Jeff and Elaine Gillett are collectively known as Discovery and it is your chance to see them perform for us for the first time in this guise, although Jeff is no stranger to the club as he has performed here many times with Ron Taylor. They have a vast range of songs garnered from the length and breadth of this country. We are expecting duets and solos, plus I’m sure a few tunes from Jeff, who is an outstanding guitar soloist as well as an excellent accompanist.
We welcome back Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham from Derby who can be relied upon for fine harmony singing, coupled with some wonderful concertina playing They are equally at home with a ballad, shanty or a Music Hall ditty. They will be lots of opportunity for you to join in. (This replaces Barrie and Ingrid Temple who have had to cancel due to illness. We shall rebook them later in the season).
Sound Tradition hail from the East of England and comprise of Linda Baddley, David Bartlett, Catherine Legge and Moose. They are well known to some of you from seeing them at festivals, but they are right at home in a folk club as well. What can be expected are lovely harmonic arrangements of fine traditional and contemporary songs of both the land and the sea.It is lovely to see the interaction between them as they share the introductions and leads. Don’t worry all you joiner inners, you will have plenty of opportunity to participate.
The nights are drawing in so gather round the radiators while we take you back in time with a return visit from The Nightwatch. Featuring Andy Casserley and Ian Pittaway, two fine instrumentalists and singers,bringing you tunes and songs from early times right up to date with songs from the century before the century before last. They will perform on a variety of instruments to suit the repertoire. Can you join in? Of course you can, but make sure to get it right.
New Year brings some new guests to the club. Chris Elliott and Caitlin Jones hail from Staffordshire and have been performing together since 2014. What to expect, well Chris plays guitar and bouzouki, Caitlin plays various whistles and harmonium while they both sing. They both like material from their own area and perform a mixture of both trad and self penned material. In between the harmonies you will be expected to join in the choruses.
