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MEMBER Ü VENUES Ü PERFORMERS Ü SERVICES Ü WORKSHOPS Ü SOCIETIES Ü FOLKLIFE STUDIES v List 2: FOLK PERFORMERS: MEMBERS including some listings from Member-Agencies Pf.1b Folk Music & Song - Solo sorted by first name 13 v Folk Music & Song - Duo - sorted by first name Pf.1c p WM Worcs BILL and SUE SMITH Bill & Sue Smith 01905 423488 (no website) * 21 Vernon Park Road, St John’s, Worcester, WR2 4NF. [email protected] ⊕ Traditional songs in harmony, and with concertina & dulcimer. Available for folk clubs & festivals as performers and/or singaround/session leaders. SW Glos BLUES ANORAKS Bill Pullen 01242 620204 http://thebluesanoraks.com * 62 Willowbank, Alderton, Tewkesbury, Glos, GL20 8NJ. ⊕ Bill Pullen, and Dave Camp (01242 680915). SW Devon COLIN & SONJA ANDREWS Colin & Sonja Andrews 01363 877216 www.bonnygreen.co.uk * Bonny Green, Morchard Bishop, Crediton, Devon EX17 6PG. Fax [phone] [email protected] ⊕ Guitars, anglo & duet concertinas, melodeon, whistle & spoons. Traditional tunes & songs, some in harmony. Themed presentations. WM Worcs DAVE JAMES & CELIA Dave James 07795 022779 (no website) * For more details: [email protected] Agency ........ GORDON GILTRAP & OLIVER WAKEMAN Sue Webster 01905 312016 www.suewebstermusic.co.uk * ⊕ Agency ........ GORDON GILTRAP & RAYMOND BURLEY Sue Webster 01905 312016 www.suewebstermusic.co.uk * ⊕ Agency ........ HADDO Sue Webster 01905 312016 www.suewebstermusic.co.uk * ⊕ SW Glos HAT SCARF & GLOVES Andy Scarf 07772 053778 www.myspace.com/hatscarfgloves 8 [email protected] ⊕ Andy Scarf and Bill "Pass the Hat" Taylor. Based in Gloucestershire, we perform a wide range from folk ballads through scrumpy and western to comic tales, but mostly we bring fun! To hear what we sound like, log onto www.myspace.com/hatscarfgloves WM Worcs MAMWIG ............................. Bob Bignell 0121 476 5938 www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html * ⊕ SW Devon MARILYN TUCKER & PAUL WILSON Wren Music 01837 53754 www.wrenmusic.co.uk * 1 St James Street, Okehampton, Devon EX20 1DW [email protected] ⊕ Strong vocal harmonies and instrumental variety - wide repertoire of traditional songs and tunes (including many from Devon’s rich cultural history) is complemented by a wealth of new songs and original compositions. “They make their songs live” says Pegg y Seeger. SW Glos MARTIN & SHAN GRAEBE Martin & Shan Graebe 01452 523861 www.martinandshan.net * Martin Graebe, 100, Cheltenham Road, Gloucester GL2 0LX. ⊕ Singing traditional songs from the south of England, unaccompanied and in harmony. Many come from the Victorian collector, Sabine Baring-Gould, on whose work Martin is an authority. Martin has also written a number of songs popular with folk audiences worldwide. WM Warks MALC GURNHAM & GILL GILSENAN Malc Gurnham 024 7634 5568 www.malcandgill.co.uk * Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: [phone]. Email: [email protected] SE Oxon SUE BROWN & LORRAINE IRWING Sue Brown 01869 351281 www.sueandlorraine.com * Brackley House, Heyford Road, KIRTLINGTON, Oxon OX5 3HL. ⊕ English and Scottish traditional song, a cappella, and with guitar/dulcimer. “If you like a cappella traditional, you’ll love these two” ~ Dave Webber. SW Cornw. WARM GOLD Chris Ridley 01637 880394 (no website) * Trenillocs, ST COLUMB, Cornwall, TR9 6JN. ⊕ Chris & Janet Ridley. Folk duo performing Cornish and English traditional songs and music. Melodeon, harmonium, autoharp, etc. CD "A Taste of Cornwall", Hurler Records. NW Lancs ALAN BELL Alan Bell 01253 872317 www.fylde-folk-festival.com/artists/The-Alan-Bell-Band.html * 55 The Strand, FLEETWOOD, Lancs FY7 8NP. Fax: [phone]. [email protected] ⊕ Folklorist. Singer, songwriter. Songs: “Alice White”, “Windmills”, “The Minstrel”, “Bread & Fishes” and “So, here’s to you”. Latest CD ‘The Definitive Collection’, Greentrax Recordings, available from address above. WM Worcs ALAN COURTNEY Alan Courtney 07967 460964 www.myspace.com/alanjoecourtney * mobile [phone] [email protected] ⊕ Alan Courtney is a singer songwriter from Malvern, performing with local concert and ceilidh band Malthouse Passage (CD ‘Over a barrel’) and singing group Set ‘em up Joe. Alan’s myspace site is www.myspace.com/alanjoecourtney. Featuring tracks from his Charity CD ‘Sailings’ SW Somerset BERNARD COULTER Bernard Coulter 01934 712144 (no website) ⊕ Silver solo singer. For Traditional Ballads and Popular Songs, both Tragical & Comical. For Clubs, festivals, schools and social events. [email protected] SW Glos BILL PULLEN Bill Pullen 01242 620204 http://thebluesanoraks.com * 62 Willowbank, Alderton, Tewkesbury, Glos, GL20 8NJ. ⊕ Singer-songwriter, blues harmonica. Our Glos / Cotswolds / Blues correspondent. WM Worcs BOB BIGNELL ........................ Bob Bignell 01214765938 www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html * ⊕ WM B’ham CHRIS LOWE Chris Lowe 0121 308 2298 www.chrislowestories.co.uk * [email protected] ⊕ Music Hall Singer and More! Hear the verses to the choruses you always knew. SW Devon COLIN ANDREWS Colin Andrews 01363 877216 www.bonnygreen.co.uk * Bonny Green, Morchard Bishop, Crediton, Devon EX17 6PG. Fax [phone]. [email protected] ⊕ Guitar, anglo, melodeon, whistle & unaccompanied. Varied & unusual repertoire, mostly traditional, including Michael Blann collection. WM Worcs COLIN PITTS Colin Pitts 07939 782280 www.colinpitts.co.uk * [email protected] ⊕ Singer-songwriter. Writer of ‘Australian Wine’ and ‘Looking For England’. Agency ........ DAVE SWARBRICK Alan Bearman Music 020 7014 2821 www.folkicons.co.uk/swarb.htm * Alan Bearman Music, The Music Base, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG (www.alanbearmanmusic.co.uk) ⊕ “Lifetime Achiever Swarb, fiddle player by appointment to the universe” (NetRhythms): Radio Ballads; A.L.Lloyd; Ian Campbell Folk Group; Martin Carthy; Fairport Convention; Whippersnapper; Band Of Hope; Alistair Hulett; Swarb’s Lazarus. CDs etc from online shop, including 2010 ‘raison d’être’, www.folkicons.co.uk/swarb.htm ALAN COURTNEY temporarily not available