sound is the complex and driving rhythmic interplay between fiddle and banjo, which draws the listener in “the way lungs draw in air” (Songlines), as they shine a light on “the powerful essence of the music” (RNR Magazine). To complete their sound they bring a range of old, contemporary and original folk songs, sung with charismatic voices that are “destined to be appreciated for a very long time” (Old Time News). 

They will be joined by Cahalen Morrison for dates throughout Scotland from 5th - 13th February 2025 and Vera Van Heeringen for dates throughout England & Wales from 14th - 23rd February 2025.

Video Link Hannah Read & Michael Starkey - Apple Blossom (youtube.com)

For Live touring dates in February 2025 

please contact: gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk

Hannah Read & Michael Starkey...Hannah Read & Michael Starkey (hannahandmichaelmusic.com)

Cahalen Morrison...Cahalen Morrison

Vera Van Heeringen... Vera van Heeringen

The Band From County Hell to Headline the Trowbridge Festval on Friday 26 July, 2024.

Full line up for Trowbridge Festival 2024 -   BFCH to headline on the Friday night https://trowbridgefestival.co.uk/online-ticket-shop/ 

 

Latest News From Peterborough Jazz Club...

The Latest News From Peterborough Jazz Club...

The next concert at the Peterborough Jazz Club, and the last in the current season, is on 28th June with Vasilis Xenopoulos & Steve Fishwick Quintet - 'Five Way Split' featuring some of the finest contemporary bebop musicians in the UK. The band is fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Steve Fishwick, Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos and the golden touch of pianist Rob Barron. The quintet is completed with virtuosic bassist Matyas Hofecker and rock-solid drummer Matt Home. This will be a night of classic jazz of the highest standard, featuring music played by many of the great jazz combos, plus some very tasteful original compositions.

Tickets: £20 (including £2 booking fee) available from the Key Theatre website:

https://keytheatre-peterborough.com/event/five-way-split/ or from the Box Office in person or tel. 01733 852992

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Live Music at Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire - June 2024

Live Music at Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire - June 2024

Old Nicks Tavern

Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow - Live Touring Dates 4th - 15th November 2024

One of the most exciting duos to emerge from the UK in recent times Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow combine heartfelt musicality, unparalleled virtuosity and vocal harmony. Using the folk music of the British Isles as a catalyst, Kit and Aaron create dynamic and effervescent interpretations of centuries-old material as well as original songs and compositions, all the while celebrating the timeless aural quality of a guitar, fiddle and vocals duet. Their studio albums The Fox (2016) and Pill Pilots (2019) received wide critical acclaim, receiving five star reviews and local and national airplay. The duo tour extensively in the UK and internationally across Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. BBC 2’s Mark Radcliffe is a champion of their work, saying “Kit and Aaron are reminiscent of the late Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy… I can give them no higher accolade. They deserve to be thought of as amongst the best”. “Fleet fingered and ingeniously arranged. .....deserve to be thought of as up there with the best of them” - Songlines  “At the top of their game” - Mark Radcliff, BBC Radio 2  “Such dexterity, energy and passion.....mightily impressive" - RnR Magazine Get in touch right away if you would like a date, email: gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk ​ Video Link For Live touring dates: November 2024 please contact: gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Martin Simpson's new album, 'Skydancers' hits number 2 in the Official Folk Albums Chart

 Martin Simpson's new album, 'Skydancers' hits number 2 in the Official Folk Albums Chart

Topic Records have announced that ‘Skydancers,’ the new album by  Martin Simpson reached an all-time high in April’s Official Folk Albums Chart  at number 2.   His 12th full length solo record for Topic, collects new,   Simpson-penned originals alongside 18th century broadside ballads  and reverent reworkings from the songbooks of, amongst others, Bob Dylan,  Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, Nancy Kerr, June Tabor and Craig Johnson.   ‘Skydancers’ is available as a double CD, vinyl album and to download/stream... Skydancers (lnk.to) Reviews “an excellent record from a master of his craft” - Klof Mag “acoustic finger-picking magic” - Uncut  “Penguin Eggs-good. Seriously” - ★★★★ MOJO "It’s stunning and without doubt his finest work in almost half a century of  being at the vanguard of british guitar players, songwriters, singers and true  custodians of folk music” - Richard Hawley  "I do believe this set could be equal to, maybe better than, anything he’s ever done" - Ian Anderson, Tradfolk Visit The Topic Records Shop… Proper Music | Supporting independent music since 1988 Topic Records Topic Records c/o Proper Music Distribution 1-5 Applegarth Drive, Questor, Dartford Kent, Eng DA1 1JD United Kingdom

 

Live Music at Old Nick’s Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, May, 2024.

 Live Music at Old Nick’s Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, May, 2024.

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Lineup Announced For Cheshire Folk Festival 2024

Recently announced acts, including The Band From County Hell, performing at Cheshire Folk Festival. Website and ticketing information soon to be released

Cheshire Folk Festival on  Facebook

Live Music at Old Nick’s Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. April, 2024.

 OLD NICKS TAVERN, HORNCASTLE, LN9 5DX. Welcomes you to the APRIL 2024 Music Programme. Performance starts at 9pm unless otherwise stated.

Any queries, please call 01507 526862 email oldnickstavern@btconnect.com facebook message or just pop in.

