Ann: New folk Night in London
Usually held on the first Monday of every month in Clerkenwell, our
next date being 7th December with featured guests Rún, Steven Finn,
support slots by 'Laura Victoria' and 'You Are Wolf' and a surprise or
two or three or more perhaps.
See www.folkonmonday.co.uk or www.myspace.com/folkonmonday for details
Rún collect and arrange old folk songs written in the ancient language
of Erin. So far, thanks to Nora from Donegal, they have a nice wee
collection of well-known ditties and are now adding to their
repertoire with some unusual old forgotten songs from the province of
Ulster. Rún are five fantastic lassies who perform four-part vocal
arrangements of old Gaelic songs like An Cailín Rua (the red-haired
girl), Casadh an tSúgain (twisting the hayrope) and Bo Na Leath
Adhairce (the one-horned cow). Rún is the Gaelic word for secret,
wish or love (cf. rune). See
Steven Finns ears were filled with the music of Count Basie, Benny
Goodman, Johnny Cash and old time country music. Aged 15 he began
teaching himself the guitar, learning songs like Leadbellys
Bourgeois Blues and Charlie Daniels The devil went down to
Georgia. On hearing Bob Dylan songs Finn started to write his own
words and in doing so found a lifelong passion for Jazz and Folk
Blues, a getaway car he could drive.
date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:36:36 -0800 (PST)
author: fr
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