Stunning Folk Choir in February, Accordion Queen in March

February's Saltcellar Folk Club was attended by around 70 people, who enjoyed an evening of entertaining music from the Freshly Ground folk choir, ably supported by some great floor singers and musicians.

Freshly Ground tackled a wide repertoire of songs with great professionalism and, depending on the piece, humour, tenderness or vigour. We felt very privileged to have eleven great singers on the stage who combined their voices so well and were led with such effectiveness by Issy Emeny.

Photo: Laurie Burn

Thank you to the choir, picture above, and to all those who contributed floor spots.

On 2nd March the Saltcellar Folk Club will host Karen Tweed, one of the leading accordion players on the UK and International folk scene. She is a stunning soloist with a musical approach informed by tradition but which breaks convention and takes acoustic music into a new realm. 

According to the Irish Echo, what Karen has done is to "liberate the piano accordion from the oompah band stereotypes and demonstrate the instrument’s full melodicism" while Iain Anderson of BBC Radio Scotland describes her latest LP, "Essentially Invisible To The Eye", as "…beautifully presented and judged". More information is available via Karen's website.


The club will be open from 7.30pm in the basement of Totterdown Baptist Church on Wells Road. As always, singers or musicians who would like to perform "from the floor" during the evening should let us know either prior to the evening or as they arrive. The entrance fee is £6, less for performers.