13th December 2012 at Horseshoe, London EC1.

Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English (& Irish) & Contemporary Folk.

Lineup: Bob Davenport (v), Roger Digby (concertina), Liz Giddings (fiddle) and guest: Peta Webb (v).

Bob Davenport is from Gateshead but has lived in London (within the Borough of Camden) since the 1950s (he is now 80). Starting out as a solo singer, he has since been accompanied by a variety of different bands and musicians (most notably the Rakes). In recent decades Roger Digby has been a consistent presence amongst his accompanists (their association goes back to the early days of the Islington Folk Club in the 1970s when Davenport was a resident singer and Digby part of the resident band Flowers & Frolics (they were also the club’s joint organisers for a period). In last few years Digby has formed a duo with Liz Giddings, and she has also joined him in accompanying Davenport. The material tackled was Davenport’s usual electic mix - traditional English songs (both from Tyneside “Byker Hill” and the wider country “Young Edmund”), Irish ones (“The Blarney Stone”, “Leaving Tipperary”), a Scots one (“Bogie’s Bonnie Belle”), soldiers’s songs and children’s rhymes. Plus works composed by Richard Thompson (“Beeswing”, Bertolt Brecht (“Alabama Song”, “Song of a German Mother” and a recitation by Digby of “A Worker reads History”), Will Fyffe (“12 and a tanner a bottle”), Percy French (“Mountains of Mourne”), Francis McPeake (“Wild Mountain Tyme”) and his own “Wild, Wild Whiskey”. For one number the group was joined by Peta Webb (another person assicialted with the early Islington Folk Club). I have previously photographed Davenport guesting with Jim MacFarland & Jerry O’Reilly (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157629923826731/) and Digby and Giddings as the resident band at the Musical Traditions Club (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157628964380407/).

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13th December 2012 at Horseshoe, London EC1.

Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English (& Irish) & Contemporary Folk.

Lineup: Bob Davenport (v), Roger Digby (concertina), Liz Giddings (fiddle) and guest: Peta Webb (v).

Bob Davenport is from Gateshead but has lived in London (within the Borough of Camden) since the 1950s (he is now 80). Starting out as a solo singer, he has since been accompanied by a variety of different bands and musicians (most notably the Rakes). In recent decades Roger Digby has been a consistent presence amongst his accompanists (their association goes back to the early days of the Islington Folk Club in the 1970s when Davenport was a resident singer and Digby part of the resident band Flowers & Frolics (they were also the club’s joint organisers for a period). In last few years Digby has formed a duo with Liz Giddings, and she has also joined him in accompanying Davenport. The material tackled was Davenport’s usual electic mix - traditional English songs (both from Tyneside “Byker Hill” and the wider country “Young Edmund”), Irish ones (“The Blarney Stone”, “Leaving Tipperary”), a Scots one (“Bogie’s Bonnie Belle”), soldiers’s songs and children’s rhymes. Plus works composed by Richard Thompson (“Beeswing”, Bertolt Brecht (“Alabama Song”, “Song of a German Mother” and a recitation by Digby of “A Worker reads History”), Will Fyffe (“12 and a tanner a bottle”), Percy French (“Mountains of Mourne”), Francis McPeake (“Wild Mountain Tyme”) and his own “Wild, Wild Whiskey”. For one number the group was joined by Peta Webb (another person assicialted with the early Islington Folk Club). I have previously photographed Davenport guesting with Jim MacFarland & Jerry O’Reilly (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157629923826731/) and Digby and Giddings as the resident band at the Musical Traditions Club (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157628964380407/).

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Bob Davenport Islington Folk Club Horseshoe

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13th December 2012 at Horseshoe, London EC1.

Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English (& Irish) & Contemporary Folk.

Lineup: Bob Davenport (v), Roger Digby (concertina), Liz Giddings (fiddle) and guest: Peta Webb (v).

