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26th November The final concert for 2009 at the Wildwood Flower Mountain Music Club features the THUNDERBRIDGE BLUEGRASS BOYS. Friday, 18 December 2009 at 8.30 pm at the George Hotel, South Molton, north Devon Check them out on www.mountainmusic.co.uk. Tickets for the concert are £10 in advance (definitely recommended). You can get the tickets by filling in the pro-forma below, sending a cheque (payable to the Club - remember to enclose a SAE), to WILDWOOD FLOWER MOUNTAIN MUSIC CLUB, 74 Oaklands, BIDEFORD, EX39 3HW Tel: 01237 472083, but you need to be quick off the mark to secure a ticket. If you are thinking of an evening out to celebrate Christmas, this is the one to go to – there may be a few surprises!? The night will be well worth the effort of getting up out of your comfy chairs. Why not make a night of it by having a fabulous, pre-concert meal (including Christmas meal choice) for only £13.95. Book your meal directly with the George Hotel (01769 572514) *************************************** There was a brief article about Cecil Sharp collecting songs in the Appalachians on the BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme - Saturday 21st. It is likely to be available on listen again until the next Saturday programme. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm It was to promote the fact that Sharp's diaries during that time are being made available online from the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) at www.efdss.org - http://library.efdss.org/exhibitions/sharpdiaries/ *************************************** Hunter Robertson will be playing and teaching clawhammer banjo at the Sweet Sunny South Festival in Hastings next September (Sept. 10-12, 2010) and is looking for gigs around it. He'll also be in the UK and Ireland in April, and a gig then too would be a helpful. *************************************** 19th November "Glow", the brand new release from Beverly Smith and Carl Jones is now available. Go to their website: www.smithnjones.net for purchase details and short mp3 samples. Cost in the USA is $16.50 using Paypal - check out the cost elsewhere by the email link. *************************************** You might want to check out the British Archive of Country Music at http://bacm.users.btopenworld.com/about.html There's an extensive list of cds avaiklable from their archives which include a good proportion of oldtime. *************************************** Due to health problems the organisers of the monthly club nights at The George Hotel, South Molton are calling a halt. The final club night will be Wednesday, 9 December 2009 8.30 pm and all are welcome. They have a final concert organised for December featuring the excellent Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys and further details are on their website www.mountainmusic.co.uk. *************************************** Tune in to www.ukcountryradio.com throughout the weekend of November 20-22, where Buffalo Gals will be featured UK artists. Tracks from their recordings will be played every hour throughout the weekend and an interview with Kate Lissauer will be featured on Sunday between noon and 1pm. You can even compete for a prize Buffalo Gals CD. Minor changes to the Buffalo Gals tour dates - see main listing *************************************** Music Weeks in Spain Following the wonderfully successful and fabulously fun old-time music weeks in Andalucia of the past three years, Kate Lissauer is pleased to announce that Spainmusic Old-Time weeks (La Fuente de Musica!) are happening again, as follows: Saturday through Saturday, April 24-May 1, 2010 Sunday through Sunday, May 2-9, 2010 Saturday through Saturday, October 2-9, 2010 Dave Bing will be our leader for each of the first two weeks, teaching fiddle and banjo along with his faithful assistant Kate Lissauer, OR, if enrollment is sufficient, he will be joined by his brother Tim Bing. Beverly Smith and Carl Jones will return for the October week It would help greatly in the planning if people enroll early. Return participants in particular should let Kate know of their intentions as soon as possible. The residential weeks are held in a beautiful and remote part of mountainous southeastern Spain, near the village of El Fonte, Sorbas, an hour’s drive north of Almeria. The site is self-contained, all meals are provided and rooms are shared with one or two other people. Double rooms for couples are available. Non-playing spouses, friends and family members are welcome but they must charge the same fee to everyone. £475 per person, £240 per child 14 or under, and £375 for participants who are camping on site. There is plenty to do in the area and nearby, including sightseeing in the national park, visits to beaches, rock climbing, hill walking, and visits to Granada or other places of cultural interest. (Although they have found in the past that no one particularly wants to go anywhere else once they have arrived!) Room, full board, tuition and use of all facilities, including a 20-meter swimming pool, are included in the price. Participants must provide their own transportation, and Kate can help and advise with that, and can arrange transport from Almeria airport, which can normally be shared with other participants. A deposit of £100 will secure a place on the course. For more information, please Kate Lissauer *************************************** 12th November Eve Morris would like to borrow a double bass hard case suitable for flying (I've never seen one with wings! - WM). Required for about a week in mid January. Please contact Eve by phone on 01823 432863 *************************************** This site is the first of the Banjo Roots Network, a 'work-in-progress' being created and hosted by Shlomo Pestcoe and Greg C. Adams. It is a projected series of related sites on MySpace that will explore the many different aspects of the history of the banjo, its Afro-Creole origins in the Caribbean in the 17th century, and its deep roots in the West African family of plucked lutes. The principal objective of the Banjo Roots Network is to be a platform for public outreach and education through which they can share the latest findings of recent banjo roots research. Likewise, they hope that it will also serve as a springboard for dialogue and collaboration between researchers within the banjo community as well as scholars working in different, but related disciplines. *************************************** Canadian band Viper Central play a mix of bluegrass and oldtime. They are in the UK from April 23 - May 6. They have some bookings already but some dates still available. These are... April 23 April 24 April 25 (booked for radio program in the afternoon only) April 27 (tentative booking - Leicester) April 30 May 1 May 2 (tentative booking - Leicester if not 27th) May 3 *************************************** 7th November Next years's Celtic Connections festival, Glasgow, 14th to 31st January, includes Bruce Molsky, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Tim and Mollie O’Brien, Jerry Douglas and the Hotclub of Cowtown amongst a wealth of artists from various genres. http://www.celticconnections.com *************************************** The Saggy Bottom Boys are being dragged out of their retirement for one last stand. The gig will be at the Tiger, Beverley in East Yorkshire U.K. on Friday November the 6th *************************************** |