Fo'c'sle Programme February 2010

5 Anything Goes

Play or Sing, read a Poem, tell a Story, listen, fetch the beer, anything

Tuesday 9 February at 8pm
MARTIN SIMPSON & FRIENDS


  • Martin Simpson guitar
  • Andy Cutting melodeon
  • Andy Seward double bass
  • BJ Cole pedal steel guitar
  • Keith Angel drums and percussion
Martin Simpson is recognised as one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world, with a unique mixture of British and American music in his repertoire. He has won BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Musician of the Year and Album of the Year, twice and also for Best Original Track in 2008. The Martin Simpson Band is a coming together of some of the finest musicians and singers in the UK today, an unstoppable combination of talent, taking Martin's music to a new level – a rare opportunity to see and enjoy this thrilling line-up.

In association with the Fo’c’sle Folk Club

£16, concessions £15, Friends and Fo’c’sle Folk Club Members £14.40, students £8

Turner Sims Concert Hall
Box Office 023 8059 5151

12 Anything Goes

Play or Sing, read a Poem, tell a Story, listen, fetch the beer, anything

Thursday 18 February

Return Visit to Windmill Acoustic Music Club, Church Lane, Ewshot, nr Farnham Surrey GU10 5BJ

19 Sara Grey & Kieron Means

A delightful singer and banjo player, Sara is fascinated by the linkages between the song traditions of both sides of the Atlantic - a transplanted American, she has lived in Scotland for 30+ years, touring around the UK, the USA and Canada performing in clubs, festivals, workshops and summer-schools. Born in the US, her son Kieron has mostly lived in the UK and his fine singing reflects his lifelong love and reverence for the old songs (from either side of the Pond) whether it be old-time mountain music, or the blues, or from contemporary songwriters steeped in the tradition. Adapting the sound and style of the old-time banjo to fit the guitar, he accompanies himself and/or Sara with great skill. As well as solo gigs, they have toured the UK as a duo since 2001 and have a gift for creating a great rapport with their listeners (as well as excellent CDs).

Photo by Linda & Dave Kiputh

26 Judy Cook

Born in Virginia, Judy grew up surrounded by folk who love singing and she lived close to the many good musicians at Oberlin College Music Conservatory. Over time, she discovered the wealth of written, recorded and verbal sources for traditional songs (from both sides of the Atlantic), later joining the Folklore Society of Greater Washington where she met lots of other folks who love the old songs. “On the road” in the USA since the early 1990s, people at song-swaps began asking her to sing at coffeehouses, universities, history societies and festivals and Sara Grey introduced her to the UK at 1997 Whitby Folk Week. She now has a vast repertoire of traditional songs and ballads from both sides of the Pond, spiced with a delightful sense of whimsy and sheer joy in singing. She has 3 CDs If You Sing Songs, Far From the Lowlands and Tenting Tonight: Songs of the Civil War. Husband Dennis may perhaps join her "on-stage" for a song they both love.
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