Ann: Site Updates for October and new monthly folk night in London
Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:47:16 -0700 (PDT)
www.folkandroots.co.uk has been updated for October with new reviews,
listings, etc
Also as from October we are hosting a new monthly night on the first
monday of every month, in Clerkenwell, London - hencefar we have quite
a diverse and impressive (imo) guest list - see www.folkonmonday.co.uk
for details ...
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ANNOUNCE - The Flying Toads (trad Irish band) are guests at the Amberley Folk Club 20th Oct
Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:39:17 +0100
see:
www.flyingtoads.co.uk
www.myspace.com/flyingtoads
www.amberleyfolkclub.com
The Black Horse Inn
High Street, Amberley, West Sussex, BN18 9NL, UK
Tel:01798 831552 & 01798 831700
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Crowdie And Cream
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:34:57 +0100
This wonderful series had just been repeated on BBC4, and I'm taking
time out from watching the recordings because I just have to share my
joy at them. At times hilarious and at others sad, it's a
dramatisation of childhood memories growing up on 1930s Harris, in the
Outer Hebrides.
In Gaelic with English subt ...
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Licensing Act and Wikipedia
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:32 -0700
It might help if someone with *verifiable* information about the
problems caused by the Act were to update it's Wikipedia entry. At
present, there's almost nothing except the Government's party line and
the fact that the Act "has been criticised".
The topic is "Licensing Act 2003".
Paul Magnussen ...
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Licensing - 'theoretically innocuous' pianos
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:21:36 +0100
The following from Hamish Birchall. http://www.livemusicforum.co.uk/
Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe has justified the criminalisation of pub
pianos, unless licensed, on the grounds that they are only 'theoretically
innocuous'.
The claim appears in an extraordinary letter sent last month by Sutcliffe to
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uk.music.folk FAQ url [Automatic reminder]
01 Oct 2009 00:05:09 GMT
This is an automatic fortnightly reminder that the uk.music.folk FAQ
can be found at
http://www.lesession.co.uk/umf/umf_faq.htm
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
If you want my address, put unmail2 where the spam trap is. ...
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Licensing - Equity demo & the MU?
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:26:09 +0100
The following from Hamish Birchall. http://www.livemusicforum.co.uk/
Equity, the actors and entertainers union, is organising a demonstration
outside Parliament at noon on 22 October 'to convince the government to undo
the damage being done to live entertainment by the current licensing
regime.'
All perfor ...
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ANNOUNCE - Music demo 22 October
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:44:24 +0100
http://www.equity.org.uk/article.aspx?id=236
The following fron the above.
>Equity will be holding a demonstration outside Parliament to convince the
>government to undo the damage being done to live entertainment by the
>current licensing regime.
The demonstration will begin at 12 noon on Thursday 22nd O ...
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Announce James Keelaghan at the Davy Lamp
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:44:12 +0100
The renowned Canadian singer/songwriter will be our guest tonight at the
Davy Lamp in the Arts Centre Washington. He and his trio will be ably
supported by andexciting product of the Newcastle Uni Folk Degree -
Spinndrift. For more info visit us at www.davylampfolkclub.co.uk or call
Terri on 0191 4166999
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Heads-up for a new trio in the South...
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:44:39 +0100
Tonight at my local folk club (the Royal Oak in Lewes) we had the
incredibly brilliant Michael Marra. Words fail me in describing how
highly I think of his songwriting, and his performance of those songs;
so I will (for once!) not attempt to describe what I cannot. Just be
sad that you weren't there. He is ...
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