Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham are making their third visit to the club as a duo. Both play concertina and are fine singers, both as soloists and singing harmony. Songs of the land and songs of the sea with plenty of opportunity to join in and, this being December, I am hoping for a few seasonal songs. They are equally at home performing at a festival or in the cozy confines of a folk club. In fact they run the Derby folk club which meets monthly in the old gaol house.
Jody is a brilliant singer songwriter and Anglo concertina player who is touring from the States. He sings Traditional and popular America songs of yesteryear. From witty and humorous ditties to songs that explore the depths of the human condition, his singing tells American stories that are hilarious, gritty and true stories of train wrecks and wrecked marriages, death row convicts and lonesome lovers, heroes, losers, swaggering braggarts, lazy slackers and slapstick fools. A treat for the chorus singers among you.
Ros Brady and Simon Barron are paying their first visit to the club after impressing some of the committee while they were visiting a club on holiday. Ros on Tin whistle and Vocals Si on Guitar and Vocals lovely harmonies and a very engaging stage presence they perform a mixture of self penned and traditional songs. New and familiar choruses to join in with.
We welcome back a favourite of the club, Benny, who has just finished a very successful tour with “The Pitman Poets”. He has been coming to us for quite a while we enjoy his songs from the North East and his gentle humour. A stalwart of the folk scene, with a vast repertoire of material from mining disasters through to music hall ditties. Chuck is a well known fiddler and mandolin player and has been working with Benny for about a year, so let’s give him a warm Black Diamond welcome.
Jimmy Crowley is doing a short tour and it will be great to have him at the club again. When Jimmy sings you are transported to his beloved Cork City and its unique accent and songs which he has been collecting for many a long year and printing in the local paper. This in turn has prompted many more people to contribute songs from their childhood so that Jimmy has been able to produce a wonderful volume entitled “Songs from the Beautiful City”.
