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These pages designed and constructed by © 2006 Lawrence Heath.
and will continue to be so until well into the New Year. It is intended that it will eventually become
a useful resource for anyone wishing to discover more about the sort of music, dance and song
promoted by Electric Voices, G.B.H. Ceilidhs and the Music Institute.
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Up and coming events in and around Guildford that may be of interest to our audience
Vin Garbutt
One of the most popular singer/songwriters on the folk scene - and also
one of the funniest.
Friday 11th April 2008
Farncombe Music Club, St John's Church, Farncombe, Surrey
Ticket price £12.00 (£10.00 in advance from
Record Corner
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Uiscedwr
Welsh fiddle player/singer Anna Esslemont and Irish bodhran virtuoso
Cormac Byrne formed a trio in 2003 and won the prestigious BBC Young
Folk Award. The third member is now Kevin Dempsey, one of the UK's
most admired and charismatic guitarists.
The Cellar Bar, The Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey
Wednesday 16th April 2008 - 01252 726234
Start time: 8.00pm. Doors open 7.30. Ticket price £10.00
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The Kate Rusby Band
From her Mercury-nominated 1999 album 'Sleepless' to 2007’s acclaimed
solo CD 'Awkward Annie', plus collaborations with Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble,
Ronan Keating, Eddi Reader, Kris Drever et al, Kate Rusby has been a key
figure in England's reinvigorated folk scene. Tonight Barnsley's leading
export lets loose her wit, charm and effervescent folk credentials on a
spellbinding set of Rusby classics and brand-new songs.
Princes Hall, Princes Way, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1NX
Friday 2nd May 2008
Ticket price £18.50 - Box Office: 01252 329155
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Places in and around Surrey where you can see and hear music with its roots in the tradition
The West End Centre, Aldershot
Popular, intimate concert venue with at least one acoustic folk/roots concert per week
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The Anchor, Byfleet
Folk Club - meets every Thursday at the Blue Anchor Public House, Byfleet, Surrey
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The Ram, Claygate
Folk Club - meets every Friday at the Foley Arms, Claygate, Surrey
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The Chanticleer, Dorking
Folk Club - meets every Wednesday at the Social Club, Friends Provident, Dorking, Surrey
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Farncombe Music Club
Acoustic Music Club - meets monthly at St John's Church, St John Road, Farncombe, Surrey
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Folking.com, Farnham
Folk Club - meets monthly in the cellar bar of the Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham
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The Music Institute, Guildford
Folk Club - meets alternate Fridays at the Guildford Institute, Guildford, Surrey
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The Boileroom, Guildford
Guildford's exciting new music venue presents a wide range of music including folk
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The Horsham Folk Club
Meets every Sunday 8.00 pm at the The Normandy Centre, Denne Road, Horsham RH12 1JF
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Places in and around Surrey where you can come dancing in the good old way
Meltdown Ceilidhs, Haywards Heath
English ceilidh dances every month at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath, Sussex
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Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs
English ceilidh dances every month at Cecil Sharp House, Camden Town, London
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M27 Megabops
Bringing barn dancing back with a bang every month in Southampton
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Oxfolk Barn Dances
Monthly dances at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, nr Oxford
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Haddenham Ceilidhs
A ceilidh nearly every month at Haddenham village Hall, Oxfordfordshire
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GBH Ceilidhs
English ceilidh dances every month at The Borough Hall, Godalming, Surrey
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Webfeet
Everything you ever wanted to know about English ceilidh and barn dancing - and more!
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Folk Festivals and Other Significant Folk Gatherings
A Mighty River Of Song
The gathering of the Waterson:Carthy clans at The Royal Albert Hall
on Saturday 12th May 2007
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Organisations dedicated to the preservation, development and promotion of traditional music, dance and song
E.F.D.S.S.
