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Change of Venue

Another

'Turning Silence into Song'

celebrating 50 years of Rosselsongs with Leon Rosselson, Frankie Armstrong, Robb Johnson, Sandra Kerr, Liz Mansfield and Janet Russell.

Wednesday 1 July 7.30pm at 'The Latest Bar', Brighton BN2 1TF Tel 01273 687171 (14-17 Manchester Street).

Tickets £10 (£7) reserve with Sally at cubby52@tiscali.co.uk.

Flier/poster at http://www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/leonbrighton.jpg (870kb)


Acoustic Music Sessions at the Bun Penny, Lee on Solent

We're pleased to say the pub has completed its refurbishment and re-opens (as a free house) on Monday the 29th of June so the sessions will resume as from Thursday the 2nd of July. Let's make it a good one!

First Thursday of the month from 8:00 pm. If you sing or play an instrument (or even both at the same time!), come along and join in this informal mix of tunes and songs. Contact Phil on 02392 550921 (day) 02392 423161 (evening), e-mail philipg147[at]aol.com or Tony on 02392 553048.

The Bun Penny (postcode PO13 9JH) is in Manor Way, which is part of the B3385 from Fareham to Lee on Solent: if you reach the sea you've gone a few hundred yards too far! It's a comfortable venue with plenty of room in the bars, has ample parking and is a free house serving decent beer. The format is flexible but, broadly, play/singaround for the first part of the evening then a session after the break. Hope to see you there.


PURBECK FOLK FESTIVAL: 4-6 September

Purbeck Folk Festival is a weekend event with camping. It is a new and unique folk festival set in the beautiful landscape of the Purbeck Hills, Dorset's jurassic coast. The festival takes place in two large barns on a sheep farm at Steeple Leaze Farm, Steeple near Wareham BH20 2NY.
Headline acts are: JIM MORAY with band, UISCEDWR, MAWKIN:CAUSLEY as well as Rosie Doonan's Snapdragons and Californian bluegrass songwriter Corinne West ( with dobro guitarist Doug Cox).

More information: www.purbeckfolk.co.uk


LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD
ASHLEY HUTCHINGS’ LARK RISE BAND

8pm Friday 2 October 2009
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester, Hants, SO23 8SB
Box Office: 01962 873603
www3.hants.gov.uk/wdc/
Music, Song, dance and words from the classic book, the much loved plays, and recent BBC TV series painting a vivid picture of the final days of England’s vanishing country ways and customs.

Lark Rise to Candleford, by Flora Thompson, recalls the rural England of the late 19th Century and is crammed full of stories, customs, singing games and much more besides. When it was published in 1945 it became an instant classic.

A concert performance by The Lark Rise Band presents music, words and dance from the book, the plays, the Cds and the tv series, celebrating a lost way of life so memorably captured by Flora Thompson.

“A folk masterpiece” (Sunday Express)


Footlights, West Chiltington CLOSED

Due to Lynne Page's ilness and subsequent death Footlights is taking a break.

Read Lynne's obituary

Keep an eye on http://www.footlightsmusic.com/


Folk South West

has recently moved to:

Church Farm, Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6HL Tel. 01935 873889

The website http://www.folksw.org.uk/ and email address folksw@folksw.org.uk remain the same, but note that the old telephone no (currently with a recorded message giving the new one) will not be available for long. 'Leigh' is pronounced 'lie'.

For the latest news and events list visit the website and download newsletter 21 in pdf format (do not necessarily expect the rest of the website to be completely up-to-date and note that even on the pdf the address to return the membership form to is still the old one).

Folk SW, like TAPS, was recently excluded from regular Arts Council funding with quite spurious reasoning. TAPS has decided to quit, but Folk SW under Eddie Upton is continuing and desperately needs everyone interested to become a 'Friend' at £15 per annum and/or to donate. Please contact them or visit the website to find out more.

Next event: Ceilidh with Dyer:Cummings

Date: 15/05/2009 Venue: East Coker Village Hall Time: 7:30

Enjoy a lively evening of dance hosted by this fantastically talented young Ceilidh Band. They play Traditional English music with a Funky Twist and features Hannah Cumming on Fiddle - Jon Dyer on Bass, Flute and Guitar - Penny Dyer on Bassoon and Alex Cumming on Piano Accordion, Bouzouki, Keyboard, Percussion and is the Caller (tickets may be purchased on website).


MILFORD ON SEA New Folk Club

New website now online - linked above

beginning March 13 2008 - every second Thursday.

Hosted by The Goodthyme Brothers (Jim Palmer, Bill Hesp)

Floor singers very welcome. Bar etc. Follow link for Guests.

Milford on Sea, Village Community Centre, Sea Road, Milford on Sea

Enquiries; Sue Whitlock 01590 643404 or susan[at]hwsolicitors.com

&apound;2.50 entrance


Jenny Zeffertt is trying to re-establish an

Occasional Folk Forum/Singaround

This is basically a singaround with time to discuss the songs as well. Bob Askew has already had a few sessions, with some really interesting discussions, as everybody has a different musical background. But to make this viable, we need more people. Emphasis is less on concert performance and more on the song. We meet in the Fareham area and we are currently trying out a couple of venues. The last meeting was Saturday 14 March 2009, 7.30ish for a couple of hours, at the Gordon Arms, Gordon Road, Fareham. I am the contact and my home phone number is 01329 286731.

Many thanks. Jenny Zeffertt jenny.zeffertt[at]btopenworld.com


La Jeuss Follow-On

Now that Martyn and Danni Wyndham-Read have decided to stop running the courses at La Jeusseliniere in France, Alison Benn, an English lady at nearby Carelles, has taken over the hosting with the full consent of Martyn and all the tutors, at her place. The format is similar, although there are a few changes to the optional evening venues.

