Programme 2012

January 5^th, Open Stage £2

January 12^th, Open Stage £2

January 19^th, Malcolm Hobbs - CD Launch £5

New CD launch from a popular local performer whose professionalism goes far beyond our area. "My favourite folk performer" James Fagan

January 26^th, Tony McManus £12

His web site Mesmirising guitar playing that many guitar players aspire to playing half as well. Regarded throughout the world as the leading guitarist in Celtic music Now living abroad so a rare opportunity to see a master at work

Sunday January 29^th, SAASH Arts Guerrilla Gigs Presentation FREE

Residents First Weekend St Albans Old Town Hall Foyer FREE acoustic music between 11am- 1pm Featuring some of Redbourn Folk Clubs local performer - please come and listen

11am- 12.00
Trevor Hacking, Clive Rothwell & Joe Rodriguez - "The Handymen" are a trio of "experienced" musicians, formed for the town hall celebrations in summer 2011. Avoiding the limelight until now, they like to play acoustic world music and traditional Irish instrumentals and even now, are experimenting in wider fields.

12.00-1.00pm
Garry Smith, although he is a slide guitarist who plays a resonator guitar, prefers to avoid the obvious Blues repertoire, concentrating instead on his own songs and instrumentals and the work of writers such as Tom Waits, Joe Ely and Steve Earle. He can be sentimental, humorous or even occasionally political and takes inspiration from topics as diverse as middle-aged lust and the Tolpuddle Martyrs.(There might just be a bit of Blues in there too.)

Guerilla Gigs
SAASH Arts website
Leisure Connection website

February 2^rd, Open Stage £2

February 9^rd, Shep Woolley £9

Hilarious, Singer and Songwriter Shep will drive away the blues with his quick repartee, funny stories from his long and interesting career. He has toured with Jo Brown amongst others, is an after dinner speaker, radio broadcaster, producer and many more jobs besides
His web site.

February 16^th, Open Stage £2

February 23^rd, Devine Family £8

The Devine Family are simply a delightful trio of accomplished musicians. Their arrangements of traditional and contemporary songs and tunes are always meticulously composed, surprisingly different and often thought provoking. With a smattering of great stories, you are always guaranteed a perfect evening of entertainment. Ned Lawton, Organiser, NAF Club, Silsoe.

John Devine - Uilleann Pipes, Keyboards, Whistles, Vocals, Drums and Percussion

Caz Devine - Saxophones, Whistles, Bass and Percussion

Joe Devine - Tenor Banjo, Guitar and Bass

The Devine Family are three members of the same family, a dynamic trio playing original songs of Love, Loss and Hope mixed with Classic Irish songs and Traditional Irish music, innovative arrangements on an inspired mix of instruments.

March 1^st, Open Stage £2

March 8^th, Ruth Notman £10

Powerful voice of which has been said is the best female folk singer since Sandy Denny. Hailing from the Midlands she has been on the live circuit since the age of 13.
Her Myspace page.

March 15^th, Open Stage £2

Sunday March 18^th starting at 3pm, DADGAD for Beginners & Improvers

Cost: Adults £5 Children & Students £2

Hosted by John Stevens (CRB Approved)

Content: Guitar workshop to learn the tricks of DADGAD tuning aimed at guitarists who have either never attempted DADGAD or want to improve their playing ability.
The workshop will be split into two groups of Beginners & Improvers and their will be a 'Bash' at the end of the workshop.

Booking is essential by email:j.strapp@ntlworld.com or by telephone: 01582 452954

Brian and Jean do a very nice Sunday lunch with 3 choices of meat and 3 veg and all the trimmings for £8.50 to book this before the workshop please ring the pub directly on 01582 792423.

Further details here

March 22^nd, Robin Williamson £12

Member of iconic The Incredible String Band. A weaver of songs and stories inteposed with haunting harp playing. The best ever final concert that Roy and I have been to at a festival was Robin and his harp . We listened spellbound for an hour while Robin sang, played and wove stories it was pure bliss.
His web site.

March 29^th, Open Stage £2

April 5^th, Spotlight Night £2

Featuring Julian Mount, Said the Maiden, Cathy Holgate & Don MacLeod

Julian Mount An overheard conversation, a funny situation, lifes ups and downs, Julian takes many themes and turns them into songs, sometimes funny, sometimes sad. He will make you smile or just nod your head in agreement with his lyrics.
Julian's other persona and his music

Said the Maiden are 3 talented performers Jess Distill - Flute , Recorder, Whistles, Ukulele & Vocals, Hannah James - Violin & Vocals, Kathy Pilkington - Guitar & Vocals. Their web site

Cathy Holgate Fine repettoire of songs played and sung with style. A regular member of Barton Club as well as a frequent popular visitor of many other clubs and sessions.

Don MacLeod Guitar in the hands of a craftsman, always a joy to listen to and learn.

