CURRENT PROGRAMME

6th June	Jamie RT & Andy Hillhouse (Canada)
20th June	Jon Brindley
4^th July	Rachel Harrington & Zak Borden (USA)
5^th Sept	tbc
19^th Sept	Annabelle Chovstek (Canada)
3^rd Oct.	Steve Tilston
17^th Oct.	Colum Sands
31^st Oct	Bob Fox & Stu Luckley

Tickets and more info ring -
Gill on 01228 515061

Doors open at 7.45pm
MUSIC STARTS at 8PM

Come along for great nights out with loads of live folk, roots, blues and acoustic music!

Alternate Friday nights at
The Sunset Suite, Carlisle United Football Club, Brunton Park, Warwick Road, Carlisle

NB.Students and children over 11 - HALF PRICE!
under 11's FREE

23^rd May

IREBY FESTIVAL so no folk club this Friday…

Email: charles@musicinireby.co.uk phone 016973 71645 or http://www.musicinireby/

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6th June

JAIME RT & ANDY HILLHOUSE

from Canada

Spacious & Spunky! James Keelaghans stunning young fiddler, Jaime, teams up with dynamic front-man from Vancouver’s superb folk-rockers, Mad Pudding. This head turning duo play fresh west coast folk with celtic roots, world influences, and a dash of jazz with 5 string fiddola, groovin guitar, soulful songs and entrancing presence. 2007 & 2005 Canadian Folk Music Awards Nominee, 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards Nominee. Jaime & Andy have a large repertoire of traditional Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, French Canadian, Old Time, Metis and Swing music. Andy can sing anything from Mozart to Van Morrison. Their energy and enthusiasm will have you dancing in the aisles… don’t miss this!

£6, £7 students half price, children under 11 free

http://www.jaimert.com/ http://www.myspace.com/andyhillhousemusic

Support to be confirmed Global acoustic roots music at its best....

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20^th June

JON BRINDLEY -

Singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist, Wigan's finest -“Jon Brindley is a songwriter with a true eye and ear for the people and places around him. The eloquence of his lyrics is matched by a fine singing voice and the elegant musicianship of an artist who understands that, as in life, the silences in between are often as important as the sounds themselves …….these songs and the man behind them deserve to be heard widely” - COLUM SANDS. Influences include The Beatles, Waterboys, Buffy Sainte Marie, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Dick Gaughan, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Martin Simpson, Jacques Brel, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Jethro Tull, Woody Guthrie, etc

http//www.jonbrindley.co.uk

£6, £7 students/children over 11’s half price, under 11’s free

Support tbc

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4th July

RACHEL HARRINGTON

a US treat….!

RACHEL HARRINGTON with ZAK BORDEN Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, rural gospel roots shine through her work –from the crossroads of country, folk and bluegrass, Rachel's 2007 debut album, The Bootlegger's Daughter, has made its way around the globe, No.1 on the Euro-Americana Chart - climbing the Top 40 on the Americana Music Association's radio chart in the US. “I am absolutely enchanted with this record! A brilliant debut ... already a leading contender for Album of the Year in my opinion!”~ Bob Harris, BBC Radio.
Rachel is touring with duo partner and multi-instrumentalist Zak Borden on vocals, mandolin, guitar. A solid songwriter in his own right, Zak has toured throughout the US and UK working with Casey Neill, The Watson Twins, and his cousin, Willy Mason. Rachel had extensive radio play before performing her first live show, and supported Grammy winners and nominees before recording her debut cd.. Her second cd should be ready for the UK tour…..