folk, roots and traditional music - Musicians' Union
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Dai ThomasDan PlewsDan WalshDai Thomas specialises in acoustic Blues <strong>and</strong> OldTimey played on a battery of fine, old instrumentsin a multitude of styles. His live performances arepowerful <strong>and</strong> spectacular <strong>and</strong> his obvious passionfor the <strong>music</strong> continues to delight <strong>and</strong> enthuse hisaudiences wherever he appears. Based in Salford,Dai mainly gigs in the North, but has playedvenues all over Engl<strong>and</strong> with forays into Scotl<strong>and</strong>,Wales, The Republic of Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the U.S. Hehas featured on several recordings including theinternational best-seller ‘No Such Place’ by DavidByrne protégé Jim White; he sang <strong>and</strong> playedslide guitar, m<strong>and</strong>olin, autoharp <strong>and</strong> banjo on thisrecord. His CD ‘Songs From The Ragged BacksideOf The American Dream’ is currently available.“Now I fillet truth from tales of pearls once prised by saltydogs with minds like rusty pocket knives; between eachh<strong>and</strong> they play they weigh those they let get away in thebalance of their lives.” (Hearts into Diamonds)Dan has performed a thous<strong>and</strong> solo gigsthroughout Europe <strong>and</strong> the U.S. as well as touringwith Jon Boden, Eliza Carthy <strong>and</strong> Dansaul. RichardThompson likened to Joni Mitchell his rare abilityto convincingly “pull off” the marriage of melody<strong>and</strong> poetic imagery.Dan teaches <strong>music</strong> at Northampton College <strong>and</strong>songwriting <strong>and</strong> <strong>traditional</strong> <strong>music</strong> at workshopsacross Europe <strong>and</strong> the UK, <strong>and</strong> plays withDansmall (Guy Fletcher), Dansaul (Saul Rose) <strong>and</strong>P4i, a European songwriting collective.“Energy <strong>and</strong> Genius” – Oxford Mail“Up with Carthy” – Folk RootsDan Walsh is an eclectic <strong>and</strong> exciting <strong>music</strong>ianwith a unique style taking in <strong>folk</strong>, funk, bluegrass,jazz, rock <strong>and</strong> even Arabic. Also a singer <strong>and</strong>guitarist, he has performed throughout the UKat festivals, theatres <strong>and</strong> <strong>folk</strong> clubs includingthe Southbank Centre, the Sage Gateshead,Broadstairs, Sidmouth <strong>and</strong> Towersey <strong>folk</strong> festivals,Solfest <strong>and</strong> the Barbican.Dan has recently formed the five-piece Dan WalshB<strong>and</strong>, which made a triumphant debut by sellingout Stafford’s Gatehouse <strong>and</strong> will be touring in2012. Dan also performs with American fiddler/singer Christi Andropolis, Northumbrian singerKathryn Davidson <strong>and</strong> Scottish trio L<strong>and</strong> or Sea.For more information contact simoncare<strong>music</strong>@hotmail.comW www.myspace.com/daithomasE d.thomas@talktalk.netT +44 (0)161 707 4063W www.aortas.org.ukE dan@aortas.org.ukT +44 (0)7801 796216W www.danwalshbanjo.co.ukE simoncare<strong>music</strong>@hotmail.comT +44 (0)1604 670192Musicians’ <strong>Union</strong> - Folk, Roots <strong>and</strong> Traditional Music 20
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