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REG MEUROSS

We are incredibly lucky to get Reg at short notice ( the Goblin Band gig had to be rescheduled to next January ). Tonight will be the South London debut of his new and brilliant song cycle "Fire and Dust." This tells very movingly the story of Woody Guthrie, with a mixture of Reg's original songs and some of Woody's classics.  Reg will sing most of the cycle in his first half tonight.

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"Fire and Dust" follows his previous concept album  "Stolen From God" his outstanding and very successful song cycle on the slave trade and its connection to the South West in General and Bristol in particular. You can expect songs from this in the second half , as well as others from his awesome back catalogue, which covers among other subjects  the NHS, Emily Dickinson, Victor Jara , the tragic fates of murdered or separated lovers and of the ignominy heaped upon unmarried mothers and prostitutes even after death. 

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Reg's recent material is a career high from someone who has long been one of our very best singer songwriters.  

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Entrance tonight is £12  

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MACDARA YEATES

Macdara is a brilliant young singer from Dublin coming out of the Cobblestone following in  the tracks of Lankum, Ye Vagabonds, Landless and Lisa O'Neill . Last year I saw him take the Traditional sessions at Sidmouth Folk Festival by storm and he has recently released his first album " Traditional Songs from Dublin" and is touring the UK this summer. His singing has been described as "This is no fireside singer crooning shyly to his shoes. Macdara possesses a rare power and projection " Mascara sings either unaccompanied or with a guitar . If you like traditional singing this is the gig for you . 

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Entrance tonight is £12          

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3 August

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DUEA

We don't normally have an August gig but I have persuaded Duea to come to England specially ! I invited them because I saw them at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival last year and I thought their act was far and away the best act there. If you're in London come along for a great evening.

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Sisters Chiara and Sara are from the Varaita Valley in Piedmont. They are fiddle players who play with joy, brilliance and with uncanny sibling togetherness. . 

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DUEA's music has its roots in Italian traditional melodies and dance tunes, supported by their own original tradition based tunes. Check them out on 

​duea.info

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Entrance Tonight is £12  

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5 September 

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CLUB DEBRIS!

A warm welcome back to Club Debris who packed us out when they played here before. Five musicians with a wonderfully varied background playing high energy trad/folk music in brazenly major keys; no nonsense tunes (fiddles, accordion mandolin and keyboards) with a pro-nonsense attitude and a no nonsense step dancer!

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he band's music draws on the French Canadian tradition, with North American and Irish/Scottish influences; they were got together by fiddle player Maisie Greenwood, who fell in love with Quebecois music after visiting Montreal. The band also includes fiddle/accordion player Will Allen of Brown Boots fame, Duncan Menzies who has also played at Dulwich with Copper Viper and the Clementine Lovell Trio, keyboard player Will Chamberlain  with Jess Collins on percussive dance .

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They are natural band for festivals given that most of their material is high energy dance music so we are particularly pleased to tempt them back to a folk club gig. It will be a great one. Get here early.

  

Entrance tonight is £15. ​

 

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