CD/DVD Reviews Club Diary Dates

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ISSN 1350-8083

Autumn 2020- Volume 43 Number 2 In this Issue:

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Advertising/Copy/Dates 4

Contact Information

& Federation Officers 4

Editorial 5

Chairman’s Jottings 5

Live Reviews 6

Wood, Sweat and Tears 7

What Did You Do In

Lockdown, Grandad? 8

Folk Clubs 12

Club Residents 13

Club Diary Dates 14

Kettle On The Boil 16

John’s Diary Chat 18

Advance Club Dates 22

Cigar Box Guitars 24

Folk Programmes on Radio 27

CD, DVD & Book Reviews 28

Obituaries 34

Tales from the Cripps 36

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NORTH WEST FEDERATION OF FOLK CLUBS

ARTS CENTRES and THEATRES (as on 2nd August, 2020)

Venue Time Venue Organiser Tel. no.

SUNDAY

Bothy 8:00 PM Park Golf Club, Park Road West, Southport, PR9 0JS Clive Pownceby 0151-9245078

Wallasey Folk & Acoustic 7:45 PM The In Spire Coffee Shop, Breck Road, Wallasey, CH44 3BD Kath Runswick 07740-258196

Wooden Horse 8:30 PM The Junction, News Lane, Rainford, WA11 7JU Jim Coan 01772-452782

MONDAY

Clwb Gwerin Conwy 8:30 PM Conwy Comrades Club, 8 Church Street, Conwy, LL32 8AF Alison Shaw 01492-596176

Co-operative 8:30 PM Bay Horse, Babylon Lane, Heath Charnock, north Chorley, PR6 9ER Tom Perry 01942-492924

Room at the Top 8:15 PM The Red Lion, 9 Ash Brow, Newburgh, Lancashire, WN8 7NF Mark Dowding 01257-464215

Runcorn 8:30 PM Runcorn Golf Club, Clifton Road, Runcorn, WA7 4SU Tony Toy 01928-561431

Skipton Folk Unplugged 8:30 PM The Narrow Boat, 38 Victoria Street, Skipton, BD23 1JE Sheila Kelsall 01535-665889

Swinton 9:00 PM The White Lion, 242 Manchester Road, Swinton, M27 4TS Sue & Ged Todd 01942-811527

TUESDAY

Bush Acoustic 9:00 PM Bush Inn, 120 Moorside Street, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 7HL Dave Jones 0161-355-1295

Cornmarket Acoustic 8:00 PM The Cornmarket, Old Ropery, Fenwick Street, Liverpool, L2 7NT Paul Hozack 0151-608-8885

Dragon’s Breath 8:30 PM Treuddyn Village Hall, Queen Street, Treuddyn, Mold, CH7 4LU John Warburton 01352-771-165

Everyman 8:00 PM The Cross Keys, 13 Earle Street, Liverpool L3 9NS Christine Jones 0151-427-6642

Maghull 8:00 PM St Georges, Station Road, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 3DF Paul Robinson 0151-920-6857

Sale 8:00 PM United Services Club, Southern Road, Sale, Manchester M33 6HQ Don Davies 0161-432-4317

WEDNESDAY

Biddulph up in Arms 8:00 PM Biddulph Arms, 171 Congleton Road, Biddulph, ST8 6QJ Craig Pickering 01782-523-277

Coppull Folk 9:00 PM The Alison Arms, 279 Preston Road, Coppull, PR7 5DU Phil Regan 01772-432-691

Formby 8:00 PM The Gild Hall, Church Road, Formby, L37 3NG Bob Anderton 01704-873-319

Lancaster Folk Singarounds 8:00 PM Robert Gillow Pub, 64 Market Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HP John Metcalfe 07971-817-651

Over Hulton 8:00 PM Over Hulton Conservative Club, St Helen’s Road, Bolton, BL5 1AA Corrie Shelley 07841-288-238

Willows 8:30 PM Wrea Green Institute, Station Road, Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH Mike Kelly 01253-725-580

THURSDAY

Dabbers 8:00 PM The Leopard, London Road, Nantwich, CW5 6LJ Bernard Potter 01270-258097

Fleetwood 8:30 PM The Steamer, 1-2 Queens Terrace, Fleetwood, FY76BT Tony Winstanley 07925-839-934

Gregson Lane 8:30 PM Net’s Bar, Gregson Lane, Hoghton, PR5 0FD Martin Banks 07591-370898

Hungry Horse Acoustic 7:45 PM The Whitby Club, Chester Road, Ellesmere Port , CH65 6QF John Owen 0151-678-9902

Lymm 8:30 PM Spread Eagle Hotel, 47 Eagle Brow, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0AG Bernard Cromarty 01204-571-167

Wrexham 8:30 PM Nags Head Inn, Mount Street, Wrexham, LL13 8DW Goff Jones 01978-755478

FRIDAY

Bollington 8:30 PM Dog and Partridge, 97 Palmerston Street, Bollington, SK10 5JX Pete Wood 01625-573-255

Folk at the Barlow 8:00 PM The Barlow Institute, Bolton Road, Edgworth, BL7 0AP Mike Simmons 07713-248-067

Frodsham 8:30 PM Conservative Club, 74 Main Street, Frodsham, WA6 7AU Grace Woods 01925-740-422

Lake District Folk & Acoustic 8:00 PM Hawkshead Brewery, Mill Yard, Back Lane, Staveley, LA8 9LR Steve Harrison 01539-822-558

Newcastle & Potteries 8:00 PM Foxfield Railway Station, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9BG Jason Hill 01782-813-401

Northwich 8:30 PM Harlequin Theatre, Queen St, Northwich, CW9 5JN Peter Thompson 01606-74258

Pete Ryder & Friends 9:00 PM White Lion, 242 Manchester Road, Swinton, M27 4TS Sara Ryder 0161-794-9721

Phoenix 7:30 PM Royal British Legion, Georges Road West Poynton, SK12 1JY Liz Spinks 07456-500-139

Rhyl 8:00 PM Tynewydd Community Centre, Coast Road, Rhyl, LL18 3RD Mike Hawkins 07565-805997

Salford Folk Fridays 8:00 PM The King’s Arms, Bloom Street, Salford, Peter Robinson 07956-726-141

SoundBox 8:00 PM Various locations (Chester) Rose Price 01244-342468

Timperley Folk 8:30 PM Taverners Club, 43A Park Road, Timperley, WA14 5AD Nigel Hubbell 07855-757-190

SATURDAY

Shamrock Promotions 8:00 PM Community Centre, 7 Whalley Road, Mellor Brook, BB2 7PR Seamus Heffernan 07377-788-716

