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Special guest - Rebecca Hollweg

The special guest will be singer/songwriter Rebecca Hollweg talking about her new album. There'll also be music from Fisherman's Friends, Maddy Prior, Kelly Oliver, Fabian Holland and The Nelson Brothers. And a preview of upcoming events with the weekly gig guide.

35 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Apr 2015 17:30

Music Played

  • Kelly Oliver

    Jericho

    • Folkstock Records.
  • Fabian Holland

    Spring

    • Rooksmere.
  • Maddy Prior

    Trooper’s Nag

    • Park.
  • The Fisherman’s Friends

    John Kanaka

    • Mighty Village/Island.
  • Rebecca Hollweg

    Country Girl

    • Emu.
  • Rebecca Hollweg

    Ruby

    • Emu.
  • The Yirdbirds

    Holtwood Reel/Barham Down

    • Cartwheel Records.
  • Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan and Sarah Watkins

    Crossing Muddy Water

    • Sugar Hill.
  • The Newton Brothers

    Letter In Blue

    • Own Label.

This week's gig guide

There are far too many regular events to mention, so for full list of all dance clubs and sessions see

Friday 17th April-Sunday 19th April Oxford Folk Weekend - Chris Wood, Lady Maisery, Jackie Oates, Hut People, Boldwood, Patsy Reid Band,Fabian Holland, Moore Moss Rutter, Kelly Oliver etc.

Saturday 18th April-Sunday 19th APril Great Big Almonry Folk Weekend in Evesham,Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Ange Hardy, Lisbee Stainton Sat night concert – Patsy Reid - Sun Night plus performances from Emi McDade (an up-and-coming singer/keyboard player from Gloucester), Bristol folk quartet Road Not Taken and the hard-working acoustic duo from Cirencester, Ethemia. tickets from the Almonry Heritage Centre, Evesham WR11 4BG 01386 446944.

Saturday 18th April

Sean Taylor bluesy singer/songwriter – Under The Edge Arts, Wotton under Edge 8pm
Sarah McQuaid at Daglingworth Village Hall, Gloucestershire GL7 7AE tickets 07796 918964
French Dancing at Horsley Village Hall- with Duo Mistral and Tonik 7-11pm
Steve Tilston - Mackenzie Hall Brockweir NP16 7NW 7.30pm £8 in advance Adrian Birch. 01291 689812. adrianbirch1@gmail.com. £10 on door. Refreshments available.
Hazel O’Connor at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester GL7 1XA Info: 01285 654228 7.30pm
The Nelson Brothers ( Hotheads minus Sadie) The Convent, South Woodchester nr Nailsworth 8.30pm
Barn Dance, with Gordon the Hedgehog, caller Mike Holloway at The Painswick Centre, Painswick 7pm £10 inc Ploughman’s Supper. Bar Info: 01452 812649
“Canal Mania & Sea Fever” Free Shanty & Waterways Music Day, At the Gloucester Waterways Museum. Llanthony Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EH Pm free , ticketed event in the evening – featuring Heather Wastie, and Keepers Lock. Info: 01242 57057 mauriceboye@hotmail.com
Three Pressed Men Wychwood Folk Club + support by Henry Bateman - The Swan, Shipton Road, Ascott -u- Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY £5 reserve a ticket 01993831427
Gavin Davenport & Tom Kitching - Somers TFC Members concertat Alma Tavern in Worcester 8.30pm
Bellowhead – New Theatre, in Oxford

Sunday 19th April

Maddy Prior MBE, with Giles Lewin (Carnival Band) and Hannah James, in concert at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn, Cheltenham Road, Bishop’s Cleeve GL52 8LU 7.45pm £16 Info: 0844 576 2210 Jenna Witts singer/songwriter Forest Folk Club, Miners Arms Whitecroft nr Lydney (ev 1st and 3rd Sun) 8pm
Shanty singer Moose Rosser guest at Dursley Ac Music Night – at 13 Five Acres, GL11 4JP

Monday 20th April

Maddy Prior, Giles Lewin & Hannah james – Malvern Cube 7.30pm tickets £15 from Cheltenham Ukulele Club meets every Monday at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham Info: Karen 01242 241678.

