Steve Turner at the Saltcellar Folk Club

The next Saltcellar Folk Club is on Saturday 4^th February, 7.30pm, and we are very excited to be welcoming as headline artist Steve Turner, singer and concertina & cittern player.   

Steve began his music career on the Manchester folk scene in the 1960s and became professional after winning a Melody Maker award in 1979.  In 1991 he took a break from performing to pursue other interests and made a welcome return to the stage and recording studio in 2004.   

His 2008 album The Whirligig of Time featured guests Martin Carthy, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan and Miranda Sykes and received glowing reviews, including the following:

• This CD is a triumph and deserves to be recognised as one of the year’s best traditional albums
• Steve Turner is one of the finest exponents of concertina accompaniments around, if not the best.
• His interpretative power with narrative ballads reigns supreme – a mature and accomplished folk talent.      
• This is a great CD....... Go and see him live!

Steve has a new CD, Rim of the Wheel, released in December 2011 and he was featured on The Mike Harding Show on Radio 2 in November. Read more about him on his website www.steve-turner.co.uk.

The Saltcellar Folk Club starts at 7.30pm, admission is £6 on the door.  The evening will start with performances from the floor.  If you would like to perform, please come early and make yourself known.

For more information about Folk Club evenings and to see the programme for the rest of 2012, see www.saltcellarfolk.org.uk

Images from the January Singaround

We had a very enjoyable singaround at January's Saltcellar Folk Club with contributions from half a dozen or so high quality singers and players.  Thanks to everyone who performed.

A local illustrator, Ruth Whiter, has produced drawings of some of the performers at the singaround (see below). If you would like an artist print of any of them please contact Ruth (see Ruth's blog for more information).

A reminder that the next Saltcellar Folk Club is on Saturday 4th February at 7.30pm where we are excited to be welcoming Steve Turner, renowned singer and concertina & cittern player. See www.steve-turner.co.uk for more information.


Images from January's Folk Club:

 

 

Happy New Year!

The first Saltcellar Folk Club evening of 2012 is next Saturday, 7^th January and will be a singaround with performances from the floor.  If you play or sing, this is your chance to perform in front of a friendly audience.
  

If you enjoy listening to music, then come along to hear what promises to be a range of folk styles – there will undoubtedly be opportunities to join in too.   As there is no guest artist, the cost of admission will be reduced.  Admission £1 on the door.

Please make a note of the other Saltcellar Folk Club dates for 2012:

Feb 4:  Steve Turner www.steve-turner.co.uk

Mar 3:  Si Barron www.myspace.com/barronbrady

April       NO FOLK CLUB (Easter)

May 5:  The Raven (Stephen Moncrieff & Carolyn Forbes) http://theraven.me

Jun 2:  Jim Tigwell  www.theacousticroom.co.uk/tigwell.html

Jul 7:  Pete Kiddle  http://petekiddle.com

Aug        NO FOLK CLUB
Sep 1:  Keith Judson  www.keithjudson.co.uk

Oct 6: Sarah Jones    www.sarahjones.org.uk 
Nov 3:  Jeff & Elaine Gillett  www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aLWHuSo5g8

Dec 1:  The Yirdbards  www.myspace.com/sdfsdfwer4234