
Edd Donovan, Coope Boyes & Simpson, and Janet Dowd
Singer/songwriter Johnny Coppin & his acoustic music showcase from off the beaten track.
The special guest this week is Gloucestershire singer/songwriter Edd Donovan playing two songs in session.
There’s music for the Remembrance Weekend from Coope Boyes & Simpson, and Janet Dowd, plus new tracks from Martha Tilston, and Stu Larsen, music from Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, and Chris Quinn.
And a preview of upcoming events with the acoustic gig guide.
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Janet Dowd
All The Fine Young Men
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Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
Talon's Trip To Thompson Island
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Coope Boyes & Simpson
Lay Me Low
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Edd Donovan
Dog's Don't Bite (live in session)
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Edd Donovan
Eva (live in session)
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Gerald Aitchison
Longest Day
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Martha Tilston
Green Moon
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Chris Quinn
The Jolly Beggarman/Red Haired Boy/Blackberry Blossom
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Stu Larsen
Straight Line (radio edit)
Johnny Coppin's Acoustic Gig Guide
Saturday 11th
Phil King - s/s - Under The Edge Arts at Wotton-under-Edge 8pm utea.org.uk
Megson - Woodmancote Village Hall 7.30pm www.smedsongs.com
Chris Quinn - acclaimed guitarist of folk to bluegrass - Stroud Sub Rooms
Jim Causley - Saltcellar Folk Club, Totterdown, Bristol 7.30pm
Sunday 12th
Si Barron- is guest at Barny's at Little Vic, Queen Victoria pub, Gloucester Street in Stroud 7.30pm 01453 886879 email [email protected]
Jan Vaisey and Ian Harvey - at Cheltenham Folk Club, Sandford Park Alehouse (upstairs) 20 High Street, Cheltenham GL50 1DZ. 8pm
Martyn Joseph- s/s Chapel Arts in Bath 8pm
Rough Island Band - songs inspired by the landscape and people of the Isles of Scilly - The Folk House in Bristol 8pm info bristolfolkhouse.co.uk 0117 926 2987
Blondes with Beards 2-5pm at Swindon Repair Café, Eastcott Community Centre, Savernake Street, Swindon
Monday 13th
Jon Boden - No. 8 in Pershore
Singaround at Chipping Norton Folk Club at Artyard Cafe, Enstone 7.45pm
New Words and Music club every Mondayin the Coach House of The George pub at Frocester from 8 till 10.30pm
Tuesday 14th
Folk at Frampton on Severn Village Hall 8pm
Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow + Saskia Griffiths-Moore - Wardrobe Theatre Old Market Bristol 8pm
Wed 15
Mayfish (local band formerly called Woe to the Provoker)TheCarpenters Arms in Miserden 7.30pm free
Singers Club, Stroud. Traditional Songs. 8.30pm, Little Vic, Queen Victoria Pub, Gloucester St, Stroud Free admission
Singaround- White Horse Folk Club, St Michael's Church Room, Highworth nr Swindon -01793 762070
Australian s/s Stu Larsen - The Louisiana in Bristol
Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis - Red Lion Folk Club, Kings Heath, Birmingham 7.45pm
Sally Barker & Vicky Glenfan - Norwegian Church in Cardiff
Thursday 16th
Findlay Napier + support from Edd Donovan - The Old Stables, Cricklade
Minchinhampton Folk Club at The Old Crown, Paganhill in Stroud 8.15pm
Folk Club at Kings Arms, Ross Road, Newent, 8pm Info: 01531 820687
UkeStroud - jam session for ukulele players at Pitchcombe village hall 8pm BYO drinks. £1 in pot. Info: Norma: [email protected]
Thornbury Folk Music Session – 8pm. The Swan, 17, High Street, Thornbury
Sally Barker & Vicky Glenfan - Chapel Arts in Bath 8pm
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Trowbridge Town hall
Methera- John Dipper, Emma Reid (fiddles) Miranda Rutter (viola), Lucy Deakin (cello).- New Room, Bristol
Friday 17th
Nordic Fiddlers Bloc -trio from Norway, Sweden, and Shetland - at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth 8pm
Peggy Seeger and Family (Calum MacColl etc..) - Tithe Barn, Bishops' Cleeve tickets from Town Hall Box Office
Martha Tilston - Stroud Goods Shed 8pm tickets from SVA
Lucy Rose s/s + Charlie Cunningham - Gloucester Guildhall 8pm
Sue Edwards of UK Autoharps will be in the Merrywalks Arcade in Stroud from 10am to 4.30pm with some of her autoharps.
She will be encouraging anyone who might like to try out this unusual instrument to ‘Pay Pudsey a Pound to Play’, and will give them a brief taster session. No music reading required, and no problem if you have not played any other instrument before.
Jeff and Elaine Gillett (Discovery) Swindon Folksingers' Clubat The Ashford Rd Social Club, Ashford Road 8.15pm
Roving Crows - Chapel Arts in Bath 8pm
Worry Dolls - Malvern Cube 8pm
Kate Dimbleby and Keith Warmington. with special guest Rebecca Hollweg at Zion, Bishopsworth Rd, Bedminster Down, Bristol 7.30pm.
to book tickets: zionbristol.co.uk
Rough Island Band - Old Headington Village Hall, East Oxford
Ric Sanders & Vo Fletcher in concert at St James Church Welland 7.45 pm £10 Info: Viv 01684 310522 vivnelsontraining.co.uk
Robert Plant and his band The Space Shifters (inc Seth Lakeman) - Colston Hall, Bristol
The Cactus Blossoms (US band recently on Twin Peaks ft close harmony from 2 brothers) - Hy Brasil Music Club, Baldwin Street in Bristol
Alden Patterson and Dashwood - The Globe, Hay on Wye
Somers Trad Folk Club at The Alma Tavern in Worcester 8pm
Saturday 18th
Rusty Shackle - Welsh indie roots band- Prema Arts Centre, Uley 7.30pm 01453 860703 prema.org.uk
Edd Donovan + Chris Cundy- Postlip Hall, Winchcombe 7.30pm
The Harry Browns of Bristol - sea songs and shanties - Under The Edge Arts at Wotton-under-Edge 8pm utea.org.uk
French Dancing at Horsley Village Hall with Poisson Rouge - a popular band from Exeter. Doors 5pm. - Social bring and share tea at 6pm - dance workshop at 7.15 - Dance proper starts at 8pm
Blind River Scare - americana music- Stroud Brewery 7.30pm free
Rhiannon Giddens (USA) - BBC Folk Singer of the Year in 2016 - Bristol Colston hall
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman - Pound Arts, Pound Pill, Corsham 7.30pm 01249 701628/ 712618 poundarts.org.uk
Banter (ft Simon Care) at Bath Ceilidhs, St Gregory's School, Combe Hay Lane BA2 8PA 7pm for 7.30pm
Broadcast
- Sat 11 Nov 201717:30BBC Radio Gloucestershire
