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Oct 06 2013
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Saturday 2nd November 2013 – ONE YEAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOTING FOLK PARTY! Featuring Skiffle and The Piffles

Yes, we made it, in November we will have been running for one whole year!  It’s been a great year, and we are very lucky to have some fantastic regular floor spot performers who are a huge part of the night as well as lots of great guest acts.    To celebrate, we have the eight piece Skiffle and The Piffles as our guest act for the night, plus floor spots of course!

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Inspired by the rockabilly, folk and bluegrass of the 50s and 60s, 8 piece Skiffle and the Piffles formed in 2010.  Taking inspiration from the greats like the Carter Family and Wanda Jackson, they stir up a mix of girl group harmonies, stomping rhythms and finger pickin’riffs in their own unique style that is sure to have you singing along and dancing on tables.  Dusting off the washboard, accordion and box drum, expect a contemporary take on some old classics and many brand new tracks from their recent “Bones in the Ground” EP and beyond.

http://skiffleandthepiffles.blogspot.co.uk/

There will also be floor spots as usual, so come along and sing a song!  With or without an instrument, traditional or original.  Or read a poem.  Or do a dance.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm. Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots. Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

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Sep 08 2013
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Saturday 5th October – featuring Dan Raza

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Singer-songwriter of exceptional talent, Dan draws on folk and country influences to produce spellbinding songs and is undoubtedly magnificent at weaving a tune. He has gained considerable acclaim on the live scene both here and across the pond, opening for Mary Gauthier, Badly Drawn Boy, Cara Dillon and Slaid Cleaves.

http://www.danraza.com/

There will also be floor spots as usual, so come along and sing a song!  With or without an instrument, traditional or original.  Or read a poem.  Or do a dance.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm. Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots. Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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Aug 05 2013
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Satuday 7th September – featuring The Three Drunken Maidens

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The Three Drunken Maidens are Amanda MacLean, Alison Frosdick and Claire Rachik,  They met several years back at a folk club and decided to get together socially for a sing song. 900 bottles of wine later, they found themselves out performing folk songs harmoniously, occasionally accompanying themselves on guitar, whistle and whatever else they can lay their hands on. The Three Drunken Maidens inject warmth, humour and insight into songs they love.  They are also a bit mad.

http://www.thethreedrunkenmaidens.com/

There will also be floor spots as usual, so come along and sing a song!  With or without an instrument, traditional or original.  Or read a poem.  Or do a dance.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm. Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots. Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

Jul 11 2013
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Saturday 3rd August – featuring The Dry Bones Band

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Playing a big old mix of folk, blues, gospel, ragtime and country, this London-based quartet employ open-backed banjo, mandolin, double bass, and resophonic guitar to perform their original material and a diverse selection of obscure American tunes. We should also add that the banjo player is none other than one of our favourite regular floor performers, Paul!

www.drybonesband.co.uk

There will also be floor spots as usual, so come along and sing a song! We’re really lucky to have a very high quality collection of regular performers who are as much part of the night as the guest act.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm. Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots. Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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Jun 02 2013
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Saturday 6th July – featuring The Ballina Whalers

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The Ballina Whalers are Pete Truin, Jamie Doe and Sam Brookes – three musical barnacles clinging to the creaking hull of a musical tradition stretching back over hundreds of years. Using just their voices they explore ballads, shanties and seafaring songs that tell tales of whaling ships, lost loves, roaring storms and hardship out at sea.

“Stunning voices that blend so beautifully, a real knock out”
– Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

There will also be floor spots, so come along and sing a song!  We’re really lucky to have a very high quality collection of regular performers who are as much part of the night as the guest act.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm.  Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots.  Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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Apr 07 2013
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Saturday 1st June 2013 – Featuring Hatful Of Rain

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“British folk with Appalachian roots”

Hatful of Rain are a Bluegrass/Old time influenced British folk/roots band based in East Sussex. Playing original material, Hatful of Rain strive to combine powerful song-writing with musical virtuosity whilst retaining a strong traditional feel.  Their array of instruments include violin, mandolin and double bass.

http://www.hatfulofrain.co.uk/

There will also be floor spots, so come along and sing a song!  We’re really lucky to have a very high quality collection of regular performers who are as much part of the night as the guest act.

Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8pm.  Come along at 7.30pm to put your name down for floor spots.  Entry is £3, all the door money goes to the guest act.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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Mar 03 2013
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Saturday 6th April 2013 – featuring Green Diesel

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Green Diesel are a group of Kentish folk musicians determined to inject their own dose of electricity and youthful exuberance into the folk scene. Raised on the classic folk-rock sounds of Fairport Convention, Oysterband and The Albion Band, the band’s rich sound draws on a wide range of influences, as funk and klezmer sit side by side with Morris tunes and ancient murder ballads.

2012 was  hugely successful for Green Diesel. They gigged consistently throughout southern England including headlining the Sandwich Folk and Ale Festival, supporting James Yorkston, and playing to a sell out crowd at the June ‘Brighton Folk’ event. The band also travelled to Shrewsbury for a live  session for the BBC’s ‘Genevieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk’.

Last year also saw the release of the band’s debut album ‘Now Is The Time’, recorded in a converted oast house with producer Roger Cotton. ‘Now Is The Time’ is a true reflection of the Green Diesel sound, and has been praised for its innovative original songs and high quality musicianship.

http://www.greendieselfolk.com/

We’ll also have floor spots, come along at 7.30pm if you want to perform!   Entry is £3.

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

Feb 03 2013
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Saturday 2nd March 2013 – featuring Tash & Beth

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Tash and Beth play a unique blend of American folk, gospel and blues, with some slide guitar and harmonica to boot.  Doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8.  We’ll also have floor spots, come along at 7.30pm if you want to perform!   Entry is £3.

Here’s some videos of Tash & Beth at the Shed Sessions:  http://www.songsfromtheshed.com/Tash-and-Beth-Session–201(2729925).htm

Join the TOOTING FOLK group on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/?fref=ts

Like the page: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

And if that was not enough, join the Facebook event http://www.facebook.com/events/607489842609998/

Jan 07 2013
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Saturday 2nd February 2013 – featuring Martyn Wyndham-Read

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Martyn Wyndham-Read has been involved with folk music for over forty years. In his late teens he left his mother’s farm in Sussex and headed off, with his guitar, to Australia where he worked on a sheep station Emu Springs in South Australia. It was while he was there that he heard, first hand, the old songs sung by some of the station hands at Emu Springs and he became captivated by these songs and the need to know more of them and where they came from grew.

He headed off to Melbourne and became part of the folk song revival there and throughout Australia during the early1960’s..

Back to England in 1967 where he met up with the renowned singer and song collector Bert Lloyd, who himself had spent time in Australia. Martyn was asked by Bert Lloyd to be part of the album ‘Leviathan’ on the Topic label and soon after he started recording for Bill Leader and touring extensively worldwide.

In the early 1970’s Martyn started the ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ concerts which portray the seasons of the year through song, music, dance and verse and illustration. Martyn is also the instigator of the well known Song Links Project,

Martyn is currently working with Shirley Collins on a production called ‘Down the Lawson Track’ featuring stories, poems/songs of the great Australian Poet of the People, Henry Lawson with Pip Barnes, Iris Bishop, Gary Holder and Jackie Oates.

His CD Jackeroo portrays his life so far through songs both old and new.

http://www.martynwyndhamread.com/

Entry is £5 on the door,  or if you would like to reserve tickets please email tootingfolk@hotmail.co.uk.

There are floor spots as usual so arrive at 7.30pm if you want to perform!  Music starts at 8pm.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/

And our Facebook page is here: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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Dec 02 2012
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Saturday 5th January 2013 – featuring Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker

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With Josienne’s unique voice and Ben’s intricate guitar and mandolin playing, this duo do a beautiful job of combining traditional folk with honest and original song-writing.  Influenced by greats like Martin Simpson, Bert Jansch, Pierre Bensusan and Richard Thompson, Ben’s fingerstyle on guitar and mandolin add magic to Josienne’s already sculpted sound.  They have performed alongside many current and established folk acts including Martin Simpson, Ric Sanders of the Fairport Convention, Jim Moray, Sam Carter, Steve Tilston, Blair Dunlop, Emily Portman, Mary Hampton and Emily Barker, and have been played on BBC Radio by Mike Harding and Genevieve Tudor, and others.

http://www.josienneclarke.co.uk/

We’ll also have floor spots as usual so arrive at 7.30pm if you want to perform!

Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/359488827459547/

And our Facebook page is here: http://www.facebook.com/TootingFolk

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