Newsletter #50 - South Riding Folk Arts Network

Number 50 Spring 2006
South Riding Folk Arts Network
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NEWS
The Sheffield Folk Festival
Songs from Frank Kidson: #2
Session pubs: the Upperthorpe
The Return of the Worksop Regal
Bradfield Traditional Music Weekend 2006
Dance Displays – Reviews
News & Views from around the region
Supporting the Traditional Arts in South Yorkshire and the North Midlands
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This unique on-train entertainment costs no more than an ordinary train
ticket (around £5.35 return from Sheffield). At Edale we visit the Rambler
Inn for home cooked food and liquid refreshment, entertained by a further
session from the band.
Trains depart at 19:14 (7.14 pm) from Sheffield and return at 21:28 (9.28
pm) from Edale, stopping at Dore, Grindleford, Hathersage, Bamford and
Hope en route.
25 April 2006 Silverwheel
A relatively new band of experienced musicians: you will recognise
most of them, apart, perhaps, from new vocalist Sue. If the tracks on
the Radio Sheffield website are anything to go by, she is a very
capable addition to their folk-rock sound..
23 May 2006 CeilidhSoc Special
The University’s Ceilidh Society has breathed new life into the Sheffield
folk scene, becoming the focus for a number of talented young singers
and musicians, a selection of which we present tonight.
27 June 2006 Sheffield City Morris
A song, a tune, a dance, a monologue, a good pint of ale and a balmy
summer evening in the country. What more could one ask? You won’t be
disappointed when SCM once again present their entertaining
roadshow.
Information: Gerry Bates 0114 266 9532
http://www.folktrain.co.uk/

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Editorial
Our apologies for the later than usual arrival of this edition. Print dates tend to
be tied to significant regional events, so the Autumn issue is scheduled to provide
info for the Sheffield Festival in October. Winter has usually been squeezed
in early so that Spring can cover May Day; since that event won’t be happening
this year, we’ve allowed ourselves some flexing of the schedule, particularly as
our main contributors have had to deal with various unrelated emergencies
recently. We hope that this issue is interesting enough to make up for the wait.
Folk Music in the Media
The Folk Arts have had some pretty good exposure on television and radio
lately. BBC4’s Folk Britannia series examined the post-war Revival in creditable
–if not always entirely balanced– detail over three episodes, with contributions
from a lot of people who were actually there at the time. Not always as accurate
as it might have been and with, at times, perhaps some rather odd choices of
interviewee; but very interesting and valuable nonetheless. Just the kind of
thing that public service broadcasting ought to be doing, though perhaps with a
wider overview and more objective comment another time. The series probably
over-stressed the Southern English revival at the expense of equally important
movements in the rest of Britain and Ireland, but that redressed to an extent the
usual media imbalance; where a newcomer to the subject might be forgiven
for assuming that only the “Celtic” countries have any traditional music at all.
The “contemporary folk” phenomenon –largely a post-war invention based on
American models– was extensively covered both in the documentaries and in
the accompanying concerts. Influential performers like Pentangle, Donovan
(not at his best), Dick Gaughan, the Carthy/Waterson clan, Bert Jansch and
Shane McGowan were also featured, together with concerts from Eliza Carthy,
Billy Bragg and many more; plus a welcome re-showing of the Coppersongs
documentary that has to be one of BBC4’s best achievements to date.
That’s not all we’ve had lately. The Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell featured
–with obligatory (but very sympathetic) “famous person” Sting– in a thoroughly
engaging programme on Channel 5 only the other week. Most significant,
though, is BBC Radio 2’s commissioning of a new series of Radio Ballads.
These are modelled on the ground-breaking series produced in the 1950s and
‘60s by Charles Parker, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and others; this time the
musical director is John Tams, and the series includes songs written by him,
Ray Hearne, Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Karine Polwart and others. The production
company is Smooth Operations, which has strong roots in the South
Riding region. At the time of writing, 4 of 6 episodes have been broadcast; and
very impressive they’ve been, too. Appropriately, the first programme dealt with
the Thatcher government’s dismantling of the Steel industry. It shows what
Smooth Operations can do when they’re given proper creative freedom. If only
they were allowed to do the same with Mike Harding’s rather disappointing
Radio 2 programme, which they also make!
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/ for more details.
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South Riding Folk Arts Network News No. 50
Number 50: WINTER 2006: Contents
1: Editorial – Folk Music in the Media
2-3: Sheffield Folk Festival – The Regal Reborn
4: CD reviews – Danceouts 5: Bradfield Traditional Music Weekend 2006
Local Traditions in Parson Cross – Session Pubs: the Upperthorpe
All copy, photographs and artwork appearing in this magazine are copyright © 2006 the
writer, photographer or designer and may only be reproduced elsewhere by permission.
CD review 6: The Card Playing Song – Adopt a Morris Dancer!
7: The Last of May 8: Jake Thackray – News & Events
Folk Music, it appears, is once again “cool”; at least while it suits the media
people. We’d best make the most of it. Before we know what’s happening,
they’ll be back to trotting out their usual sad, lazy, predictable mockery of
imaginary people with pewter tankards, Aran sweaters, and fingers in their ears.
Meanwhile, let’s hold this thought: according to venerable music journalist
Colin Irwin (fRoots, March), Sheffield –for which, read the whole South Riding;
Sheffield is at its physical centre, but is only one of a whole linked group of
vibrant hotbeds of music, both traditional and contemporary, in our region– is
currently “the capital of English Folk Music”. Good heavens, it always has
been! It’s about time those people in London noticed.