The 2009 Courses are as follows:

Held at Alison's home 'La Grande Gennerie', Carelles, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire. A week of expert tuition, wonderful wine and fantastic food in the beautiful Normandy Countryside! £250 per person which includes a barbecue on the Sunday evening at 6pm so everyone can meet up and chat beforehand.

The courses will start 9.30--10am on Monday and finish at 4.30-5pm each evening except Wednesday which will finish at 1-2pm after lunch and on Friday at 4pm to get ready for the concert.
Partners are welcome and will be charged 25 euros per day for lunch and refreshments.

For Bookings please email Alison at grandgennerie[at]hotmail.co.uk or Telephone +33 243 053471

There is a pdf flyer/poster at www.scoff.org.uk/jeussplus.pdf


Are there any

concertina players in the South Hants area

interested in getting together as a part playing group ? The idea would be to play tunes in parts (like a band arrangement ).

Music would be provided for those who like and need the dots (like me) but it's not essential to read music if people prefer to learn by ear.

The idea would be to meet up once a month for some (hopefully) melodic squeezy fun.

If you are interested please contact me via meatsvulpe[at]btinternet.com or 07867 933624.

There will be a Concertina Part Playing group meeting on the 4th Wednesday of the month, starting on Wednesday 25th March (7:30 for 8pm) The first meeting will be at my house in Romsey, but Romsey will not necessarily be the permanent location for this.

If you'd like to join in and you're not yet on my bcc list for the group, please email me for details of how to get here. I'll mention in passing that I'll be at the WCCP Kilve Concertina Weekend (20-22 March) in case anyone on this list is attending and would like to ask me anything about the group.

Happy Squeezing,

Syd Meats


Lewes Arms transferred to the Elephant and Castle

After twenty-one years at the Lewes Arms, the Lewes Arms Folk Club is moving to the Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ (www.elephantandcastlelewes.co.uk) [now to be known as Lewes Elephant Folk].

Some Saturday Evening bookings will be in alternative venues due to prior commitments at the Elephant & Castle - usually The Crown, but see the website which remains www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ for full details (Black Horse on Sat 4 April 09).

We are moving because the new management of the Lewes Arms has asked us for £50 to use the club-room on a Saturday night and £75 during the daytime when we run workshops because they want to use it as a restaurant at weekends. We run to break even and give all door money to our guest performers, paying for our advertising with a weekly raffle and occasional night without a guest; the management were well aware of this when they asked us for money, which they described as a peppercorn rent in comparison with the amount of money they could be making out of the space we use: a room that holds fifty people at a pinch.

Not only have we been at the Arms for twenty-one years, but Vic and Tina Smith ran a superb club there before us; the best of traditional music has been in the pub for the best part of forty years. My first visit was to Scan Tester's 83rd. birthday party in September 1971. This year alone we have run and weekly performances and fifteen all-day workshops by excellent musicians including Alistair Anderson, Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick, Paul Sartin and Coope Boyes & Simpson.

If you would like to protest to the owners, Fuller Smith and Turner, in the hope of showing them that a lot of people value folk clubs and that they will lose goodwill and money by evicting them from their pubs, please email fullers@fullers.co.uk or write to
Mr. Michael Turner, Executive Chairman, Fuller Smith & Turner Plc, The Griffin Brewery, Chiswick Lane South, London W4 2QB.

Other Lewes Arms events are also moved. Note in particular:

Best wishes,

Valmai


Chilworth Contras

Future Events:
2009 Hope to see you there. John & Hilary Turner http://www.users.waitrose.com/~jhmturner


Albatross Pie, folk-jazz quartet, appear 8.15pm,
third Monday of the month at The Black Boy, Wharf Hill, Winchester, SO23 9NP.

Albatross Pie are Richard Carver: guitar, accordion, melodeon; Richard Brecknock: fiddle, mandolin; Theo: keyboards, wind, brass; Heather Bradford: vocals.


Readifolk has changed venue again.

We now meet at Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS
Every Sunday at 8:30 (new start time).

Colin Una and Colin Waters (unaandcolin[at]talktalk.net )


You may be interested to know that the old tradition of

Wareham Court Leet

has an addition in the form of Graeme Meek's song entitled 'Wareham Court Leet' which can be heard accompanying a YouTube slideshow of their escapades over the years which, in turn, appears, embedded, on the home page of the Wareham Court Leet website. The song is performed by Life & Times and the sheet music is also available in pdf format on the Court Leet website's Document Archive page. A recording of the song was played at all of the Wareham pubs visited by the Court Leet in their annual outing, this November, and it is hoped that the Wareham Whalers will be performing the song in the not-too-distant future, possibly with the intent of singing it at Court Leet outings in future.

Regards

Graeme Meek


Sessions at The Florence, Florence Road, Southsea (tel:92875700).


John Breese says “I'm available to

teach bluegrass banjo in Southampton

. I charge £18 for an hour's lesson and some of my stuff is up on my myspace page www.myspace.com/johnbanjo My contact details are 07779040687 or john.breese[at]hotmail.com - so, if you live within striking distance of Southampton, Hampshire - and have a secret desire to play the banjo - here’s your chance!

[from Dee Hallett's 'Bluegrass and More newsletter]


Wiltshire Folk Songs Database

[from Bob and Gill Berry]
This is an extraordinary piece of work completed by Chris Wildridge and the Wiltshire County Council's Web site. There are some great Genealogy notes on the singers from where many of these songs were collected in what is probably the most extensive and up to date database, on one areas folk song collections, in the country.
Well done Chris, Mike and all the team for some great work. www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/folk_search.php

There a few mp3s and midifiles linked too.


FREE DOWNLOAD! Fatea Showcase Session

The current Fatea Showcase Session is available for free download at the website (linked above)

Featuring 10-20 fantastic bands across a range of acoustic based genres, each download is exclusively available for three months after which it will never be available again.


For news of Melting Pot gigs with:

See the latest message on the Melting Pot News group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meltingpot_uk or go to the meltingpot.org.uk website.

