3rd August (evening) 2019 at Woodlands Hotel (Conservatory), Sidmouth.

"The Tradition Gathers" (first evening of "Traditional Night Out"), Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).

Country: Ireland. Style: Traditional Irish Folk.

Lineup: Eileen O'Brien (fiddle), Conor Keane (button accordion).

I also photographed this duo from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary and Ennis, Co. Clare at the Bedford Hotel the next evening.
More information: www.facebook.com/eobfiddle/, www.conorkeanemusic.com/.

Tags:   Folk Music Ireland Irish Folk Eileen O'Brien & Conor Keane Eileen O'Brien Conor Keane Fiddle Violin Button Accordion Accordion Traditional Night Out Sidmouth Folk Festival Woodlands Hotel Sidmouth

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3rd August (evening) 2019 at Woodlands Hotel (Conservatory), Sidmouth.

"The Tradition Gathers" (first evening of "Traditional Night Out"), Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk - Comic Songs.

Lineup: Bill Murray (v).

Bill Murray from Dartmoor has collected mant songs from "old boys" in North Tawton and around. He has been involved in every one of the thirty-six Dartmoor Folk Festivals.

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3rd August (evening) 2019 at Woodlands Hotel (Conservatory), Sidmouth.

"The Tradition Gathers" (first evening of "Traditional Night Out"), Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).

Country: Britain - Scotland. Style: Traditional Scottish Folk.

Lineup: Sheena Wellington (v).

Sheena Wellington (74 later in August) is from Dundee and has moved back after many years in Fife. I saw her performing with Ishbel MacAskill on my first visit to Sidmouth in 1997 (then it was the Sidmouth International Folk Arts Festival). I took photos of her at Celtic Connections at a "Dewar Award Winners" concert in 2012 and a "Songs of Struggle" one in 2013 (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/sheenawellington,-...). Here she sang "Women O' Dundee", "The Shearing's not for you" and Jim Reid's setting of Violet Jacob's poem "Norlan' Wind".

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain Scotland Scottish Folk Sheena Wellington Traditional Night Out Sidmouth Folk Festival Woodlands Hotel Sidmouth

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3rd August (evening) 2019 at Woodlands Hotel (Conservatory), Sidmouth.

"The Tradition Gathers" (first evening of "Traditional Night Out"), Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).

Country: Britain - Scotland. Style: Traditional Scottish Folk.

Lineup: Sheena Wellington (v).

Sheena Wellington (74 later in August) is from Dundee and has moved back after many years in Fife. I saw her performing with Ishbel MacAskill on my first visit to Sidmouth in 1997 (then it was the Sidmouth International Folk Arts Festival). I took photos of her at Celtic Connections at a "Dewar Award Winners" concert in 2012 and a "Songs of Struggle" one in 2013 (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/sheenawellington,-...). Here she sang "Women O' Dundee", "The Shearing's not for you" and Jim Reid's setting of Violet Jacob's poem "Norlan' Wind".

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain Scotland Scottish Folk Sheena Wellington Traditional Night Out Sidmouth Folk Festival Woodlands Hotel Sidmouth

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3rd August (evening) 2019 at Woodlands Hotel (Conservatory), Sidmouth.

"The Tradition Gathers" (first evening of "Traditional Night Out"), Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk & Music Hall.

Lineup: Alvar Smith (v/banjo), Derek Simpson (v/melodeon), Rob Neal (v/cello).

The three members of this group are based in East Suffolk. Alvar Smith and Rob Neal were born there, while Drek Simpson was born in Cambridge. They focus on Our East Anglian songs and tunes and Music Hall. I have photographed them before: all three in a larger "Suffolk Night" grouping put together by Simpson (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157634495761538/); Neal and Smith as part of Katie’s Quartet (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157628414950419/), and Smith as a performer at one of 2017 "Traditional Night Out" evenings (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157686269847390/).
In this photo: Neal playing the cello is hidden behind Smith.
More information: acoustic-east.org.uk/?page_id=622, www.facebook.com/HarbourLightsTrio/.

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Music Hall Harbour Lights Trio Derek Simpson Alvar Smith Traditional Night Out Sidmouth Folk Festival Woodlands Hotel Sidmouth

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