ARTS CENTRES & THEATRES

Brewery Arts Centre 8:30 PM 122A Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4HE Box Office 01539-725-133

Brindley Arts Centre 8:00 PM High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1BG Box Office 0151-907-8360

Friends of Folk 8.00 PM Various locations Jim Minall 01772-422-416

Mr Kite Benefits 8:00 PM Various locations Steve Henderson 01772-621-411

Philharmonic Hall 7:30 PM Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP Box Office 0151-709-3789

Playhouse 2 8:30 PM Newtown Street, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8NX Pete Grubb 01706-663-117

The Arts Centre 8:00 PM Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP Box Office 01695-584-480

The Atkinson 7:30 PM Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DB Box Office 01704-533-333

The Forum 7:00 PM Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1HH Box Office 01229-820-000

The Met 7:30 PM Market Street, Bury Box Office 0161-761-2216

West Kirby Arts Centre 2pm & 7pm 31 Brookfield Gardens, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 4EL Tony Woof 07484-537-502

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CLUB RESIDENTS

(as on 22nd July, 2020) BOLLINGTON -- Peter Wood, Andy Leb & Dave Clark, Tinners Rabbit (Peter with Jo Stone and Kate Cox), Peter Mancey, Mike Rotheram

BOTHY -- Clive Pownceby, Pete Rimmer, Bill Hackney, Chris & Siobhan Nelson, Ray Rooney, Nev Grundy Bev Sanders,

Keith Price, David Hirst

BUSH ACOUSTIC -- Dave Jones, Chris Morley, Christine Stephen, Steve Power, Marion Dennerley

Keith Northover, Frank Kenny, Tony Kirwin

CO-OPERATIVE -- Ken Howard, Tom & Ann Perry, Nigel Simons, Derek Gifford, Janet Hale, Steve Higgins,

Sid Calderbank, Tony Ormrod, David Pott

CORNMARKET ACOUSTIC -- Paul Hozack, Lesley Williams, Steve Nelson, David Nixon

DRAGON’S BREATH -- John & Carole Warburton, Colin Price, Dewi & Eileen

EVERYMAN -- Christine & Hughie Jones, Shirley Peden

FLEETWOOD -- Tony Winstanley, Alan Middleton & Alison Pinch, Mike France, Ian Brandwood & Jim Slater,

Mike Fairclough, Bernard Bolton, Ivan McKeon.

FOLK AT THE BARLOW -- Seat of the Pants, Geoff Miller, Simon & Jamie Blatchley, MALpractice, Brian Frew,

Watch the Wall

FORMBY -- Glyn Pike, Dave Baker, Peter Baker, Maurice O’Shaugnessy, Sam Carr, Bob Tyrer, Bob Anderton,

Brian Knight

FRODSHAM -- Eric Rafferty, Harry Leather, Syd Hayden, Jill Smith, Willie Gilmour, Gordon Morris, Stuart Baxter

GREGSON LANE -- Our regulars

HUNGRY HORSE ACOUSTIC -- Vocal Point (John Owen, Sue Farley, Angela Owen), Steve Wilkinson,

John & Carole Warburton, Sue & Ray Kendrick, Alex & Margie Jenkins

LAKE DISTRICT FOLK & ACOUSTIC -- Steve & Sandra Harrison, John Sayer, George Tutin

LYMM -- Bernard Cromarty, Nick & Lin Tysoe, Stewart Lever, Nelson Peach (Rick, Lesley & Richard),

Grassroots (Janice Bell & Mick Hare)

MAGHULL -- Paul Robinson, John Mackenzie, Tommy Dewhurst, Maria Weldon, Bob Tyrer, Christine Fletcher,

Ken Beamer, Tony Hughes, Chris Kelly, John Marshall, Gordon MacKenzie, Bill Poland, Jill Fielding

NORTHWICH -- Brenda Yates, Pete Thompson, Steve Wilde, Nick & Lin Tysoe, Dave Vaughan

OVER HULTON -- Corrie Shelley

PHOENIX -- GraceNotes

RHYL -- Brian Bull, Alun Rhys Jones, Jeff Blythin, Mike Hawkins, John Shepherd, Angel Alonso, Adrian West

ROOM AT THE TOP -- Mark Dowding and others

RUNCORN -- Anne & Tony Toy, Christine Hanslip, Carol & John Coxon, Eric Rafferty, Gloria Collins,

The Prospectors (John & Maureen Byrne, Roy & Sue Warburton)

SALE -- Don and Heather Davies, Sue and Ed Bentham, Kamran, Pete Roberts, Kath & Stan Rothwell, Jan & Mark Taylor,

Mick Hare, Janice Bell

SALFORD -- Dave Mather, Pete Robinson

TIMPERLEY -- John Condy, Kamran Malik, Cockney Eric

WALLASEY FOLK & ACOUSTIC -- Ruth Dyke, Phil Chisnall, Henry Ball, Iain Paterson, Keith Venner, Alan Runswick,

Kathy Runswick

WILLOWS -- Scolds Bridle (Liz Walmisley & Sue Bousfield), Meg Boak, Andrew Green, Mary Hassett, Dave Walmisley,

Wendy Watson, Paul Whiteley and Colin Mudd.

WOODEN HORSE -- Close Quarters (Judith Gleave, Steve & Sandra Harrison), Loctuptogether (Chris Lock & Ian Tupling),

Mark Dowding,

WREXHAM -- Offa (Goff Jones, Ken Prydderch & Geoff Jones)

Please notify changes or additions via email to - folksingerjohn@aol.com

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM JOHN OWEN:

The below information is published for reference only as I think we all anticipate it may be quite some time before folk music venues will be able to reopen and it is probable that most of the below mentioned planned events will not take place, at least this year. Most of the below venues have been marked as - ‘CLUB CLOSED until further notice’. The re-mainder have been marked ‘No update available’. When the situation changes and venues return to normal, it is essential that you first make contact with club organisers or venue man-agers to check out what the situation is before embarking on any travel plans. Telephone contact details can be found in the Club List published in this magazine and on the NWFFC website, - www.folknorthwest.co.uk

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SUNDAY

BOTHY (Southport)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice Sept 6 Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Sept 27 Phil Callery Oct 11 Jack Rutter Oct 25 Anthony John Clarke Nov 1 Jody Kruskal Nov 15 Alden, Patterson & Dashwood Nov 29 tba (all other Sundays - Singers Nights)

WALLASEY FOLK & ACOUSTIC (weekly Singers Nights + occasional guest acts)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice ZOOM Virtual Club nights only

WOODEN HORSE (Rainford)

(weekly Singers Nights + occasional guest acts)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice Zoom Virtual Folk Clubs each Sunday

MONDAY CLUB GWERIN CONWY (weekly Singers Nights + occasional guest acts) No update available

CO-OPERATIVE (Heath Charnock) (2nd Mondays) - CLUB CLOSED until further notice View Facebook page for updates.

