Monday
4th July we welcomed Geoff Higginbottom back to the club. It proved to
be a wonderful evening from Geoff (as always!) who entertained the well
attended gathering with his wealth of traditional songs and music
presented in his own inimitable style. The audience responded by joining
in the great choruses and jovial banter! Thank you Geoff.
Our guest for 1st August, S
teve
Turner, is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English
concertina song
accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one
of the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also accompanies himself on the cittern, and also plays mandolin and banjo.
Our guest for 1st August, S
teve
Turner, is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English
concertina songaccompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one
of the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also accompanies himself on the cittern, and also plays mandolin and banjo.
After a thirteen year break, building
up an internationally known stringed instrument business, he made a
welcome return to performing in folk clubs and festivals in 2005.
Steve’s 5th
album, his first for 22 years "The
Whirligig of Time"
was long listed for the BBC folk awards in 2008. His 6th album "Rim
of the Wheel"
was released in spring 2012 and received rave reviews – David
Kidman in N.E. Folk Roundabout called it “sheer genius a sure
contender for one of my folk albums of 2012” This was backed up by
many festival bookings and re-plays on the radio on the Mike
Harding Show Radio 2
and Late
Junction Radio 3
and a
full page article in F/Roots in July 2012.
Steve’s new
7th album “Spirit
of the Game”
was released
in
January 2016.
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