STONEHAVEN FOLK CLUB

Friday 23/3 : 8.30 pm - 11.30 pm : Flossie Malavialle : Community Centre

Saturday 24/3 : 6 pm - midnight : Archie Fisher + local performers : Community Centre

Sunday 25/3 : 2 pm - ?? : Session : Royal Hotel (Cormack's Restaurant)

2012
JANUARY 2012
06/01/2012	Carol Anderson & Martin MacDonald	Unfortunately, Michael Marra has had to cancel. Carol and Martin have stepped in at the last minute. Promises to be a good night! http://www.footstompin.com/artists/carol_anderson__martin_macdonald
13/01/2012	Session
20/01/2012	Session
27/01/2012	Tom & Maggie Spiers
FEBRUARY 2012
03/02/2012	Session
10/02/2012	Càirdeas	Càirdeas (pronounced car-dis) have been described in the press as a lively, entertaining and highly accomplished trio featuring three of Scotland’s top traditional musicians; Colin Ramage (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Neil Paterson (pipes, whistles, guitar) and Iain Anderson (fiddle). Originally formed for a tour of Switzerland they now perform at top international festivals, corporate events, British embassies, Caledonian societies and Scottish celebrations all over the world. And just incase you wondered, Càirdeas means ‘friendship‘ and ‘kinship‘ in Scottish Gaelic.
17/02/2012	Session	NOTE: Folk Club will meet in the Community Centre, Bath Street, from now on. BYOB
24/02/2012	Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller	Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller are two talented young singers and musicians who are recognised as shining new stars on the Scottish Music scene. They are both blessed with lovely natural voices that blend beautifully. Their performances focus strongly on communicating through traditional, contemporary and self-penned song. Jeana Leslie (fiddle, Hardanger fiddle, piano, vocal) comes from Orkney and was a semi-finalist in the Scottish Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005. She toured Canada in 2005 with her school folk music group, Hadhirgaan, and also took part in the Tall Ship Races on the musicians’ boat, ‘The Swan’, on which Chris Stout was musical director. Jeana has appeared at several festivals, including an Orkney Night concert with The Wrigley Sisters and Kris Drever at Celtic Connections and in Donald Shaw’s ‘Harvest Project’. In 2009 she was very honoured to perform with Paulo Nutini at the Ottowa Bluesfest in Canada. She is an experienced tutor for Celtic Connections Education project that coincides with Celtic Connections. She also teaches for Glasgow Fiddle Workshops, RSAMD Musicworks, Orkney Traditional Music Project and other projects throughout Scotland. Siobhan Miller (vocal, piano, dance) is from Penicuik, just to the south of Edinburgh. She first appeared at the Traditional Song and Music Association of Scotland’s Auchtermuchty Festival when only 13 years old and won both the children’s and women’s singing competitions there. In 2007 she was nominated by the RSAMD to receive the silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Siobhan has appeared as a solo singer at several festivals including Glasgow’s Celtic Connections, Gigha Music Festival and with The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She has played support to various musicians including Karine Polwart and Bob Fox, and appeared as a guest singer with Jock Tamson’s Bairns at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall in 2006 and at Celtic Connections festival in 2008.
MARCH 2012
02/03/2012	Session
09/03/2012	Gren Bartley	Gren Bartley sits on the edge of the ever growing link between English and American folk music. He explores the whole range from traditional English songs to the darkest American blues ballads. Add to this his impressive songwriting with "a depth and insight of someone twice his age" and you will find an artist that is sure to be an important contributor to the roots scene for many years to come. Gren's live act is his strongest asset. His guitar playing is "effortlessly astonishing" and his lyrics serve perfectly to accompany the audience through the spectrum of musical landscapes he visits. But it is his soft yet absorbing voice that provides the thread of continuity throughout the set. He has toured all over the UK and is quickly building a core of fans wherever he goes.
16/03/2012	Session - Irish Songs	St Patrick's Day theme
23/03/2012 24/03/2012	Folk Club 25th Birthday! Flossie Malavialle Archie Fisher	Friday 23/3 : 8.30 pm - 11.30 pm : Flossie Malavialle : Community Centre Saturday 24/3 : 6 pm - midnight : Archie Fisher + local performers : Community Centre Sunday 25/3 : 2 pm - ?? : Session : Royal Hotel (Cormack's Restaurant)
30/03/2012	Session
APRIL 2012
06/04/2012	Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts	BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award nominees Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts combine astounding lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and their trademark harmonies with considerable songwriting talent to make a truly distinctive sound. Since releasing their début album Shadows & Half Light in 2008 (proclaimed 'one of the finest contemporary folk albums in recent memory' by FishRecords.co.uk), Gilmore and Roberts have been wowing audiences across the country with their unassumingly confident displays of instrumental technique. 2010 saw the duo release their hotly-anticipated second album, Up From The Deep, which scored them a Hancock Award for ‘Best Original Song’ (Fleetwood Fair). In 2011 Katriona and Jamie spent five weeks touring with folk-rock legends Fairport Convention, completed a 30-date nationwide tour in their own right and performed at two of Britain’s largest acoustic music festivals - Cambridge Folk Festival and Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. Aside from their work together, both Katriona and Jamie are in high demand as session musicians and have played on several acclaimed albums. Katriona has previously toured as part of Tiny Tin Lady and with Rosie Doonan's Snapdragons and recently joined the newly reformed Albion Band, while Jamie has played with young English traditionalists Kerfuffle since 2007.
