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Tudor Folk Club
Chesham, Bucks, England
Programme of events and details of guests
January 14th Damien Barber and Mike Wilson
With Damien, who we last saw with the Demon Barbers, and Mike from the famous singing Wilson family, this will be a splendid night of traditional and recent music.
Tickets £7 for members, £9 for visitors.
January 28th Acoustic Strawbs.
The acoustic Strawbs will be back in Chesham to give us another night of great music and a bit of nostalgia.
Tickets in advance (advisable) price £10 each (£8 for members). Send cheque payable to Tudor Folk Club + SAE to:
John Hatton, 519 Waterside, Chesham, HP5 1QF.
Please also quote your email address if applicable for immediate confirmation of receipt.
February 4th Benji Kirkpatrick.
Benji returns to Chesham and will, as ever, give us a superb evening of entertainment.
Tickets (on the door) will be £8 each (£6 for members).
February 11th - Singers/Players/Listeners night
February 18th Steve Tilston.
The writer and performer of brilliant songs, and one of the best guitarists in the UK.
Tickets (on the door) will be £8 each (£6 for members).
February 25th - Singers/Players/Listeners night
March 3rd Flossie Malavialle.
The Darlington based French songstress who has wowed our members whenever she's been heard.
After 12 years teaching English full time in France, Flossie came as a French teacher in Stockton-on Tees. Having sung for years in France, she joined Darlington Folk Club to meet the locals and sing. Although she returned to France for a year, she missed the life in England and came back! Now based in Darlington, she teaches when needed but mainly focuses on her singing. She has released 5 albums. Her songs include famous numbers, such as 'Roll on the day' 'Making up the miles' 'The child who asks why', and Edith Piaf's 'No regrets' and 'La vie en rose', but also songs which are full of 'vavavoum' and she makes space for lovely ballads as well as jazzy tunes.
March 10th Singers/Players/Listeners night
March 17th Issy and David Emeney.
Much of their material is original, but their style is distinctly traditional. Accompanying themselves on melodeon, guitar and bouzouki, with fine vocal harmonies and strong arrangements, their audience is with them from the word go.
Strongly recommended by some of our favourite artists we're looking forward to a great night. £8 for visitors, £6 for members.
March 24th - Closed - Bank Holiday
March 31st Dave Gibb.
Equally at home on a folk club, festival or concert stage, his reputation grows with each performance.
Singing in a warm, soulful voice, ably self-accompanied on guitar, he wins friends with a set that mixes mellow, folksy ballads with hard edged country blues and a sprinkling of comic material.
April 7th - Singers/Players/Listeners night
April 14th Steph West.
Steph was a New Roots competition finalist a year or two ago, and last year she did a feature night for us. We were so impressed with her style, voice and all round splendidness we felt we had to have her back for a full guest spot. This is your chance to see one of tomorrow's big names before you've got to queue for tickets at the Festival Hall. Tickets £5 for members, £7 for visitors
April 21st - Singers/Players/Listeners night
April 28th Dave Ellis and Boo Howard.
One of our favourite duos who never fail to please!
£6 members/£8 visitors
May 5th - Closed, Bank Holiday
May 12th - Dana and Susan Robinson
"...rural America explored with elegant simplicity. Their music and cleanly poetic songwriting bring to mind the great folksingers of our times"
Asheville Citizen-Times
Dana and Susan make music that is a perfect blend of the old and new, bringing roots and tradition to contemporary songwriting. With depth, and clarity, Dana writes songs about America, the land and its people. They bring to their performances an understanding of America's musical heritiage.
We last saw Dana and Susan in 2005 and look forward to seeing them again. (£8/£6)
May 19th Players/Singers/Listeners night
May 26th Closed - Bank Holiday
June 2nd - Bob Fox
The man with Tudor Folk coming out of his ears. A welcome return for the most accomplished of singers. Only £6 for members and £8 for visitors.
June 9th - Singers/Players/Listeners night
June 16th - Sleeping Dogz
"Welcome to the beguiling, hilarious, delightful world of Sleeping Dogz....
Craziness, underwritten by some great, nicely individual acoustic music"
Rock 'n' Reel magazine 2007
Their versatility is reflected in the number of instruments played between them, including guitar, fiddle, cello, banjo, balalaika, uilleann pipes, whistles, harmonium and djembe, producing a blend of highly emotive original music and arrangements.
June 23rd - Singers/Players/Listeners night
June 30th - New Roots young musicians night, featuring
Terry Emm
Singer Songwriter, and
Matt Quinn and Dogan Mehmet
Dynamic English/Turkish Cypriot meld of styles
Every year Tudor gives opportunities to young performers who have been finalists in the St Albans New Roots competition. Come along and hear the stars of tomorrow.
July 7th -
Paul Downes
"One of the most able and talented, yet underrated singer/guitarists on the folk scene."
It's been a while since Paul was with us and we're looking forward to seeing him again.
Definitely one of the leading exponents of traditional and contemporary folk music in this country.