Ringwood Folk Club -- the Program

Nov 14th 2006
Martin Carthy(MBE), Norma Waterson(MBE) & Chris Parkinson
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Nov 21st 2006
Graham Moore
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Dec 5th 2006
Martin Wyndham Read and his No Mans Band
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Dec 19th 2006
The Melstock Band’s Christmas Show
‘The Leaves of Life’
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Jan 16th 2007
The Bully Wee
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their web site

Jan 30th 2007
Rattle on the Stovepipe
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Feb 13th 2007
GMW (Giles, Metcalf, Woods)
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Feb 27th 2007
The Expatriate Game
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March 13th 2007
Chris Woods
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March 27th 2007
Steve Turner
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April 10th 2007
Roger Wilson
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his web site

April 24th 2007
Pete Morton
More at his web site And at a bit of the Beeb's

May 1st 2007
The Devils Interval
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May 15th 2007
Jeremy Taylor
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May 29th 2007
The New Scorpion Band
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June 12th 2007
Harry Skinner & Dave Saunders
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June 19th 2007
Morris dance display (3 teams or more) followed by al fresco singaround (weather permitting)

June 26th 2007
Jez Lowe
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July 10th 2007
John Kirkpatrick
John's done it all from currently being a member of Brass Monkey, in the past Steeleye Span, Albion Country Band. He plays Anglo Concertina, button Accordion and single row melodeon and sings as well as anybody has a right to. Expect Traditional, selfpenned humorous and 1930's material. A great entertainer and one of the finest Traditional performers.
More at his web site
July 24th 2007
Les Barker
Return of a very funny man, Les’s poems bring cheer to every one who hears them. He has a different sort of logic to anyone else and has created many wonderful characters. His CDs ‘The Missing Persians file’ & ‘Guide Cats for the Blind’ have guest performers as diverse as June Tabor, Mike Harding, Martin Carthy, Joss Ackland, Terry Wogan, John Humphrys, Timothy West & Prunella Scales Joss Ackland, Jeremy Vine. Les now spends a lot of his time touring America, so don’t miss this fun evening.
More at his web site

September 11th 2007
Roger Wilson & Karen Tweed
Anyone who’s seen these two at the club before will tell you what a terrific night they do. They’ve bags of material to choose from. 2 performers from the very top drawer of folk music. Roger is a powerful singer, Guitarist & Fiddle player 'par excellence' who also plays with Martin Carthy & Chris Wood. Karen is a world-renowned accordion player with the Poozies and Kathryn Tickell Band. A mix of tunes and songs old and new, all performed to the very highest standard. From Hank Williams to English Trad to Irish & Swedish material.
More at his web site

And at her web site

September 18th 2007
Sarah McQuaid
Sarah McQuaid is a singer, guitarist and writer. The author of The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book, she has an exquisite voice and is a terrific guitarist. Previously resident in Ireland, she has just relocated to the UK and is appearing at Sidmouth Folk Week & other venues. Singing traditional Irish and some contemporary songs. Her CD ‘When Two Lovers Meet.’ Is truly wonderful. Watch the tv clip and be stunned by the sheer quality & beauty of her singing. at the Irish TV web site
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October 2nd 2007
The Oxford Waits
17th-century songs, dances, and readings. 4 piece group plus narrator (Tim Healey) appear in costume. They are Caroline Butler, Edward Fitzgibbon, Ian Giles and Charles Spicer. Expect Fiddle, Hurdy gurdy, Lute, pipe & tabor, percussion, bagpipes, shawm, theobro lute and orpharion. They are in great demand for events and festivals all over the country. They will be performing their show new to the club,'Frolickes of Oxfordshire'. Don't miss this very special evening!
More at their web site