Shows Regular Dolphin gigs


Bournemouth: The Bourne Spring Acoustic Folk Club

The Bourne Spring Centre, St Marys Road BH1 4QP (John Smith 01202 720630 john[at]bournespringtrust.org) 2nd (singers) AND now 4th (Guests) Tuesday of the month, 8pm (doors open 7.15). Guests and floor spots. Entrance fee: £2.50 on the door (performers FREE).


Ringwood Folk Club

See our new web site (linked above)


Hi,My name is Richard Holland, and I am the BBMA rep for the South (all sounds a bit grand, but it isn't!) We have started a Bluegrass pick - open to anyone who wants to try! The sessions are at a pub called The Golden Lion in Winchester, and I enclose details below.

Bluegrass pick Last Tuesday of the month - The Golden Lion Pub - 99 Alresford Road, Winchester, SO23 0JZ

8.30pm to 11.00pm
PUB WEB SITE - More details - map & stuff about the pub www.winchester-taverns.co.uk
My job is also to try and coordinate and inform about Bluegrass stuff in the area - finding teachers - putting on gigs - so please feel free to point anyone in my direction who might want more info. Contact r.l.holland[at]btinternet.com


Blog Site dedicated to the Isle of Wight (UK) Folk Scene


Wessex Acoustic Folk Club

Venue : As from Wednesday 2 July 2008 we will be at The Farquharson Arms, (pronounced farkerson) at Pimperne on the A345 Blandford-Salisbury Road. The club will stay on Wednesday nights until the end of 2008 with the artists as previously listed every three weeks. The club will switch to Friday nights in 2009 and be less frequent with guest nights aproximately every 6-8 weeks. The pub is less than 2 miles from the Blandford by-pass on the A345 to Salisbury, on the right as you enter the village of Pimperne from Blandford, on the left from Salisbury.
Contact Kathy Dunn (01202 732239,
07808 277177).
Email: kathy.dunn[at]btopenworld.com


Ian Ferguson

Have recently heard from Chris Mason the sad news that Ian Ferguson -- Morris-man, Piper, long-time stalwart of Ringwood Folk Club -- died 27 June.


South Parade Pier

On 16th October 2008 The Bullfrog Blues Club's monthly gigs started back on South Parade Pier after a short break with a superb triple bill at a bargain price! .

After the success of the Mike Sanchez and The Portions gig on the blues day of this year's Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, we're delighted the area manager of South Parade Pier  has asked The Bullfrog Blues Club back to present monthly gigs.

Please make sure that you check the website www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com for details of all Bullforg Blues Club gigs and join the Barking Spider email list if you are interested.


Ebb and Flow

The new album from Nelsons Wake (Chris & Siobhan Nelson & Barry Wake) is going down very well, with impressive radio coverage, particularily in the North and it is also receiving some brilliant reviews. To see more and to help advertise this excellent CD, download www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/ebbandflow.pdf. On it, you will also find links to myspace sites and to buy the album on line from CD Baby and several other sources, or download the whole album or individual tracks from iTunes.

Due to geographical differences (Southport & Southampton) Nelsons Wake don't get to perform together very often, so if anybody out there wants to book them and make it happen, please send an e-mail to wake[at]talktalk.net .


ukulele group in Southampton

We have had a lot of interest from scoff readers in our plan to set up a ukulele group in Southampton, so I thought you would be pleased to know that the group is going ahead! We meet for the first time on Monday 9 June and fortnightly thereafter at Talking Heads, Portswood Road, Southampton. 7.30pm - 9pm. Playing everything from folk to punk. All standards welcome. Spare ukes available for newbies. More at southamptonukulelejam [at] yahoo.co.uk. Cheers folk friends!

Cheers folk friends!

Catherine Wright

Group email: southamptonukulelejam[at]yahoo.co.uk


After nearly 19 years

TAPS is closing its doors

The withdrawal of essential funding has meant that we can no longer sustain the operation of the organisation. From 25 April 2008 the work that TAPS began and developed will continue in the further work of those who have guided it.

The board and staff would like to thank all who have made the work of TAPS possible: clients, partners, funders, audiences and workshop participants … and the scores of musicians, dancers and other artists who have contributed their time and skills to make it possible for us to push the barriers, take the risks and ask the difficult questions in our quest to make taking part in traditional music and dance in England something which is accessible, creative and intercultural.

That quest is not over…

We hope to see you in the future.

TAPS

NB: Please note that there are no staff now employed by TAPS and no one in the office will be available to deal with enquiries. Telephone messages, emails and post will accordingly not be monitored. Please therefore contact the Official Receiver when one is appointed for all enquiries relating to the administration of TAPS. It is most likely that TAPS’ liquidation will be dealt with by the Official Receiver’s office at 2nd Floor, Kings Wharf, 20-30 Kings Road, Reading RG1 3ET (Tel: 0118 958 1931).


CYRIL TAWNEY - LIVE RECORDINGS NEEDED

Recordings of Cyril Tawney's concert and club appearances are needed for inclusion in his Archive, which will be held by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, and I wonder if any of your readers/listeners can help. I have already received several very useful items, but there are still some gaps to be filled, particularly by the many traditional songs in his repertoire which were not recorded commercially.