April 12^th, Open Stage £2

April 19^th, Steve Tilston £10

For more than thirty years, Steve has been writing, making records, performing and gaining accolades along the way. A brilliant writer, 'The Slip Jigs & Reels' has now become so familiar to audiences they believe it to be 'traditional'. His work is covered by Fairport Convention, Dolores Keane, Bob Fox... and many more. We eagerly await this very talented singer songwriter.
His web site

April 26^th, Open Stage £2

May 3^rd, Dan Cassidy & James Hickman £10

Dan Cassidy has been playing fiddle since given one for his 10th birthday. Brother to the late Eva Cassidy he appeared on several of her recordings. He is a successful session musician who regularly performs in the UK. James Hickman learnt a huge amount from his father who was a bluegrass musician. James spent 2 years with the successful band Uiscedwr and co formed The Dan Cassidy Swing Quartet. Also part of Hickman & Quinn besides the successful duo with Dan Cassidy.
Their web site

May 10^th, Open Stage £2

May 17^th, Kieran Goss £12

Roy & I were lucky to see Kieran live in concert with Frances Black in Tullamore a while back. The atmosphere was great, very friendly and of course being in Ireland plenty of banter flying back and forth. That will remain in our memory as one of those 'Special' concerts that we were privileged to see.
His web site

May 24^th, Open Stage £2

May 31^st, Open Stage £2

June 7^th, Tom McConville £12

Tom has for many years been regarded as the top fiddle player in the country. Styles and techniques learned in the company of the masters Sean McGuire, Stephane Grapelli and Bluegrass legend Byron Berline, give Tom an endless variety of interpretations to his songs and tunes. His live performance combines a rollercoaster of musical delights from fast, rhythmic dance tunes through beautiful slow airs and of course, great singing; - all presented with his inimitable sense of humour and style.

Renowned for his musical accompaniments, Tom has played on literally hundreds of albums. The list includes: Barbara Dickson, Richard Thompson, Allan Taylor and Lindisfarne. Tom began his career in the ever-vibrant folk scene of Tyneside. His work with a local band gave the opportunity to support his hero Sean McGuire and many other top names including The Fureys, De Dannan, John Doonan, Boys of the Lough and even a lock-in with the Dubliners. Tom went on to work in a duo with Bob Fox, topped the Cambridge Folk Festival with Kieron Halpin and shared stages with Mark O'Connor, Paul Brady, The Chieftains and many more.

His web site

June 14^th, Open Stage £2

Sunday June 17^th, Redbourn Folk & Blues Day 2012

This event will be located on Redbourn Common, postcode AL3 7NG, around the Cricket Club. Music will be from 2 to 6 pm and will be free. Licenced Bar/Food & facilities of the Cricket Club in Partnership with The Cricketers PH.

• Katriona Gilmore (Albion Band) & Jamie Roberts
• Jinder
• Jus'S'Posin
• Lowlamps
• Said the Maiden
• Loose Change (aka Bill Redway, Doug Jenner & Lisa Banks)

June 21^st, Andy Clarke & Steve Tyler £10

From Totnes folk club comes a traditional English folk singer.

Andy - guitar, bouzouki & vocals
"An excellent singer and instrumentalist who performs with the skill and taste of a master craftsman." - Pete Coe.

Steve - hurdy gurdy/cittern player is one of the country's leading Early Music specialists, whose hurdy gurdy playing has brought him a Europe-wide reputation. Steve is a member of Daughter of Elvin and of Misericordia.

Their myspace page

June 28^st, New Roots Showcase £4

July 5^th, Open Stage £2

July 12^st, Dave Fletcher & Bill Whaley £10

Regular guests at the club because they are so good. A truly wonderful pair whose harmonies are a joy their playing superb their chat brilliant. Do we like them? You bet we do and so do everyone who listens to them.
See there web site

July 19^th, Open Stage £2

July 26^th to Septmber 5^th, Closed

September 6^th, Mike Deavin £8

With four cds under his belt, numerous appearances at Whitby, Broadstairs & Cambridge Festivals alongside gigging around the country, Mike has a vast experience of the folk scene. He manages to capture in his songs the very essence of a topic making you think thats exactly the heart of the matter. Exactly shown in his song Feed Me, but could quite easily be said of many of his others too.
A very welcome return from an old friend of the club.
His myspace page

September 13^th, Open Stage £2

September 20^th, Reubens Train £10

September 27^th, Open Stage £2

October 4^th, Clive Carroll £12

Anyone watching Clive performing must wonder at the hours of practice he has put in over the years to become such an amazing guitarist. I suppose when you think he started out playing banjo at the tender age of 2 before taking to guitar we shouldn't be surprised. He is constantly performing and also passing on some of his considerable knowledge by teaching/instructing and gentle coaxing at workshops and Residentails Schools throughout the year. This will be guitarist heaven concert and I expect tickets will sell out before the night.

His web site.

October 11^th, Open Stage £2

October 18^th, Stanley Accrington £10

October 25^th, Open Stage £2

November 1^st, Flossie Malaville £10

November 8^th, Open Stage £2

November 15^th, Brian Peters £10

November 22^rd, Open Stage £2

November 29^rd, Maggie Holland £10

December 6^th, Open Stage £2

December 13^th, Liz Simcock Band £10

December 20^th, Christmas Party

December 27^th to January 2^rd, Closed

January 10^th, Open Stage £2

January 17^th, Jez Lowe £10

May 16^th, Colum Sands