ROOM AT THE TOP (Lathom)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice Weekly ZOOM Singers Nights, 8pm start

RUNCORN CLUB CLOSED until further notice. Planned programme to be confirmed - Sept 28 Damien Barber & Mike Wilson Oct 19 Anthony John Clarke’s - Birthday Bash Nov 9 Edwina Hayes (all other Mondays - Singers Nights)

SKIPTON FOLK UNPLUGGED CLUB CLOSED until further notice

SWINTON CLUB CLOSED until further notice

TUESDAY BUSH ACOUSTIC (Droylsden) (Weekly Singers Nights)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

CORNMARKET ACOUSTIC (Liverpool)

(1st Tuesday - Singers Nights + occasional guest acts)

Sept 1 Singers Night Oct 6 BIG Spot with Jasmin Nash Nov 3 Singers Night No update available

DRAGON’S BREATH (weekly (@ Treuddyn Village Hall, near Mold)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice ZOOM Virtual Folk Club nights only Sept 8 The Flat Irons - CANCELLED Oct 6 BBC (Les Bourne, Dave Burrows & Andy Chrimes) Oct 27 Neil McKay, Andy Chrimes & Les Bourne Nov 10 Fiddlestone (all other Tuesdays - Singarounds)

EVERYMAN (Liverpool) (weekly)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

MAGHULL (Liverpool) (Weekly Singers & Guest Nights)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice Oct 20 Tom Lewis (tickets) Nov 3 The Pelican Babies - Mini-concert

SALE -- (weekly - Singers Nights) CLUB CLOSED until further notice ZOOM virtual folk club nights only

WEDNESDAY BIDDULPH UP IN ARMS (Guest Nights - selected dates)

* = St Larence’s Church ** = Biddulph Town Hall

* Oct 9 Robert Vincent Band * Oct 23 Magpie Arc - Date to be rearranged * Nov 13 Diana Jones ** Nov 20 James Grant - (Love & Money)

COPPULL (weekly Singarounds + occasional Guest Nights)

No update available

FORMBY CLUB CLOSED until further notice

LANCASTER FOLK SINGAROUND (1st Wednesday Singarounds)

No update available

OVER HULTON (1st & 3rd Wednesdays)

Sept 9 Winter Wilson & Steve Turner - Double Bill Sept 23 Singers Night Oct 7 Corrie Shelley

Diary Dates 1st September to 30th November 2020

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Oct 21 Singers Night

Nov 4 Bandersnatch

Nov 18 Singers Night

No update available

WILLOWS

(Wrea Green Institute, Preston, PR4 2PH)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

THURSDAY

DABBERS (Nantwich)

(1st Thursday - Singers & Musicians)

No update available

FLEETWOOD

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

GREGSON LANE (Hoghton)

(Thursdays fortnightly + occasional Friday concerts)

Sept 10 Singers Night

Sept 24 Archie Fisher

Oct 8 Singers Night

Oct 16 (Fri) Stanley Accrington

Oct 22 Singers Night

Nov 5 & 19 Singers Nights

No update available

HUNGRY HORSE ACOUSTIC (The Whitby Club, Ellesmere Port, CH49 2QQ)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

ZOOM Virtual Folk Club Nights only

Sept 3 Open Acoustic Night +

BIG Spot with Jinski - CANCELLED

Sept 10 The Houghton Weavers -

POSTPONED until 29th April

Sept 17 Open Acoustic Night

Sept 24 Open Acoustic Night

Oct 1 Open Acoustic Night

Oct 8 Open Acoustic Night +

BIG Spot with Colin Henderson

Oct 15 Open Acoustic Night

Oct 22 & 29 Open Acoustic Nights

Nov 5 Open Acoustic Night +

BIG Spot - act tba

Nov 12 Open Acoustic Themed Night:

Theme - Songs of Scotland (tbc)

Nov 19 Open Acoustic Night

Nov 26 Archie Fisher - tbc

LYMM

CLUB CLOSED until further notice -

ZOOM virtual folk club nights only

WREXHAM (Guest acts - 1st Thursday &

Singers Nights - 3rd Thursday)

Oct 1 Pete Coe

Oct 15 Singers Night

Nov 5 James & Katie McGreggor + Raphael

Callaghan

Nov 19 Singers Night

FRIDAY

BOLLINGTON

Sept 11 Anthony John Clarke

Oct 16 Tom Lewis

Nov 13 Caffrey, McGurk & Madge

(all other Fridays -Singers Nights)

FOLK AT THE BARLOW (Edgworth)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice -

all nights mentioned below are CANCELLED

Sept 4 Singers & Musicians Night

Sept 18 Jaywalkers

Oct 2 to 4 Edgworth Folk Festival - postponed

until 1st to 3rd October 2021

Oct 16 Chris While & Julie Matthews

Nov 6 Singers & Musicians Night

Nov 20 Granny’s Attic

NB: ZOOM concerts with the above acts are being planned.

Check out club website -

https://www.folkatthebarlow.com/

FRODSHAM

Sept 11 Brian Peters - CANCELLED

Oct 9 Reg Meuross - CANCELLED

Nov 6 The Time Bandits

LAKE DISTRICT FOLK

& ACOUSTIC (Staveley) - (2nd Friday)

Sept 11 Singers & Musicians Night

Oct 9 Caffrey, McGurk & Madge

Nov 13 Singers & Musicians Night

NEWCASTLE & POTTERIES

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

Sept 11 Chris Foster - CANCELLED

Oct 9 Quicksilver

Nov 13 Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman

NORTHWICH (weekly)

Sept 4 Virtual Zoom Singers’ Night

+ Guest Spot

Sept 11 Maria Dunn - CANCELLED

Replaced with - Virtual Zoom Singers’

Night + Guest Spot

Diary Dates 1st September to 30th November 2020

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURES

We are very keen to continue to publish

Spotlight features in future editions of

the magazine. Tell us what you are up

to and how you are able to keep in

touch with club members . Pictures

always welcome

Many Thanks

Editor

Sept 18 Rab Noakes & Brooks Williams

- CANCELLED. Replaced with

Virtual Zoom Singers Night + Guest

Spot

Sept 25 Virtual Zoom Singers Night + Guest

Spot

Oct 2 Bob Fox & Billy Mitchell -

CANCELLED. Replaced with Virtual

Zoom Singers’ Night + Guest Spot

Oct 9 Virtual Zoom Singers’ Night

+ Guest Spot

Oct 16 Virtual Zoom Club Members

Feature Spot

Oct 23 Virtual Zoom Singers’ Night

+ Guest Spot

Oct 30 Anthony John Clarke or

Virtual Zoom Singers’ Night

+ Guest Spot

Nov 6, 13, 20 Virtual Zoom Singers’ Nights

+ Guest Spots

Nov 27 Alice Jones or Virtual Zoom Singers’