13/04/2012	Session
20/04/2012	Quicksilver	QuickSilver, who are Grant Baynham and Hilary Spencer proves that the unique breed of English music residing between Folk and Music Hall lives on. You may recognise Hilary’s name. She formerly was one third of the now-disbanded a cappella trio Artisan. QuickSilver gives her a much better opportunity to display her talent and personality. Grant, whose previous musical endeavour was further outside folk plays nimble classical guitar. Their repertoire goes from Lady Nairn, Jake Thackray, WC. Handy, Fats Waller and Andy Razaf, William Barnes and Ralph Vaughan Williams, Kern and Hammerstein, Flanders and Swann and even a poem by Ogden Nash set to music by Scot Brian Miller. They have superb musical ability with plenty of personality. The expertly chosen material showcases them at their best. Most of their set is intelligently humorous, perhaps even cheeky in British parlance. Some of their more serious tunes are equally as well performed, such as “Land O’ The Leal” and “Linden Lea” but for the most part they provide a humerous and very entertaining evening.
27/04/2012	Session - English Songs	St George's Day theme
MAY 2012
04/05/2012	Session	Featuring Stoney Fiddlers (from Ma Simpsons). Note - we will be starting at 8 pm for this session.
11/05/2012	Mike Silver	Mike has over 40 years of experience as a writer, singer, guitarist and live performer and has been enjoying a quiet success story throughout the UK and in various territories around the world; his songs give expression to authentic human emotions without becoming sentimental. Signed to Elton John’s Rocket Records in 1973, Silver toured the USA supporting Dory Previn, and Ashford and Simpson. His work as a studio musician and backing vocalist with Charles Aznavour, Chris de Burgh, Ralph McTell, Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) and many more is well documented. His ability to write and perform songs, which transcend many guitar and musical styles, was recognised by Justin Hayward who recorded Mike’s song, “Maybe It’s Just Love” on his solo album Night Flight. Even after many years travelling, singing and playing Mike is still fascinated by music, to him it is a never ending voyage of discovery; “Being able to play music is like having my birthday every day. The size of the audience is irrelevant, 1000 people, 100 or 10 it’s still the same, it’s an exchange of emotions: occasionally, there is that frisson that ripples through them in the very few seconds between the end of the song and the beginning of their applause: it’s like an earthquake in your heart”. Variously reminiscent of James Taylor, Phil Collins and even Sting, Mike matches the talent of his better known peers; his beautifully restrained delivery is especially noteworthy. He always produces the goods, something that will come as no surprise to his loyal fans.
18/05/2012	Session - Fur & Feathers!
25/05/2012	Cloudstreet	Based in Queensland, Australia, Nicole Murray and John Thompson have carved themselves a niche internationally as outstanding performers of acoustic folk music. With vocal harmonies reminiscent of Steeleye Span and the Seekers, powerful arrangements of Australian classics and a repertoire that spans the Anglo-Celtic world, cloudstreet's exciting performances entertain and delight. They deliver a powerful and moving musical experience, based on entrancing musicality, stunning use of vocal harmony and above all, a compelling sense of fun.
JUNE 2012
01/06/2012	Session
08/06/2012	Anthony John Clarke	Chances are you've met Anthony John at an event on the folk music circuit. He has been involved in music for many years now, having recorded twelve CD albums, three CD singles and published two songbooks. He has played in hundreds of clubs and festivals in the UK, Europe, Australasia and the USA, and his songs and career receive good coverage. Anthony John Clarke was born in Belfast on 18th October 1956. He started songwriting at the age of nine inspired by the sixties but it was only when he left Ireland and came to England that he pursued his passion for writing with any vigour. Lacking belief in his work he languished in the shadow of others for too long but the creator of "Irish Eyes" and the beautiful "Seven In Ireland" was destined to make a mark on the British contemporary music scene. Living in Liverpool and being managed superbly by Sheelagh McGovern for many years afforded Anthony John the opportunity of performing his songs far and wide. Seven tours of the East Coast of the USA ensured him a small but loyal following there which remains loyal to him to this day. Bookings at clubs up and down the UK and recent developments including the vocal collaboration with Elizabeth van de Waal increased his popularity and made him an established folk name. There are very few places in the UK and Ireland that Anthony John has not played. His supporters are loyal and many, and the tributes he receives from his peers bear witness to the talent and hard work of one of the folk scene's nicest guys. He retains his reputation as one of the top songwriters on the scene and his hard work and dedication to his craft are a credit to him. For him, songwriting is indeed a craft.