Regional Radio
First, the good news. BBC Radio York’s Northern Folk programme, presented
by Michael Brothwell on Wednesday evenings, is to be extended from one hour
to two. Our congratulations to Managing Editor Matt Youdale on an imaginative
and welcome move. The programme can be heard on 103.7, 104.3 and 95.5
FM and 666AM, or live online. Each broadcast is also available, for a week,
via the BBC’s ‘Listen Again’ facility at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/genres/folk/aod.shtml?york/ny_folk
Northern Folk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/09/
16/ny_folk_feature.shtml
Also good to hear that Mick Peat and Lester Simpson’s Folkwaves on BBC Radio
Derby (104.5, 95.3 and 96 FM) and Lincolnshire (94.9 and 104.7 FM; 1368 AM)
Mondays, 7-9 pm, can now be heard online via ‘Listen Again’ instead of just live:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/derby/aod.shtml?derby/folkwaves
Now, the bad news. Just over the border, BBC GMR is set, not just to change
its name yet again, but to drop all “specialist” music coverage in favour of a
move to lowest-common-denominator “talk” shows. That means that Ali O’Brien’s
Sounds of Folk will be axed. As usual with such moves, presenters of doomed
programmes have been forbidden to mention this on air; presumably to prevent
listeners from complaining until it is too late. This sort of arrogance on the part
of a public service broadcaster is unacceptable; particularly in view of the
enlightened moves being made, as we have seen, in other areas of the BBC.
Dancing England Rapper Tournament 2006
DERT 2006 took place at York this year, over the weekend 17-19 March. Our
congratulations in particular to Sandbeck Sword (the Rapper team that grew
out of the Network’s Generations Project at Maltby Comprehensive) for their
win in the Best Youth category; to Triskele Sword, (second place in Open Class,
so the highest-rated mixed-gender team in
the country) and Stone Monkey (third place,
Triskele
Premier Class). Sandbeck only missed
placing in the Premier Class by 1/2 point,
which is pretty impressive given that they
were dancing against much more experienced
sides. This year’s event was hosted
by Black Swan Rapper, and more info –and
photos– should soon be available on their
website: http://www.blackswanrapper.co.uk/
Cover: Mr Fox at the Sheffield Folk Festival 2005: photo by Edwin Beasant.
Thanks for other photos to John Asher, Ed Beasant, Ron & Jenny Day, and
Cecil Sharp.
Correction: quite a few photos we’ve used over the past 18 months have
been wrongly credited to Derek West when they were actually taken by Phil
Waters. Our apologies for the mix-up.
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South Riding Folk Arts Network News No. 50
SHEFFIELD FOLK FESTIVAL 2005
The Sheffield Folk Festival 2005 took place
over the weekend of 28–30 October, and was
a resounding success. Team member Trevor
Thomas gives us some impressions, with
photos by Edwin Beasant.
This year’s festival started with a ceilidh on the
Friday night in the Great Hall at Kelham Island
Industrial Museum. This was hit by a double
whammy of misfortune – firstly, due to a serious
accident rendering the A1 completely stationary,
Whapweasel were two hours late for their soundcheck,
and so couldn’t start the gig until way after
the appointed time; and secondly, caller Martin
Harvey’s car suffered a breakdown and he couldn’t
make it to Sheffield! Luckily, expert local caller
Trevor Lea was able to step in at the eleventh hour
so the gig could go ahead. Whapweasel plays a
lively mix of styles, with a full drum kit and electric
bass, guitars, keyboards and saxophones together
with bouzoukis and fiddles. They turned in a great
performance, and all the dancers looked like they
were having a wonderful time. Following the main
event, Minnie Moosika played a late night extra
with a lively and quirky Klezmer-based set with
plenty of energy and some excellent fiddle/clarinet
interplay which was a treat to hear.
http://www.sheffieldfolkfestival.org/
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Minnie Moosika
Saturday featured concerts in the afternoon and
the evening. Sheffield Festival is committed to
supporting local talent, and accordingly, these both
featured a good balance of Sheffield-based and
nationally known performers.
As it happened, a lot of the acts not actually
based in Sheffield are from quite nearby – Artisan
(Birdsedge, near Huddersfield) did one of their last
Dancing in the Great Hall at Kelham Island
gigs before splitting up to concentrate on other
projects. The reverberation of their voices round
the cathedral-like former factory that is the Great
Hall was absolutely remarkable.
No Fixed Abode’s Una Walsh also used the echo of
the hall; during their set she stepped off the stage to
sing without accompaniment or amplification; a
genuinely affecting moment. She mentioned that her
mother was in the audience – mum, I think we’re
all agreed Una certainly did you proud that day.
John Tams and Barry Coope (Derbyshire) did a
remarkable set comprised of Tams’ songs and
Barry Coope & John Tams
Artisan
arrangements. John has
long been held in the greatest
of respect by the folk community
and it’s not difficult to see why. He’s a very
charismatic performer with great material and a
very emotive singing voice, and as he was joined
by Barry Coope on keyboards and harmony vocals,
it was something that a lot of the audience had
been looking forward to for a long time.
Mister Fox
Immediately they finished, there was a sharp
change of mood. The mysterious musicians and
dancers of ‘Mr Fox’ entered the room wearing robes
and stylised fox-masks, and beckoned everyone
out into the courtyard, where they danced with
flaming torches in the moonlight. Anyone who has
seen this highly dramatic spectacle will know how
effective it is, and anyone who hasn’t definitely
should; at least once in a lifetime.
From Sheffield, Cat & Ceri Ashton with Josie Wexler
gave us an concert with the unusual set-up of three
fiddles and three voices for a (mainly) Welsh based
set of music; Tegwen Roberts sang beautifully with
Martin Harwood’s sympathetic accompaniment,
and Silverwheel played a folk-rock set, combining
well-known songs with some less familiar material.
Spyhop
Sunday featured Spyhop, a new act featuring the
twin fiddles of Martin Harwood and Cath James
together with Eoin Teather, whose guitar accompaniment
is propulsive and exciting, and whose voice
can melt heartstrings at seventy paces. Their set
was an absolute delight; music that lifts the spirit.
Crosscurrent, (a young band of multi-instrumentalists
formed at Newcastle University, where they
studied on the traditional music course) did a highly
accomplished set with intricate arrangements;
while Johnny and the Prison Didn’t Help Boys
played mainly original material with a country/

Johnny and the Prison Didn’t Help Boys
bluegrass influence and some entertaining banter:
Dave Chang on Erhu (Chinese 2 string fiddle) sang
a verse in Chinese and brought his own subtitles!