Night + Guest Spot

PETE RYDER & FRIENDS (Swinton)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

Sept 25 Orit Shimoni

Oct 30 Phil Hare

Nov 27 Geoff Higginbottom & Rob Carroll

PHOENIX (Poynton)

Sept 4 Elbow Jane - CANCELLED

Oct 2 Dave Hughes and Friends

Nov 6 Reg Meuross

RHYL

(weekly Singers Nights + occasional guests)

No update available

SALFORD FOLK FRIDAYS

(1st Friday - Singarounds)

No update available

SOUNDBOX

St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester CH1 2DW

* = St Columba’s Church Hall, Chester CH2 1SA

Sept 25 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

* Oct 9 Alden, Patterson & Dashwood with

The Shackleton Trio

* Oct 10 ‘The Soundbox Late Late Spring

Thing’ with Gilmore & Roberts,

Joe Topping, Wet The Tea,

Calum Gilligan & more

Oct 23 Thom Ashworth & Ben Walker

Nov 20 Soundbox Swingin’ Sixties

(for Alzheimer’s Society and Mind)

with - The Beatles Benefit Band,

Ian Jones, Lexicon Ferry,

Jackson:Williams, John Warburton,

Owen Chamberlain & more

TIMPERLEY

(1st & 3rd Fridays)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

ZOOM Virtual Folk Club nights only

SATURDAY

SHAMROCK PROMOTIONS

@ Mellor Brook Community Centre

Nov 22 Jim Moray

No update available

ARTS CENTRES & THEATRES

FRIENDS OF FOLK

Club closed until further notice -

See Advanced Dates pages for 2021

MR KITE BENEFITS

Club closed until further notice -

See Advanced Dates pages for 2021

Diary Dates 1st September to 30th November 2020

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Hello again,

Covid-19 is still with us regretfully and as such current government restrictions do not allow indoor music events to take place. Yes, social distancing has been relaxed somewhat but still not to a degree that we can all resume enjoying our wonderful folk music together. The ‘Zoom’ online facility is though proving to be an excellent substitute for folk clubs with many of the club regulars (and some visitors) attending ‘the room’ and performing in song or word. Many just join and watch as well which is great. You will see the title ‘Zoom’ mentioned quite a few times as you read on.

I hope you have had a chance to peruse the Diary Dates and Advanced Dates pages before reading this ‘Chat’. If you have you will have seen the cautionary paragraphs I have started with at the top of each list. I refer to them again as follows: - Diary Dates & Advanced Dates pages: “The below information is published for reference only as I think we all anticipate it may be quite some time before folk music venues will be able to reopen and it is probable that most of the below mentioned planned events will not take place, at least this year. Most of the below venues have been marked as - ‘CLUB CLOSED until further notice’. The remainder have been marked ‘No update available’. When the situation changes and venues return to normal, it is essential that you first make contact with club organisers or venue managers to check out what the situation is before embarking on any travel plans. Telephone contact details can be found in the Club List published in this magazine and on the NWFFC website” - www.folknorthwest.co.uk

CLUBS:

After 40 years as the organiser at Rhyl, Jeff Blythin has decided to retire from organising things. Mike and Sheila Hawkins have taken his place. See the Club List for their contact details. “All the very best Jeff. Sit back, relax and enjoy your music”.

Linda Armstrong, organiser of Pear Tree Folk, has asked that the club be removed from this edition until further notice. This is due to her being hospitalized. We wish Linda a speedy recovery to rude health.

At Hungry Horse Acoustic we have been meeting every Thursday night and enjoying ‘Zoom’ folk nights. They are excellent and are going extremely well. Mel Barratt, our club “Jester in Chief” controls the buttons whilst I host the nights occasionally assisted by our great friends John and Carole Warburton. It was very nice to have Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer join us also to great effect.

John’s Diary Chat

Looking at our programme, from September onwards, the current uncertainty has caused me to cancel Jinski’s BIG Spot scheduled for the 3rd and The Houghton Weavers concert on the 10th September. The Weavers rescheduled date is - Thursday 29th April, (tbc). Also in danger of being cancelled are - Colin Henderson on 8th October and a number of Open Acoustic Nights. The Churchfitters regretfully have already had to cancel their 15th October booking. It is my plan to move Archie Fisher’s 12th October concert to 26th because of holidays. I am awaiting confirmation of this proposal from the agent. Split Level are still scheduled for the 3rd December and Merry Hell for the following Thursday. Please keep your eye on our website at - www.hungryhorseacoustic.com

At Dragon’s Breath - the club is closed until further notice but hopefully the programme in this edition shows 2 concert nights on the 6th and 27th October and on 10th November it is hoped that Fiddlestone will be able to return to the club. The Christmas Party is scheduled for 15th December. This club meets on a Tuesday evening via ‘Zoom’. I enjoyed reading Paul Reade’s - Skipton Folk Club - Lockdown article in the last edition and I hope you did too. Paul has sent the following sentiments to all and sundry – “At Skipton Folk Unplugged our love of music unites us all. Let’s hope these hard times will soon pass so we can raise the rafters once again. As Coope, Boys and Simpson would sing – “What we sing is what we are”. We look forward to welcoming friends old and new in the near future. Best wishes from the members of Skipton folk club. Singers, musicians, poets and all are always welcome” – www.skiptonfolkclub.co.uk

If you wish to know what is happening at Room at the Top then here is Mark Dowding's - ‘Straight from the Horses Mouth’ update. It is a very good read. “Our club is continuing with Zoom meetings at present. We call it - “Zoom at the Top". We’ve found that despite the minor inconvenience of wobbly sounding instruments which we’ve been able to mitigate to some degree by adjusting the settings and with some people having external microphones connected to their computers, the weekly meetings have been popular and have been appreciated by people who are on their own who have been able to meet and chat with people in the virtual world. As well as our locals, we’ve also had people attending from all over the country - West Sussex, Cornwall, Staffordshire, Ashton-under-Lyne, Wales, Ludlow, Cumbria and London - we’ve even had a visit from my sister in Connecticut when she had a day off work!

