
Acoustic Valentine's Day music!
Johnny brings you fine acoustic music and love songs for Valentine's Day! There'll be new albums from The Unthanks and the Alan Kelly Gang from Ireland.
Johnny brings you fine acoustic music and love songs for Valentine's Day! There'll be new albums from The Unthanks, the Alan Kelly Gang from Ireland, and ѿý Folk Award nominees Kathryn Tickell and Maz O'Connor. Plus music from Winter Mountain, Patsy Reid and Jeff Warner all playing locally. There'll also be a preview of forthcoming events with the weekly gig guide.
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Winter Mountain
Stronger When You Hold Me
- Charcoal.
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Alan Kelly Gang
Music Makers
- Black Box Music.
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Rebecca Hollweg
Ruby
- Emu.
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Jeff Warner
Come Love Come
- Wild Goose.
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Maz O’Connor
A Winters Blues
- Wild Sound Records.
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Hector Gilchrist
The Trysting Fair at Falkirk
- Wild Goose.
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The Unthanks
Died For Love
- Rabble Rouser Music.
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Kathryn Tickell & The Side
Early Air/Tullochgorum
- Resilient Records.
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Hooray Henry
- Classy Trad.
This week's gig guide
For all dance clubs and sessions
Saturday 14th February
Martin & Eliza Carthy + Rory McLeod – Cheltenham Town Hall
Valentine’s Night event – with Ben Maggs s/s from Ciren + Elles
Bailey (Bristol) + Ciren band Familiars, Saving
Scarlet from Stroud, and dance artist Marie- Louise Flexen- New Brewery
Arts in Cirencester doors open at 7.45 £9 in adv £10 on the door SOLD OUT!
Discovery (Jeff & Elaine Gillett) playing love songs at
Queen Matilda Tavern, Star Lane, Avening, Tetbury GL8 8NT Info: 01453 350305
Food available, booking recommended. http://queenmatildatavern.co.uk/
The Songs of Leonard Cohen – with Keith James – Under The Edge Arts, Wotton u Edge 8pm
St Valentine’s Day Family Fund raising ceilidh with DisKan at Prema Arts
Centre, Uley GL11 5SS 2.30pm £8 Info: 01453 860703
Kathryn Tickell & The Side – Wilts Music Centre, B on Avon 01225 860100
Sons of Bill (USA) – The Bullingdon in Oxford
Sunday 15th February
Seth Lakeman +
Blair Dunlop Band - Cheltenham Town Hall
Patsy Reid
(Sco) The Fleece at Bretforton nr Tewkesbury
Hector Gilchrist (Scottish singer of trad and cont songs)- guest at Dursley Ac Music
Night – at 13 Five Acres, GL11 4JP
Monster Ceilidh Band – The Prince Albert, Stroud 01453 755600
Singers Night
- Forest Folk Club, Miners Arms Whitecroft nr Lydney (ev 1st and 3rd
Sun) 8pm
Wassail at Ragmans Lane Farm, Lower Lydbrook GL17 9PA
(4pm-6pm) with Pete Symonds as Wassail Butler. Info: 01594 860244
Monday 16th February
The Sons of Bill (USA), at the Tunnels in
Bristol Edge Reels (Scottish Dancing), Edge Village Hall, The
Green, Edge, Stroud 8pm Info: George & Elizabeth 01453 833016 or Ian &
Jane 01453 762591
Cheltenham Ukulele Club meets at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road.
Tuesday 17th February
Dublin Legends (formerly known as The Dubliners) at Everyman
Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ Info: 01242 572573
Folk at Frampton - Every Tuesday at Frampton Village Hall, The Green
Wednesday 18th February
Singers Club, Stroud. Traditional Songs. Wednesday 8.30 -11pm, Little
Vic, Queen Victoria Pub, Gloucester St , Stroud . Free admission
Singaround
at White Horse Folk Club (ev 1st and 3rd Wed) now at Church Room, Vicarage Lane. Highworth. SN6
7AD
Jim Boyes with Belinda O’Hooley - “Sensations of a Wound” – Red Lion FC
Ninebarrow - Bath Folk Club – Bath Brew Tavern - James St West
Thursday 19th February
Minchinhampton Folk Club, The Café Lounge, Baptist Church, Tetbury Street,
Minchinhampton 8.15pm £2 Info: 01453 451070
Kathryn Tickell & The Side – Huntingdon hall in Worcester 8pm
Gaz Brookfield – Bristol based Wilts s/s - + support Chris
Webb - Chapel Arts in Bath
Friday 20th February
Winter Mountain
duo- The Convent, Sth Woodchester
Maz O’Connor + The Black Feathers- Downend Folk Club at Frenchay Village Hall tickets are
on sale now from Baguette Me Not or from www.downendfolkclub.co.ukand
from Bristol Ticket Shop. They are priced at just £10 in advance. They will be
£12 on the night. Doors open at 7.30pm
Ninebarrow-
Oxford Folk Club- The White House (ex
Folly Bridge Inn)
Open House -
Swindon FSC- Ashford Rd
Social Club 8.15pm
Somers Trad Folk Club at Alma tavern in
Worcester 8.30pm
Friday 20th February-Sunday 22nd February
Alcester Winter Warmer Festival– Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, The Vogwells, etc.. The Swan Hotel, in Alcester
Saturday 21st February
Jeff Warner ( USA) – Wychwood Folk Club, The Swan, Ascott under
Wychwood
Wild Willy Barrett - The
multi-talented "Godfather of Grunge Folk" (once "Really
Free" with John Otway), French singer Aurora Colson, cellist Mary Holland
& Irish musician John Devine – Evesham Arts Centre
Catherine Howe & Vo Fletcher, with Appleby Kinsey, in
concert at Ale House, Mill Lane, Colwall nr Malvern Info: 07979 542449
Sunday 22nd February
Breabach (Scots band)- The Fleece at Bretforton nr Tewkesbury
Wassail at Churchdown Parish Council Community Orchard, Come and wake up the trees
from their winter slumber! Bring anything to bang/whistle and be prepared to
sing and make as much noise as you can! Meet at Churchdown Park car park,
(Parish Council Offices, Parton Road) at 3pm. Wrap up warm and wear boots.
Entrance free. Refreshments available. Info: 01452 713528
Broadcast
- Sat 14 Feb 2015 17:30ѿý Radio Gloucestershire