I'm also keen to have examples of his more quirky items, for my own pleasure and for the Archive - here are some examples to jog memories:
Music-hall songs - Married on Pension Day, With Me Little Bit Of Hair On The Top etc.
Popular songs - She Wears Red Feathers (yes, the Guy Mitchell hit), also the Andrews Sisters songs Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet and Three Little Sisters.
Most of all in this category I would love to have a recording of Baltimore Oriole, a beautiful, bluesy Hoagy Carmichael song which Cyril rarely sang in public. Here's a reminder of the opening lines: 'Baltimore Oriole, took one look at that mercury, forty below, no life for a lady, to be draggin' her feathers around in the snow'
We have no recordings of the themed presentations which he occasionally gave at Festivals and Arts Centres: "Tawney in Depth", "Hands to Dance and Skylark" and "Royal Navy Humour". Does anyone have these, please?
Even if the songs you have are covered elsewhere, Cyril's introductions were very much a part of his performances and the live sessions will help to complete the record of his career.
Thank you very much
Rosemary Tawney www.cyriltawney.co.uk Contact details: tawney3[at]tiscali.co.uk 01392 426 055
10 Sivell Place, Heavitree, Exeter, EX2 5ET, UK


Rick Keeling CD

In 1974 Rick's cassette Waiting For The Leaves was released. Also featuring Roger Moss and friends from the local folk scene, it is re-issued with 27 extra tracks and a 16pp booklet. By the time the cassette was released Rick had moved away to live and work in Suffolk, where he continued to write and perform. Sadly he died in 1988, aged 43. All the songs on these CDs were written by Rick, except Tomorrow's Sunshine which was written by his life-long friend and musical companion, the late Jack Holt.
"…Forest Tracks have a proud history: they were the label to put faith in the late Rick Keeling when others ignored him. (And he remains perhaps the most charismatic home-grown folk performer I ever saw. Some claim, that.)"
– Dai Woosnam - The Living Tradition Originally issued on cassette in 1974
Visit the Forest Tracks website for mp3s and an order form.


Folk and related weekend courses at Farncombe Estate, Broadway

Cotswolds UK. (Typical cost £170 non-res, £230-£240 residential) See http://www.farncombeestate.co.uk/courseslist.asp?fac=55 (or go via top page www.farncombeestate.co.uk )


REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA - NEW WEBSITE

The organisers of the two Lewes folk clubs have been discussing the need for a website to bring attention to the many and varied regular song and tune sessions in our area (Well, those that don't mind being publicised anyway!) Bryan Creer has decided to take on the task and he is building up a list of them at http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Feb 08:- I have given free rein to my inner geek and written a new version of the Sessions page that works out the date of the next of each session (except for the weekly ones where it seemed a bit pointless).

Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact him on Bryancreer[at]aol.com


New and Improving Singers

1) Community Choirs

There are now Community (or similar) Choirs operating in Andover (x2), Alton, Broughton, Winchester (waiting list), Petersfield, Brighton, Guildford and Southampton (x3). None of these hold auditions, they all expect to develop joiners' natural talents - very very few people actually cannot sing! To find out more about these (and a few additional more specialist choirs which should be of interest to this list) visit

the recently updated SCoFF choirs page


David Cooper R.I.P.

The sad news is already travelling around. David had a stroke on the Monday night, regained consciousness but did not recognise people on Tuesday, recognised those around him yesterday and died peacefully in his sleep Thurs 6 December 2007 morning.

There are many aspects of David's life that come readily to mind, I only include a few here and not in any order: long time member of Alton Morris Men and a Morris Ring area representative;
worked for the Forestry Commission, and more recently for the Amberley Museum where he made clay pipes;
introduced many people to the ancient practice of Nurdling;
member of the British pipe smoking team in Venice in 1998....
The list of his activities and eccentricities could go on.

David's funeral was on Thursday 13th December at 2pm in Coldwaltham Church, going on to Chichester Crematorium.


The Songs of John Oke Bartlett

John began singing many years ago with the Victory Morris Men, some years later with a repertoire of chorus songs he asked Peter Luscombe, Brian Ingham and John Thornton to help him record his collection of hard won country style folk songs for posterity and as a consequence the group ‘Ramskyte’ was born. It was at this point John began writing material for the group to perform, many of his songs feature on the CD’s ‘Holler and Shout’, ‘Dark December’ and ‘Flickering Light’ including ‘Taro Fair’, ‘The Harvest Hour’, ‘Eventide’ and ‘White Horses’ all of which have become fairly well known on the folk scene. Sadly ‘Ramskyte’ is no more but their rich legacy still remains. John is now singing in a duo with Peter Luscombe entitled ‘Wholehearted’ he is still writing and contributing to the ‘Tradition’ and his reputation as a fine singer-songwriter continues to grow.

John’s book, long overdue, of 32 songs with music, words, several glossy country photos highlighting some of John’s influences and a CD of the tunes, (Verse and chorus) is now for sale I’ve seen a copy – the production and content is excellent!

Follow the link for reproductions of the front and back covers.

What an opportunity to treat yourself.
The price is a mere £14 plus postage and packing.

To order please send £16.50 to Alan Glock at:

2 Helena Road, Southsea, Hampshire. PO4 9RH or Email Alan: bigaljg[at]ntlworld.com or John Oke Bartlett: jbartlett[at]southdowns.ac.uk for further information.

Contents

  1. Autumn Gold
  2. Autumn Song
  3. Beat the Drum
  4. Christmas Bells
  5. Christmas Spirit
  6. Close the Door
  7. Collier’s Cry (The)
  8. Eventide
  9. Follow the Light
  10. Green Remembered Hills
  11. Harvest Hour (The)
  12. Hiring Fair (The)
  13. Honeyman
  14. Hops and Barley
  15. Hunter’s Moon
  16. Kindred Minds
  17. Lark in the Morning (The)
  18. Last Shift(The)
  19. Lazarus
  20. May Song (The)
  21. Mr Codfish
  22. Neck (The)
  23. Old Hay Cart (The)
  24. On the Night Before Christmas
  25. Rose of England (The)
  26. Seasons Change
  27. Shining Bright
  28. Stoner Hill
  29. Taro Fair
  30. White Horses
  31. Winter’s Corollary
  32. Zion


Guide Cats for the Blind – Songs and Poems of Les Barker

Taking the D out of fund-raising Celebrities performing comic verse in aid of the British Computer Association of the Blind

“Regular belly-laughs in a very good cause.” (Sarah McQuaid, Dublin Evening Herald)

“Somewhere between Pam Ayres and Shakespeare, Les Barker has the voice of a home made pie and the wisdom of a zoo-keeper’s broom.” (Listener, BBC Radio Devon)

Prices including postage and packing: £12 for any one title, £21 for any two, and £27 for all three.