Cloudstreet, from Australia, were joined by Vicki
Swan and Johnny Dyer, (who had also played as a
duo on Saturday) on guitar, double bass and the
comparatively rare (for these parts) Scottish smallpipes.
The concert was closed by Martin Simpson
(now also a resident of Sheffield) whose well known
talent at interpreting songs, not to mention his
frankly amazing guitar playing, is an inspiration.
Dave Chang: Erhu
Space restrictions prevent me from mentioning
every act, but I have to give an honourable mention
to Keith Donnelly, who had the audience in peals
of laughter all the time he was on, and when one
luckless punter went to the bar, actually left the
stage to steal his hat and very nearly put it on top
the head of one of the Sheffield Giants!
All in all a great festival. Let’s hope that the gods
are willing that there can be a third.
CrossCurrent
–Trevor Thomas
Martin Simpson
The Sheffield Folk Festival 2006 will run from
Friday 27 – Sunday 29 October. It will be based,
as before, at Kelham Island Industrial Museum;
with sessions in local pubs and dance displays
in the city centre and at festival sites. Further
events and venues will be confirmed as time
goes on. John Spiers & Jon Boden will be the
headliners for the Friday, and the Festival team
will also be presenting them, with Sheffield’s
own Crucible, in a fundraising concert on Friday
12 May (see ad). Also booked for October are
Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Steve Tilston,
Hekety and Last Night’s Fun; with many more
acts to follow.
More details from the Festival website at
http://www.sheffieldfolkfestival.org/
or email info@sheffieldfolkfestival.org
Festival photos by Edwin Beasant
South Riding Folk Arts Network News No. 50
The Regal
Reborn
Music –and more– has returned to the Worksop
Regal. Andy Whitehouse of the Bassetlaw Studio
Project gives us the lowdown on the renaissance
of the popular arts centre...
Its a Saturday evening in September 2005 and I’m
stood outside the old Regal cinema in Worksop. A
tall Geordie unfolds himself from the car at the end
of a long journey, extends a hand and says, “I
thought this place was shut!” Jez Lowe wasn’t
alone in this perception.
Many folk fans, both performers and audiences
alike, had been saddened to hear that a venue
known for good music was due to close. Heavy
losses, the impending requirements of the
Disability Discrimination Act and who knows what
else had prompted successive administrations at
the local council to reach the conclusion that the
show really couldn’t go on. So The Regal closed its
doors to much distress on the 31st March, 2005.
As far as anyone in the world outside Worksop
knew (and many in it!) it was the end of the line ...
but that’s not the end of the story.
There were many fears expressed in the town and
further afield when community arts group Bassetlaw
Studio Project (BSP) took over the site from
the council in April 2005. “No more folk music!”
“No more theatre!” “Unsuitable types!” Every strain
of NIMBYism bubbled up alongside the genuine
concerns as BSP proceeded to turn the place into
a therapeutic arts centre for the whole community.
Individuals from the margins of society mingle with
local musicians in songwriting groups, old offices
become practice rooms for local bands, local kids
crank up the volume on Saturday afternoons at the
“Rock Matinee”. As all-comers grow in confidence
and find latent and long disused talents, they become
involved with the running of the site. The centre is
run entirely by volunteers, 80% of whom have
experience of mental ill health; wasted resources
are put to good use in a supportive community.
Shut? No. Folk music and theatre? Well ... Jez
Lowe is back in the summer and Last Nights Fun
were here, well ... last night (and it WAS fun!) Three
professional theatre productions (as well as community
drama groups). Oh: and through the spring
we have the likes of The Demon Barbers, Rachel
Unthank and the Winterset, Spiers and Boden,
Bellowhead and Shooglenifty; and so the list goes
on. Unsuitable types? Why don’t you come and
see for yourself?
Andy Whitehouse
Update: as of June, both the venue and BSP will be
known under the combined name The Circle.
The Regal Center, The Regal, Carlton Road,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 1PD
Telephone: 01909 474458
Website: http://www.theregal.net/
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South Riding Folk Arts Network News No. 50
The Anglo Concertina
Music of William Kimber
Dan M Worrall
English Folk Dance & Song Society, 2006,
£11.50. ISBN 085418194146
William Kimber occupies a pivotal position in the
development of both Anglo concertina music and
also morris and folk dance music. Although we do
have a few early recordings of concertina music
played on the English and the Duet systems, to the
best of my knowledge the recordings of Kimber are,
with the one exception of Scan Tester, the only
widely available recordings of pre-revival Anglo
playing, so we do know what he actually sounded
like. Secondly, Kimber, together with his father
(also William) was among the very first to use the
new-fangled concertina for Morris dance music;
and this, coupled with his enormous influence as
a teacher and authority in the early years of the
EFDSS, has had an major impact on how music is
played for the Morris in our time.
Furthermore, he is the only pre-revival source for
the ‘harmonic’ style of Anglo playing – where the
http://www.efdss.org/
melody is played on the right hand, and a chordal –Barry Callaghan
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accompaniment on the left – which is now a
dominant style in the playing of English dance
music on the instrument.
This new book from EFDSS is virtually unique in
that it transcribes note-for-note the actual tunes
from 28 of Kimber’s recordings from the 1930s to
the 1950s, with every detail of the chordal
accompaniment, including notation of which button
(and therefore which bellows direction) was used.
Obviously, this is mainly going to be of direct
interest to Anglo concertina players, now and in
the future; but anyone who is interested in the
development of English dance music would do
well to digest this work, as it will greatly enhance
understanding of the way things have developed
in the second half of the 20th Century.
The book also contains brief introductory essays
relevant to the music, covering the development
of the instrument, playing techniques, an outline
history of Kimber’s involvement with the Morris,
and a discussion of the impact of his relationship
with Cecil Sharp.
This is an utterly fascinating book, compiled with
great care and thoroughness (though to score my
‘reviewer’s point’ I can note that Worrall means
‘early nineteenth’ rather than ‘early eighteenth’
century when he is describing the period of
Kimber’s great grandfather) and his style, while
accurate and scholarly, is very readable. There are
also lots of fascinating photographs, spanning the
1890s to the 1950s. I have to say that, while I have
come across several books examining in detail
and transcribing jazz or Irish traditional musicians,
this is the first I have seen that subjects an English
traditional instrumentalist to the same level of
scrutiny; and it is uniquely rewarding.
