November
3 SARA GREY Delightful traditional American singer with unique banjo style.
10 "Anything Goes"
17 LIGHTWOOD BAND Several combinations of singers and instruments will give
an enjoyable variety to the evening with these local friends.
24 "Anything Goes"
December
1 SOULS OF FIRE Local young people with klezmer and bass
8 "Anything Goes"
15 SHEBEEN Why not have a green Christmas this year?
January 1996
5 "Anything Goes"
12 FLATVILLE ACES Local Cajun superheroes (without drums) - last time at the
Fo'c's'le before this local but nationally known group go their separate ways.
19 Bayou Seco at Colbury Memorial Hall. An evening of music,
songs and dances for all in barn dance style from New Mexico through
Texas to Louisiana featuring Ken Keppeler and Jeanie Mclerie.
Special Guest Erik Hoffman.
Traditional English country musicians from the New Forest Dave
Williams and Friends. 7.30 - 11 pm, Tickets £3 in advance from the New
Forest Visitor Centre or from The Fo'c's'le (553040) or from Charlie and
Diana McEwan (292654). The Hall is on the A35 on the left as you leave
Southampton, just before the turning to the Butterfly Farm and Beaulieu.
26 "Anything Goes"
February
2 Bicentenary Burns Night hosted by Dave and Jean Mallan also known
as Lallan. Music, songs, poetry and probably some traditional food. Kilts optional.
Burns is known to have drawn on traditional sources and on rummaging in a wonderful volume of "Scotch" songs assembled in the earlier part of the century, I found that "Auld Lang Syne" was around before Burns and the book quoted a collection of Scots Poems dated 1711 - it is therefore truly a folk song.
9 Tom McConville. An exciting fiddler and singer with Irish and Scottish parents, Tom draws
from his ancestral traditions adding English and a hint of Bluegrass to more contemporary songs.
16 "Anything Goes"
23 Joe Stead Here comes democracy! On this night you will be asked to choose the programme. Choices include "left wing love songs" and environmental issues, as well as traditional material played on banjo and mandolin. Come and make a difference.
March
1 "Anything Goes"
Friday and Saturday 8 & 9 March: special Women's Week events. On the Friday we have the popular group Sisters Unlimited perform for us, and on the Saturday Morning, 10am, at the University in the Lecture Theatre H and J complex (next to the Nuffield Theatre - see University map - it is the large square lump hanging off the right of Building 2a, ArtsII, on the NW detail map), they will be running a double workshop:
The Singer and the SongSisters Unlimited are Sandra Kerr, Janet Russell (Breastfeeding Baby in the Park), Peta Webb and Rosie Davis (the dancer). Don't miss their childbirth shanty No Bed of Roses. The Nuffield car park (Saturday event only) is approached via Salisbury Road.
- an exploration of traditional singing styles, the rôle of women as a repository for song and singing styles and of song in women's history.Two Flat Feet
- the basics of Appalachian clogging and Flatfoot dance.
15 "Anything Goes"
22 Award winning Shetland fiddler and accordionist Catriona MacDonald & Ian Lowthian.
29 "Anything Goes"
April
5 Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin Close harmony folk from the Appalachians.
12 "Anything Goes"
19 Bill Caddick The singer songwriter who wrote 'Unicorn' and 'John O'Dreams'.
26 No "do" at the usual venue, come and see us at the
Winchester Folk Festival.
May
3 Roy Harris Roy is a surviving member of the first generation
of revivalist singers, with a gentle character, fine voice and amazing
a capella repertoire that mixes traditional, contemporary, Music
Hall with a wide range of storytelling. Roy spent 12 years as a BBC
Radio presenter.
10 Cyril Tawney Possibly the most celebrated of the original
local folk heroes re-visits the club where he did his first gig for its
33rd Birthday Celebration. No promises about what he will sing
tonight but you may remember Sally Free and Easy, and Grey
Funnel Line.
17 "Anything Goes" but with the spotlight on Gosbee and
Julia Lane (10pm onwards) whose music reflects the Scottish and
Irish heritage of their native Maine. Fred wrote a tribute to the late
Stan Hugill which got them invited to the Bristol Sea Music
festival.
24 Cathy Winter on a return visit from the USA. Cathy cannot
fail to impress you with her guitar skills; she sings mostly her own
contemporary folk and blues with some traditional blues.
31 Artisan Contemporary folk music as tight as three part
harmony can get. Brian bedford's arrangements are so packed with words
there's no space for instruments!
June
7 "Anything Goes"
14 Take the Shilling Local trio with an Irish flavour takes a
new approach to its music. Hear all kinds of pipes and whistles along
with strings and vocals.
21 "Anything Goes" and AGM
28 on - Closed for the Summer. Re-opening September 6 - keep your eyes
open for news of possible move (last paragraph below).
Other guests in 1996/97 will include Brian Peters, Jim Couza, Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle.