Graham Pirt and Val Marsden will be known formally to you as two of the members of Cockersdale and we are looking forward to seeing them at the club as a duo. They are both long-time stalwarts of Whitby Folk week and have amassed a vast collection of songs both traditional and contemporary material down through the years that they can sing individually or in harmony. I am sure we will hear a few numbers from the late Keith Marsden’s pen. Bring your voices.

Lorraine Irwing and Sue Brown over the years the girls have built up quite a rapport with our audience. Their choice of material is well suited to two part harmony and they are always on the lookout for slightly different versions of traditional material which they can mould to their liking. Ballads and tales from the British Isles with the odd sojourn to the Americas all served up with a smile. Come and learn the choruses.

Tom McConville makes a welcome return to the Diamond. Fiddler and singer extraordinaire with a warm personality that that can hold the room mesmerised with his music and song. His repertoire ranges from songs and tunes of his beloved Newcastle to Irish slow airs and Scottish hornpipes and reels. Come early he is popular.

We welcome Hector back to the club at a very busy time for him, with the release of his latest CD "Gleanings" garnering some cracking reviews. What to expect is a night of wonderful songs from a master balladeer. He will not forget his Scottish roots as he has many fine Burns melodies, but he is not a man to be tied down to one country or genre. So come along shake off those winter blues and be ready to join in the choruses.