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LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>
             Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo    • Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties 

• 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>

• 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> ​

• Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
• Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
• ​Pf.3c   Storytellers

Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG         • Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo 

Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups

Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo  - Alba/Scotland

Na h-Eileanan Siar  LINN PHIPPS  https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk  Linn Phipps
• Tha mi nam sheinneadair folk is traidiseanta, stèidhichte san Rìoghachd Aonaichte.  Bidh mi a’ seinn mar aon-neach, le càirdean ceòlmhor ann am còmhlan-ciùil agus le dà chòisir Ghàidhlig (Còisir Ghàidhlig Lodainn agus Còisir Ghàidhlig Lunnainn) agus aig cèilidhean air feadh Alba agus Shasainn a Tuath.

Western Isles   https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk  Lynn Phipps
• I’m a UK-based traditional folk singer, in Gaelic and English.  I sing as a soloist, with musician friends, in a folk group, with two Gaelic choirs (Lothian and Còisir Lunnainn); and at ceilidhs in Scotland and the North of England.

South Lanarkshire         DAVE MASON            davemason.co.uk        Dave Mason    .......................

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - International
   Note:  this is a Directory summary, so word limits: symbol ⊕ = up-to-40 words additional info. 
             More detailed entries on our International News page on our folklife.uk folk-news website:  www.folklife.uk/world.html

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - Australia

Australia        BRUCE WATSON   http://www.brucewatsonmusic.com
⇒ Email: jandbwatson<at>gmail.com  Music available at https://brucewatsonmusic.bandcamp.com
     Showcase video: https://youtu.be/yRa-xpPQQ_Q
⊕  An icon and longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene and an engaging and joyful performer and songwriter in the folk style. “The best songwriter I have seen in a long time.”  (Eric Bogle). Toured UK in 2019.

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - Ireland

IRELAND              ‡    BRENDAN KENNEDY  ​ 
⇒ For further information contact Brendan at  brendan12k34kennedy <at> gmail.com
⊕ Brendan has been singing traditional/folk songs for many years and is well known in the singing clubs around Dublin, “An Góilín”, “The Clé Club”, “Croonerista” and many others.       In 2019 he recorded his first CD “In Good Company".

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo - USA

California    🄰   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
⇒  Leading the shanty Mister Stormalong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8LT0sBg1Y
⊕  The website www.walkashore.com includes very comprehensive notes about individual songs, and lyrics.
I recorded a solo shanty album in 2002, Time Ashore is Over. After that Peter Kasin and I formed a duet and we recorded four shanty albums together: 

California    🄰   RIGGY RACKIN    www.riggy.com
⇒ riggy<at>riggy.com.   Album download by PayPal: see website www.riggy.com
⊕ Riggy's latest album is "Simple” - simple, well-chosen and relatively unfamiliar folksongs, with sparse concertina accompaniment. Contact Riggy for purchase, riggy<at>riggy.com

​California    🄰   BEV PRAVER  ​
⇒ Videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bevjerry/videos
​⊕ for more information, see our Folklife News website's "International" webpage,  www.folklife.uk/world.html

New Hampshire    🄰   CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus

Pf.1 Folk Music & Song: Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires

Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG         •  Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties

Pf.1e    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo  --  USA

California    🄰   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  www.walkashore.com
⇒  Leading the shanty Mister Stormalong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8LT0sBg1Y
⊕  The website www.walkashore.com includes very comprehensive notes about individual songs, and lyrics.
I recorded a solo shanty album in 2002, Time Ashore is Over. After that Peter Kasin and I formed a duet and we recorded four shanty albums together: 

California    🄰   RIGGY RACKIN    www.riggy.com
⇒ riggy<at>riggy.com.   Album download by PayPal: see website www.riggy.com
⊕ Riggy's latest album is "Simple” - simple, well-chosen and relatively unfamiliar folksongs, with sparse concertina accompaniment. Contact Riggy for purchase, riggy<at>riggy.com

New Hampshire    🄰   CHRIS MADEN  
⇒  http://crism.maden.org/,  http://music.maden.org/
​⊕  Chris Maden, text nerd & chanteyman.    “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” — Emma Lazarus

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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
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Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers    • for Folk Dance Teachers: see W.2, Workshops pages, every issue

​Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands    

Pf.2c    Ceremonial & Dance Display   (including Clog, Morris, Sword)
None at present  

​Pf.3    SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS

Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
 - entries welcome

Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists  
- entries welcome  

​Pf.3c   Storytellers 
- entries welcome