For a more extensive review by the outstanding
Anglo player Andy Turner, in which he examines
some of the music in more detail, you can look
at Musical Traditions, the web-based traditional
music magazine (http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ );
and to hear the music, you can obtain the CD
Absolutely Classic (EFDSS CD03) from the
EFDSS website: it contains 32 tracks of Kimber’s
music, and comes with an extraordinarily detailed
64 page booklet with a detailed biography and
crammed with wonderful photos. Whether or not you
are into concertinas, or Morris, this is an essential
part of your musical heritage. Essential reading.
Dance-Outs: April–June 2006
Public performances by the South Riding’s
traditional dance teams. It’s early in the season and
few sides have finalised their schedules as yet, but
this is what we have so far. Details may change,
so do check before travelling. Contact details for
teams can be found at the Network website:
http://folk-network.com/directory/teams.html
April
Mon 10 Boggarts Breakfast Border Morris:
Fagans, Sheffield (tbc)
Fri 14 Boggarts Breakfast: ‘Techno’ Morris at
Planet Zogg, Sheffield: 9.45 pm
Sat 29 Wath-upon-Dearne Morris with visiting
teams: Wath May Festival
May
Tues 9 Wath Morris: Bay Horse, Scholes, 8 pm
Sat 13 Boggarts Breakfast and other teams:
‘Chance to Dance’ day, Sheffield, daytime
Tues 23 Wath Morris: Gate Inn, Swinton, 7.45 pm
Woodman Inn, Swinton, 8.30 pm
Tues 30 Wath Morris: Station, Silkstone Common,
7.45 pm; Thornley Arms, Dodworth, 8.30
June
Mon 5 Boggarts Breakfast: Robin Hood,
Stannington, evening
Tues 6 Wath Morris: Furnace, Hoyland, 7.45 pm
Market, Elsecar, 8.30 pm
Sat 10 Minster Strays, Boggarts Breakfast and
others: Minster Strays Day of Dance, York
Wath Morris: Wath Parish Church
Garden Party
Mon 12 Boggarts Breakfast: Navigation,
Buxworth, evening
Tues 13 Wath Morris: Harlington Inn, Harlington,
7.45 pm; Coach and Horses, Barnburgh,
8.30 pm
Mon 19 Boggarts Breakfast: Cock & Magpie, Old
Whittington, evening
Tues 20 Wath Morris: Old Horns Inn, Bradfield,
7.45 pm; Castle, Bolsterstone, 8.30 pm
Fri-Sun 23-25 Boggarts Breakfast, Mr Fox and
others: ‘Morris On Moira’ festival, Moira,
nr Swadlincote
Tues 27 Ripley Green Garters, Boggarts Breakfast
Crispin Inn, Ashover, evening.
Wath Morris: Travellers, Chapeltown,
7.45 pm; Masons, Thorpe Hesley, 8.30 pm
For a cumulative list of events, see the Network site:
http://folk-network.com/events/
Please send additions and corrections to Jenny Day.
Phone: 0114 247 0099
email: jennyday@btopenworld.com
Florida: Untitled
Florida FLPOO5CD, 2005
They used to say that Gas Mark Five were a meeting
of Sussex and New Orleans. Well, Florida are
along the same lines, only more Chicago, New
York, Big Band and even Phil Spector meet ceilidh
dance tunes. Towering brass and sax, texturing
over serpentine yet crisp electric guitar and solid
melodeon base, driven on by pulsing bass lines,
and no percussion. The sound is their own, and
now comes their fourth cd, Untitled – virtually a full
hour of full-on Florida.
I remember when the band was getting together
in the late 80s, and how the sheer level of musical
ability in the line up seemed to be setting a new
benchmark; even though the level of musicianship
in the ceilidh band scene has improved out
of recognition since then, this band are still at the
forefront, and are essential listening to anyone
with an interest in what can be done with UK
traditional dance music while still retaining the core
danceability.
But in addition to the musicianship, they’ve done
the work on the repertoire, bringing together a
fourth combination of well-known favourites given
intriguing facelifts, with unusual tunes garnered
from the increasing number of recovered 18th and
19th century tune books. The notes to the cd are
thorough in their attributions, and should provide
useful leads for anyone interested in searching
further in this treasure trove.
As with most instrumental albums by dance bands,
it can be hard to listen to all at once: an hour’s
listening, with no breaks for calling the next dance,
can be demanding – and, unlike the earlier cds,
there are no songs included. This is more an
album to be lived with and savoured in shorter
sections. Likewise, I find it difficult to recommend
particular stand-out tracks. I find there is so much
going on in the arrangements, that every track
has its moment of ‘whoosh’, and, correspondingly,
there are the occasional places where (personally
speaking) things don’t quite hit it off.
Paddy Carey (track 5), for instance, I find over
fussy and not entirely capitalising on the well-loved
and rumbustuous tune. And, even given that the
overall sound is brassy, I do feel that the most isn’t
made, over the album as a whole, of the melodeon
and guitar. The guitar is given a couple of showcase
sections; but for my money Gavin Atkin has
developed an un-rivalled style of melody playing
for English dance music, and when the guitar is
leading, the music keeps a shape and lift in a way
that could be exploited even further.
This is good stuff: get your copy at the next Florida
gig, or festival record stand; or go to the Florida
website at http://www.floridaproject.org.uk/
–Barry Callaghan

Bradfield Traditional
Music Weekend 2006
The third Bradfield weekend takes place from
Friday 11 to Sunday 13 August, featuring some
of the best traditional singers and musicians
from England, plus special guests from Ireland.
