Harpenden Folk, Roots & World Music Festival Harpenden Public Halls Saturday 27th August 2016 2 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Bio and Line-up Lindisfarne – the legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers return to form with a classic six-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar. …
22-24 June 2016 Now firmly established in the summer calendar, SummerTyne Americana Festival at Tyneside’s Sage Gateshead is a three day jamboree that celebrates American roots music and brings together some of the finest and most exciting performers from both sides of the Atlantic. With the UK’s appetite for country music steadily growing SummerTyne kicks …
A trio of chart toppers with a number of Top 40 hits between them will be one of the highlights of this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack and Andy Fairweather Low will perform together at the four-day event at the West Mid Showground from August 26 to 29. Lowe, who had hits …
24-26 June 2016 – Whitebottom Farm, Etherow Park, Manchester Taking place at Whitebottom Farm at Etherow Park between 24-26 June, Buckle and Boots Festival is set to combine some of the brightest talents in country music from the US as well as the thriving UK scene, providing a truly unique outdoor festival experience for country …
Peter Knight, John Spiers, O’Hooley & Tidow and Daoiri Farrell join seven 2016 BBC Folk Awards nominees for this year’s FolkEast Festival. The three day festival takes place at the glorious 300-acre Suffolk estate of 16th century Glemham Hall, the home of Major Philip Hope-Cobbold, between August 19-21. Few fiddlers can hold a candle to the iconic Knight whose …
The Americana Music Association expands its festival and conference in its 17th year by announcing its most ambitious kickoff event ever featuring The Lumineers at the Ascend Amphitheater Tuesday, September 20, 2016. “We’re very excited to have the Americana Music Association presenting our show at Ascend Amphitheater. Nashville is a very special place for us, …
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Award winning West London venue Under The Bridge is to host one of the greatest guitar players of all time Robben Ford on the July 11 this year. Throughout his career Ford has paved new ground in multiple genres including blues, jazz and rock and was also a key player in seminal jazz-fusion band L.A …
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The full line up has been announced for this year’s Roots Festival, including: Richmond Fontaine, Ryley Walker, The Weather Station, Teddy Thompson, Hayes Carll and Cale Tyson Band. Taking place around the clubs and bars of The Marble City between April 29 and May 2, the 19th Kilkenny Roots Festival looks set to bring together …
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Date: May 9, 2015 Location: Cadogan Hall, London The Jazz Repertory Company is proud to present a wonderful tribute to Ray Charles and Nina Simone. This is a rare opportunity to see the great singer and pianist Jeremy Sassoon front his magnificent 17 piece big band “The Ray Charles Project” and in the first half we feature …
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Date: April 26 Location: Jazz Cafe, London With 8 members in the full line-up and instruments including guitar, accordion, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and trumpet, Police Dog hogan draw their influences from many different wells. You could call it Americana, country-folk, folk-pop or even urban bluegrass, but it’s difficult to do justice to the sheer range of styles …
