What must it be like to come from a place that is so very, very NOT you? What would it be like to come from, let’s say, Birmingham when you yearn for the sea and the sand? To have a soul that longs to explore but lives in a boring midlands town? To sing songsContinue reading “Chris Cleverley – August 2015”
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Jackie Oates – July 2015
Earlier this year the decidedly un-Folk folk at Classic FM voted The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams as their favourite piece of classical music. Its heart-stopping violin line echoing the sound and flight of a lark, it never fails to bring a tear to the flintiest of eyes. It also conjures a particular Englishness.Continue reading “Jackie Oates – July 2015”
O’Hooley and Tidow – June 2015
Learning stuff is brilliant. Did you know that a “Kitsune” is a shape-shifting fox? From Japanese folklore? One that transforms into a human woman? Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow taught us that at the Downend Folk Club. That and so much more. The idea of the Kitsune is strangely fitting for two of the mostContinue reading “O’Hooley and Tidow – June 2015”
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin – April 2015
Can you believe it? A year ago we were in this church watching the first tentative steps along the Downend Folk Club road. A whole year! Over those twelve months Ant, and his gang of Merrie Folksters, have established one of the finest folk clubs in the South West. We have been treated to risingContinue reading “Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin – April 2015”
Maz O’Connor – February 2015
“This” according to the Black Feathers “is a posh gig”. The Black Feathers are supporting the utterly divine Maz O’connor at the Downend Folk Club and they are not wrong in the slightest.Christ Church, once again, rings to the sound of folk music and a damn fine job it makes of it. The Black FeathersContinue reading “Maz O’Connor – February 2015”
Jim Moray – December 2014
That’s the thing about this time of year. Things are a bit disappointing. The dry turkey and the house full of plastic rubbish. The mince pies and the marzipan laden cake. Disappointing. Thank goodness then that a proper Christmas came early to Downend Folk Club. And there wasn’t a touch of disappointment in sight. FirstlyContinue reading “Jim Moray – December 2014”
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