The Vicar’s Picnic announces the line up for their 4th annual music festival, taking place on Friday 15th to Saturday 16th July 2016 by the banks of the River Medway in Yalding, Kent The Vicar’s Picnic, one of Kent’s fastest growing festivals for music fans and families, will be headlined by Reef. Supporting headliners include an …
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Jimmy Hendrix playing the American national anthem at Woodstock. Freddie Mercury belting his heart out at Live Aid. The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Music is one of those great things that can bring people together. Often attributed to fans and music lovers alike but, on this occasion, it also means the artists. …
Since being named Best Newcomer at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Sam Carter has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, via an attention grabbing appearance on Later… with Jools Hollandand a performance in a specially assembled band to back Richard Thompson at Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Since the release of his last solo …
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Asheville, North Carolina folk-Americana trio Underhill Rose have announced their debut UK & Ireland tour for April & May in support of their new album THE GREAT TOMORROW. With Eleanor playing her distinctive claw-hammer style on a Deering banjo along with harmonica, Molly Rose on guitar, and Salley plucking the upright bass, the trio has carved out …
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Anglo / Austrian alt-country duo Two Ways Home have announced a UK tour this May. The tour will be supported with the release of the beautiful new video for the track Still In Love, taken from their recently released EP, BETTER DAYS. Produced by MsM (Ed Sheeran, The Saturdays), Still In Love continues Two …
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The Under The Apple Tree Festival has announced that both Mary Chapin Carpenter and Gretchen Peters will headline Whispering Bob Harris’ inaugural festival. The festival will take place at Silverstone’s Woodlands Campsite on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend May 27-29, 2016. Grammy Award winning artist Mary Chapin Carpenter has chosen Bob ‘s new festival to celebrate …
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Folk band, Sheelanagig, will soon release their fifth album, BEARD TOWN. The album was recording at the the legendary Real World Studios; the band will celebrate its release with an album launch at The Islington, London on Thursday April 28. Sheelanagig have become a West Country institution for the past decade. The quintet come armed with …
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Kelly Oliver is making a name for herself for her folk tinged singer songwriting. We featured the singer songwriter’s headline showcase as part of the London Folk and Roots Festival last November and this proved to be a popular event, with the Emerging Talent element curated by Folkstock. You can read about it here https://maverick-country.com/london-folk-roots-festival/ Kelly …
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The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has launched a nationwide search for talented young musicians to become the first members of the new National Youth Folk Ensemble. A series of Sampler Days will be held throughout England during May and June to audition musicians aged 14 to 18 for up to 25 places …
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Review Date: 13 December, 2015 Reviewed By: John Roffey Location: Sugar & Spice Club, Boscombe What a bonus to have two of Bournemouth’s top attractions under one roof to whet the pre-Christmas musical appetite. The town responded by packing the Sugar & Spice Club to the rafters and the SRO audience were rewarded with stellar …
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