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- FoF Promotions: representing Abbie Lathe &
The Lovelies, Ken Nicol & Phil Cool, and ourselves.
Visit the FoF Promotions site for information.
- Friends of Folk: organisers of some great folk
gigs in the north-west of England. Check out their page
for information about forthcoming and previous concerts.
- Maddy Prior:
the official website. The place to go for
everything about Maddy!
- Stones Barn: details of the short
courses run by Maddy Prior at Stones Barn in beautiful
north Cumbria. Highly recommended - we are Stones Barn
Addicts. Amongst the tempting things on offer are some
wonderful singing courses, suitable for all levels of
experience and all levels of confidence! As well as
learning a lot, you'll also have fun, eat extremely
well(!), and meet some really great people.
- Abbie Lathe:
superb singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and truly
inspirational singing teacher. Abbie teaches on many of
Maddy Prior's singing courses at Stones Barn.
- Tim Phillips: "Maker of extraordinary
violins" (including Chris' fantastic new fiddle).
- Shirley Collins:
the official site, containing loads of information about
the lovely Shirley.
- John Tams: the
official site, for all you ever wanted to know about the
brilliant singer, songwriter, actor etc.... (writer of
'Snow Falls' on our Tomorrow's Sun album).
- Peter Knight:
official website of the Steeleye fiddle supremo.
- Dave Swarbrick: for all the latest on the great Swarb!
- Judy Dyble:
the ex-Fairport singer's fab website; also pay her a
visit on MySpace.
- Talkawhile:
totally addictive place to talk about music - especially
anything associated with Fairport, Steeleye - and
anything and everything!
- Red Nev's Real Ale and Real Music Blog: good stuff from our fellow Bothy Folk Club
resident singer, Nev Grundy.
Festivals, folk clubs etc:
- Bothy Folk Club:
long-established folk club in Southport, Merseyside. It's
an excellent, friendly club, which is well worth a visit
if you are in the area on a Sunday evening (8 pm). You
can usually catch us there, as we're on the team of
residents at the club.
- Stepping Stones Festival: Maddy Prior's festival in Brampton,
Cumbria, 5-6 May 2012.
- Saddleworth Folk Festival: great festival near Oldham (sadly not
happening in 2011).
- Lymm Folk Club:
near Warrington, Cheshire (Thursdays, 8:30 pm).
- Foc's'le Folk Club: in Southampton, Hampshire (Fridays).
- Topic Folk Club: in Bradford, West Yorkshire (Thursdays).
- Gregson Lane Folk Club: in Lancashire (alternate Thursdays).
More Musicians:
- Look Out!: To
mark the centenary in April 2012 of the sinking of RMS
Titanic, three Southampton songwriters - Brian Hooper,
Barry Wake and Jeff Henry - have collaborated in a
production of song, music and spoken word called Look
Out! Performed by the "White Star Line-Up", it
tells of the devastating and lasting effect on the city
and people of Southampton. See the show and/or buy the
CD. Highly recommended!
- Barry Wake:
brilliant songwriter/guitarist from Southampton, and
occasional collaborator with us in the trio Nelsons
Wake. As a duo, we perform quite a few of Barry's songs.
- Brian Heywood:
ex-member of The Cluster of Nuts Band; now
involved in a variety of musical projects.
- MoonDance:
ceilidh band based in the south of England, featuring our
old Cluster of Nuts cohorts.
- Arnie Cottrell: singer, guitarist and mandolin player 'par
excellence' and a former colleague from The New St
George and Midnight Flyers.
- Pete Rimmer: has a new CD Donovan Songs (Chris
recorded and produced it and we're both on it). Pete's
interpretation of 13 great songs by Donovan. Pete is also
a member of Gallimaufry
with whom Chris works occasionally as fiddle player
and/or caller.
- Duodecimo:
Manchester-based "a capella chamber choir".
- Southern Lights: excellent "ladies traditional style
dance team", based in Southampton.
Folk Music Resources/Online Radio
Stations:
- fRoots:
"the essential worldwide roots music guide";
long-established magazine. (Siobhan is responsible for
compiling the reviews index on their web site.)
- Folk NorthWest:
loads of information about all things folk-related in the
north-west of England, with lots of useful links.
- North West Folk:
not to be confused with Folk NorthWest.
- Folk Images:
folk resource with emphasis on the north-west of England.
- Folking.com:
database of artists/clubs/festivals etc; album reviews...
and loads of other stuff.
- EntsWeb: Directory of entertainment, music and
leisure.
- CD Baby: great
US-based site for buying CDs (including ours!) - and for
selling your own albums.
- FolkCast: a
'must-hear' podcast with a monthly show presented by Ken Nicol and
Phil "Widds" Widdows.
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