Whats On in 2010
Tickets tel. 01228 541799 or carlislefolk@aol.com
KRISTINA OLSEN & PETER GRAYLING
Kristina (USA) has performed at many festivals, clubs, arts centres etc. and is one of our all time favourite artists. She is a fine instrumentalist - acoustic guitar, steel bodied slide-guitar, saxophone, concertina and piano, as well as a powerful songwriter with a big bluesy voice. With her mix of strong songs in the troubadour tradition, some jazz-inspired sounds and powerful bottleneck blues make for diverse and satisfying musical experience.
Peter Grayling (Australia) is a botanist by profession and a classically trained cellist. He and Kristina met during one of her many trips to Australia and New Zealand. They have recorded two albums together, 'Duet' and 'Truth of a Woman'. To see and hear Kristina is an experience, to catch Kristina and Peter together is a rare treat indeed. This is the first opportunity in 4 years...so don’t miss it! Kristina has a new cd out too ..’Quiet Blue’
Peter Grayling - cello, mandocello and mandolin
www.kristinaolsen.net
http://www.myspace.com/kristinaolsen
SPECIAL – Azure Catering are offering food before this concert.(Tapas menu at 6.30pm|) So come and join the organisers/helpers and possibly the artists, for a social get together beforehand. To find out more or to book please ring 01228 537323
support from Danny Hart
£10
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS
Best Duo – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009
Internationally acclaimed, Chris & Julie continue to be a leading force on the UK's acoustic/roots arts circuit. Their songs cover life as they see it, from the industrial waste lands of the north, to injustice and freedom, matters of the heart and everything in between. Chris and Julie have nine duo albums and a songbook to their credit as well as six solo albums between them, a Blue Tapestry album and five St Agnes Fountain CDs. While & Matthews' musical partnership and obvious joy of performing together really brings their songs to life. As performers they are unrivalled.
I have become one of their biggest fans as a result of listening to their superb output. They are what I most admire, intelligent and musical with attitude. Barbara Dickson
These women far outclass their many famous American cousins, and prove just how immediate and powerful well-written and performed music can still be. Awe- inspiring. -Dirty Linen
support from Rob Heron Trio
£10
Rachel Harrington 
and Rod Clements
Rachel's critically acclaimed 2007 debut went to #1 on the Euro-Americana Chart and landed her in the centre of the UK Americana scene when legendary BBC dj Bob Harris proclaimed Bootlegger's Daughter one of the best albums of the year.
City of Refuge (2008)farms personal and mythical stories from the American West. In 2009, after two years spent mostly on the road touring internationally (including Glasgow Americana Festival and the Maverick Festival) she released a live album, In The Woods - a document of those years on the road.
2010 sees Rachel back on the road and returning to Carlisle, with the new album's official release set for November 1, 2010.
" ... Harrington's music often sounds like it could date from the 1850s ... a rough-hewn country voice ..songs with a rural setting that touch on love and death. Some are traditional, some original, but the old-timey feel remains constant. The playing is stellar, and Harrington convincingly re-creates the sound of a mountain singer." - FOUR STARS
Appearing tonight with the legendary Rod Clements (Lindisfarne)
www.rachelharrington.net
support from Eddie Allen
£8
Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley
Denny is from the west of Ireland and Yorkshire born Chris has Irish family connections.
Founder members of the band Last Night's Fun which received international acclaim and a loyal fan base over 11 years together, they have now returned to their roots as a duo.
Known for their soul stirring songs, exhilarating tunes and a love of the craic, Chris (concertina) and Denny (guitar and vocals) ensure that no two concerts are ever the same, the pair share a lifelong passion for folk music.
Chris grew up surrounded by folk music of all kinds - his home was a regular haunt for passing folk singers and musicians. Denny, born in Co. Limerick, is drawn to the inheritance of age-old slides, slow airs, slip jigs and wild reels.
Recently nominated for the 2010 Spiral Awards, Chris & Denny are one of the finest folk duos in the country.