For more information, please visit the British Computer Association of the Blind website, at www.bcab.org.uk , email guidecats[at]bcab.org.uk or call the Guide Cats enquiry line on 08456 432 126.

There is a downloadable full track from the new CD on the website - Jenny Agutter reads Garden Waste! (be warned - it's a zip file, you have to unpack it).


Banjo Tutor Wanted

I have just recently bought a 5 string banjo and wish to learn to play it in the bluegrass (Scruggs) style. I could do with a few lessons initialy to set me off on the right direction.

Are there any banjo players/tutors out there in the Hampshire area who might be able to help?

Please reply to Martyn at mdtathome[at]tiscali.co.uk


LEWES FAVOURITES: TUNES SUPPLEMENTS

Andy Warburton has now produced two supplements of tunes current in local English sessions: one is of a further 32 favourites, and the other a selection of tunes from Scan Tester's repertoire. They available to anyone coming to a practice session, but not to order by post as we only have a limited number; we'd prefer people to buy a copy for the princely sum of 30p and then make copies themselves by what Andy engagingly terms 'furtive reproduction'. You can also download them from the club website http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ (note new address) in Noteworthy Composer, abc and midi. [There are also up-to-date links for these formats on the site.]


FASH, Solent Waves and Megabops websites

Onetel, my previous ISP, temporarily liquidated the corresponding web space, a move I had intended making, but not quite so precipitately! Rather than rely on them again, I have abandoned ship. All the links I am aware of have been changed, but many surely remain on external sites - if you come across one, please let me know - but don't forget to reload if it's a page you look at often, the old version is likely to be in your cache and there may already be a new one on the server.

FASH and Solent Waves should now be linked as www.fash.org.uk for all purposes - you'll find the 'real' address if you go to this, but please just use fash.org.uk in any fixed link, this enables us to keep just the one link up to date.

Megabops haven't yet a domain of their own and may currently be found at homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor.gilson/megabops as well as at the (recently returned to life) Onetel address.

If in any doubt, simply type fash.org.uk or focsle.org.uk/SCoFF into your browser (reload the page if necessary) and use the links you'll find there.

Trevor Gilson 02380 456337, SCoFF and FASH webmaster, Southern Counties Folk Federation and Folk Association of South Hants


The 'Mary' Sessions at the Queen Mary in Poole are no more

The organisers, Michael and Steve, have decided to call it a day as far as the 'Mary' goes. Michael writes...

We also feel it might be best to take a summer recess and try to find another suitable venue.

Don't forget of course Martin and Vera's session at the Albion is not affected by this decision and Steve and I would like to feel you will give them support.

Sorry to all of our dedicated supporters and of course all those who have helped/attended/played and simply turned up.

We may be going to sleep for a while BUT we are not beaten yet

[from sadfolk, www.sadfolk.co.uk ]


list of folk programmes on local and national radio

As some of you may already be aware, there is a fairly comprehensive list of folk programmes on local and national radio available at : http://www.lesession.co.uk/umf/umf_faq.htm#radio


Forest Tracks Folk Songs from Hampshire and Dorset

Forest Tracks is proud to announce the release of Folk Songs from Hampshire and Dorset, a double CD re-issue of the well-known vinyls from the 1970s with 20 extra tracks - over two and a half hours playing time.

Includes Extended and updated notes in a DVD-style case.

Order details - visit website or contact folkmusic[at]forest-tracks.co.uk


Please note Bill & Heather Long's new address and phone number

with effect from 18th April 2007. Emails etc will remain the same for the time being. 'Julola', Marsh Way
SLING
Coleford
Gloucestershire
GL16 8JN UK
Tel: 01594 832969
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Folk in the Barn

I've lurked for long enough! Time to come out of the closet (or Barn). For those still unaware - Folk in the Barn has been putting on the UK's (and beyond) top Folk / Acoustic / Roots performers for the past 4 and a bit years. We started off in the warm and welcoming Kingston Barn, in the village of Kingston 5 miles south of Canterbury, with our regular favourite duo - Show of Hands. We have since grown and now use 3 different venues - The stunningly located, Canterbury Cathedral International Study Centre, right next to the Cathedral and the wonderful Whitstable Playhouse, sumptuously furnished and lovingly looked after by the Lindley Players. Pleae check out the website.


I have an enquiry for a melodeon tutor in the Soton/Romsey area.

Is anyone willing?

Regards
John Turner john.turner15[at]which.net posted to SCoFFnews


Southern Lights ladies traditional dance team

are looking for a lead musician or two to join their current band line up of Roy Eccles on accordion, Howard Bown on guitar and Barry Wake on banjo.
Fiddle, woodwind, brass, accordion, whatever will be very welcome.

Besides traditional dance tunes, the reportoire includes tunes specially written for the team by their ex accordion player Carrie Jones and tunes written by the likes of Andy Cutting, Jo Freya and Alistair Anderson. (As you might imagine we play in more than two keys!)

Southern Lights dance at most of the Southern folk festivals, occasional pubs with other teams and a few commercial/social events. Weekly rehearsals are on Wednesdays at Woolston Community Centre, Southampton, from 8pm to 10pm.

Contact Barry or Maureen wake on 023 80432216, e-mail mwake[at]onetel.com and note new website


Shep Woolley's Local Radio Show - Portsmouth

Rooting Around 2000 - 2200 every Thursday
Express FM 93.7 (general Portsmouth area).