The English Folk Dance & Song Society
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SEFAN
The South East Folk Arts Network
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Folk South West
The Folk Arts development organisation for the South West of England
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Contact details of agencies specialising in folk singers, musicians and barn dance bands
Alan Bearman Music
The agency for Waterson:Carthy, June Tabor, Martin Simpson, Altan, Chris Wood etc. etc.
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Barn Dance & Ceilidh Agency
English barn dance and ceilidh bands for London and the Home Counties
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Contact details of the performers we have had at Electric Voices and The Music Institute
Shirley Collins
"Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures" Billy Bragg
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Chris Wood
"The Renaissance man of English folk" The Irish Times
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Contact details of the dance bands and callers we have had at G.B.H. Ceilidhs
The Bursledon Village Band
The perennially popular bunch of musicians who see the New Year in in style at the GBH Ceilidhs
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Fee Lock
Hastings based caller for traditional English ceilidh dances
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Contact details for local Morris and other ritual/display dance sides
The Cup Hill Morris Men
Cotswold Morris side based in Godalming/Haslemere, Surrey
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The PilgrIm Morris Men
Cotswold Morris side based in Guildford, Surrey
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Useful websites for researching further into traditional music, dance and custom
Folkopedia
A Wiki dedicated to the Folk Arts of England and beyond ... a peer reviewed resource
for students, teachers and enthusiasts Folkopedia is just starting out - an empty vessel
waiting to be filled with all sorts of interesting and valuable information.
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English folk and traditional music on the Internet
An extremely wide ranging and comprehensive site giving a guide to internet resources
in the subject, ranging from links to libraries, museums and archives, organisations,
clubs, song tune and dance collections, events, regional resources etc etc etc.
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folkandroots.co.uk
A guide to the UK folk and acoustic scene, with information about folk gigs,
folk concerts, folk festivals and hundreds of links!
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folking.com
Events diary, CD and gig reviews, MP3 downloads, bulletin board and much more
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folk.info.org
Large and growing collection of traditional folk songs, available in various formats
for viewing printing and listening, discussion forum and regional listings
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english-music.co.uk
An independent site about English folk music with an emphasis on the performers of
traditional and instrumental music. Features many major performers of English folk
music with album reviews, original photographs, sound clips, and links to sources
traditional music and songs.
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Your chance to find out what the Folk anoraks are thinking and perhaps even become one yourself!
Mudcat
A digital folk and blues magazine featuring a folksong database, online blues museum, a forum and a chat room!
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BBC Radio 2
The BBC Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic Music message board.
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fROOTS forum
fROOTS magazine's online letters and late breaking news
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eCeilidh
Something for you ceilidh junkies - just don't mention you know Lawrence Heath!
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Allceilidh
For those ceilidh junkies who realise that barn dancing is for fun and for all!
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Publications specialising in traditional, folk, roots, acoustic etc. music
English Dance & Song
The English Folk Dance and Song Society house magazine
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Folk Roots - the essential worldwide roots music guide
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Sussex Folk Diary
Download your copy of this bi-monthly guide to the local folk scene
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The Living Tradition
The definitive guide to the folk and traditional music scene
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Musical Tradition
Internet magazine for traditional music throughout the world; useful articles,
reviews, letters page; news pages
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Where to find traditional, folk, roots, acoustic etc. music on the broadcast media
BBC Radio 2 Folk & Acoustic Music
"Listen again" to Mike Harding's weekly Radio 2 show, plus news, tour dates, links etc. etc.
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Radio Britfolk
Dedicated to promoting the traditional music of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England online
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The MP2 Show
Podcasts from Guildford with their roots in the right place
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Record labels specialising in traditional, folk, roots, acoustic etc. music
Topic Records
Probably the oldest independent record label in the world
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Fledgling Records
The Bees Knees - the small record label with the big heart!
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Veteran
Specialises in "source" singers and musicians from the English and Irish traditions
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WildGoose Records
Specialises in the folk songs, tunes and dance music of England
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Websites that have nothing to do with folk music but which are fun anyway!
AskOxford
Protect yourself from Irene's proofreading with this online version of the Oxford Dictionary ;-)
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