NEXT AT DOWNEND FOLK CLUB: JACKIE OATES WITH MIKE COSGRAVE (SUPPORT FROM KIM LOWINGS & THE GREENWOOD
Every once in a while, you might chance upon a singer with a voice which might just change your life. Come along to Downend Folk Club, on Friday 17th July, and you will hear that singer. You will hear JACKIE OATES.
Fresh from last month’s fantastic gig, we welcomes the critically acclaimed singer and fiddle player. Jackie will be presenting songs from her new album, "The Spyglass & The Herringbone", as well as from her five other records. Combining wit, stage presence and a disarmingly beautiful voice, Jackie’s take on traditional English ballads and songs will take you on a journey far and near.
Jackie’s career has seen her nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards in 2003, and win two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards including the Horizon Award for best newcomer, as well as her 2009 album Hyperboreans receive a nomination for the fRoots Critics’ Poll Album of the Year. She was also a founder member of Northumbrian group and Mercury nominated Rachel Unthank and the Winterset.
"Hers is such a different world that whenever I hear [her] I just want to be part of it" - Word
We are rightly excited about Jackie’s appearance, as we continue to build their profile as one of the most exciting folk venues in the country. Jackie’s crystal clear singing, sensitive fiddle playing and Mike Cosgrave’s accordion and guitar will mean a night to remember.
Opening proceedings will be KIM LOWINGS & THE GREENWOOD, a four-piece from Stourbridge whose repertoire spans the traditional and the original. With vocals, piano and Appalachian dulcimer from Kim, and guitar, percussion and more from the band, the audience is assured a diverse and invigorating set from a group who have performed at Moira Furnace Folk Festival, Bromsgrove Folk Festival, and Warwick Folk Festival, winning the New Folk competition.
The event will be held at Frenchay Village Hall on Friday 17th July 2015. Doors open at 7.30pm and there will be a full bar serving GWB real ale, cider, wine and a range of soft drinks, as well as a raffle.
Tickets are £12 in advance, £14 on the door, and are available from Melanie’s Kitchen, Bristol Ticket Shop and online HERE. Members tickets are £11 and are available from the Members Only area of the website or direct from Ant Miles.
The winners of Best Group and Best Duo at April's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards head up another stunning programme to round off 2015 at Downend Folk Club.
Top performers THE YOUNG'UNS will be the guests in November, while the highly-acclaimed duo JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER will headline the December event at Christ Church Downend. The programme is completed by two former Horizon Award winners: SAM CARTER joins us in September, while October's guest will be EWAN McLENNAN.
Support acts will be announced nearer the time.
Tickets will go on sale during the next 24-hours at www.downendfolkclub.co.uk. You'll also be able to buy tickets for each event from the Monday following the preceding event at Melanie's Kitchen and Kafe Karma. Finally, tickets will be available from Bristol Ticket Shop soon.
So, grab your tickets and join us for four absolutely top-notch concerts! Remember that's it really is a big help to the club if you buy tickets in advance.
We are excited to announce our next concert as we welcome the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated duo O'HOOLEY & TIDOW on Friday 19th June.
Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow, both singer-songwriters and performers in their own rights, have been singing and recording together since 2009. Three albums, a Best Duo nomination at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and national and international plaudits later, the team at Downend are rightly thrilled to be bringing the act to the club.
Both Belinda and Heidi hail from Yorkshire, with their music reflecting both their English heritage and their international outlook. Their songs, written together as collaborative pieces, capture the soul and imagination which they also bring to their live performances. Their “beautifully unusual songs touch on everything from dark folk tales, cross-dressing historical figures, the global economy, right through to a song about the last polar bear.”, and Mojo awarded their latest album, The Hum, their Folk Album Of The Year 2014, describing it as “‘boldly defiant and sharply individual. One of British Folk’s mightiest combinations’.
Expect a fantastic night of sharp, emotionally-effecting singing and songs from this multi-talented duo.
Support on the night will come from Birmingham’s Robert Lane. Robert is a singer-songwriter, drawing inspiration from The Beatles, Pete Townshend, Rufus Wainwright and Ron Sexsmith, and has appeared at locations as diverse as The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Birmingham Artsfest and The Tenby Blues Festival.
Tickets are available from from Kafe Karma, Melanie's Kitchen, Bristol Ticket Shop or online here, £10 in advance. Members tickets are £9 each from the "Members Only" section of the website (after you've logged in). If there are any left on the door, they'll cost £12 each.
Doors open at 7.30pm and there will be a full bar serving GWB real ale, cider, wine and a range of soft drinks, as well as a raffle.
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