ANGUS
& DUNDEE ROOTS FESTIVAL 2009
(26th
Sept – 4th Oct 2009)
The Programme for the
ROOTS SESSIONS and BOTHY BALLADS CONCERT
Sunday - Sept 27;
Three Bellies Brae, Kirriemuir;
Tunes & Songs, open session with
Mike Ward & The Fishermans
Arbroath Webster Theatre (Foyer Bar)
Songs & Tunes, open session with
Maureen Jelks, Leslie McLuckie, Ken Johnston & Jim Penny
After many years in the ‘popular’ music trade he set up his own shop ‘Vintage Strings’, specialising in all stringed instruments, including pianos!, but concentrates on the fiddle, viola, cello, guitar, mandoline etc; sales, repairs, set-ups, repairs, advice – whatever.
He will be joined at the session by the Fishermans Friends, a lively group of singers and musicians from the local session in Broughty Ferry.
Four great singers, different styles, unaccompanied singing and with guitar, mandoline, mandocello etc.
Maureen is well known for her Dundee songs and ballads, recorded on ‘First time ever’, ‘Coorse and Fine’ etc. Leslie is a regular at the Fishermans session.
Ken returns to Angus after 27 years in Kendal, working in carpet designing, plus much music at the Kendal Folk and Ceilidh circuit. Jim from Arbroath – robust singer, many songs and tunes on guitar, mandoline, moothie and bodhran.
Roots
Session 7.30pm
Arbroath Webster Theatre (Foyer Bar)
Tunes & Songs, open session with
Gordon Ewan, Nigel Jelks, David Adam, Niel Jelks
& Barbara Dymock
Arbroath Webster Theatre Assembly Hall
Scott Gardiner, John Valentine,
Geordie Murison, Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright.
Gordon and Nigel play together regularly at the Kirriemuir weekly session, plus ceilidh band gigs with Niel on guitar. David is originally from Inverness, founder member of ‘Skelpaig’, great stock of tunes and spirited performance on all instruments. Barbara was the original singer and founder member of ‘Ceolbeg’ and ‘Fon a Bhord’. Great songs and fine bodhran player.
Scott Gardiner, John Valentine, Geordie Murison,
Lucy Pringle and Chris Wright.
The return of the ‘Ballads & Bothy Ballads’ concerts that were formerly held at the House of Dun.
Scott Gardiner is one of Scotland's top traditional singers, and has been performing at concerts and festivals across the country since his schooldays. Brought up on a farm near Forfar, he is best known for singing the bothy ballads and songs of the north-east.
John Valentine (from Cove near Aberdeen) is a great singer, storyteller and MC. He is also a much sought after pipe band drummer. He comes to the Homecoming events fresh from the Kirriemuir Festival 2009.
Geordie Murison comes from Netherley, near Stonehaven and is a regular at festivals across the British Isles. He has won many singing competitions with his traditional and bothy ballad singing, and is also a fine fiddle, guitar and mandolin player.
Chris Wright (Cittern, Vocals and Tablas) is a singer and instrumentalist from the east coast of Scotland. He has performed with a number of Scottish traditional musicians and groups including Allan MacDonald & Margaret Stewart, Deaf Shepherd and Malinky. Chris also works for the landmark Kist o’ Riches (Tobar an Dualchais) project, cataloguing the Scots song archive at the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, with the material to be made available on-line worldwide.
Lucy
Pringle, originally from Dollar, sang with ‘The Linties’
and with Robin Galloway & Denise Cant for several years before teaming
up with Chris Wright. ‘Lucy & Chris’ received a ‘Danny
Award’ at the Danny Kyle Open Stage Winners' Concert, Glasgow Royal
Concert Hall, Celtic Connections 2009.
www.homecomingscotland2009.com
And
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
This site last updated on the 8th September 2009
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