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nights until we are allowed to resume. Sorry, we know that you all look forward to our Sundays, but in the interest of public health we feel safety is our top priority. When things are clearer we will update our club Facebook page and website”. www.wfaclub.wixsite.com/wallaseyfolkacoustic As I type these words I have just heard that this club will be commencing a ‘Zoom’ folk club on Sunday 2nd August. I am sure it will have gone off very well by the time you read this ‘Chat’.

Grace Woods at Frodsham has cancelled her programme until November. This means that the Brian Peters and Reg Meuross dates (11th Sept and 9th Oct) are cancelled. It is hoped that Cheshire’s very own – The Time Bandits, can perform on the 6th November and Dave Boulton on the 4th December.

A guest act club that books many performers I like very much is - Newcastle & Potteries Folk Song Club. I am talking about the likes of Quicksilver, Webber & Fentiman, Walker & Pfeiffer, Jez Lowe, Archie Fisher, Janet Russell, Robb Johnson and Enda Kenny. The organiser Jason Hill, will be hoping against hope that he as well does not have too large a rescheduling task in the New Year. You may have spotted that Chris Foster’s booking on the 11th September is cancelled and I am sure this will be one of the first on Simon’s list for a new date. Just in case you did not spot it, Robb Johnson has taken the place of Les Barker on the 11th of December.

At Pete Thompson’s Northwich - online club nights continue to be well supported. Pete says - “The club is continuing every week as a virtual folk club using the Zoom format. Our loyal members have continued to support us and we have varied the nights by inviting guest acts to join us for 30 to 45 minute spots, which is generally at 9pm. Our guests have included Graham Bellinger, Liz Simcock, Tom Browne & Ian Goodier, Chris Howarth, Andy Connally and Jackie Conn. We have been running the nights as free nights. Our plan is to continue with this format for the immediate future and see what happens as we move into autumn”.

Sue and Ged Todd at Swinton have no plans for the club presently. They are however getting their ‘fix of folk’ by visiting The Bothy for their Sunday night ‘Zoom experience’. Maghull is hoping to reopen some time in September but again the dreaded government restrictions may end up frustrating that plan. Paul Robinson however does have two concerts advertised. They are Tom Lewis on 20th October (ticket only) and The Pelican Babies (a mini-concert) on 3rd November. Into 2021 Daori Farrell is booked to appear on 13th April. The club Christmas Party may take place on a Friday or Saturday early in December.

We’ve been having a raffle at the end of the night - the winner getting a box of chocolates, which is delivered if they are in the locality or posted out if a distance away. It’s given us a sense of normality. I think I’ve mentioned previously that we start at 8.30pm once everybody’s been admitted from the ‘waiting room’ and I have my list of singers and audience ready. We start the evening and go round everybody whether they perform or not to see how they are and give them a chance to have a chat with everyone about things that they’ve been doing through the week. We’ve found that we get about 15 to17 performers, which is what we got when we were in the pub. With the extended amount of time taken to have a chat it gets to around 10pm when everybody’s had their turn with one item (song or poem) which we find is long enough for people to sit looking at a screen all night. We then have the raffle and bid everyone goodnight. The Red Lion pub is now open for customers but at the moment due to the Covid restrictions we are not able to meet in the room yet. Due to the fact that, like many clubs, most of our group are over 60, there will be a reluctance to go back too soon and I imagine we’ll be continuing with Zoom for the foreseeable future. I am in contact with the landlord of the pub to see how things are going and hopefully we will, eventually, be able to return. If anybody would like to join us on Zoom please contact me mark@markdowding.co.uk and I’ll send you the details. Our Facebook page is regularly updated with information and members add their own videos for people to watch. Search for ‘Room at the Top Folk Club’ on Facebook and request to join”.

Clive Pownceby at The Bothy advises me that he will be faced with the task of rescheduling a very large number of guest artists, (29 at the last count), if the pandemic persists into 2021. This long running folk club has guest acts booked almost every other week, so the task will be time-consuming and perhaps even arduous. “You can do it Clive. Best of luck”.

Tom Perry at Co-operative tells me that even though his pub venue has reopened it will be a while before his audiences meet to be entertained. He advises everyone to keep checking out the club Facebook page. He hopes that the wait will not be too long.

One of our favourite Wirral folk music venues is Wallasey Folk and Acoustic that meets every Sunday evening at the Inspire Coffee bar, at what was once St Luke’s church, Poulton and very close to the Mersey Tunnel exit onto the Wirral peninsular. The club attracts large attendances every Sunday night and the quality of acts is very good overall. Iain Paterson is in charge of the programme and he sends this message – “After consideration of the current situation with the Covid-19 virus, our club has decided to cancel club

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At Biddulph Up in Arms a goodly programme of concerts is scheduled for October onwards, again subject to indoor music events being approved by ‘you know who’. Craig Pickering will be using two venues away from the normal pub venue. They are - St Lawrence’s Church and the Town Hall in Biddulph. Looking at the programme, two names jump off the page at me - Kris Drever - 20th March, (“My birthday by the way. It’s OK you don’t need to send me a card”), and Daphne’s Flight on 30th April.

Folk at the Barlow - Simon Blatchley has sent me an update of what is happening at his end, as follows: - “The news from Folk at the Barlow is not good, but I suppose no folk club has ‘good’ news at the moment. We have had to cancel the Edgworth Folk Festival on 2nd to 4th October 2020 but we are hoping to reconvene with the same guests on 1st to 3rd October 2021. As far as our autumn concerts are concerned we have had to cancel our live concerts for the rest of 2020. They are: 18th Sept - Jaywalkers/Dave & Helen Howard, 16th Oct - Chris While and Julie Matthews/Nick Mallion, 20th Nov - Granny’s Attic/Nick Dow, 18th Dec - Narthen/Daily Beggars. However we are currently in discussion with the artists to see if they are able to do a Zoom concert instead of a Live one. We have recently had a Zoom concert from Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, which was extremely successful. We have not yet had any confirmations but interested people can get information from our new website” - https://www.folkatthebarlow.com This club has advanced bookings from 15th January to as far ahead as 17th December 2021. They are listed on the Advanced Dates pages. Concerts start at 8pm in the main hall of that lovely building, The Barlow in Edgworth. Support acts will be announced closer to the date of each concert. In August there is no concert but a ‘Summer Showcase’ featuring 15 minute sets from acts that have performed regularly at the monthly Singarounds.

Everyman - In the last edition Christine Jones hoped that September would see her club opening but that does no now look promising. She tells me - “It has been very strange not seeing our lovely friends at the club but we are in touch with quite a few. Fortunately everyone seems to be OK. We have, of course, had to cancel a few guests but hope we can reschedule them. One of the guests, Bob Conroy, was coming from New York to do the Spinners Legends last Liverpool concerts at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room. This has been moved to the 25th and 26th March 2021. We hope Bob can also do the club while in the UK. We will not be booking new guest acts as we will try and reschedule the other cancelled ones. Hopefully

we can at least have a Christmas Party but don’t hold your breath”.

