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Marty Craggs & his
Unexpected Visitors
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Former Happy Cats frontman, Marty Craggs is
currently writing songs with Paul Alex Campbell (ex-Christians),
and performs together with Flossie Malavialle on acoustic guitar
and vocals, Steve Sekrit (ex-Punishment of Luxury) on drums, Rob
Anderson on acoustic and bass guitar, and Pat Raferty on
piano/Hammond Organ/accordion and also on vocals. Collectively
they make up a fantastic six-piece band, playing some original
songs and well-chosen covers.
Marty & his band headline our Friday evening
concert.
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Jez Lowe
www.jezlowe.com
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Jez is one of the best respected and most
influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the Nort-East
folk scene. He has released a staggering 15 albums of original
songs, and he contributed over 20 to the BBC "Radio
Ballads" which won two Sony Radio Academy Awards.
For the last 25 years, Jez has toured the
world building a formidable reputation in the USA, Australia
and Europe, and gaining the respect of his peers and his
audience alike. Folk supremo Richard Thompson called him
"the best songwriter to emerge from the UK in a long
time", and his songs are among the most widely sung by
folk singers and bands around the country's clubs and
festivals.
His album "Northern Echoes" won Album of the Year in
the USA as part of the Indie Acoustic Project Awards. The live
double disc set features 17 classic Jez Lowe songs recorded
"Live on the Tyne" with his full band, the Bad
Pennies, plus a "Song for Geordie" DVD that mixes
documentary and music footage from his 2007 tour of the same
name. Indeed in that year Jez was nominated for the BBC Radio
2 Folk Awards as "Folk singer of the Year".
Jez headlines our Saturday afternoon concert.
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Real Time
www.kennyspeirs.com
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Many of you will remember Kenny Speirs from his
days with regular Sedgefield visitors, The John Wright Band. In 2002 Kenny
formed Real Time with his partner Judy Dinning of Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies
fame and for the next eleven years they toured extensively all over Europe and also in the U.S.A. until Judy’s untimely death in October
2013.
Since losing Judy, Kenny decided to carry on with Real Time, and the band continues to enjoy huge success with Eilidh Grant taking on the main singing
duties and Kenny's old mate Tommy Roseburgh on keyboards.
Real Time will headline our final concert on
Saturday evening.
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The Goat Roper Rodeo Band
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One of North Wales’ fastest rising bands, their
cosmic country blues has been exciting audiences across Britain
and were nominated for “Best UK Live Act” by Spiral Earth.
Described as a “Fantastic blend of Rockabilly,
Folk and Country Blues… One of the most original acts I’ve
seen” (Cultured Vulture) the Goat Ropers have had a busy couple
of years performing at numerous festivals across the UK including
the Cambridge Folk Festival.
With just two old guitars, an upright bass and a
bucket full of aching harmony, The Goat Roper Rodeo Band are out
there preaching ‘country blues’, like you’ve never heard!
Seamlessly blending rockabilly, heartfelt blues, folk and country
music they may well be the best American band not to have come
from the USA!
Jim, Tom and Sam will be on stage at the Parish
Hall in our Saturday evening concert.
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Stony
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Stony
are firm favourites with Sedgefield audiences having appeared here
several times in recent years. They are an acoustic-based
singer-songwriting duo from Scarborough featuring Richard Adams on
guitar and vocals and Mark Gordon on keyboards and vocals.
They
will be appearing in our Final concert on Saturday evening.
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Jack Burness
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Jack's music has taken him all
over the UK playing folk clubs, bars and festivals. His songs are
often laced with dry humour and are usually of a semi
autobiographical nature, and always passionate about his Stanley
hometown. Jack plays acoustic guitar and harmonica and has a fine,
strong, expressive voice. A founder member of The Cornerboys duo
but now mostly playing solo gigs, Jack will be appearing in our
Saturday afternoon concert.
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Granny's Attic
www.grannysattic.org.uk
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Granny’s Attic – Cohen
Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (Melodeon, Concertina,
Vocals), George Sansome (Guitar, Vocals) and Lewis
Wood (Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals) – are a folk trio who play
the tradition with verve, energy and their own inimitable style.
These three young men are all exceptional musicians, fine singers
and play a range of English, Irish and Scottish traditional music
as well as their own compositions. Formed in 2009, they have since
played at clubs and festivals up and down the country, and have
been heralded for their lively performances and maturity beyond
their years in their delivery and selection of traditional songs.
See them on our Saturday afternoon concert.
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Los Capitanes
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Los Capitanes are a Spanish-infused 3-piece
acoustic band based in the North of England, covering songs from
flarmenco to rock and pop.
Band Members Michael Bedwell
(Guitars/Vocals/Percussion), Richard Marshall (Guitars/Vocals) and
David McKeague (Cajon/Percussion/Vocals) are from Barnard Castle
but are starting to make themselves known to a wider area thanks
to their superb musicianship and infectious material.