So far, the following invited guests have confirmed
they will be attending:
Jeff Wesley (Northamptonshire)
John Greaves (North Yorkshire)
John & Mary Waltham (Dorset)
Roger Hinchcliffe, Joe Atkins, and Stanley
Marsden (South Yorkshire)
Members of the Pennine Concert Party (West
Yorkshire)
Jerry O’Reilly, Maire ni Chroinin, Francie Devine
and Shay Fogarty (Dublin)
Finbarr Wall (Ireland & London)
Chris “Yorkie” Bartram (Wales & Yorkshire)
Bob Lewis, Vic & Tina Smith (Sussex)
Rod & Danny Stradling; Alan Day; Steve
Harrison & Annie Dearman
‘Pipers Share’ and Andrew & Margaret Watchorn
(Northumberland)
Ian Russell (Village Carols)
Geoffrey Crabb (Concertina Maker)
The Handsworth Sword Dancers
The format for the weekend will be as in previous
years, with sessions in three local pubs and in
the barn and marquee at Edgemount. There
will also be a ceilidh in the new village hall in
Low Bradfield, with Pipers Share providing the
music and many of the guests doing spots. There
will be a real ale bar and on-site catering.
Weekend tickets are a serious bargain at £10
per person (including camping). Day tickets are
£2 (Friday), £5 (Saturday) and £5 (Sunday).
If you are at all interested in playing –or in
hearing, or finding out more about– real English
traditional music, mark the date in your diary,
and enjoy an unforgettable weekend.
More details from Mark Davies:
Edgemount Farm, Lumb Lane
High Bradfield, Sheffield S6 6LJ
Telephone: 0114 285 1479
Mobile: 0785 0475067
Email: edeophone@aol.com
A booking form, plus programme updates as
they become available, can be found online at
http://folk-network.com/events/2006/
Local Traditions
in Parson Cross
Lindsay Aitkenhead writes:
This is a very brief mention of a truly exciting
project that is currently taking place at Yewlands
School in Parson Cross, Sheffield. The overall
themes are local identity and global citizenship,
and to this end the pupils have been
mapping their local community in terms of
both its musical interests and countries of
origin. I have been giving workshops in local
traditional music, singing and song-writing,
and there will be a ceilidh in the school in a
couple of weeks. This project has been
generously funded by ‘Creative Partnerships,’
and the school is working with music workshop
leaders provided by The Musical Works
and a film crew from Gorilla Cinema. Further
details and photos to follow in the next issue!
When it became clear last Autumn that the Red
House on Solly Street in Sheffield was at imminent
risk of closure – after some 200 years as a music
venue – one of the groups looking for a new home
at very short notice was the Network’s own Wednesday
night session. Nearly every pub we tried
was already busy with some group or session on a
Wednesday evening and the outlook was gloomy.
At this point, SRFAN News editor Malcolm Douglas
remembered a brief item in our Summer 2005
edition. The newly arrived hosts at the Upperthorpe
Hotel had enquired if any local musicians would
like to play at the pub. The Upperthorpe was not
well known on the traditional music and real ale
circuit, so it was with some trepidation that our
representatives went to ‘case it out.’
The pub turned out to be a good old ‘local’ tucked
in the corner of the small shopping area in Upperthorpe,
just to the South of Langsett Road. Thankfully
it hadn’t suffered a refurbishment, and licencees
John and Christine were working hard to redeem
the pub from a slightly ‘exciting’ past history,
though a good cross-section of local characters
still frequent it. They had no experience of sessions
or traditional music, but were willing to give it a go.
The Watersons:
A Yorkshire Christmas
Witchwood Media WMCD 2029, 2005
This collection of seasonal songs and stories was
assembled and recorded in 1980 for a Christmas
programme broadcast on Radio Tees. The songs –
all classic Watersons tracks– are interspersed with
readings and stories from North Yorkshire, read by
Kit Calvert, Norman Benson and Mabel Race.
I’m an unrepentant Watersons fan, and have been
since I first saw them at Scarborough Folk Club on
the 15th February 1965. I remember the date well,
because I was celebrating the birth of my eldest
daughter and I overdid it! That night, the Watersons
–the original line up with cousin John Harrison–
were just amazingly good and this album perfectly
encapsulates the raw, powerful singing, dripping
with juicy harmonies, that blew my socks off in 1965.
This collection has another important tag for me.
For many years we had a caravan near Hawes in
Wensleydale, and one of our regular pilgrimages
was to Kit Calvert’s book shop in Hawes marketplace.
Kit, a well-loved and respected figure in the
dale, was a considerable dialect poet and author.
He could usually be found sitting in his tiny second
hand bookshop smoking his pipe and happily talking
to anyone and everyone with an interest in the
dales way of life. Happy days!
The 12 Watersons tracks here can all be found on
earlier albums, and, as you might expect, five have
an appropriately religious flavour, the remainder
being wassailing songs or celebrations of the
season. All are well worth re-visiting. My favourite
is Stormy Winds: great harmony, and a good story
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Hidden Treasure in Upperthorpe
Christine and John
Ron Day writes:
A few brave souls started off in the small front
snug, but soon graduated to the larger open snug
across the hall. One of the most refreshing
discoveries has been the way the main bar breaks
into spontaneous applause between tune sets.
From this modest revival, the session has regained
its popularity and regularly includes songs along
with the tunes; occasionally even dancing.
Christine has proved to be the perfect hostess,
plying the musicians with sandwiches, meat pies
or curries at the end of each evening. It’s a very
minor disadvantage that the Upperthorpe does
not carry any real ale, but we are working on that!
After this promising start, other goodies have
started to follow. A song session has just started
on Fridays (except for the first in the month) and
there are plans for a day of dance, music and song
around the pub and in the public space in the
centre of Upperthorpe later in the year.
Much as the passing of the Red House as a
traditional session venue was a great loss, it’s an
ill wind that blows no good at all, and all at the
Upperthorpe say Amen! to that.
The session meets on Wednesdays from around
8 pm. It plays mostly instrumental music from the
Northern English tradition (which may, of course,
belong to Scottish and/or Irish traditions as well),
but there are songs, too, and good conversation.
celebrating the hardihood of the hill shepherd
–most appropriate for the dales. Come to think of
it, I suppose the story of a good shepherd does
have a religious connotation, though whether the
Saviour went to the pub after work must remain a
matter of speculation.
The readings are entertaining and complement the
music well. It’s a great collection and I found it a
welcome and cheery companion in the car throughout
the dismal weeks of November and December.