If you like wild reels, celtic influences and enduring folk songs you'll love Chris & Denny... see you there!
www.djbuk.com/chrisanddenny/
support from Frank Lee
£8
Bob Fox
Bob’s masterful interpretation of traditional and contemporary songs is one of his greatest strengths and during his time performing with Stu Luckley won the Melody Maker ‘Folk Album of the Year’ Award. In 2000 Bob was on the Wood and the Wire tour with the legendary Fairport Convention, who guested on his Dreams Never Leave You cd.Bobhas twice been nominated as Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and was invited to sing and play at Celtic Connections as part of a performance of the 2006 Radio Ballads.
‘Bob is a local lad and blessed with one of the best voices you will ever hear. He is also a very talented musician playing guitar, piano and dulcimer. Add to that a full and varied repertoire of traditional and modern songs and plenty of good 'crack' and you can be sure of a good night.’
Terry Freeman - Davylamp Folk Club
“As soon as I heard Bob Fox sing I realised that he must have one of the
best voices in England. I have always regarded him as an artiste of great integrity and ability". Ralph McTell
www.bobfoxmusic.com
support from Phil Pipe
£8
Goldrush - formed by John Sheldon in 1989 and making their debut at the Guildtown Bluegrass Festival which John had founded in 1987. The current Goldrush line-up is stronger than ever. Individually and collectively the present band have decades of performing experience ranging from the folk scene; the country music circuit; Edale Bluegrass Festival, Southern Fried, Living Tradition Summer School and many premier bluegrass events. The band also run workshops on the Scottish Bluegrass Association Bluegrass in the Schools programme along with other charity work.
John Sheldon; banjo, baritone vocals, Alan Jones; acoustic double bass, concertina, harmony vocals, Kenny Marshall; Dobro, Tom Connal; guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, lead and harmony vocals, Danny Hart; fiddle, mandolin, guitar, lead and harmony vocals
“..a unique opportunity to hear the sounds of the deep south performed by some of the top bluegrass musicians performing in the UK.”
Dundee contemporary arts centre
“ Scotland's best bluegrass band, are brilliant harmony singers and excel in producing the high lonesome sound...."
Southern Fried
They have forged a distinct and impressive identity for delivering cutting edge traditional bluegrass and Celtic roots music to delighted audiences.
Not to be missed....
www.scottishbluegrass.com/goldrush.htm £8
support tbc
£8
Singers/Performers Night Performers free.
contact us to put your name down for a spot (3 songs/10-15mins.) asap 01228 541799 or carlislefolk@aol.com
£3
XMAS PARTY with 'Idiot and Friend' aka Keith Donnelly and Les Barker.
At the 2005 Australian National Festival (which attracted 55,000 people!) Les Barker and Keith Donnelly were billed at a special sell-out concert as “The Laughing Stock of Great Britain”. The idea for “Idiot and Friend” came about when they decided to share the stage rather than do their normal individual sets. The audience was treated to a very special fusion of two very (VERY) great comedy talents, and simply refused to let the dynamic duo get off the stage!
Keith has written substantial live Stand-Up routines and TV material for the likes of Phil Cool and Jasper Carrott, as well as having written for TV companies.
In the last ten years Keith has played at literally hundreds of festivals, colleges and universities, arts centres and theatres, comedy clubs, etc. worldwide.
Les Barker writes strange poems and comes from originally from Manchester, but he's now Welsh. He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot. He's written 77 books, which sell in large numbers at his gigs because people don't quite believe what they've just heard. His poems have spawned a number of folk heroes: Jason and the Arguments, Cosmo the Fairly Accurate
Knife Thrower, Captain Indecisive and Spot of the Antarctic, to name but two.
Les began his career as assistant to Mrs Ackroyd, a small hairy mongrel who lay around in folk clubs, bit people and became famous.
Please book early to avoid disappointment ..
www.keithdonnelly.com, www.mrsackroyd.com
£12
Artists appearing in 2011.....
Back on 7th January 2011 with a Singer’s/Performers Night.
