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the atkinson love folk festival — fri 10 – sat 11 february ‘17 Fairport Convention* Jon Boden (Solo)* Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys Folklaw Lady Maisery Luke Jackson Plus... Busk Love Folk Meet The Artist Sessions And more... Festival Tickets £48 Saturday Day Ticket £35 *gig tickets available The Atkinson Lord Street Southport PR8 1DB theatkinson.co.uk 01704 533 333 (Booking fees apply) asks for a replacement instrument, explaining the situation with an apologetic shrug. And when we heard a rumour he was going to be playing his new guitar later, made out of a Dunlop tennis racket, we assumed tonguein-cheek Hooton Tennis Club larks, but no – it proved to be true. It’s a relief that Hooton Tennis Club have lost none of their charm. Songs from Big Box Of Chocolates, triumph, the crowd giving them as enthusiastic a reception as the old songs, the ones that aren’t so old after all. This new grown up album shows the band as a tighter, more confident unit than ever before, with a performance this evening that does the recordings proud. We are left with no doubt that Hooton Tennis Club are playing amongst the big boys and girls now, snapped strings and novelty tennis rackets or not. Cath Bore / @cathbore ESMOND SELWYN International Guitar Festival Of Great Britain @ The Floral Pavilion Wirral’s International Guitar Festival of Great Britain celebrates its 28th year, quite an achievement for a Council promoted event whose stated aim has always been to bring top class international and national artists (Paco Hooton Tennis Club (Stuart Moulding / @OohShootStu) Pena, Jan Akkerman, John Renbourn, Albert Lee) to the Wirral whilst giving local talent a chance to shine. The festival has always prided itself on covering the widest possible range of styles and repertoire and this year is no different, featuring jazz, classical, Flamenco, blues, rock and folk. Tonight sees the return of jazz guitarist ESMOND SELWYN, a performer of international fame (he played for Frank Sinatra at a private party at the Savoy, and has performed with Chick Corea and Charlie Byrd and is a noted teacher). Following a solo performance at the festival in 2014 tonight he plays with his quartet, featuring saxophonist Toni Kofi, a band leader and reputed performer in his own right. However, it appears that none of the above plaudits have been capable of generating the kind of audience that tonight’s subsequent performance undoubtedly deserves. I walk into the Blue Room and find myself amidst, or rather sitting in splendid isolation amongst, an audience of precisely eight people. For a festival whose target audience is presumably the kind of aficionado who would wear knowledge of Selwyn’s pedigree as a badge of honour this is totally mystifying. It becomes more so as the evening unfolds. The band launch effortlessly into versions of Charlie Parker’s Cool Blues and Kenny Dorham’s Blue Bossa. Selwyn cuts a relaxed
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