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FOLKLIFE WEST magazine NEWS pages - view or download as PDFs!
on www.folklife.uk/Other.html
Venues
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1st line / summary: this also appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West
How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st] Day County TOWN CLUB/VENUE NAME website [links in blue & underlined] Contact name Contact phone
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→ Venue address/phone. Start time. Frequency e.g. term-time, all year.
⇒ or ⌂ Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line. Emails: replace <at> by @.
⊕ Up to 40 words more details. Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)
How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st] Day County TOWN CLUB/VENUE NAME website [links in blue & underlined] Contact name Contact phone
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→ Venue address/phone. Start time. Frequency e.g. term-time, all year.
⇒ or ⌂ Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line. Emails: replace <at> by @.
⊕ Up to 40 words more details. Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)
List 1: Folk Clubs & Venue
Includes • Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry) • Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series. Listed by county not category.
• Currently, no member-venues "Elsewhere", that is outside our core area (Wales, West Country, West Midlands region & Oxfordshire).
• We have no significant circulation outside our area, but it might be worth joining Folklife (just £15 a year for 3 issues) in some circumstances:
-- for venues near to our area
-- for venues in popular holiday areas
-- for venues with something else to publicise eg a folk act, or a folk festival - we can publicise all your folk activities if you are a Folklife member
-- or if interested in our general articles on our "Folklife Traditions" pages
Includes • Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry) • Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series. Listed by county not category.
• Currently, no member-venues "Elsewhere", that is outside our core area (Wales, West Country, West Midlands region & Oxfordshire).
• We have no significant circulation outside our area, but it might be worth joining Folklife (just £15 a year for 3 issues) in some circumstances:
-- for venues near to our area
-- for venues in popular holiday areas
-- for venues with something else to publicise eg a folk act, or a folk festival - we can publicise all your folk activities if you are a Folklife member
-- or if interested in our general articles on our "Folklife Traditions" pages
Performers, Media, Services
We can help - Folklife Members, email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change
1st line / summary: this also appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West
----------------------> county NAME website [links in blue & underlined] Contact name Contact phone
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⇒ or ⌂ Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line. For emails, to avoid spam, we'll replace <at> by @.
⊕ Up to 40 words more details. Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)
Below is an index - click on a category line (eg LIST 3: FOLK MEDIA) for a drop-down list of catgeories
1st line / summary: this also appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West
----------------------> county NAME website [links in blue & underlined] Contact name Contact phone
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⇒ or ⌂ Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line. For emails, to avoid spam, we'll replace <at> by @.
⊕ Up to 40 words more details. Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)
Below is an index - click on a category line (eg LIST 3: FOLK MEDIA) for a drop-down list of catgeories
LIST 2: FOLK performers --- Music & Song <Pf.1>
PERFORMERS. Pf.1 FOLK MUSIC & SONG • Pf.1a-c, general • Pf.1d-h, specific
Pf.1a Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
Pf.1a Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
LIST 2: FOLK PERFORMERS --- Dance <PF.2>
PERFORMERS. Pf.2 FOLK DANCE
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
Pf.2a Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
LIST 2: folk PERFORMERS --- Spoken Word <PF.3>
PERFORMERS. Pf.3 SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b Poetry & Monologuists
Pf.3c Storytellers
Pf.3a Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b Poetry & Monologuists
Pf.3c Storytellers
List 3: FOLK Media <M.>
M.1 Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2 Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3 Folk Radio
M.2 Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3 Folk Radio
List 4: FOLK Services <S.>
S.1 Folk Journalists
S.2 Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3 Technical: PA & Sound Hire, Engineers, Studios
S.4 Website Design and Services
S.5 Print, Design, Illustration
S.6 Crafts and Makers
S.7 Shops & other sales
S.8 Tourist Information Centres
S.2 Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3 Technical: PA & Sound Hire, Engineers, Studios
S.4 Website Design and Services
S.5 Print, Design, Illustration
S.6 Crafts and Makers
S.7 Shops & other sales
S.8 Tourist Information Centres
Performers ------ Many performers travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
For UK-wide Agencies - which may include local performers - see this webpage, below
Pf.1 FOLK MUSIC & SONG we can add your small pictures (jpegs) to the left of entries
• Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo • Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties
Pf.1a Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups - sorted by first name within country/region
• Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo • Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties
Pf.1a Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups - sorted by first name within country/region
Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)
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Agencies
UK ARTISAN Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member] UK COSMOTHEKA Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 ⇒ Contact 01484 606230 www.jacey-bedford.com/Cosmotheka.htm ⊕ Dave Sealey, his son Dan, and Adam Barry are back with Cosmotheka's famous Music from the Halls show. All the old wit and sparkle (and old jokes) with absurdly comedic songs performed with gusto! Available for clubs, festivals and halls. [Jun 2018, added] Canada RITCHIE-PARRISH-RITCHIE Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member] S.Africa UBUNYE Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 S.Africa ZULU TRADITION Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member] |
Sussex-based
Sussex BLACKTHORN BAND www.blackthornband.org Fergus McClelland 01273 455202
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.