Soundbox - Rose Price has compiled a very interesting list of quality performers with Nancy Kerr and James Fagan in September, Alden/Patterson & Dashwood + The Shackleton Trio and Thom Ashworth/Ben Walker in October. The renamed and rescheduled - ‘Soundbox Late Late Spring Thing’ takes place on 10th October and on the 20th November - ‘Swinging 60’s Night’. Check out the Diary Dates to find out who is on when. There also nine concerts booked from December into 2021.

Lake District Folk & Acoustic - Sandra and Steve Harrison report - “We have our proposed club dates below, with a change to what has previously been published and advertised. I'm sure we won't be the only club, which has had high profile performers cancel tours. Our December 11th club was supposed to be a big treat, with Belshazzar’s Feast but they have transferred now to December 2021. The remaining proposed 2020 dates are: 11th Sept - Singers & Musicians, 9th Oct - Caffrey, McGurk & Madge, 13th Nov - Singers & Musicians, 11th Dec - Singers & Musicians. All above dates are in the River Bar, Hawkshead Brewery, as usual. An extra date, a special Christmas show is, 6th Dec with Winter Union. This will be in Staveley Village Hall LA8 9LY”. Sandra and Steve continue - “When we had to cut short our winter holiday in our motorhome due to Coronavirus advancing across southern Europe, we became early converts to ‘Planet Zoom’! Recently arrived home from Andalucía, and in self-imposed quarantine towards the end of March, we were invited by Katie Cooper, (remember her from Muldoon's Picnic?); to attend Glasgow Singaround's Zoom meeting. It was lovely to connect with far distant folkies all in isolation. We embraced the conferencing platform recognising its shortcomings, but we enjoyed the opportunity to share live performances. Subsequently as well as family and friends birthday celebrations via Zoom we have attended folk clubs and festivals up and down the country, without starting the car! It's not the full, live music experience but it's good to reconnect with folks in these weird circumstances. Some attendees at ‘Chester Folk Festival on line’ were in North and South America, others in Belgium. Another advantage of Zoom is that a preferred tipple can be enjoyed whilst in the virtual company of friends old and new and bed is never far away! Technology eh? Let's hope we don't have to rely on it too much longer”.

Timperley - Nigel Hubbell tells me that the club continues to meet via Zoom, every Friday between 8

John’s Diary Chat

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on the screen and you can either ‘listen only’ or join the ‘room’ fully as a performer or audience. One of the little idiosyncrasies of the system is that just before each performer begins to sing (or recite) whoever is in charge of the night will mute everyone else as ‘latency’ in the system causes distracting audio delays. You can then join in on choruses, but in the privacy of your own home with nobody listening. We had a laugh a few weeks ago when I suggested as the last song of the evening we leave everyone unmuted whilst we all sang - ‘We’ll Meet Again’ in memory of the wonderful Vera Lynn who had just passed away. The din was horrendous with everyone’s timing completely ‘all over the place’. The rendition lasted about 10 seconds before Mel Barratt hurriedly muted all listeners. Try it; you’ll have a laugh! Jim Minall at Friends of Folk has drawn my attention to a project called -‘Folks at Home’. Jim writes: - “Since the Covid crisis hit, FOF has been supporting an initiative started by Richard Digance aimed at supporting artists who overnight had all their income halted. ‘Folks at Home’ is also supported by two legends of the folk world - Maddy Prior and Ashley Hutchings. You can sign up for the ‘Folks at Home 2020 Festival’ with 26 hours of music featuring 36 artists. Alongside this you can also sign up for the ‘Folks at Home Mini 2020 August Festival’”. More details of both can be found at - www.folksathome.co.uk

FESTIVALS:

Here are some dates for your 2021 diaries: - * 15th Wirral Folk Festival rescheduled dates are - 3rd to 6th June. All the advertised main stage acts have agreed to perform and the same applies to many of the festival fringe acts. Regular updates on the festival website will be made i.e. www.wirralfolkonthecoast.com or if you wish you can contact me via folksingerjohn@aol.com or on 0151-678-9902.

* The Lake District Folk Weekend rescheduled dates will be 6th to 8th August. This year’s festival programme will form the basis of next year’s. More info. at - www.thelakedistrictfolkweekend.com * Edgworth Folk Festival - rescheduled dates are 1st to 3rd October 2021. It is anticipated that the acts booked for this year’s festival will be able to perform next year. OK, that’s it for now. Don’t forget, if you wish me to publish any interesting folk news then all you have to do is email me at - folksingerjohn@aol.com I will chat to you in December when it is hoped we will be back singing our heads off once again. John Owen (Secretary - Folk North West)

and 11pm. Details are obtainable by emailing timperleyfolk@gmail.com As I mentioned in the last edition, the regular venue, the Timperley Taverners has closed permanently. So when things get back to something like normal, Nigel will be looking for new premises. Guest act bookings will be reviewed and where possible performers will be offered new dates.

Phoenix - at the British Legion building in Poynton is a guest act club run by Stephen Ridge and the previous organiser (when it was Poynton Folk Club) Dave Hughes is the next performer booked on the 2nd October as ‘Dave Hughes & Friends’. The brilliant Elbow Jane were booked for 4th September but that has now been postponed to a future date next year or thereafter.

Goff Jones at Wrexham reminds me that yet again the club’s December Singers Night will also be a fundraising evening with all proceeds being donated to two local charities. I do not have any further information. Dave Clarke at Bollington has sent me the following: - “For now we’ve kept our guest list from September onwards: - Sept 11 - Anthony John Clarke, Oct 16 - Tom Lewis, Nov 13 - Caffrey, McGurk and Madge, Dec 11 - Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, with the usual provisos that cancellations are likely”. Dave also brought the very sad news that one of the stalwarts of the Bollington folk scene - Arthur Wakefield passed away on 21st May, not to Covid-19, but he had been in a Care Home with Alzheimer’s for the past six or seven years. Arthur ran a folk club in the village of Bollington since the mid 70’s until he retired from the club in 2012. All of the cassettes he made are available on CD with all proceeds going to the Alzheimer’s Society. Details can be found at www.bollyfolk.com Bernard Cromarty at Lymm normally uses a few venues for folk music but of course they are all closed until further notice. Bernard is using, as he calls it, ‘Zoom Cloud’ for his Singers Nights and it is proving very popular. Jim Coan at the Wooden Horse says: - “Our club was supposed to be re-opening in September, but that is looking doubtful as this second wave sweeps around the country, we are however having a weekly Zoom folk club details of which can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.woodenhorsefolkclub.uk Non-members can apply to ‘join’ to read club messages and obtain the Zoom meeting number”. Zoom By the way, if you wish to join a Zoom Virtual Folk Club event, the link you need can be found at - www.zoom.us All you need thereafter is to register on the site and add the contacts details which e.g. in my club’s case are: - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87235489319 The Meeting No. is therefore - 872-3548-9319. The instructions are pretty straightforward