October 16th 2007
Andy Turner & Mat Green
Andy & Mat are members of Magpie Lane who regular visitors at the club. Andy is a leading Anglo Concertina player and an excellent traditional singer (past winner of Sidmouth's best singer) he has sung on 3 of the Melstock Band's CDs & a member of top ceildh group The Geckoes. Mat is a fiddler par excellence who also plays with the famous Bampton Morris and top ceildh act, The Woodpecker Band. A fine evening of English Traditional music.
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October 30th 2007
Chien Bizarre
5 piece band playing a mixture of traditional and modern European folk tunes and songs using accordion, saxophone, percussion, clarinet, fiddle, guitar and hurdy-gurdy. Very lively and entertaining. Their eclectic style has been described as 'organic', 'free range', 'extraordinary', 'delicious' and (of course) 'bizarre'. The Dog's Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner!
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November 13th 2007
The Mellstock Band
With their Brand New Show ‘The Village Philharmonic’
From the Tinker's Arms to the Concert Hall & back again with compositions and arrangements by Bach, Corelli, Grainger, Handel, Haydn, Holst, Mozart & Vaughan Williams.The Mellstock Band's new show explores the ways classical composers have adapted traditional tunes and how rural tradition has re-shaped music from classical repertoire. A costume presentation of music, song and spoken word, with early and modern instruments. Appearing in costume they play music & sing material from the era of Thomas Hardy. They are very popular and have appeared all over Europe Africa and America. They play numerous instruments including concertina, fiddle, clarinet, flute, shawm, serpent, ophicleide, trombone, oboe, cor anglais. They are all fine singers. Come early if you want a seat!
More at their web site

November 27th 2007
Pete Cooper & Richard Bolton
Top notch duo featuring very English songs and tunes. Pete visited earlier in the year performing with Rattle on the Stovepipe. ‘Cooper and Bolton’ are Pete Cooper (Fiddle, Mandolin and Vocals) and Richard Bolton (Cello and Guitar). They’ve played numerous gigs at folk clubs, and folk festivals – including Warwick, Oxford and Cheltenham. Their musical influences are diverse, but they identify their music - both traditional tunes and songs, and their own highly original new pieces - as ‘Contemporary English Roots’. ‘The day’s first highlight for me was from Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton whose virtuoso renditions of some folk classics on cello and violin were distinctive’ - David Chambers, Warwick Folk Festival.
More at their web site

December 18th 2007
Magpie Lane's New Christmas show
‘Knock at the knocker, Ring at the bell’
Featuring traditional carols, along with secular songs and dance tunes appropriate for Christmas and the Winter season. Many of the carols were collected from rural singers roughly one hundred years ago; the songs themselves were even then somewhat archaic, and had been left behind by changing popular taste. Some of the songs date back a couple of centuries, are still sung today, as part of vigorous community carolling traditions.
Top Festival Band normally only appearing at leading Festivals. 6 piece group from Oxford, they epitomize the Southern English Tradition. Bags of instruments including Cello & Hurdy Gurdy, Percussion, Fiddle, Concertina, Bouzouki, Flute & Guitar. They all sing beautifully. Very popular.
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December 25th 2007
Closed for Christmas

January 1st 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

January 8th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

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January 15th 2008
The Bully Wee Band
Return visit of this Major Scottish/Irish 4 piece multi-instrumentalist vocal Folk group from the 70’s & 80’s on their 4th annual re-union tour. Colin Reece -Vocals and Guitars. Jim Yardley -Vocals, Mandolin and Whistles. Fergus Feely -Vocals and Cello Mandolin. Ian Cutler - Violin and Keyboards. Traditional and self penned tunes and songs brilliantly performed. Great Night
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January 22nd 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

January 29th 2008
Graham Moore
Superb Dorset singer, guitarist & concertina player. Expect his own excellent songs, traditional & contemporary songs with the emphasis on Traditional this evening. Author of musical plays including ‘Tolpuddle Man’ which are performed throughout West Country. Graham really has the knack of involving audiences. His songs have been recorded by Roy Bailey, Dick Gaughan and the Yetties amongst many.
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February 5th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

February 12th 2008
Martyn Wyndham Read & Iris Bishop
Martin’s guitar & amazing voice & the wonderfully talented Iris Bishop (concertina, accordion). Martin sings the finest of songs from England & the Australian Bush where he spent time in his youth plus the odd Bush Poem. A professional for 33 years with over 30 albums to his credit. He has the best voice you’ll ever likely to hear in a folk club!
More at his web site