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Check Out Bluecrow Music Gig Guide For Live Music In Lincolnshire and Peterborough - Easter Weekend 2024

 

Check Out Bluecrow Music Gig Guide For Live Music In Lincolnshire and Peterborough - Easter Weekend 2024

Friday March 29
Derrick Harris Trio  - Commuter Jazz Lincoln
​Gaz Clitheroe  - Dog and Bone Lincoln
Alt Rock Night - Liquor Lincoln
​Daniel Welsby - The Victoria Lincoln
​Conspiracy - The Sun Inn Saxilby
Watching The Frogs - The Old Angel Inn Bardney
Stolen Fridays - King's Head Louth
Triaforto - The Malt Shovel Scunthorpe
Sanctum Sanctorium  - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
Skeleton Crew - Old Nicks Tavern Horncastle
Kennie J  - The Kings Oak Club Chapel St. Leonards
Uninvited Guests - The Royal Oak Swayfield
​Soul FX - The Red Lion Holbeach 
Park Jam Headline ILL Sykes  - Voodoo Lounge Stamford
​Smoke n Mirrors - The Blue Bell Werrington Peterborough
​Scooted and Booted - The Brewery Tap Peterborough
​Tribal Misfits  - The Ostrich Peterborough
Lee Clingan  - The Coopers Peterborough
Scooted and Booted - The Brewery Tap Peterborough
Stevie Daniels and the Wranglers - Queens Head Peterborough
The Balloons - The Grainstore Oakham

Saturday March 30
Emo Fest  - The Drill Lincoln
​Peoples Choice - The Birdcage Lincoln
​Feel The Noize - The Adam and Eve Lincoln
Flatcap - The Dandy Lion Lincoln
​Graham Mizen  - The Victoria Lincoln
Watching The Frogs - The Old Angel Inn Bardney Lincoln
​The Rogues - The Three Horseshoes Waddington
​Conspiracy - The Elm Cottage Gainsborough
Blues With Bluestone Road  - Louth Jazz Club Louth
​Rough Culprits - King's Head Louth
Dog Day Afternoon - The Lord Roberts Scunthorpe
Atomic  - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
Alamo - The County Grimsby 
Utah Saints  - Docks Academy Grimsby
​The Beatles Revolution - The Old Clee Social Club Grimsby
​Ever - Old Lloyds Grimsby
​Route 180 - Grimsby Golf Club
Pete and the Panthers - Brigg Servicemen's Club Brigg
​Skeleton Crew - Old Nick's Tavern Horncastle
Stefan Michaels  - The Kings Oak Club Chapel St. Leonards
Visions of Cody  - The Seaview Bar Skegness
Motown: How Sweet It Is  - Embassy Theatre Skegness
​Soul FX - The Three Monkeys Bar Skegness
Jersey Beats - Oh What A Night - The Gliderdrome Boston
Suburban Toys/Type Forty/Coup De Tete/Newsom - Boston Original Bands Initiative Queen of Spades Boston
Dual Kick - The Red Cow Fishtoft Boston
​The Betty Swollox Band - Orchard Park Hubberts Bridge
​Strictly Nashville  - Guildhall Arts Centre Grantham
​Just Rex - Nobody Inn Grantham
Jacuzzisoup  - The Legion Sleaford
Club With No Name Presents Scream  - Voodoo Lounge Stamford
The Whiskey Wizards - The Iron Horse Ranch House Market Deeping
20 20 Vision - The Blue Bell Werrington Peterborough
The Zephyrs - Charters Peterborough
Surf Dogs - The Ostrich Peterborough
Abbalarf  - The Parkway Club Peterborough
The Gangsters - The Burghley Peterborough
PE4 Fest with six live bands - The Limetree Peterborough
​Caustic Lights - The Crown Peterborough
​Matt Howard - Fletton Club Peterborough
Chris Poole/The Sound Injectors/Meg McPartlin - The Grainstore Oakham

Sunday March 31
B D Lenz Tom Clarke Hill Jazz Duo  - Jazz Café Lincoln
Sax On Sunday with Gareth Moulton - Ropery Hall Barton On Humber
Adrenaline - The Lord Roberts Scunthorpe
Fore Fighters/Cobain'd  - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
The Reactions - The County Grimsby 
Stevie S - The Old Clee Club Grimsby
Ricky Lee  - The Kings Oak Club Chapel St. Leonards
Get It On: One Night of Glam Rock  - Embassy Theatre Skegness
​Open Road - The Red Cow Fishtoft Boston
​VNR - Edwards Bar Grantham 
Subhumans/Scene Killers/Diablo Furs/Sprainer  - Voodoo Lounge Stamford
Mellow Submarine - The Blue Bell Werrington Peterborough
Upon This Rock - Three Horseshoes Werrington Peterborough

Pennyless - Charters Peterborough
Marty Wilde  - New Theatre Peterborough
Tommy Philpot - The Brewery Tap Peterborough
Tribal Misfits - The Bluebell Dogsthorpe Peterborough
​PE4 Fest with four live acts including the One Eyed Cats - The Limetree Peterborough
​The Nuggets - Fletton Club Peterborough
C J Hatt/Veltones/Calder  - The Grainstore Oakham

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