Open for diary dates and event announcements.

shepwoolley[at]email.com


Hambledon Folk Club

Enquiries for Hambledon Folk Club are now being dealt with by Rod Smith at 02392 632504 or email at trodneysmith[at]hotmail.co.uk. The music[at]hambledonfolk.co.uk adddress is still available and will, for the tie being, be forwarded to Rod's personal address.


Forest FM in Verwood (East Dorset)

has a folk music programme 'Forest Folk' on Friday evenings 8pm - 10pm starting 8 December. Presenter is Paul Burke.
The programme schedule:
8 - 9pm some of the finest musicfrom the UK folk scene;
9.00 - 9.30 'Whats On'in the local scene (East Dorset and nearby towns);
and
9.30 - 10pm roots music from around the world.
The station transmits on 92.3fm (8 - 10pm) and is broadcast at the same time on the website: www.forestfm.co.uk The initial plan is to publish a current weekly playlist on www.fawm.net.


MUSICIANS WANTED

The Hampshire Regency Dancers Are looking for musicians (keyboard, flute, violin) to accompany them for dances of the Regency period (1770 to 1820)

Please contact: Kate Davis 01329 235599
email: info[at]hantsaustendancers.org.uk


www.albertappreciation.co.uk

This on-line CD sale is in support of a couple (dedicated folk&jazz promoters/tenant publicans) who had no choice butto leave their premises this year, with no compensation, despite nearly 25 years of service to the brewery - and to music (more details on the website).

If anyone is looking for CDs, they will find the prices hard to beat.

www.albertappreciation.co.uk

now open forsales!
This is your chance to give real support to those who have supported the music you love for many years, and pick up some cracking cds (at great prices!) signed by and direct from the artists you love to listen to. All items have been pledged by musicians who support this project, including............

Maart Allcock, Harvey Andrews, Duck Baker, Tom Bliss & Tom Napper, Gary Boyle, Maggie Boyle, Ray Bradfield, Joe Broughton, Clive Carroll, Jim Condie, Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby, Andy Cutting, The Demon Barbers, Kent DuChaine, Mike Freeman & Tania Opland, Vin Garbutt,Grace Notes, Kieran Halpin, Alistair Hulett, Clive Gregson, Sara Grey, Robb Johnson, Jez Lowe, Kieron Means, Mundy- Turner, Kristina Olsen, Poozies, Show of Hands, Mike Silver, Steve Tilston, Karen Tweed, Eddie Walker, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Brooks Williams


Woven Wheat Whispers

New Legal Download Site for Folk Music in all it forms.

Free promotion for artists
Cost effective legal downloads for music lovers
We work with both new and established artists
Pleas visit the site http://www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk for full details whether as Artiste or potential client or write ammoniteuk[at]yahoo.co.uk


Missing Persians File CD from Les Barker

Following their success with the double CD Guide Cats for the Blind the British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) has released a second volume of Les Barker's poems read by personalities from the world of entertainment and song by folk legends.

Of Particular interest to members of this list will be tracks by Harvey Andrews, Tom Paxton and Steve Tilston.

The Missing Persians File can be purchased through the BCAB WEBSITE AT WWW.BCAB.CO.UK AND COSTS £10.

I believe there may be a special deal if you want to purchase both Guide Cats and Missing Persians File. Go to the web site to find out.

All money raised from the sale of these CDs goes towards training sight impaired people how to use computer equipment.

[from Steve Bingham of Readifolk]


From Bob Long:

Session at The Chequers Inn

I'm pleased to announce the start of a new, regular blues jam (and open mic) session at The Chequers Inn, near Lymington. The first one will be on Weds 21 September, starting at 8.30, then the third Wednesday of every month thereafter.

For info and directions to the pub, visit www.chequersinn.com

Enquiries about the event should go to Bob Long long.boblong[at]gmail.com or tel.023 8028 2821

Acoustic players welcome; we provide a PA system!

Blues2U

Bob Long


The Bournemouth Folk Club, formerly
Shenanigans Music Club

Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bourenmouth BH2 6BE non-smoking venue club info: Paul Burke 01425 475226 reserve tickets: Val Munro 01202 707498 8.00 -10.30pm weekly club every Sunday during their season with approx monthly gigs with major Artistes. Details are on web site www.bournemouthfolkclub.com.


VENUE for Chichester Folk Song Club

Please be advised of the following:
With effect from Tuesday 9th August 2005, Chichester Folk Song Club will meet at its excellent new venue: the skittle alley of The 4 Chesnuts, Oving Road, Chichester.
For more details check the following web pages.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/markerr/

www.the4chesnuts.co.uk

regards
Kerry
Chi Folk Club publicity


The session at the Elm Tree Inn, Langton Herring, has restarted.

First Tuesdays. See... http://www.sadfolk.co.uk/monthly.html for more details.


Tuesday Folk Sessions at the Four Horse Shoes, Nursling Street (very end)

We start again on Tuesday 24th May from 8pm. All welcome to join this informal session. More info from Mike Bunce on 023 8073 8960.


Gwilym Davies interactive folk music workshops on the music, song and speech of the English travelling people

Gwilym Davies is offering an interactive folk music workshop on the music, song and speech of the English travelling people, i.e. gypsies, based on my first-hand collecting, illustrated by sound and video clips. The workshop is entitled “Step it Away” and for further details, see http://www.cmarge.demon.co.uk/gwilym/Stepaway.html, For bookings, email Gwilym at gwilymdavies[at][remove]bigfoot.com.

Gwilym Davies


From: "soundofcd" Fredamhran[at][remove]aol.com
Date sent: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:57:27 -0000
Subject: [Tradsong] Keith Summers Missing LPs

Everyone on [this list] who knew Keith Summers will know know that he was an assiduous record collector. Also that, in the course of a short but active life, he built up a large and aesthetically important collection of records of traditional music.

That collection has been lodged with me for safe keeping.