February 19th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

February 26th 2008
Tim Laycock
Singer with the New Scorpion band. Tim specialises in songs, traditions and all things West Country, He has performed with Magic Lantern, The Albion Band and The Melstock Band. Tim plays duet concertina and melodeon. Tim’s repertoire is vast including music hall, Traditional (many from Dorset) and some excellent self-penned songs. Always greatly entertaining and enjoyable.
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March 11th 2008
James Fagan & Nancy Kerr
Winners of the 2003 BBC Folk award for best Duo & the BBC Horizon award (2000). They sing & harmonize on traditional and their own material. Nancy plays Fiddle, Viola & Guitar, James is a renowned Guitar-Bouzouki player. Although still young they have years of experience and both regularly give concerts and workshops all around the world.
More at their web site

March 18th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

March 25th 2008
Jim Causley
Young Devonshire singer & accordion player who visited us last year as part of ‘The Devils Interval’. Jim has a rich voice and possesses an endearing cheeky personality. He regularly sings and records with Waterson:Carthy as part of the Devils Interval. Jim performs traditional songs and some of his own.
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April 1st 2008
Ragmamarag
Brilliant Country Blues Duo are English but based in France where they have performed over 2000 gigs. Ashley Dow on Henderson Acoustic Guitar, National & Dobro Resonator Bottleneck Guitars, Weissenborn Acoustic Lap Steel, Ukulele and Vocals, plus Deborah Dow, Harmonica, Washboard, Percussion and Backing Vocals. When touring in England they have perform on Radio 2's Paul Jones Blues program and at selected Folk & Blues Clubs. They regularly play to full houses across the south of England. Don’t Miss them!
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April 8th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

April 15th 2008
Martin Carthy
Probably the most famous of British folk singers and not without reason. Masterly on the guitar and vocals, Martin was awarded the MBE for services to Folk Music a few years ago. He appears with, Waterson

Unfortunately cancelled -- due to ill-health

Wood Wilson & Carthy, Brass Monkey & is a former member of Steeleye Span. Martin sings mainly from the English Tradition. He still sings wonderful ballads telling stories of long ago, but also some more modern songs and an occasional humorous offering.
More at his web site

April 22nd 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

April 29th 2008
Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne
One of the great Irish singers of her generation, she has a voice to die for, with sensitive guitar accompaniment from Graham Dunne. She performs Traditional and the best of modern songs. She sings all over the world at top venues, including for Bill Clinton & Bertie O'Hearn in the White House. We are very lucky to get her, as she doesn't normally do Folk Clubs. Don't miss this special evening.
"She has a drop-dead gorgeous voice and is a stunning singer of anything from traditional ballads to contemporary rock" - Folk Roots
"Niamh Parsons sings like an angel." - Chicago Tribune
"Simply magnificent traditional singing." - Irish Music Magazine
"Let's cut to the chase. Niamh Parsons has a drop-dead, stop-you-in-your-tracks, unbelievably gorgeous voice." - Calgary Herald
More at her web link

May 6th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

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May 13th 2008
Vinegar Tom
Great traditional singer Ian Giles is a member both of Magpie Lane & the Oxford Waits. Returning with a new three part vocal group, with Creation Theatre's Darren Ormandy, and Bristolian actress/singer Kathryn Nutbeem, Her moving performance of Somewhere Along the Road was viewed by millions watching coverage of the 25th Anniversary of the conflict's end, on Horseguards Parade last year on TV
More at this web site
Yet more at that web site.

