Watford Folk Club

On October 1^st Watford Folk Club presents a superb evening of folk music, that is not to be missed!

Featuring Pete Nutkins, The Moorcrofters, Petrichor, Tom Lavin, The Stout Bros, and Julian Mount who will perform both traditional and contemporary folk songs and the best from our local singer/songwriter scene.

Pete Nutkins – has been involved in Folk Music since the 1960’s. His repertoire draws from both traditional and contemporary folk song including material from Great Britain and North America.

The Moorcrofters – are Nigel Moorcroft (lead vocals), Ellie Hill (virtuoso violin and vocals) and Steve McClennon (great guitar and vocals). They perform songs from both sides of the Atlantic and some of their own.

Petrichor – are Bob Templeman and Annette Burrows. Performing an eclectic mix of material ranging from Traditional Folk to American Standards dating from the 1930’s to the present day, Bob’s intricate guitar style complements Annette’s sublime vocals perfectly.

Tom Lavin –Folk based guitar and harmonica player, plays his own songs and Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison covers.

The Stout Bros -Neil and Stewart deliver acoustic music full of stories, protest, and emotion. Multi-instrumentalists, they present their own original songs and make traditional songs contemporary.

Julian Mount – is a songwriter, singer, and musician from St Albans.
His humorous and witty songs about people, places and dreams are accompanied by acoustic guitar and take a look at life always from a quirky perspective. Julian is an accomplished performer and excels at playing live.
For this event, Julian will be playing some of the many songs he has written during Covid Lockdown since March 2020.

Tickets are £8 for both live performance and live streaming
and are available from:
https://watfringe.co.uk/events/watford-folk-club/

Here’s a brief listing of upcoming bookings: Suggested minimum donations:     ⇒ Singarounds £5,     ⇒ Guest nights £8
Date	Artist
10-Sep	Mandy Woosd
17-Sep	Craig Joiner
24-Sep	Singaround
01-Oct	TBA
01-Oct	The Fringe
08-Oct	Singaround
15-Oct	NaMara
22-Oct	Singaround
29-Oct	TBA
05-Nov	Singaround
12-Nov	TBA
19-Nov	Song Comp Final
26-Nov	Singaround
03-Dec	TBA
10-Dec	Elizabeth & Jameson
17-Dec	Christmas Singaround
24-Dec	Closed
31-Dec	Closed

 

Suggested minimum donations:     ⇒ Singarounds £5,     ⇒ Guest nights £8
Date	Artist
03-Sep	Singaround
10-Sep	Mandy Woosd
17-Sep	Craig Joiner
24-Sep	Singaround
01-Oct	TBA
01-Oct	The Fringe
08-Oct	Singaround
15-Oct	NaMara
22-Oct	Singaround
29-Oct	TBA
05-Nov	Singaround
12-Nov	TBA
19-Nov	Song Comp Final
26-Nov	Singaround
03-Dec	TBA
10-Dec	Elizabeth & Jameson
17-Dec	Christmas Singaround
24-Dec	Closed
31-Dec	Closed

 

We’re coming back!

On April 23rd we are pleased to present an online New Roots Night in conjunction with Folk at The Maltings.
Four New Roots Finalists will be performing:

Lilian Grace
Lilian Grace is a young singer songwriter who specialises in unaccompanied traditional English folk song. Her songs are full of haunting vocals and rich harmonies and are, on occasion, augmented by her minimalist use of concertina. Although still only 20 she has already self-released an E.P. of protest songs and has performed extensively as a solo artist. Death and the Lady, a collection of four traditional songs is due to be released on Wildboar Records autumn/winter 2019. She is presently working on an album of self-penned titles exploring the lives of influential women who have been forgotten or written out of history.

Robbie Sherratt
Robbie Sherratt is a fiddle player from the Staffordshire Moorlands. His debut album ‘Provenance’ draws from traditional music and melodies in and around his home county. Currently, Robbie is studying for a Master’s degree in Folk music at Sibelius Academy, Finland where he is honing his fiddling, teaching, and composing. He performs regularly in concerts and dance events in Finland, England and Estonia with duo Eva Väljaots and Robbie Sherratt and with the Helsinki Ceilidh Band.

Cathy Bennett
Cathy Bennett has been part of the Cornish folk scene all of her life and for the two years before the pandemic, she did lots of gigging all over Cornwall and beyond with her band Black-Eyed Nancy. She has now moved to Sheffield and New Roots was her first endeavour as a soloist. She sings a mixture of traditional and recently composed songs in both Cornish and English and also plays the viola, sometimes using it to accompany her singing. She also sings in a vocal trio with Katy Coope and Callum MacKellar.

Callum McKellar
Callum McKellar is a singer from Cornwall now living in Devon with a repertoire of unaccompanied songs focussed around the South-west and the West Midlands. He grew up attending folk festivals and began making music when he was around 15, when he joined a Morris side and began getting involved in singing in pub sessions. Around the same time, he was also singing for musical theatre productions, and in a folk acapella group as part of Wren Music. He has also been a performer and workshop leader with Streams of Sound since 2015.

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They are all looking forward to performing for us and having seen their New Roots entry videos, we’re sure you’ll want to see them perform.

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

This Friday, 20^th November
We will be streaming the competition live on YouTube.
Starting at 7:30pm
Watch here

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