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.
Sarah Matthews and Doug Eunson make a return visit. They have been here in many guises down through the years but tonight we have them as a duo. Sarah on fiddle, viola and vocals and Doug on melodeons and vocals. Expect some lovely harmonies as well as superb solo singing. Rattling good tunes and a very good stage presence. They are at home on both the festival and folk club scene . They are proud of their Derbyshire roots, singing both trad and self penned songs and tunes. Lovers of chorus singing will not be disappointed.
A special night for us a local lad made good, it will be great to see him back at the club again this time as a solo guest. Put a squeezebox or concertina in his hands and it seems to become part of him. Lively jigs, slow airs, tunes from England, Scotland and Ireland move from his head to his hands effortlessly, but speak to other musicians and they will tell you of the effort that is needed to make it look so. With a good strong voice and an eclectic store of songs you will be spoilt for choice. Get here early he has a huge following.