May 20th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

May 27th 2008
Bob Fox
Truly excellent singer/guitarist of traditional & contemporary material. He’s been professional for 30 years and he has toured with Fairport Convention & solo tour in Holland and Canada. Bob has played at nearly every major festival in Britain. Has a bucket load of cds to his name. Ralph Mctell said of his last cd: "At last, the record we've been waiting for from Bob, it's the sound we hear in live performance, that astonishing guitar technique coupled with one of England's finest voices.". Vin Garbutt says “one of the truly great voices from the North East with musicianship second to none”.
More at his web site

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June 3rd 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

June 10th 2008
Innominata, Dave Hunt, Bob Kirkpatrick
Special triple guest evening featuring 3 of the best performers in the area. No floor singers this evening. Entry only £3.00.
Inominata (4 piece Trad. multi-instrumentalist/vocal group) are veterans of the folk scene appearing at many Festivals and clubs with numerous recordings over a long period.
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Dave Hunt is a regular at the club, writes excellent songs and is a very accomplished singer. He is in the process of planning his first cd.

Bob Kirkpatrick is also a brilliant singer/songwriter who runs a very popular club in Dorset.
Listen to his cd at: his web site

June 17th 2008
Flossie Malavialle
1st visit to the area of an outstanding young French singer/songwriter based in Yorks. who also sings the songs of Edith Piaf & Jacques Brel and all types of Folk song . She sings in perfect English or French as the song dictates. She has a magic voice accompanying herself on guitar. She is booked all over the North and Scotland and Europe & has to date 6 cd’s recorded.
Please listen to her amazing talent on her web page below: her web site

June 24th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

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July 1st 2008
Dearman, Gammon & Harrison
Anni Dearman, Steve Harrison and Vic Gammon (renowned academic & performer) perform English traditional songs and tunes in a robust and firmly rooted English style, accompanied on various squeezeboxes, banjo and mouthorgan. They appear regularly at folk clubs, festivals and in concerts. Their CD Black Crow, White Crow was released by the English Folk Dance & Song Society in March 2005.
More at this web site

Even more at this web site

July 8th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

July 15th 2008
Martin Carthy
Probably the most famous of British folk singers and not without reason.
Masterly on the guitar and vocals, Martin was awarded the MBE for services to Folk Music a few years ago. He appears with, Waterson:Carthy. Wood Wilson & Carthy, Brass Monkey & is a former member of Steeleye Span. Martin sings mainly from the English Tradition. He still sings wonderful ballads telling stories of long ago, but also some more modern songs and an occasional humorous offering.
More at his web site

July 22nd 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

July 29th 2008
John Kirkpatrick
John's done it all from currently being a member of Brass Monkey, in the past Steeleye Span, Albion Country Band. He plays Anglo Concertina, Button Accordion and single row melodeon and sings as well as anybody has a right to. Expect Traditional, selfpenned humorous and 1930's material. A great entertainer and one of the finest Traditional performers.
More at his web site

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Closed all August for summer break

September 2nd 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

September 9th 2008
Fred Wedlock
A very funny man who did an absolute blinder on his last visit. The Oldest Swinger in Town’ and at the same time ‘The Folker’. 1980’s Top Ten record Star. A great entertainer. His songs have been covered by Jasper Carrot & Little & Large among many. He is an experienced TV & Radio presenter & paid large sums as an after dinner speaker. Come along & have a good laugh.
More at: his web site

September 16th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

September 23rd 2008
Chris Wood
Co-writer of BBC folk Awards “Best Song 2006”. Terrific musician and singer. His CD “The Lark Descending” was voted into the four top folk cds at the BBC folk Awards. Chris sings & plays English Traditional and self penned material on Fiddle & Guitar. He also performs with “The English Accoustic Collective”, Wood, Wilson, Carthy, and Andy Cutting, but really shines when performing solo. Chris was recently invited to join Paul Weller, Billy Bragg, Martin & Eliza Carthy in Simon Emerson's The Imagined Village. He also has had musical commissions from BBC Radio 3's Late Junction and Between The Ears also from The Sage Gateshead and has completed work for Arts Council England whilst continuing his writing and lecturing. Chris’s new album TRESPASSER is now available.
More at:
his web site

September 30th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

October 7th 2008
Harry Skinner & Dave Saunders
Details to follow and more at their web site

October 14th 2008
Informal singaround (tunes, songs and poems)

October 21st 2008
Vin Garbutt
Details to follow.

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