When asked by Witchwood Media if we could do
a review, I pointed out that it was too late for the
pre-Christmas newsletter; and did that matter, as
the album was about Christmas? “No,” replied the
lady, “The Watersons are timeless!”
And she’s right.
Sandbeck Sword
http://www.witchwoodrecords.co.uk/
–Ron Day
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ADOPT A MORRIS DANCER!
Songs from Frank Kidson: 2 –an unusual idea from Sue Cain of ‘Boggarts
Breakfast’ and the Sheffield Folk Festival
Card-Playing Song: Here’s to You John Brown
It seemed a really good idea after a few beers in
Another song from the Yorkshire musical historian and folksong collector Frank Kidson’s ‘Notes on Old the Kelham Island Tavern just before Christmas.
Tunes’ series, originally printed in the Leeds Mercury between 1886 and 1887. Kidson wrote:
People adopt monkeys, yaks or even stick insects:
so why not Morris Dancers? It also seemed a
perfectly good way to raise some money for the
Sheffield Folk Festival.
“The next song I give is also traditional, but ... it is not one of those songs which can very well be sung
in cold blood, but only after the ‘fun has grown furious.’ It was given me by a friend, who learned it some
twenty-five or thirty years ago in India, and I have never seen it in print. It gives me the idea of being one
of those extemporaneous drinking songs, of which there are many, wherein each member of the
company contributes a verse or line as he drains off his glass, the chorus being sung by the whole party..
As there is a good deal of repetition, I will not occupy space by the entire song, but leave the blanks to
be supplied by the reader.”
The King will take the Queen,
But the Queen will take the knave;
And since we’re altogether, boys,
We’ll have a merry stave–
Here’s to you, John Brown;
Here’s to you, with all my heart.
We’ll have another glass, my boys,
At least, before we part.
Here’s to you, John Brown.
The Queen will take the Knave,
But the Knave will take the Ten;
And since we’re altogether, boys,
We’ll keep it up like men–
Here’s to you, John Brown...
The Knave will take the Ten,
But the Ten will take the Nine;
And since we’re altogether, boys,
We’ll drink the best of wine.
Here’s to you, John Brown...
The Four will take the Tray,
But the Tray will take the Deuce;
And since we’re altogether, boys,
We’ll never cry a truce.
Here’s to you, John Brown....
The Tray will take the Deuce,
But the Ace will take them all;
And since we’re altogether, boys,
We won’t go home at all.
Here’s to you, John Brown....
Kidson later published the song in his book
Traditional Tunes (1891), adding that his source
had been a Mr Washington Teasdale. ‘John Brown’
has now become ‘Tom Brown’, and we are told that
“a parody of the song is found in an early number
of Punch”. Perhaps it was by reference to that that
Kidson decided to change the name.
The song has recently been recorded by Eliza
Carthy and the Ratcatchers (Rough Music, Topic
Records TSCD554, 2005) though she learned
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger’s expanded set
rather than taking it directly from Kidson. It’s a
thoroughly enjoyable arrangement which should
see the song being sung more widely again.
Kidson didn’t think the song particularly old, but
members of the Ballad-L discussion group have
recently shown that it’s really quite venerable.
Jonathan Lighter pointed out a broadside song-
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sheet printed by James Catnach at Seven Dials,
London, in the early part of the 19th century, as
Tom Brown. After an introductory verse not in
Kidson’s set, it settles down into the same pattern:
The deuce take the cards
for they give me the gripes
Come landlord bring more liquor
some tobacco and some pipes.
Here’s to thee, Tom Brown,
And to you my jovial souls,
And to you with all my heart,
And you I’ll drink a quart,
And with you I’ll spend a pot,
Before that e’er we part.
Here’s to thee, Tom Brown.
The king will beat the queen,
and the queen will beat the knave,
And we are all good company,
more liquor we will have.
Here’s to thee, Tom Brown &c.
The sheet (reference Firth b.25(96) ) can be seen
at the Bodleian Library website:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/
Even that was just, relatively speaking, a modern
re-write. Steve Gardham of Hull traces it back to
the 17th century, and to another broadside songsheet
published –again in London– in the 1670s:
Tom Browns delight. Or, The Good Fellows Frolick
(4o Rawl. 566(116) ). This can also be seen at the
Bodleian. There are additional verses, dropped in
later versions, but the card-playing sequence is
much the same.
It was my chance to be,
amongst a jovial Crew,
Who merrily did agree,
to make the ground look blue;
To thee Tom Brown,
to thee my jovial Lad,
There’s Gallants come to Town
and Money to be had.
Come let this health go round,
there’s none we will except,
For since that we are born,
‘tis fit we should be kept
To thee Tom Brown, &c.
People often assume that folk songs are much
older than they really are; here’s one that’s older
than anyone had thought.
Once I’d sobered up a bit it still felt like a good
idea, so I registered the web address http://
www.apoptamorrisdancer.co.uk/ and I am now
ready to start designing the site. If only I knew
something about web design! Thank you to all of
you who have offered to help so far; I will take you
up on it. If anyone wants to offer advice on how to
write Terms and Conditions, I’m all ears.
What I need now is some more ‘orphaned’ Morris
Dancers who are willing to be put up for adoption,
and this is where you all come in. If you are a
Morris Dancer from the Sheffield area (aged 18 or
over, please) and you are willing to be put up for
‘adoption’, please let me know by emailing me at
morris.this@virgin.net.
What’s the plan? Well, for £10 (cheques made
payable to Sheffield Folk Festival, please) someone
will be able to adopt you; but it’s OK, you don’t
have to go and live with them. In fact, the nondancers
I spoke to said that they would pay double
if we didn’t turn up at their door...
For their £10, they will get a photograph of you, an
information sheet containing details about Morris
dancing, the specific tradition that you dance, the
side you dance with and some information about
the Sheffield Folk Festival. As a bonus, I am
compiling a list of questions that I’d like you to
answer. They won’t be anything too personal, just
things like “how many beers can you drink before
you can’t dance any more?”, “how many sides
have you danced with?”, “how many sides do you
currently dance with?” and so on. There won’t be
too many questions but it means that if someone
wants to adopt a lot of Morris dancers, they’ll have
a set of cards to play Morris Top Trumps (what
on earth is that? –ed)
I’ll be borrowing a friend’s Marvel Comic Top Trump
cards to get the basic design. If anyone has ideas
for other questions, please email me or let me
know when you see me.