Unfortunately, in the course of moving the records from their old home in Southend to their new one on Merseyside, two crate loads of LPs went missing. The loss represents about 450 records, or roughly ten per cent of the entire collection.

We cannot be sure what has happened to them, especially as the removal firm responsible is being totally obstructive and refusing any form of co-operation whatsoever. However, the most likely scenario is that they were stolen, whilst in the company's storage, and probably for sale to a record dealer. To exacerbate the problem, I cannot make this a police matter as long as the removal firm refuses to admit that a theft has taken place, or until I can come up with some independent verification of the same.

The list is at at.....http://www.mustrad.org.uk/letters.htm

I am appealing to anyone who buys or deals in 2nd hand LPs to keep an eye open for these records. Should you come across a similar list, I would be most obliged if you would e-mail me direct at Fredamhran[at][remove]aol.com. Please let me have all relevant details. EG., where you saw the list or the records, and the name, address and phone number of the person who had them. In particular, if they turn up at a record fair, please also note the details of the seller's stand, and of the fair's proprietors.

I cannot explain how sickened I feel by this loss. However, I can explain that I am far less concerned with the monetary value of these records than I am at the fact that Keith's collection has been desecrated, and that its integrity can no longer be preserved. It was a register of his life's work and interests; it contained many rare, important and irreplaceable items; and it would have been a first class guide for anyone from a future generation, who wanted to know what we meant by the term traditional music.

Many thanks to anybody who is able to help,

Fred McCormick

The Traditional Song Forum

http://www.tradsong.freeserve.co.uk/ "How can I keep from Singing?"


SCoFF Webmaster's note: I will be inserting '[remove]' or something equally obvious in email addresses from now on to try and fool the automatic address harvesters.


Madding Crowd West Gallery forthcoming events

are now listed on their new website - follow the link!


Ex-Malthouse Sessions now at Star

The Malthouse musicians have voted to stay permanently at the Star in Romsey and the landlord (Roddy) has agreed to host the sessions weekly every WEDNESDAY from 05th January, starting around 8:00.

This is a session, not a folk club, and we try to create a very supportive environment for those who may be a bit nervous about joining in. We aim for fun, a good balance of songs/tunes/styles and laughing at our mistakes together. (We do also produce some good music)

more info from me, Bruce Marshall via email, at brucemarshallthescot[at]yahoo.co.uk


Music Evenings at Lee-on-The-Solent Sailing Club

The regular monthly Sing-around / Session events started again on March 10th 2005 and then monthly the last Thursday of every month.

Bar open at 6.00pm, music starts around 9.00 pm.

Admission Free

Format is Informal – just bring your instrument or voice, sign in and join in.

So Come All that sing and play, let's be hearing you! Non-performers members and guests are welcome, too, of course - performers just love having an audience! If you know of others that would appreciate attending as either performer or audience, please let them know.

Check the website at www.lossc.co.uk for up-to-date information

NB. Non-members will need to be signed in by a member.

Kind Regards

Bob

Bob Squirrell, LOSSC Management Committee.
Home Address: Bob Squirrell, 20 Glenney Close, Lee on the Solent, PO13 8FD,
UK. Tel: +44 (0)845 4563201; Fax: +44 (0)2392 554908; Mobile: 07770 436179; Bob.Squirrell[at]kognosys.co.uk


Harberton Folk - Devon email list

John Culf of Harberton Folk at www.harbertonfolk.co.uk offers a regular free email folk circulation and website listings for everything folky within about a 30 mile radius of Totnes, as well as presenting its own non-commercial concerts such as Old Rope String Band (27/11) and Show of Hands (4/12), both in Totnes.


The Gate, 140 Burgess Road, Southampton

02380 678250

Live music on Thursdays

Venue listed by Peter Ashton's web music diary Playing Out Loud at www.playingoutloud.co.uk.


Big Sing Dorset

have an ongoing programme of brilliant looking singing workshops, Contact 01308 488216 or bigsingdorset[at]naturalvoice.net to get on their mailing list if you are interested.


Posted on folkbiz-uk (Jacey Bedford's cyber-group). No further information available to SCoFF.


unsigned music and comedy radio station

An unsigned music and comedy radio station is going to launch in couple of weeks and we are seeking for unsigned artists who would be interested in getting their music played in the station. If you are making music and have some recorded songs, please register at http://www.artistboost.com and upload your .mp3's. Submitting your songs is free, of course.

We would be really interested in hearing from you. After registration it might also happen that we will contact you about writing a feature about your band to The Cheers magazine (http://www.thecheers.org), so be sure to include your contact info.

Thank you
Siim Einfeldt
Artistboost - The Mediacurse Station


Music Lab workshops at the Wiltshire Music Centre

a new series of creative workshops for musicians from all different musical backgrounds, abilities and ages, to create brand new pieces of music.

Everyone is welcome: whatever they play, whatever music they are into and whether or not they are an active player or slightly lapsed. The only thing that matters is enthusiasm and an interest in trying something new. It is hoped that after we pilot the activity, we will be able to establish a regular ongoing programme.

I would be really grateful if you could this email to any contacts, colleagues or friends who would be interested - particularly anyone who is really into music but doesn't have that many opportunities to make music with other people.

The Music Lab: Creative Music Workshops for All Ages
The Music Lab is a new series of workshops for musicians from all different musical backgrounds, all abilities and all ages, enabling them to make and create brand new pieces of music. If you love music, want more opportunities to play with other people and would like to create music yourself, then join the Music Lab.
Everyone is welcome: whatever you play, whatever music you are into and whether youÂ’re an active player or slightly lapsed.
The workshops will be mainly improvisation-based but suitable for any level of experience. You donÂ’t need to read music or play by yourself (unless you want to!) - enthusiasm and an open mind are all that is required.

