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Archive for 'Book Festival Tickets'
Late addition to Festival Hannah James & Sam Sweeney
We are pleased to announce that Hannah James & Sam Sweeney are booked to play at the 2010 Festival.
Lau
Formed out of the progressive traditional music scene in Edinburgh, Lau have consistently discovered new musical boundaries with their unique take on ‘folk’.
Ethno in Transit
Ethno in Transit is a new and exciting international music project. Their act includes a diverse and vibrant mix of South American rhythms, coupled with beautiful Celtic and European melodies.
May Monday
“May Monday” is folk music which needn’t touch its forelock to anything the classical mob can put up; it’s genuine art-music performed by virtuosos at the height of their powers.
Nicol & Cool
Nicol & Cool can bring you to tears and yet also lift your spirits and leave you in fits of laughter. There is no other show on the road remotely like this one, its sum greater than its great two parts!
Les Barker
Les Barker writes strange poems and comes originally from Manchester. He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot. He’s written 77 books, which sell in large numbers because people don’t quite believe what they’ve just heard.
Askew Sisters
Askew Sisters Emily and Hazel Askew are the young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music. Using fiddle and melodeon, they play and sing with an infectious enjoyment and love for the music, winning them fans wherever they go.
The Ram Company – Walzers & Wonders
“The Wakes is in town” Saturday afternoon features this acclaimed 90 min show about the travelling fairground .
Skyhook
skyhook are an exciting collaboration of three of the finest acoustic musicians in Sheffield, England. Martin Harwood, Cath James and Eoin Teather play traditional tunes and songs from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton Island, plus some brand new self-penned compositions.
Duncan McFarlane Band
Duncan McFarlane Band ‘Essentially solid, energetic English electric folk, full of pumping riffs and loads of energy’
Brooks Williams
Brookes Williams is a blues singing, guitar picking, bottleneck slide playing certified road warrior who has toured continuously for over twenty-one years. One of “America’s musical treasures.” His guitar skills won him a place on the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists list.
Lady Maisery
Lady Maisery are a exciting new trio of undoubtable pedegree with Hannah James (Kerfuffle, The Demon Barbers), Hazel Askew (The Askew Sisters) and Rowan Rheingans (Fidola) singing enchanting songs, ballads and tunes.
Blair Dunlop
Blair Dunlop, although only 18 years old, has already fitted a lot into his young life. As the son of folk legend Ashley Hutchings and singer Judy Dunlop he has been encouraged to take to the stage since a young age. He has now blossomed into a greatly admired singer, guitarist and actor.
Kate Young
Kate Young is a fiddler, singer and composer from Scotland. She composes music ranging from folk-style songs to instrumental ensemble work.