Obviously no personal details about you will be
published anywhere (other than your name, but you
can make one up if you like) and you can supply
your own photograph, showing you in kit; or perhaps
holding an empty beer glass and looking sad...
I’d like to get the site up and running for St George’s
Day, even if there are only a few Morris ‘orphans’
up for adoption at that time, but we can add more
as we go along. The more dancers there are for
adoption, the more money we can raise for the
Sheffield Folk Festival and the more fun it will be.
Harry Taylor, morris
dancer of Longborough
(Gloucestershire) about
80 years ago. Not currently
available for adoption!
–Sue Cain

THE LAST OF MAY
–Ron Day on the end of an era
2005 was a good year both for the South Riding
Folk Arts Network and for Kelham Island Industrial
Museum. The Mayfest – or Kelham Island Folk
Festival – was as enjoyable and successful as any
in the last decade, and the annual Victorian Christmas
Market was judged to have been an enormous
success, despite the road and re-development
works which are transforming the area.
However, like all good things, which, as they say,
must come to an end, changes at the museum
have brought about the end of the Mayfest, and
new thinking for future Christmas Markets.
For over a decade our partnership with the museum
has been the most important relationship enjoyed
by the SRFAN. We have organised the traditional
music and dance, to create the right atmosphere
for museum events and visitors. Much of our music
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of our greatest industrial development, and so we
have felt very comfortable working together.
Basically, the museum has underwritten these
activities, putting considerable sums – over the
decade – into the local folk economy. Increasing
pressure on museum running costs mean that in
the future, the museum will need to look for partners
to promote events which are self-sufficient, and
whose organisers will hire the facilities at an
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The Network is not in a position to do this and can’t
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involved at the ‘sharp end’ for many of the last ten
years – are in need of a rest, has brought us to the
current decision.
SRFAN will still work with the museum in many
ways. For one thing, we have an as-yet unfulfilled
ambition to create a dedicated multi-purpose
performance space in the exhibition hall – much
talking and fundraising to do for that one.
The Network has helped to broker the burgeoning
relationship with the new Sheffield Folk Festival,
which, for the past two Octobers, has been based
in and around the museum. We will also continue
to use the museum for other events in which we
have an interest.
We cannot overstate our debt to the museum and
all their staff for their support and trust during the
last ten years, and we wish them well in their
endeavours during these difficult times.
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JAKE THACKRAY
–New Retrospectives
Last issue, we carried notice of a new cd from the
Jake Thackray Project Group. This is now available,
as Jake Live in Germany: Ian Burdon has
prepared a digital remaster from the original analogue
tapes of Jake’s live concert in Germany for
the British Forces Broadcasting Service, broadcast
in 1982. More details from the Project website,
now at http://www.jakethackray.com/
May 2006 will see the release not just of a 4-CD
boxed set of the complete EMI studio sessions by
Jake Thackray, but also of another 2-CD set containing
the entire QEH concert from which Jake’s
Live Performance album was compiled.
Another new release comes from Lobsterpot
Records: Live at the Lobster Pot, Jake Thackray
with Alan Williams: volume 2. Both this and vol 1
are taken from a concert recorded at the Lobster
Pot, Instow, North Devon in November 1975.
Details: phone: 01874 731 064
email: info@lobsterpotrecords.com
web: http://www.lobsterpotrecords.com/
On Again, On Again! –The Songs of Jake Thackray
‘The Jake Thackray Experience’ will be celebrating
the songs of the late Jake Thackray as part of the
Holmfirth Festival of Folk. The event will take place
at The White Hart, Towngate, Holmfirth on Saturday
6 May 2006 at 7.30 pm. Entry is free; a collection
will be taken.
And there’s more to come. Channel 4 is planning
to broadcast a documentary on the late, much
admired Yorkshire Chansonnier, made by Victor
Lewis-Smith, in the near future.
The Sheffield Carols
Anyone interested in our
regional carol traditions will
be pleased to hear that Jack
Goodison’s Collection of
Local and Traditional Carols
is once again available.
Published by Forgefolk on
behalf of the Rolling Stock
community choir, this is the
fourth edition of “The Red
Book,” and includes new
material provided by Jack. Full words and music
in four part harmony are provided, and the whole
collection has been newly computer-typeset by
Jack Crawford. Price is £10, and all profits go to
charity (Weston Park Cancer Appeal and St Luke’s
Hospice, Sheffield).
Info via email: TheRedBook@forgefolk.com
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BEATING THE BOUNDS: South Riding News
Clubs and Sessions
Three Horseshoes, Doncaster
The Three Horseshoes on North Bridge Road now
once again has a regular weekly music session,
on Monday evenings. The occasional Thursday
Old Time session continues.
The Red House, Sheffield
After much upheaval in recent months, new landlady
Janet has settled to a regular programme of
evening events. The old “traditional” sessions are
gone, sadly, but the monthly Old Time/ bluegrass
session continues on Mondays, while there are
“open mic” evenings on Thursdays, Saturdays,
and the first Friday of each month. Everybody is
welcome, though the emphasis may be more on
the amplified “singer-guitarist” than before.
The Palm Tree, Sheffield
After a gap of more than a year due to licensing
problems, the weekly session at the Palm Tree in
Walkley resumed last November. Although –
musically speaking– it was just as good as before,
things at the pub had changed during the long layoff,
and landlord Dave has decided not to continue
with it. Sad; but it was worth a try.
The Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield
The Hillsborough on Langsett Road now hosts
two monthly sessions. The 4th Sunday is devoted
to French and “Euro” dance music (with dancing
when there’s room for it), while the 1st Sunday is
largely song-based, though instrumental music
also features. The pub keeps a range of good
locally-brewed beers and is always worth a visit.