See them on our Friday evening concert.
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John Wrightson Band
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John Wrightson has spent many years
involved in music in his native North East. Initially working with
bands on the club circuit he became interested in acoustic/folk
music and since 1988 has been a prolific writer of excellent
songs, dealing with thought provoking, contentious issues, ever
since. Several CD’s of original songs, all recorded in his own
studio, are available at gigs, with many now being sung by folk
professionals such as Vin Garbutt and Flossie Malavialle.
Joan Edmundson's keyboards and vocals along with Kenny
Jobson's guitar and vocals join John in the band. When
available, Joan's daughter Jane adds violin to the band. The John Wrightson Band, quite rightly, has
a strong local following and are residents at the monthly Live
Music Club held at Sedgefield Cricket Club. John, Joan and Bob
Edmundson organise this popular local event where many of the
Festival artists have recently appeared.
The band will be first on the Parish
Hall stage on Friday evening to start the festival.
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Trish McLean
www.trishmclean.co.uk
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Well known and loved singer/songwriter around the
north-east folk circuit, Trish is no stranger to Sedgefield
audiences. After a 2017 festival spot as a duo with Judith Haswell,
Trish returns this year to treat you to some beautiful songs and
her own brand of Teesside humour!
Trish will be appearing on our Friday
evening Parish Hall concert.
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Ray Thom
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Ray has been a stalwart supporter of the
Sedgefield folk scene for many years. He is also one of the
regular team members in the musical dramatisation shows produced
by John Wrightson and Robert Lowery, such as "She's
Fired", "Life in a Pit Village" and "Tin
Soldier". Ray will be performing in the
Saturday evening Parish Hall concert. He will also
be in Cedesfeld Hall on Saturday afternoon for a "Tribute to
Bert Draycott".
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James Ward will perform his tribute to another of our
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Dave Wilson
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Dave Wilson is a popular performer known to many
around the North East's Country Music clubs. As our previous
concert MC Andy McLaughlin was unable to be with us last year Dave
stepped into the breach and oversaw our three Parish Hall concerts
with masterful effect. Now part of the Sedgefield tradition Dave
will once again be in charge of the main stage concerts.
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Marske Fishermen's Choir
www.marskefishermenschoir.co.uk
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The
Marske Fishermen's Choir are a group of people (currently all male
although there has been a female member in the past) who enjoy
singing and are willing to give their time freely to practise
weekly and give concerts during the spring and autumn seasons.
They raise funds principally for the RNLI and other
worthwhile causes, and entertain at care homes, village halls,
churches and chapels, pubs & clubs or even out in the open.
They
will start our Saturday afternoon concert in the Parish Hall.
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The Old Age Travellers
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The Old
Age Travellers are a 3-piece band with a wide repertoire of
songs that are well loved in the folk world with a soft spot
for the music of Ireland and Scotland in particular. Their
appearances are all about audience participation and "having
a good time". They will be leading the Saturday evening get
together in Ceddesfeld Hall from 7:30pm until the care home drags
them out!
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Alterego
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.Alterego is a York (Stamford Bridge)/Leeds based band specialising in foot tapping barn dance music, lively original tunes and traditional and original songs.
Equally at home at a ceilidh, a folk club or a festival stage Alterego is guaranteed to get
your feet tapping.
2016 sees Alterego performing at folk clubs and festival concerts across
the North and we are pleased to welcome them back to Sedgefield
Along with Ernie Gilchrist they will be
hosting the Saturday afternoon singaround in Cedesfeld Hall.
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Ernie Gilchrist
Ernie Gilchrist on
guitar/vocals/percussion will be hosting the Saturday afternoon
singaround in Cedesfeld Hall along with Alterego.
He will also be in charge of the final singaround on Sunday
afternoon.
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Lol and Maxine Crallan
Lol and
Maxine have been playing music together for 30 years.
Lol plays the guitar and ukulele. Maxine plays clarinet,
flute and recorder. The mixture of instruments gives them a wide
range of sounds and they play many styles of music from folk,
standards, rock and pop with a few surprises and twists.
Lol has recently turned his
hand to teaching and runs a ukulele workshop in Ceddesfeld Hall.
Maxine is an experienced teacher of piano and woodwind and runs
Beat Buddies a class for young children also in Ceddesfeld Hall.
They
will be in Ceddesfeld Hall on Friday evening. Enjoy the music and
don’t be afraid to sing and dance along.
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Step This Way
Step This Way are an Appalachian clog
dance team based in Durham. Their lively performances are
accompanied by the Bones Creek Band. They will be performing around
Sedgefield at various times throughout Saturday. Try to catch at
least one of their performances!
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