from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Artists
Potiphar’s Apprentices,
named after Charles Potiphar, the singer
who inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams to
look for more lost and forgotten songs,
aim to return some of the songs – many
from previously-unpublished material –
to the English community. 252, 339, 371,
539, 654, 705, 853
The QP is a six-headed folk/rock/funk/
hip-hop concert and ceilidh monster
bringing together a wealth of influences.
478, 530, 680
Racker Donnelly is an Irish folk
poet, whose verses and songs, mostly
comic, many commissioned, are
about ‘Sheep, Smoking, Tennis,
Oysters, Joyce, Horses, Sex,
Midsummer, Sport, Christmas,
Swans, Yeats, Football, Dracula, Politics,
Goldilocks, Irish Proverbs, English
History, and whatever you’re having
yourself.’ 229, 251, 370, C310, 422, 491,
C421, 548, 676, 789, 863
Ray Goodswen A popular dance caller
and former Sidmouth Dance Producer,
Ray joins us for a final dance on Friday
night. 857
Redbornstoke Morris is a Cotswold
style men’s side based in Ampthill,
Bedfordshire formed in 1976 with a core
of around a dozen members. 506, 541,
546, 660, 747, 762, 769, 779, 827, 833
Reg Meuross, down the years, has
been central player in The Panic
Brothers and The Flamingos as well as
being a mainstay in Hank Wangford’s
band, The Lost Cowboys but he has
subsequently crafted a solo career
based on his songwriting talents.
228, 254
Revellion play European dances, songs
& tunes from down the ages on
traditional instruments, They are: Paul
Saunders (hurdy gurdy, bagpipes &
gittern), Joolz Webb (shalamo, shawm
and whistles), Chris Neen (mandola and
guitar) and Eric Hej (drums and
percussion). 783, 841
Richard Jones plays European dance
music as one of Kerry Fletcher’s
workshop musicians and as a member
of Moltenamba. 102, 245, 437, 465, 535,
564, 636, 664, 739, 765, 829, 849, 858
Robin Dunn is the caller and the fiddler
with Northumbrian-based Fiddler’s
Elbow. 780
Rod and Frances Stradling,
members of Stradivarius, play piano
accordion and percussion for social
dance throughout week. 401, 414, 515,
601, 614, 683, 715, 733, 781, 813, 847,
857
Rosco are a young Exeter-based folk
band, playing at the Anchor after highly
popular appearances there last year.
249, 864
Rosie Huzzard is calling with The Ship
Band.
Rua Macmillan Trio are centred
around the talents of fiddler Rua
Macmillan, a multi-award winning rising
star in the world of Scottish traditional
music. He plays with Tia Fyles on guitar
and Adam Brown on bodhran. 322, 368,
455
Rura were voted ‘Best Up and Coming
Act of 2011’ at the MG ALBA Scots Trad
Music Awards for their powerful sound
comprising pipes, whistle, flute, fiddle,
bodhran, guitar and vocals. The band,
Steven Blake, Jack Smedley, Adam
Holmes, David Foley and Chris Waite,
features three ‘BBC Radio Scotland
Young Traditional Musician of the Year’
finalists. 578, 648, 691
Sandra Kerr is an English folk singer of
high renown, playing English concertina,
guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and
autoharp. Sandra, celebrating her 70th
birthday this week, performs with Sisters
Unlimited. Sandra is one of the tutors on
the Folk and Traditional Music degree at
Newcastle University. She will be leading
the Festival Choir workshops. 304, 404,
449, 504, C522, 604, 704, 804, C817
Sarah Coxson, fRoots news/deputy
editor, will be MCing at Kennaway. 341
Saturday Sun are an acoustic band
from Dorset playing at The Anchor
Gardens. 363, 453
Sean Corcoran is a member of the
group Cran, an authority on the Scottish
Gaelic song tradition and Irish
vernacular music and song, and a field
worker associated with The Arts Council
of Northern Ireland, the National Folklore
Archives at UCD, and the Irish Traditional
Music Archive. 369, 454, 491, 571, 590,
648, 786, 863
Seth Lakeman is a celebrated folk
singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler
from Devon whose trademark bowshredding
violin riffs, driving tenor guitar
rhythms, foot-stomping energy and
charismatic vocals have earned him
widespread appeal. His songwriting
talents focus on the history and
landscapes of his native Dartmoor. 360
Seven Champions Molly Dancers
are perennial favourites with their
boisterous, high-energy dance style and
choreography. 207, 301, 421, 442, 448,
470, 527, 534, 693, 822, 835
Sheila Miller sings and runs London’s
Cellar Upstairs Folk Club and hosts the
ballad sessions again this year. 241, 354,
473, 505, 573, 772, 854
The Ship Band are a ceilidh band
playing a mix of original and
contemporary Irish Scottish and English
folk music. 105, 360, 487, 687, 825
Show of Hands celebrate their
twentieth year as premier English
acoustic roots duo. Steve Knightley, who
writes most of their inspired and often
hard-hitting material and Phil Beer, a
dazzling multi instrumentalist, have built
up a huge fanbase. Miranda Sykes has
been performing with Show of Hands
since 2004, adding double bass and
rich harmonies. 115
Sidmouth Steppers, the local northwest
morris side, will appear in the
Market Square on Thursday. 001
Sidmouth Town Band are a prizewinning
band performing during the
summer in the Connaught Gardens.
They will play at Saturday’s Opening
Concert. 213
Simon & Bobbie Ritchie, exponents of
East Anglian music, play as part of the
Potiphar’s Apprentice Essex show as
well as Simon’s step-dancing and
playing at traditional nights and Bobbie
calling with Katie’s Quartet. 654, 853
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