Website: http://www.hillsboroughhotel.co.uk/
Sheffield Irish Centre (“Irish Heartland”)
The Irish Centre (on Exchange Street, Castlegate
–formerly the Alexandra Hotel) has now been renamed
“The Irish Heartland”; telephone number is
now 0114 2700635. Music session monthly, third
Tuesday. Info from Julie Fotheringham:
0114 2759444 or email jf_seinneadair@yahoo.co.uk
The Upperthorpe, Sheffield
Now that the Network session on Wednesdays
has broken the ground, the Upperthorpe (off
Infirmary Road, just round the corner from Tesco)
is to host a second session, this one on Fridays in
the function room at the back; except for the 1st in
the month, when Frank White’s band plays. The
emphasis will be on songs of all sorts; to begin
with, Pete Smith will be leading. Info from Pete on
0114 2962892 or Judy on 2334109.
The Attic Folk Club, Chesterfield
The Attic moved to a new venue back in the
Autumn: it is now based at ‘Club Chesterfield’ on
Chester Street, Ashgate Road (formerly Chester
Street Miners Welfare). Info from David Davidson
on 01246 277591.
Website: http://www.cuin.co.uk/Attic/
Wortley Folk Club: new venue
The long-running club has recently moved from its
old home at the Wortley Arms (where the function
room has been converted to a restaurant) to the
Castle Inn at Bolsterstone. Info from Dave Atkin:
0114 284 7190 or email davewortleyfolk@aol.com
Full Circle Folk Club
After a successful launch last autumn, the monthly
concert club (2nd Friday from 8.30 pm) has now
moved to the Three Merry Lads at Cutthorpe near
Dronfield. Info from Steve Randolph: 0114 289
0222.
The Real Music Bar
After a launch series at the Millhouses Hotel in
Sheffield last Autumn, Pete Thornton-Smith’s
‘Real Music Bar’ has graduated to a regular
series spread across three venues: the George
and Dragon, Wentworth, the Three Horseshoes,
Wickersley, and the Castle Inn, Bradway. Each
pub will host an evening on a (mostly) monthly
basis, featuring acoustic performers from around the
region. These aren’t concerts, but a chance to relax
and enjoy some genuine live music in convivial
surroundings with friends. All evenings start at 8.30
pm with Pete himself. Details from 01709 739093
or email blastpa@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.barrel.demon.co.uk/
Live at the Lonsdale
The monthly concert club at the Lonsdale Hotel,
Doncaster, is temporarily closed: the organisers
hope to re-open later in the year.
Upcoming events
FLOOK: two April dates in the region featuring
the winners of this year’s BBC Folk Awards ‘Best
Group’ category: 20 April at the Library Theatre,
Tudor Square, Sheffield. £12: tickets from Jack’s
Records, Division Street. 0114 276 7093.
Info: bobh-suzieo@blueyonder.co.uk
28 April at Hebden Bridge Picture House.
Info: slomanmusic@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.slomanmusic.co.uk/
Wath-Upon-Dearne Festival: 28 April–1 May
Based around the Montgomery Hall and the Sandygate
Hotel, Wath-Upon-Dearne; with concerts
featuring Ray Hearne, The Oyster Band, Ivan Drever,
The Battlefield Band, Bernard Wrigley Ruth & Gary
Wells and many more: plus a ceilidh, singarounds
and a “fringe event” from the Real Music Bar with
Tegwen Roberts, Martin Harwood and others.
Info: Wath Festival, 61 Avenue Road, Wath-Upon-
Dearne, S63 7AG Telephone: 0114 245 7454
Email: wath2006@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.syfolk.co.uk/festival/
Holmfirth Festival of Folk: 5–7 May
Not the familiar Holmfirth Folk Festival, but an
event put together by local businesses (including
the licensee of Holmfirth’s session pub The Nook)
and others, including former festival organisers, to
fill the gap left when the organisers of the official
festival decided not to put one on in 2006.
Info: Peter Carr, The Picturedrome
Market Walk, Holmfirth HD9 1DA
Telephone: 01484 689759
Email: holmfirthfolk@btinternet.com
Website: holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk/
The regular committee wish to make it clear that
this year’s festival has nothing to do with them. We
wish everybody concerned every success, and hope
that all problems will be resolved to everyone’s
satisfaction, in time for a return to normal in 2007.
Brigg Fiddle Fest: 19–20 May
The Angel Ballroom, Brigg, North Lincolnshire.
Concerts, street entertainment, workshops,
busking competition with prizes.
Telephone: Lynn on 01507 603049
Email: russell@rcoggle.freeserve.co.uk
Website: http://woottonfiddleclub.tripod.com/
Festival of the Peak: 9–11 June
Arena Marquee, Carsington Water near Ashbourne,
Derbyshire. Guests include Eliza Carthy & the Ratcatchers,
Vin Garbutt, John Tams & Barry Coope,
Eric Bogle & John Munro, Les Barker, Lester Simpson,
Kerfuffle and many more. Discounts on tickets
booked before 30 April. Phone 01773 853428
Email: info@prpromotions.org.uk
Website: http://www.prpromotions.org.uk/
Derby Folk Forum
This is a new web forum replacing the East Midlands
Folk Pages and devoted to traditional music,
song and dance activities in all their forms. Centred
on Derby, it covers events out as far as Ashbourne,
Ashby, Belper, Burton, Chesterfield, Coalville, Derby,
Lichfield, Loughborough, Mansfield, Matlock,
Nottingham and Uttoxeter; so there’s some overlap
with the South Riding area.
http://www.derbyfolk.co.uk/

SHEFFIELD FOLK
FESTIVAL 2006
presents a special fundraising
concert featuring
SPIERS & BODEN
and
CRUCIBLE
Friday 12 May
at the Montgomery Theatre,
Surrey Street, Sheffield 1
in advance: £10 (£8 concessions)
on the door: £12 (£10 concessions)
advance tickets from Fagans, Broad Street, Sheffield or Sheffield
University CeilidhSoc; or phone Alison Clarke on 0114 2259707
tickets also available from Jack’s Records, Division Street,
Sheffield S1 4GE – phone 0114 276 7093. Handling fee
payable on credit card payments.
http://www.sheffieldfolkfestival.org/