Tuesday 21st April

Sarah Jarosz/Aoife O’Donovan/Sara Watkins (USA) “I’m With Her” Tour starts at Bristol Clifton Cathedral Folk at Frampton - Every Tuesday at Frampton Village Hall Frampton-on-Severn 8pm £2 Refreshments included Info: Jo 01453 752089
Mainly English music session at White Horse Mitcheldean From about 8.30pm. Free admission

Wednesday 22nd April

ѿý Radio 2 FOLK AWARDS – at Millennium Centre in Cardiff
Cirencester Scottish Country Dance Club, Bingham Hall, Cirencester 8pm
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman -+ support Hattie Briggs – Courtyard Arts in Hereford

Thursday 23rd April

4 Parts Guitar- Gordon Giltrap, John Etheridge etc Stroud Subscription Rooms
St George’s Day event with Glos Morris Men & Englands Glory Ladies Morris - at The Carpenter's Arms Miserden From 7.30pm
St Georges Day at Café René, Gloucester with Lassington Oak Morris Men and Stroud Ladies 7.30pm Info: 01452 714093
Singing/music session at The Corner Cupboard, Winchcombe 9pm onwards Free admission Info: 01242 604120
Minchinhampton folk club, The Café Lounge, Baptist Church, Tetbury Street, 8.15pm

Friday 24th April

Fisherman’s Friends - Cheltenham Town Hall
Spiro- Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
Kelly Oliver with Lukas Drinkwater – Prince Albert in Stroud
1st Annual Songwiters in the Round at The Convent, Sth Woodch..- inc Kathryn Williams, Georgia Ruth etc..
Commonground at Kingshill House, Kingshill House Kingshill Lane Dursley, Glos Info: Telephone: 01453 549133
Ceilidh In The Goods Shed, with Captain Swing, caller Mike Griffiths Tetbury Goods Shed by The Royal Oak, Tetbury, 7pm, £11 inc ploughman’s supper Info: 01666 502877
Open Night- Cheltenham Folk Club at The Beaufort Arms, London Rd
Geordie McIntyre & Alison McMorland -Swindon Folk Song Club- Ashford Rd Social Club 8.15pm

Saturday 25th April

Fabian Holland - The Convent, South Woodchester nr Nailsworth 8.30pm
Tangled Up In Dylan project - with The Open Secrets (Bristol) Under The Edge Arts, Wotton under Edge 8pm
”Music at the Shed” Festival at Tetbury Goods Shed Free from 12noon till early evening- with Nicola Clark, Jeff Gillett, Colin Sillence.
Evening concert – Johnny Coppin, Mike Scott, The Yirdbards, and Blondes with Beards - tickets from shed-arts.co.uk
Coco & The Butterfields - Prema Arts Centre in Uley, nr Dursley
Kelly Oliver + Theo Bard + Joshua – “Secret House Show - Sunjay - Bristol Folk House doors 7.30pm - Bristol Folk House £8 in advance ashkeysmusic website

Sunday 26th April

Louise Jordan + Colin Sillence– Black Book Café, Stroud 2-4pm
The Whispering Road – at The Fleece Inn, Bretforton nr Evesham
Ken Nicol - Chapel Arts in Bath
Melissa Greener (Nashville USA s/s) – Hen & Chicken in Bristol

Monday 27th April

Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine- at The Convent, South Woodchester nr Nailsworth

Tuesday 28th April

Sunjay - Bar of Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
The Littlest Birds cello/banjo duo ! Prince Albert in Stroud

Wednesday 29th April

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman -+ support Hattie Briggs - Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
Sarah Jarosz/Aoife O’Donovan/Sara Watkins (USA) “I’m With Her” Tour – St John The Evangelist Church in Oxford

Thursday 30th April

Sam Lee & Friends – Last Thursday club at Evergreen hall just outside Coleford 7.30pm Tickets £10 in advance from Forestbookshop /01594-833334

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Apr 2015 17:30