Pf.1b Folk Music & Song - Duo - sorted by first name within country/region
Agencies
UK IDIOT AND FRIEND (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly) Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
UK QUICKSILVER (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham) Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
USA TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
[Feb 2018, new Member]
UK UNION JILL Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
[Feb 2018, new Member]
UK IDIOT AND FRIEND (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly) Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
UK QUICKSILVER (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham) Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
USA TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
[Feb 2018, new Member]
UK UNION JILL Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
[Feb 2018, new Member]
Pf.1c Folk Music & Song - Solo - sorted by first name within country/region
Agencies
Canada DAN MCKINNON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
Australia JAY TURNER Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [May 2019 added]
UK LEE COLLINSON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
UK LES BARKER Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
UK ROBB JOHNSON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
S.Africa THANDA GUMEDE Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
Canada DAN MCKINNON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
Australia JAY TURNER Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [May 2019 added]
UK LEE COLLINSON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
UK LES BARKER Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]
UK ROBB JOHNSON Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
S.Africa THANDA GUMEDE Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
Steve Turner
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Nottinghamshire-based Notts STEVE TURNER www.steve-turner.co.uk Steve Turner 0115 9430333 ⇒ mobile 07831-265272. info<at>steve-turner.co.uk Hampshire-based
Hampshire MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ https://dandadesign.co.uk Martyn Wyndham-Read 01252 719556 ⇒ Mobile 07787 504814, Telephone: 01252 719556, Email: wyndham.read<at>ntlworld.com Access Martyn’s YouTube Channel from website. ⊕ Martyn has been involved with folk music for over forty years, with a deep knowledge of, Australian Folk songs. He started the ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ concerts, portraying the seasons of the year, and instigated the well known Song Links Project. |
Martyn Wyndham-Read
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Pf.2 FOLK DANCE (Social / Country / Display / Ceremonial)
Many callers & bands travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Sussex-based
Sussex BLACKTHORN BAND www.hobgoblin.com/blackthorn Fergus McClelland 01273 455202
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Available with a dance caller, and sometimes as a 4 piece, please call or e-mail to discuss the options.
Many callers & bands travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
Pf.2b Folk Dance Bands
Sussex-based
Sussex BLACKTHORN BAND www.hobgoblin.com/blackthorn Fergus McClelland 01273 455202
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Available with a dance caller, and sometimes as a 4 piece, please call or e-mail to discuss the options.
Pf.3 SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Agencies
UK HERE AT THE FAIR, Mick Ryan play Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
Pf.3a Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Agencies
UK HERE AT THE FAIR, Mick Ryan play Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230
Folk Media
M.1 ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS
Cheshire [from Cymru/Wales listings, this site also covers Cheshire]
North Wales, & Merseyside/Cheshire CALENDAR: OPEN MIKE, FOLK & ACOUSTIC EVENTS http://ruthinallstyles.co.uk, then click ‘Other local clubs’
⇒ Chris Birchall, 01824 704844, chris<at>chrisbirchall.co.uk
⊕ Other categories also eg theatres. You can add your event,
Hampshire [from England - West Country listings, this site also covers Hampshire]
West Country & SE THE ACOUSTIC CALENDAR http://sanchobramble.weebly.com Tony Watts
→ Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
⇒ Subscribe or email via website.
⊕ The monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions & open mics. All about DIY music (NOT concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc) - the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and join in or do your own thing. [formerly The Acoustic Calendar For Wessex. September 2017]
Cheshire [from Cymru/Wales listings, this site also covers Cheshire]
North Wales, & Merseyside/Cheshire CALENDAR: OPEN MIKE, FOLK & ACOUSTIC EVENTS http://ruthinallstyles.co.uk, then click ‘Other local clubs’
⇒ Chris Birchall, 01824 704844, chris<at>chrisbirchall.co.uk
⊕ Other categories also eg theatres. You can add your event,
Hampshire [from England - West Country listings, this site also covers Hampshire]
West Country & SE THE ACOUSTIC CALENDAR http://sanchobramble.weebly.com Tony Watts
→ Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
⇒ Subscribe or email via website.