15/06/2012	Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies	Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies have been playing their songs and music of Northern England for a decade and a half around the folk festivals, clubs and concert stages of the world. “Acoustic simplicity coupled with electric vitality” was how they were described in their early days, and with half a dozen albums to their credit, along with solo albums by Jez and by other members of the group, their following has continued to increase. In 2006 alone they have played in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium and of course all over the UK and Ireland. Strong vocals, backed by outstanding instrumental back-up on guitar, cittern, fiddle, fretless bass, keyboards and Northumbrian Pipes, have made them one of Britain’s top attractions on the folk/acoustic/celtic circuit.
22/06/2012	Session - girls' names
29/06/2012	Corran Raa	A Scottish band, heavily influenced by the traditional music that has flowed across the North, Atlantic and Irish Seas. Moving melodies, lush harmonies, soulful vocals and inventive accompaniment. Formed on a normally uninhabited Hebridean island, Corran Raa have a passionate interest in their native music. Originating from the length of the country, from Shetland to London, their intertwined musical paths eventually converged on Taransay in 2005. The inspiration of those all night, midsummer, musical sessions led the band to take its name from a landmark of the islands stunning coastline. Their self-titled debut album holds a feast of new compositions, and a taste of traditional song, conveyed with warmth and lyricism.
AUGUST 2012
03/08/2012	The Alistair Ogilvy Band
17/08/2012	Ian Bruce
31/08/2012	Quirky Jade	Quirky Jade are a Scottish acapella singing trio will be performing a real mixture of Scottish, Folk, African and modern songs along with the best of Stonehaven’s folk singers and musicians. Joni, Aileen and Izzi came together in 2003 to sing at a wedding - they never expected then that they would be finishing their album “Quirky” in late 2011 in Lanarkshire’s Foundary Music Lab with Graeme Duffin, (guitarist with Wet, Wet, Wet) producing. Along the way they have built up an excellent reputation whether singing in the Scotia Bar in Glasgow, or the Royal Concert Hall on the Open stage at Celtic Connections in January this year. While they are well known for the breadth of their repertoire they are better known on their home patch of Renfrewshire for singing at various Burns Nights and related events. In Stonehaven they intend focus on material from their new album, and also some new material including Karl Jenkins, Beatles and African songs. They sing most songs unaccompanied but their trained voices can fill any size of venue. They occasionally use percussion to accompany them and will be joined on this occasion by singer songwriter, Brendan McLaughlin on his guitar.
SEPTEMBER 2012
07/09/2012	Johnny Silvo Tribute Night
14/09/2012	David Francey Duo
OCTOBER 2012
12/10/2012	Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer	Currently taking the world by storm, Vicki and Jonny are rightly “establishing themselves as one of the best duos around on the folk scene today” (Famous Willows Folk Club). Although best-known for their instrumental skills with Scottish smallpipes, accordion and even Swedish nyckelharpa, the duo are well recognised for their songs arrangements too. With their blend of traditional material and contemporary interpretations, they have developed a sound that is both familiar and fresh. Vicki and Jonny’s strong educational background makes their workshops as powerful for a festival event as their performances.
26/10/2012	Steve Turner	Steve Turner comes from a family of singers and concertina players. His grandfather was known to have sung and played the instrument in the 1890's. Steve began his career on the Manchester folk scene at the end of the 1960s. Joining the Geordie band "Canny Fettle" in 1970, he made two albums and toured in Britain and Europe with them for eight years. In 1979, he won the Melody Maker "Stars of the 80s" national competition, which persuaded him to turn professional for 12 years until 1991. During this time he made four solo albums with Fellside Records and toured internationally. A period of thirteen years away from the folk scene followed with Steve building a violin retailing business and diversifying musically into a more classical mode. But folk music has a habit of getting into your blood so 2004 saw Steve make a welcome return to the folk scene
NOVEMBER 2012
09/11/2012	Kenny Spiers and Judy Dinning
16/11/2012	Up in the Air
DECEMBER 2012
07/12/2012	Pete Coe	Pete has been a professional musician since 1971, playing at festivals concerts, clubs, dances & schools throughout Britain, Europe, Asia, New Zealand & USA . During the ‘70s he toured and recorded with Chris Coe, was a member of the legendary New Victory Band & with Nic Jones, Tony Rose and again, Chris Coe, he was a member of Bandoggs. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s he toured and recorded with Red Shift but since 1985 he's mainly worked as a soloist & earned an enviable reputation. His strong, distinctive voice is enhanced by his instrumental versatility, the ringing strings of his bouzouki, the sweet chords of his mountain dulcimer, the plaintive frailing banjo & the pulsing reeds of his melodeon. He's also a country dance caller, creator & band musician. He sings, plays & step dances, sometimes all at once!