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25 September 2010 Six larynxes, twelve lungs (at last count), and enough decibels to rival Krakatoa. Teesside’s Wilson Family have been pinning audiences to the wall for many years with their mighty choruses. Reckoned by many good judges to be the foremost ambassadors of English acapella singing, The Wilsons are the nearest thing to a force of nature that you’ll encounter in a folk club, other than lightning strikes and flash floods. But it’s not just volume: their deep understanding of the tradition and inventive arrangements have led to their being dubbed (by the late Peter Bellamy) The Northern Wilsonia. Hear them and believe… |
seats £7.00 |
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23 October 2010 A Sherburn and Bartley night is like no other. Imagine Eddie Izzard with a concertina and Billy Bragg with a brogue, and that‘ll take you only the first furlong. Hull-born Chris Sherburn can make a fair claim to being the best Irish-style concertina player in this part of the galaxy, and has a line in rambling, fractured humour that would leave a stone in stitches. Denny Bartley hails from the West of Ireland and drives things along with a blazing, propulsive guitar style and a voice that can strip paint and break hearts in the course of a single chorus. Individually they’re awesome, together they’re – Sherburn and Bartley! ‘Nuff said! |
seats £7.00 |
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4 December 2010 It’s carol time, and the glorious massed voices of Keighley’s Baccapella will be revving up with an evening of Sheffield carols, Cornish carols, carols from wherever, along with other seasonal fare. Baccapella flamed into being in the late 1980s as Sharon And The Students, originally counting Peter Bellamy among their contingent, and have continued to suck in singers from Keighley’s Bacca Pipes folk club. A rumour that mince pies will be available on the night was unconfirmed at presstime. You could always bring your own… |
seats £6.00 |
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