Bob Davenport is from Gateshead but has lived in London (within the Borough of Camden) since the 1950s (he is now 80). Starting out as a solo singer, he has since been accompanied by a variety of different bands and musicians (most notably the Rakes). In recent decades Roger Digby has been a consistent presence amongst his accompanists (their association goes back to the early days of the Islington Folk Club in the 1970s when Davenport was a resident singer and Digby part of the resident band Flowers & Frolics (they were also the club’s joint organisers for a period). In last few years Digby has formed a duo with Liz Giddings, and she has also joined him in accompanying Davenport. The material tackled was Davenport’s usual electic mix - traditional English songs (both from Tyneside “Byker Hill” and the wider country “Young Edmund”), Irish ones (“The Blarney Stone”, “Leaving Tipperary”), a Scots one (“Bogie’s Bonnie Belle”), soldiers’s songs and children’s rhymes. Plus works composed by Richard Thompson (“Beeswing”, Bertolt Brecht (“Alabama Song”, “Song of a German Mother” and a recitation by Digby of “A Worker reads History”), Will Fyffe (“12 and a tanner a bottle”), Percy French (“Mountains of Mourne”), Francis McPeake (“Wild Mountain Tyme”) and his own “Wild, Wild Whiskey”. For one number the group was joined by Peta Webb (another person assicialted with the early Islington Folk Club). I have previously photographed Davenport guesting with Jim MacFarland & Jerry O’Reilly (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157629923826731/) and Digby and Giddings as the resident band at the Musical Traditions Club (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157628964380407/).

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Bob Davenport Islington Folk Club Horseshoe

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13th December 2012 at Horseshoe, London EC1.

Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English (& Irish) & Contemporary Folk.

Lineup: Bob Davenport (v), Roger Digby (concertina), Liz Giddings (fiddle) and guest: Peta Webb (v).

Bob Davenport is from Gateshead but has lived in London (within the Borough of Camden) since the 1950s (he is now 80). Starting out as a solo singer, he has since been accompanied by a variety of different bands and musicians (most notably the Rakes). In recent decades Roger Digby has been a consistent presence amongst his accompanists (their association goes back to the early days of the Islington Folk Club in the 1970s when Davenport was a resident singer and Digby part of the resident band Flowers & Frolics (they were also the club’s joint organisers for a period). In last few years Digby has formed a duo with Liz Giddings, and she has also joined him in accompanying Davenport. The material tackled was Davenport’s usual electic mix - traditional English songs (both from Tyneside “Byker Hill” and the wider country “Young Edmund”), Irish ones (“The Blarney Stone”, “Leaving Tipperary”), a Scots one (“Bogie’s Bonnie Belle”), soldiers’s songs and children’s rhymes. Plus works composed by Richard Thompson (“Beeswing”, Bertolt Brecht (“Alabama Song”, “Song of a German Mother” and a recitation by Digby of “A Worker reads History”), Will Fyffe (“12 and a tanner a bottle”), Percy French (“Mountains of Mourne”), Francis McPeake (“Wild Mountain Tyme”) and his own “Wild, Wild Whiskey”. For one number the group was joined by Peta Webb (another person assicialted with the early Islington Folk Club). I have previously photographed Davenport guesting with Jim MacFarland & Jerry O’Reilly (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157629923826731/) and Digby and Giddings as the resident band at the Musical Traditions Club (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157628964380407/).

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Bob Davenport Islington Folk Club Horseshoe

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13th December 2012 at Horseshoe, London EC1.

Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English (& Irish) & Contemporary Folk.

Lineup: Bob Davenport (v), Roger Digby (concertina), Liz Giddings (fiddle) and guest: Peta Webb (v).

Bob Davenport is from Gateshead but has lived in London (within the Borough of Camden) since the 1950s (he is now 80). Starting out as a solo singer, he has since been accompanied by a variety of different bands and musicians (most notably the Rakes). In recent decades Roger Digby has been a consistent presence amongst his accompanists (their association goes back to the early days of the Islington Folk Club in the 1970s when Davenport was a resident singer and Digby part of the resident band Flowers & Frolics (they were also the club’s joint organisers for a period). In last few years Digby has formed a duo with Liz Giddings, and she has also joined him in accompanying Davenport. The material tackled was Davenport’s usual electic mix - traditional English songs (both from Tyneside “Byker Hill” and the wider country “Young Edmund”), Irish ones (“The Blarney Stone”, “Leaving Tipperary”), a Scots one (“Bogie’s Bonnie Belle”), soldiers’s songs and children’s rhymes. Plus works composed by Richard Thompson (“Beeswing”, Bertolt Brecht (“Alabama Song”, “Song of a German Mother” and a recitation by Digby of “A Worker reads History”), Will Fyffe (“12 and a tanner a bottle”), Percy French (“Mountains of Mourne”), Francis McPeake (“Wild Mountain Tyme”) and his own “Wild, Wild Whiskey”. For one number the group was joined by Peta Webb (another person assicialted with the early Islington Folk Club). I have previously photographed Davenport guesting with Jim MacFarland & Jerry O’Reilly (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157629923826731/) and Digby and Giddings as the resident band at the Musical Traditions Club (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157628964380407/).
In this photo: Digby plays a Jeffries Anglo Concertina.

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