FABULOUS DOUBLE-DUO-BILL!!!!
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double bill with
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Michelle Burke and
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Matt Smith and Sarah Northcott are a fiddle and guitar duo playing a mixture of Anglo-Celtic traditional and original music.Af ter honing her craft as lead vocalist with Irish/American super group Cherish the Ladies, Michelle is now embarking on a solo career and is accom-anied at this gig by James Ross, from Wick, who plays piano, keyboards and accordion and is an astounding musician. This will be a huge evening and enormously good value for money. Be there!
Sandy Brechin and Ewan Wilkinson
Tuesday, 14th February, 2012, 8.00pm, The Roadhouse, Penicuik
Sandy and Ewan have been touring together for some years now - playing in such venues as “The Star in the Square Folk Club” and the “Lismore” in Glasgow, Leith Folk Club and Hootenannies in Inverness as well a trip to the Middle East.Together Ewan and Sandy play a mixture of Scottish, Irish and English traditional songs and tunes, together with contemporary folk songs, and original
Tuesday, 13th March, 2012, 8.00pm
Not one astounding songwriter and singer ... but two. Ian and Ian have not played as a duo for many years and we are all looking foward hugely to this gigful of nostalgia, new songs, great voices and mighty banter.
Tuesday, 17th April, 2012, 8.00pm
Barbara was brought up in Fife, learning Scottish and Irish songs from her grandparents . She was delighted to meet up with many other traditional singers and musicians when she left home to become a skint student at Dundee Uni and was persuaded to start singing for her supper.
She went on to become a founder member of the band Coelbeg and over the years had many other collaborations: Fair Game, Rathlin, Fon a Bhord and Palaver - to name but a few.
Tuesday, 8th May, 2012, 8.00pm
Wingin' It are a fresh and dynamic duo, rapidly gaining attention on the Scottish music scene. Having won a Danny Kyle award at Celtic Connections 07, they have since performed at festivals all over the country. - Wingin It are Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie. Their music is eclectic, jazzy, folky ...- we might even get some unplugged Pink Floyd!
Tuesday, 12th June, 2012, 8.00pm
Nick Keir and Stephen Quigg of the McCalmans have formed an exciting new duo which will continue to provide great Scottish Folk Music, giving a breath of fresh air to old traditional songs and chosing the best of contemporary Scottish Folk Song. Nick and Stephen met in the 1980s when Stephen regularly supported The McCalmans. On Derek's untimely death Stephen joned the Macs and ten years working together deepened their respect for each other's musicianship. When Ian McCalman announced his retirement it took no time for them to decide to continue working together.
Tuesday, 18th September, 2012, 8.00pm
.Brian Peters is one of the English folk scene’s great all-rounders: a compelling singer, a first-rate squeezebox player and a skilled guitarist. Brian is one of the country’s best anglo-concertina players and is just as good on melodeon, while he’s also internationally-known as a passionate singer of traditional ‘Child’ ballads. He delivers a repertoire of startling variety, so alongside those classic songs from the tradition and lively English dance tunes, you might expect to hear newer songs, Brian’s own instrumental compositions, and wild squeezebox excursions into ragtime or blues. Add his energy and dry humour onstage, and you have a truly entertaining performer.
Tuesday, 2nd October, 2012, 8.00pm
Janet first made a name for herself on the folk circuit in the ‘80’s as a young singer songwriter writing with hard-edged humour about issues affecting women. Her “Secretary’s Song” was the most requested song on “Folk on 2” in 1987/8, and “Breastfeeding Baby in the Park” has been taken up by the pro-breastfeeding lobby nationally and internationally. Her work on Scottish traditional material with Scottish singer Christine Kydd has received huge critical acclaim, particularly in her native
Janet leads three community choirs, in Silsden, Burnley, and Settle, and does guest work with choirs all over the north of