If you would like to register your interest in future Music Lab workshops at the Wiltshire Music Centre, you can call us on 01225 860100.
The Wiltshire Music Centre is situated on the north-west side of Bradford on Avon, next to St Laurence School. There are facilities for disabled people, plenty of adjacent free parking and the Centre is easily accessible by road, rail and bus. Tea and coffee will be provided.

Alexandra Tomkinson, Audience Development Officer, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DZ, Tel: 01225 860 110 Fax: 01225 860 111, Email alexandra.tomkinson[at]wiltshiremusic.org.uk (please note that my email address has changed).


Reviews

There is a new review of the Portland Spydafest 2004 on the SCoFF/FASH Reviews Page at www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/reviews

I am normally pleased to publish on this page any relevant reviews sent in, but please don't forget Folk On Tap and Solent Waves.

Lists

This might be a good place to remind you of SCoFF policy re passing on news etc. In general I don't send news of regular events (Club meetings etc) out on SCoFFnews although I will provide simple web pages for SCoFF Clubs not having the ability to construct their own, as well as linking such pages in various places.

Similarly there are number of closely associated news services run either by Clubs themselves or by organisations like Barking Spider and Sadfolk which it seems pointless to duplicate for most of the time, so SCoFF news list members who want those services should join them direct. Spydafest was not much publicised by SCoFF, because, basically, it was the one that got away! However, it was publicised by Barking Spider (no relation) and by LOGO magazine which emailed many local organisations with roots music affinities.

Here is a list, probably not complete, of other email services some of which which you might well want to join if you are interested in what comes out on the SCoFF service:

1) Somerset & Dorset Folk Events run by Steve Cunio - join up at www.sadfolk.co.uk (highly relevant for all dedicated folkies in that area).

2) Barking Spider/Bullfrog Blues covering mostly their own Portsmouth & Southsea events (RMA tavern, South Parade Pier etc) but ranging widely to cover many Isle of Wight gigs, other associated festivals like Eastleigh and Jockstock and whatever else takes their fancy (such as Spydafest). Run by Andy Broad and John Roberts - join up at www.broad.ology.org.uk/mailinglist.html

3) The Greys pub/venue at Brighton - see www.greyspub.com.

4) Stiff Promotions based in Petersfield but with a pub-style venues list (mostly Hampshire) and folk-rock the main roots interest. Write stiffpromotions[at]tiscali.co.uk and see www.stiffpromotions.co.uk

5) Fo'c'sle Folk Club see www.focsle.org.uk.

6) Footlights at West Chiltington, Sussex - monthly folk gigs - partial coverage on SCoFFnews, for full news join up by writing to footlights[at]freeuk.com and see www.footlights.freeuk.com

7) Willows Folk Club at Arundel: write to chris[at]willowsfolkclub.org and see www.willowsfolkclub.org

8) Ringwood Folk Club: write to biggsra[at]yahoo.com and see mysite.freeserve.com/ringwood

9) Hitchin Folk Club: write to hitchinfolkclub[at]onetel.net.uk and see www.hitchinfolkclub.idnet.net

10) Forest Folk (North Boarhunt - the name refers to the Forest of Bere, not the New Forest!): write info[at]forestfolk.co.uk and see www.forestfolk.co.uk

11) Eleanor van der Hoest's mailing list (mostly Segalula and Maggie O'Connor's activities): write to eleanor[at]vanderhoest.freeserve.co.uk

12) Vic Smith's Sussex mailing list: write to tinvic[at]globalnet.co.uk and see the web version of Sussex Folk Guide at whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk (the email list covers mostly Lewes Royal Oak FC and Lewes Arms workshops, see web for full events list, but email will warn you when web is updated).

13) Fiona Moore's email list for her own projects including two formal and two informal choir-type groups (Portsmouth and Southampton), storytelling and folk gigs: write to fiona[at]moorestories.co.uk and see www.moorestories.co.uk

14) Pete Watkinson's email list: this is somewhat in abeyance since the demise of both the Railway and the Cabaret Caff, however you can't hold a good man down and I'm sure it will resuscitate: write to pjntrish[at]ntlworld.com and see his website www.users.waitrose.com/~pjntrish/

15) Paul McKenna, local (Southampton) Musician's Union Rep and promoter of various local musical happenings: write PAULDRUMS[at]aol.com

Please write and tell me if I have missed anyone out and note that almost all Artistes have their own mailing lists which you can join at gigs if interested - or see the SCoFF database for listed groups and individuals. All SCoFF member Clubs that I can screw the data out of are on the web and linked from the members page www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/members.htm both on the drop-down menu and under the individual Club details. If YOUR Club isn't linked - hammer the organiser, not me!


Accordions Worldwide

From: "Lia M. Taniela" lia[at]accordions.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004
Subject: Folk Music and Accordion News

Hi!

I am writing from Accordions Worldwide, the largest internet resource on accordion. We have a news programme that is updated weekly and which goes out in 7 different languages, English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese and Russian - every Friday. The news programme features accordion news or news of musical events and groups which feature accordion music.

I am writing to ask if you have any news from your area of music that involves accordion which you might like to share with other members of the folk music/accordion community. If you do have any stories of future concert dates, competitions, new CD's, future shows/gigs, festivals etc... please feel free to send them to me for publication on our new site . If you have any pictures, please feel free to send them to me for publication as well.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Lia Taniela, News Co-ordinator
Accordions Worldwide http://www.accordions.com


Previous News

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Club and Venue Web Listings Recap

Many Clubs and Venues now have their own web listings and SCoFF members/advertisers/associates may be found via the SCoFF redirection/Quickfinder service at http://www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/any

Talking Heads new website is at http://www.thetalkingheads.co.uk/, the Brook at http://www.the-brook.com, Wedgewood Rooms at http://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/listings.html and The Greys, Brighton acoustic music venue at http://www.greyspub.com,

Blues in the South (BITS) blues gig guide for southern UK.

Sussex Clubs (both SCoFF members and others) have their own County summary, the Sussex Folk Guide.


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