Folklife Quarterly FQ 40: Jan 2014 Folklife Quarterly, web version | Page 12

v FQ 40, Jan 2014 p10 v Clubs & Venues, England Ü West Country Ü West Midlands Ü Other Areas DEVON Totnes Folk Song Club Topsham folk club 2nd Thursday of the Month – 8.00pm folk music & song on Sunday evenings The Dartmouth Inn The Plains, Totnes Concert nights at Matthews Hall Fore Street, Topsham EX3 0HF 9th January & 13th February Singers’ Night 13th March – Guest Night - Judy Cook 10th April – Guest Night - Geoff Lakeman Wed. 28th May – Folk Club Extra - Guest Jeff Warner 12th June – Guest Pete Coe For more information phone Anne & Steve Gill 01803 290427 or Andy Clarke 01803 732312 Greetings from South Devon by Martyn Hillstead Hi All, Mrs H and I have attended a few wonderful local gigs recently. Vicky Swann & Johnny Dyer were guests at ® Totnes Folk Club recently and proved, as if proof was needed, that they are musicians and singers of the highest calibre. The following evening my club in ® Teignmouth, celebrated its 10th birthday, and a new venue, The Oystercatcher’s Café. What a night! Packed to the rafters, 10 or was it 11 floor spots, and a cracking performance from our guests Marc Woodward & Robin Brown. The Ley Arms in Kenn near Exeter had a great night with local hero Jim Causley. Again a great night with Jim, a natural entertainer, who performed a number of songs off his latest CD which features poems by his distant relative, Charles Causley set to music by Jim. To top off a memorable run of gigs, the wonderful Young ‘Uns played ® Topsham Folk Club last week. So talented, so funny, so see them! So what’s on the horizon? Thursday 9th January will see another local talent, Steve Knightly, playing at the aforementioned Ley Arms. Details from 01392 210983. The following evening Friday 10th will see Steve’s musical partner from Show of Hands, Phil Beer performing a solo gig at Brixham Theatre supported by Maggie Duffy & Mike Weed. Phone [phone] for details. Top-notch concertina player and singer ® Steve Turner will be performing at Folk on the Moor at The Westward Inn, Lee Mill near Plymouth on Sunday 26th January. Tickets available via www. moorfolk.co.uk Seth Lakeman will be gracing the hallowed Exeter Cathedral on Friday 7th February. Tickets I’m sure will be flying out of the box office at a rate of knots so get in quick! Details from 01392 667080. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a great Christmas and a happy, peaceful and music-filled 2014. Wassail. ® Martyn Hillstead 8 [email protected] ✆ 01626 778071 Martyn Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston 12 January 2014 at 8pm £10 adv/£12 door Jim Causley with Lukas Drinkwater 9 February 2014 at 8pm £9 adv/£11 door Spiers & Boden 9 March 2014 at 8pm £15 adv/ Singers nights at The Globe Hotel, Fore Street, Topsham EX3 0HR Apart from concert evenings all other Sundays are singers’ nights running from 8pm-10.30pm Free admission Concert tickets can be bought on singers’ nights or online at www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk - all enquiries 01392 875332 ® TOPSHAM FOLK CLUB, Topsham, Exeter. Every Sun., 8pm Singers Nights: The Globe, Fore Street, EX3 0HR. Concerts: Matthews Hall, Fore St. EX3 0EF (see Ad above) A great year with topline guests, starting with the Melrose Quartet, now a thriving collaboration between couples Nancy Kerr and James Fagan and Jess and Rich Arrowsmith. Surrounded by singers and musicians since they were children, they’re now introducing their offspring to folk music! Local girls The Carrivick Sisters teamed up with youthful singer-songwriter, Blair Dunlop, for a concert at the end of March. To round off our series of guest nights in great style for the summer, we welcomed The Chris Wood Trio for a packed evening of high