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NB: Venues with guest acts only

********** CAUTION:

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM JOHN OWEN

The below information is published for reference only as I think we all

anticipate it may be quite some time before folk music venues will be

able to reopen and it is probable that most of the below mentioned

planned events will not take place for sometime yet. Most of the be-

low venues have been marked as - ‘CLUB CLOSED until further no-

tice’. The remainder have been marked ‘No update available’. When

the situation changes and venues return to normal, it is essential that

you first make contact with club organisers or venue managers to

check out what the situation is before embarking on any travel plans.

Telephone contact details can be found in the Club List published in

this magazine and on the NWFFC website, - www.folknorthwest.co.uk

SUNDAY

BOTHY (Southport)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

Dec 6 Matt Quinn & Owen Woods

Dec 20 ‘Nosh and Slosh’ Night

Dec 27 closed

2021

Jan 3 Jez Lowe

Jan 17 tba

Jan 31 Tom Kitching - ‘The Busking England

Tour’

Feb 14 Scolds Bridle

Feb 28 Rosie Calvert & Will Finn

March 14 Chris Boland & Donald Stewart

March 28 George Sansome

April 4 Easter Quiz Night

April 11 Hunter Muskett

April 25 tba

Further odd dates:

May 9 Debra Cowan

June 13 Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

Oct 3 Dave Ellis & Boo Howard (all other Sundays - Singers Nights)

WALLASEY FOLK & ACOUSTIC (weekly)

Club closed until further notice

WOODEN HORSE (Rainford)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice

MONDAY

RUNCORN (weekly)

Dec 14 The Magpies

2021

Jan 18 Joe Topping

Feb 22 Granny’s Attic

March 8 Robin Laing

April 12 Tony Gibbons & Kate Bradbury

May 10 Kenny Spiers

June 7 Bram Taylor Band (all other Mondays - Singers Nights)

SWINTON Club closed until further notice

TUESDAY

CORNMARKET ACOUSTIC (Liverpool)

Dec 1 Our Small Corner Guest

No update available

DRAGON’S BREATH (weekly) (Treuddyn Village Hall, near Mold)

ZOOM Virtual Folk Club nights only

Dec 15 Christmas Party (all other Tuesdays - Singarounds)

EVERYMAN (weekly)

Club closed until further notice

March 25/26 Spinners Legends

MAGHULL (weekly - Singers & Guest Nights)

Dec 29 Closed

2021

April 13 Daoiri Farrell (tickets)

WEDNESDAY

BIDDULPH * = St Lawrence’s Church

** = Biddulph Town Hall

2021

** Jan 16 The Secret Sisters

** March 20 Kris Drever

* April 14 Jarrod Dickenson & David Ford

* April 30 Daphne’s Flight

OVER HULTON (1st & 3rd Wednesdays)

Dec 2 Singers Night

Dec 16 Merry Hell

No update available

WILLOWS (Wrea Green Institute, Preston PR4 2PH)

CLUB CLOSED until further notice - check website for up-

dates.

THURSDAY

GREGSON LANE (Hoghton)

(Thursdays fortnightly +

occasional Friday concerts)

Dec 3 & 17 Singers Nights

No update available

HUNGRY HORSE ACOUSTIC (The Whitby Club, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire)

Dec 3 Open Acoustic Night +

BIG Spot with Split Level -

(Phil Chisnall & Lynne Strange)

Dec 10 Merry Hell

Dec 17 Open Acoustic Night -- Christmas

Party

Advance Dates From 1st December 2020 onwards

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Dec 24 & 31 closed

2021

Jan 28 Richard Digance

Feb 25 Steve Knightley

WREXHAM

Dec 3 Huw Williams

Dec 17 Charity Singers Night - (2 charities)

FRIDAY

BOLLINGTON Dec 11 Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

FOLK AT THE BARLOW (Edgworth)

2021

Jan 15 Harp & a Monkey

Feb 19 Alice Jones & Bryony Griffiths

March 19 Kimber’s Men

April 16 Harbottle & Jonas

May 21 Damien Barber & Mike Wilson

June 18 Chris & Siobhan Nelson &

Len Pentin

July 16 Wayward Jane

Sept 17 Belshazzar’s Feast

Oct 15 Stanley Accrington

Nov 19 Mikey Kenney duo

Dec 17 Tim Edey - Celtic Christmas

FRODSHAM (other Fridays - Singers Nights)

Dec 4 Dave Boulton

LAKE DISTRICT FOLK & ACOUSTIC (Staveley)

Dec 6 A Winter Union @

Staveley Village Hall, LA8 9LY

Dec 11 Singers & Musicians

NEWCASTLE & POTTERIES

Dec 11 Robb Johnson

2021

Jan 8 Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer

Feb 12 Janet Russell

March 12 Archie Fisher

April 9 Jez Lowe

May 14 Dan McKinnon

June 11 tba

July 9 closed

Aug 13 closed

Sept 10 Enda Kenny

Oct 8 tba

Nov 12 tba

Dec 10 tba

NORTHWICH 2021

Jan 15 The Time Bandits

Feb 12 Les Barker

March 26 Liz Simcock

April 16 Dan McKinnon

May 7 Winter Wilson

May 21 Martin Carthy

June 18 Wet TheTea

Advance Dates From 1st December 2020 onwards

July 30 Sadie & Jay

Sept 10 Maria Dunn

Sept 17 Rab Noakes & Brooks Williams (usually Singers Nights other dates)

PHOENIX (Poynton)

Dec 4 Lazlo Baby

2021

Jan 8 Mad Jocks and Englishmen

Feb 5 Skinner & T’witch

Mar 5 Welcomme, Finnan & Chrimes

Apr 2 Harp & A Monkey

May 7 Wilson McGladdery

Jun 4 Jez Lowe

Jul 2 Steve Turner

Aug 6 Singaround

Sep 3 Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer

Oct 1 Johnny Coppin

SOUNDBOX @

St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester CH1 2DW

* St Columba’s Church Hall, Chester CH2 1SA

Dec 4 A Winter Union

2021

Feb 12 Katie Doherty & The Navigators

Feb 19 Andy Cutting (support - Mitchell &

Vincent, Rose Price & Ian Jones

* April 23/24 ‘SoundBox Spring Thing’ 2021 –

Mish ra, White Little Lies & more tba

June 11 Kim Lowings & Andrew Lowings

June 26 Jackie Oates & John Spiers

Sept 17 The Fay Hield Trio with Sam Sweeney

& Rob Harbron

Oct 15 The Wilderness Yet

ART CENTRES/THEATRES:

