The Village Folk Club Christmas Party

Tuesday 18th Dec 

Taurus Bar, Canal St, Manchester
8.00pm start

Christmas is coming and that means it’s time for the Village Folk Club to get out its Santa hat!

We are really pleased to welcome the wonderful Kirsty Bromley to join us for the evening. Anyone who’s seen Kirsty singing in folk clubs or festivals around the country will already know what a lovely singer she is. If you’ve never seen Kirsty before, have a look at this clip of her performing at Shepley Spring Festival earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Mj960CIus

Not only do we have the pleasure of Kirsty’s company, but the amazing Sisters in Arms Rapper team will be entertaining us with some very dangerous looking rapper dances. Don’t try it at home... unless you’re a rapper dancer.

As well as this, there’ll be our first ever raffle, mince pies, and of course carols galore!

All this for only £4 admission!! You can’t afford to miss it...

The Village Folk Club with Haddo.

Tuesday 20^th Nov 2013, 7.30pm doors 8pm start. £8.00/ £6.50.

Taurus Bar, Canal St, Manchester

Haddo are husband and wife duo Will and Nicky Pound, joining forces to create a new and unique sound. Combining rich and exotic melodeon harmonies with the dark tone of the viola, they take well known tunes and twist them 180 degrees. From morris to bluegrass, traditional tunes to their own compositions, Haddo are guaranteed to raise the roof.

Having studied violin from an early age, Nicky Pound graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a masters in Baroque Viola in 2009. During this time, she had the privilege to work with the late great Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davies and Sir Elton John.

Will Pound is one of the world's top harmonica players and has taken the instrument to new places and new music, and has a style that is completely his own.
As well as his pyrotechnics on the harmonica, Will is now making a name for himself as a virtuoso melodeon player. While Haddo is his debut outing in a concert setting on this instrument, his dulcet tones have previously been heard in the recording studio with ceilidh band Steamchicken. He also guested on the recent release, Purpose and Grace, from the guitar genius Martin Simpson.  More recently, he received a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nomination for Best Musician.

Click here to read their latest reviews –

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/9487684/British-folk-music-five-summer-treats.html

http://www.brightyoungfolk.com/gigs/homecoming-haddo/record-detail.aspx

And here to hear a taste of their music –

http://www.haddofolk.com/music.html

Tickets

Full price £8.00 GBP    Conc £6.50 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Pete Morton

Tuesday 16th October 7.30pm doors for 8.00pm start
Taurus Bar, No. 1 Canal St, Manchester
 (5 mins walk from Piccadilly Station)
£8.00/ £6.00

The lovely and wonderful Pete Morton will join us for an evening of wonderful singing and we'll get a taste of his frapping in which he takes a traditional chorus and then raps the verses. A sight and sound to behold!

See.. he even looks lovely.
Hear him singing his wonderful song Another Train

Do get in touch if you would like to do a floor spot.. see you in October..

Tickets

Full price £8.00 GBP Conc £6.50 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Over the Yardarm

Tuesday 18th September 2012
 Taurus Bar, No 1 Canal St, Manchester

(5 mins walk from Manchester Picadilly train station)

Doors 7.30pm music starts 8pm

Tickets £5.00

We are back after a long, manic and very wet summer. It's been great and now we return to our monthly dose of fun, The Village Folk Club.
This month we have Over the Yardarm a trio from up further north who play wonderful driving tunes on variations of melodean, guitars,  recorders and if we remember rightly, last time there was even a double bass!

We're excited to be back and looking forward to an exciting season. See our future dates page for what's coming up.
You can get tickets here or on the door and do let us know if you'd like to do a floor spot.
Cheers
Esther

The Piper's Tale with Ruthie Boycott-Garnett

Tuesday 24th July 7.30pm

 Taurus Bar, No. 1 Canal Street, Manchester

 £6.00/ £4.00 conc

When we started our club we said we would embrace all elements of the folk traditions. We have had plenty of wonderful songs and music and a bit of dancing (though not enough) and here we start our journey into Storytelling.

Ruthie is a well-known and highly regarded storyteller. She will bring you The Piper's Tale and whisk you off to the Isle of Skye and a long journey to Canada. The story contains some songs you might know and we will finally get to hear her play the amazing hurdy gurdy!

We have support from David Hirst a local singer songwriter. You can see a video of him here

There will still be floor spots too so do get in touch if you'd like to perform.
See you there.

Full/ Conc

Full price£6.00 GBP Conc£4.00 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Matt Quinn

Tuesday 19th June, 7.30pm

Taurus Bar, No. 1 Canal Street, Manchester

Matt Quinn is fast becoming a well-known name on the English folk scene. He has performed at a wide range of venues from folk clubs across the country up to main stages at Sidmouth, Beverley, Warwick, and Broadstairs festivals in one guise or another, whether solo or with a band.

Most recently, he has been seen playing with English and Turkish fusion folk band Dogan & the Boombox Karavan with BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist Dogan Mehmet, in the English ceilidh band The New Slide, and in the Eliza Carthy Ceilidh Band with their themed ceilidhs at Sidmouth Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week and at the South Bank Centre in London.