⊕ The monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions & open mics. All about DIY music (NOT concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc) - the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and join in or do your own thing. [formerly The Acoustic Calendar For Wessex. September 2017]
FOLKLIFE
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… and this is the
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS' ONLINE DIRECTORY, www.folklife-directory.uk including these other areas listings from Folklife: www.folklife.uk Sam Simmons 01684 561378 who produce FOLKLIFE WEST print magazine (details: ⇒ M.2 below) available online: (1) FW news pages are on www.folklife.uk (2) Listings are in this Directory (3) Folklife Traditions www.folklife-traditions.uk |
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UK & Ireland LIVING TRADITION www.livingtradition.co.uk Office 01563 571220
⇒ The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG. admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk, www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine ⊕ The Living Tradition magazine’s website, featuring articles from the trad/folk magazine, festival, club and concert listings, news, reviews and regional links. There is also an online shop where you can buy many folk and traditional CDs [Feb 2018, new member] |
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England EDS (English Dance & Song) www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song EFDSS 020 7485 2206
⇒ To join EFDSS [English Folk Dance & Song Society] and receive EDS and other benefits: www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us ⇒ Editorial: EDS Editor, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. eds.editor<at>efdss.org ⊕ An international publication, going out to the almost 4,000 members of the Society. It’s the world’s longest-running folk magazine, first published in 1936, and balances professional folk with grassroots folk, both traditional and contemporary. [EFDSS, now a FL member, October 2017] UK & Ireland LIVING TRADITION www.livingtradition.co.uk Office 01563 571220 ⇒ The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG. admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk, www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine ⊕ A full colour, glossy, folk and traditional music magazine highlighting the rich heritage of traditional music in the UK, Ireland and beyond. TLT has a worldwide circulation, and is an independent and authoritative voice in the folk world. Subscriptions available. [Feb 2018, new member] |
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And we are . . .
Wales, England West Country & South/West Midlands FW, the Folklife West print magazine www.folklife.uk Sam Simmons 01684 561378 "Other areas" news pages are on www.folklife.uk/Other.html ⇒ see Info webpage for contact details. ⊕ Each issue has (1) Members' news pages (copied online www.folklife.uk); (2) Members' listings inc Festival & Workshop Diaries (from this Directory!); (3) Folklife Traditions pages, articles & news ( www.folklife-traditions.uk ) |
Folk Services
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S.2 AGENTS, MANAGERS, PROMOTERS, MCs and STAGE MANAGEMENT
<> For Dance or Concert Series: see “1: VENUES” under Series name West Yorkshire-based
W Yorks JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT (BOOKING AGENCY) www.jacey-bedford.com Jacey Bedford 01484 606230 ⇒ Jacey Bedford, 10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8XW. agency<at>jacey-bedford.com ⊕ Booking agency for performers from home and abroad. Representing: Bands & Groups: UK ARTISAN, COSMOTHEKA, HERE AT THE FAIR, Mick Ryan play; Canada RITCHIE-PARRISH-RITCHIE; S.Africa UBUNYE, ZULU TRADITION Duos: UK IDIOT AND FRIEND (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly), QUICKSILVER (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham), UNION JILL ; USA TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN Solo: Canada DAN MCKINNON; Australia JAY TURNER; UK LEE COLLINSON, LES BARKER , ROBB JOHNSON; S.Africa THANDA GUMEDE |
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S.7 SHOPS & OTHER SALES [ for FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books & Recordings), BOOKSELLERS, see list 8: FOLKLIFE STUDIES ]
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Across England
England ……… HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, all shops & mail order: www.hobgoblin.com 0333 800 9500 ⇒ Mail order: P.O. Box 4707, Worthing, BN11 9JA. Fax: 01903 210011. ⊕ Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists. Details for individual shops: North-West MANCHESTER 0161 273 1000 South-East BRIGHTON 01273 760022; CANTERBURY 01227 769484; South-East LONDON 020 7323 9040; SOUTHAMPTON 023 8023 1099 West Country BRISTOL 0117 929 0902 Yorkshire LEEDS 0113 245 3311 [and under Central Midlands details for HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM , as this shop is an individual Member of Folklife. |
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Nottinghamshire-based
Notts TURNER VIOLINS, BEESTON www.turnerviolins.co.uk Shop 0115 9430333 ⇒ 1-5 Lily Grove, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1QL. Fax: 0115 943 0444. info<at>turnerviolins.co.uk ⊕ Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm; Saturdays 9am - 5pm. Probably the largest violin shop in the UK, specialising in fine old violins, violas, cellos, double basses and bows. |
Other SERVICES welcome, eg • PR • Folk Industry bodies
DETAILED LISTINGS on this page: www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html -- our online Members DIRECTORY
⇒ our Membership (only £16 a year! see p 3) includes listings & your publicity & FW posted to you
MEMBERS - Updates every issue in FW & here online, so don’t delay, send us your entries!
© Folklife 2020
DETAILED LISTINGS on this page: www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html -- our online Members DIRECTORY
⇒ our Membership (only £16 a year! see p 3) includes listings & your publicity & FW posted to you
MEMBERS - Updates every issue in FW & here online, so don’t delay, send us your entries!
© Folklife 2020
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