FRIENDS OF FOLK @ Fox Lane Club, Leyland

* = Atkinson Theatre, Southport

2021

Feb 4 Becky Mills

* Feb 25 Avondale

* March 18 Blackheart Orchestra

* April 25 Feast of Fiddles

May 6 Chris Bannister

June 3 Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer

Sept 2 Avondale

Oct 7 Celebration of the Music of Simon &

Garfunkel with Tim Chu & Ian Bailey

Nov 4 Brian McNeill

Dec 2 Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

MR KITE BENEFITS * = The Met Bury

** = Brudenell Social Club

2021

* Jan 21 Chuck Prophet - Rescheduled from May 29, 2020

* Jan 24 The Secret Sisters - Rescheduled from June 11, 2020

** Jan 25 Chuck Prophet - Rescheduled from May 27, 2020

May 1 Daphne’s Flight - Rescheduled from May 16, 2020

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What Folk Programmes are on the radio TODAY?

Compiled by Rob Dunford

Day Station Programme Presenter Radio Frequencies

SUNDAY

5.00 – 6.00 am BBC Radio Merseyside FOLKSCENE MIKE BROCKEN FM 95.8 / MW 1485

3.00 – 4.00 pm Maghull Radio LOCAL FOLK JOHN MACKENZIE www.maghullradio.com click on “listen live “

6.00 – 7.00 pm (RPT ) Oldham Community Radio SOUNDS OF FOLK BERNARD CROMARTY FM 99.7

6.00 – 8.00 pm BBC Radio Shropshire SUNDAY FOLK GENEVIEVE TUDOR FM 96.0 and BBC Radio Stoke DAB

7.00 – 9.00 pm BBC Radio Ulster FOLK CLUB LYNETTE FAY MW 1341

7.00 – 9.00 pm BBC Radio Wales CELTIC HEARTBEAT FRANK HENNESSY MW 882

7.00 – 9.00 pm Moorlands Radio ANYTHING GOES SIMON JONES FM 103.7

8.00 – 9.00 pm BBC Radio Leeds THE DURBERVILLES DAVE CRICKMORE & LEE WALSH FM 92.4 & 95.3 & 102.7 & 103.9

9.00 – 10.00 pm RTE Radio 1 THE ROLLING WAVE AOIFE NI CORMAIC MW 567/LW 252

10.00 – 11.00 pm RTE Radio 1 SIMPLY FOLK RUTH SMITH MW 567/LW 252

MONDAY

7.30 – 9.00 pm Oldham Community Radio SOUNDS OF FOLK BERNARD CROMARTY FM 99.7

TUESDAY

3.00 – 4.00 pm Salford City Radio NEAR & FAR ROB DUNFORD FM 94.4 / Salfordcityradio.org

8.00 – 10.00 pm Chorley FM CHORLEY FOLK JAMES BLATCHLEY FM 102.8 (currently online only)

9.00 – 10.00 pm Manx Radio THE FOLK SHOW JOHN KANEEN MW 1368

0.00 – 1.00 am (RPT) BBC Radio Merseyside FOLK SCENE MIKE BROCKEN FM 95.8 / MW 1485

WEDNESDAY

7.00 - 10.00 pm BBC Radio Sheffield NEW TRADITIONS GREG RUSSELL FM 88.6 - 104.1/MW 1035

9.00 – 10.00 pm BBC Radio 2 THE FOLK SHOW MARK RADCLIFFE FM 88.0 – 90.2

9.00 – 11.00 pm BBC Radio Scotland TRAVELLING FOLK BRUCE MACGREGOR FM 92.4 – 94.7 / MW 810

THURSDAY

6.00 – 7.00 pm Salford City Radio SALFORD FOLK DAVE MATHER & PETE ROBINSON FM 94.4

FRIDAY

10.00 am –12.00 pm Sheffield Live! THANK GOODNESS IT’S FOLK

SAM HINDLEY & JAMES FAGAN FM 93.2

8.00 – 9.00 pm BBC Radio Lancashire THE DRIFT EMMA SWEENEY FM 95.5

SATURDAY

7.00 – 9.00 pm BBC Radio Scotland TAKE THE FLOOR GARY INNES FM 92.4 – 94.7 / MW 810

9.00 – 10.00 pm BBC Radio Scotland PIPELINE GARY WEST FM 92.4 – 94.7 / MW 810

9.00 – 10.00 pm RTE Radio 1 CEILIDH HOUSE KIERAN HANRAHAN MW 567 / LW 252

10.00 – 11.00 pm RTE Radio 1 THE SOUTH WIND BLOWS PHILLIP KING MW 567 / LW 252

The frequencies shown above are those forming the basis for reception in the North West. Expanded station details are shown below:

BBC Radio Lancashire FM 95.5 103.9 104.5 MW 885 1557 01254 262411

BBC Radio Leeds FM 92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9 0113 244 2131

BBC Radio Merseyside FM 95.8 MW 1485 0151 708 5500

BBC Radio Sheffield FM 88.6 - 104.1/MW 1035 0114 273 1177

BBC Radio Scotland FM 92.4 – 94.7 MW 810 0141 422 6000

BBC Radio Shropshire FM 96.0 01743 248484

BBC Radio Stoke FM 94.6 104.1 MW 1503 01782 208080

BBC Radio Ulster FM 92.4 – 95.4 MW 873 1341 02890 338000

BBC Radio 2 FM 88.0 – 90.2 08700 100222

BBC Radio Wales FM 93.9 – 95.9 103.7 – 103.9 MW 882 02920 322000

Salford City Radio FM 94.4 0161 793 2939

Manx Radio FM 89.0 97.2 103.7 MW 1386 01624 682600

Moorlands Radio FM 103.7 01538 381037

Oldham Community Radio FM 99.7 0161 682 5599

RTE via ASTRA Satellite LW 252 MW 567 003531 2083111

(The schedule may vary on rota)

Sheffield Live! FM 93.2 01142 814082

We also recommend searching

“ folk music radio stations UK and Ireland

“ for related programmes that can be

heard on the radio or internet.

Any interim changes between FNW issues

will appear on the FNW website.

It’s assumed all programmes are broad-

cast online as well, but subsequent

“listen again periods may vary”.