He will also charm and entrance you with his delivery of traditional songs that range from epic ballads to comic songs to hearty chorus songs. He will also delight you with his playing traditional and contemporary tunes on the melodeon.

www.mattquinnmusic.co.uk

Full/ Conc

Full price £6.00 GBP Conc £4.00 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Becca Williams

Tuesday 15th May - Becca Williams

Taurus Bar, No 1 Canal Street, Manchester

Becca Williams is a singer songwriter who grew up in the leafy tranquillity of North Wales. She started playing the guitar at the tender age of 12 taught by the same teacher as Coldplay’s very own Jonny Buckland.
Inspired by the guitar playing of the late great John Martyn and the lyrical genius of Joni Mitchell she set about learning the trade the traditional way, earning her stripes performing at local pubs and folk clubs whilst still in her teens.

Full/ Conc

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The Village Folk Club with Jim Moray

Taurus Bar, No 1. Canal Street, Manchester

Tuesday 17th April - 7.30pm

We will be very proud to welcome

 Jim Moray!

You think you know folk music and then someone like Jim Moray comes along.

Jim sees pop, rock and folk all as parts of the same musical world.

He comes bearing Skulk, a fifth album of soulful English music, plus a sheaf of industry awards and the wherewithal to locate folk music in its rightful landscape: the modern world. In Jim’s vision, the oral tradition is electrified, not only technically but emotionally.

We are very excited about his presence with us and you won't catch him anywhere else in Manchester on this tour, and we can't fit many in our venue so don't miss out get tickets here -

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP

The Village Folk Club with O'Hooley & Tidow

The Village Folk Club with O'Hooley & Tidow
Tuesday 20th March 

Taurus Bar, 7.30pm doors, 8pm start

£10 / 7.50

We are so pleased to welcome these two amazing women to our club. The reviews of the new album The Fragile have been overwhelmingly good -

**** GUARDIAN

**** UNCUT

**** MOJO

**** SONGLINES

*****SPIRALEARTH

“Marvellous” Cerys Matthews, BBC 6 Music

“Deep and quirky” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2

“An excellent and highly distinctive album...” Bright Young Folk

“A Masterpiece...” Fatea Magazine

“Confidence, power and earthiness shine through...” Folking.com

You can check out their website for a taster of their music and see and them singing their lovely Spancil Hill here and being interviewed by Bright Young Folk.

We will also be featuring a perfomance by Sister in Arms Rapper as they prepare to compete at DERT. Dont miss out on this wonderful night, buy tickets below.

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Kirsty McGee

Tuesday 21st February 2012 

7.30pm doors for 8pm start

Taurus Bar, 1 Canal St, Manchester (5 mins walk form Piccadilly train station)

£4 concessions and floorspots, £6 all the rest

 Twice nominated for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Kirsty McGee has been touring to critical acclaim since her debut in 2002. Her style continues to defy categorisation, earning her the tag of 'cult' singer-songwriter in the UK.

Combining styles as diverse as folk, jazz, chanson and Americana, her work is held together by her distinctive lyrical style and astonishing voice, equally comfortable in dark, intimate ballads and up-tempo carny-shuffle numbers. Her shows explore a cross-section of these energies through an extensive range of subject matters and instruments. Reviews for her most recent album 'No.5' (recorded live in one take with her full band The Hobopop Collective) have been unanimous in their praise for her skilled handling of words and impeccable taste in arrangements.

With a history of politics, homelessness and wanderlust, Kirsty McGee suffuses her work with a musical vagrancy that enriches her songs and styles, from "hipkat trilby swing" (acoustic magazine) to "exquisite and skeletal" (Q Magazine).

Quotes:

'Bewitching' **** - Q

'A fascinating talent' - Clash

'Rich, versatile and immaculately controlled' - Americana-UK

kirstymcgee.com

facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic

twitter.com/hobopop

last.fm/music/kirsty+mcgee

Tuesday 21st Feb - Kirsty McGee 


Tuesday 20th March - Belinda O' Hooley and Heidi Tidow
Read a review of their new album 'The Fragile' here

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP

Tuesday 17th April -Jim Moray ,Solo

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP

The Village Folk Club with Pete Ord

Tuesday 17th January 2012 

7.30pm doors for 8pm start

Taurus Bar, 1 Canal St, Manchester (5 mins walk form Piccadilly train station)

£4 concessions and floorspots, £6 all the rest

Born and raised in the English Lake District, Pete Ord is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently based in Manchester. Descended from a rich heritage of folk music, Pete began Morris dancing at the age of 10 learning the art and traditions of English dance and song from his dad. He began writing and recording songs in his early teens and went on to gain a BA (hons) in Music Production from Leeds College of Music. 

Pete is passionate about the English tradition and in particular his own Cumbrian heritage. In 2007 he began researching Cumbrian dialect songs and in 2010 he produced and released a book and CD of traditional Cumbrian songs sung by local legend Bruce Wilson. Pete learnt to sing traditional song from the local masters and his own performances move seamlessly between the traditional and the original. A finalist in the 2010 New Roots competition, Pete has gone on to perform in folk clubs around the country exciting audiences with his delicate and honest arrangements.
We are very excited to welcome a local lad. Come down and see him and get in touch if you'd like to do a floor spot.
Esther & Jen x



Future dates -
Tuesday 17th January - Pete Ord
Tuesday 21st Feb - Kirsty McGee 

Price

Full price £6.00 GBP Conc £4.00 GBP

Tuesday 20th March - Belinda O' Hooley and Heidi Tidow

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP

Tuesday 17th April -Jim Moray

Price

Full price £10.00 GBP Conc £7.50 GBP