What's on at Morden Tower
NEW WEIRD FOLK with Fiona Sally Miller, Dirty Diamonds and Richard Dawson: Wednesday 23 April.
Inspired by Moondog, the Carter Family and the Incredible String Band, the latest New Weird Folk night will feature the quirky realism of Fiona Sally Miller, oestrogen-powered ukulele/banjo due Dirty Diamonds, and Tyne Delta folk hero Richard Dawson.
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Start 7.30pm: Tickets £4 on the door
PETER WALKER & Rhodri Davis: Thursday 24 April. No-Fi
In the words of the fabulous Tompkins Square label: "Guitarist Peter Walker came up in the Cambridge MA and Greenwich Village folk scenes of the Sixties. He recorded two albums for the Vanguard label in the late Sixties in a style best described as American folk-raga. more
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Rhodri Davis originates from Cardiff and has recently relocated to the North East. You may have seen his almost painfully minimal set with Terry Day at last year's Music Lovers Field Companion, or his sublime collaboration with Ingar Zach at Instal a couple of years ago. more
Start 7.30pm: Tickets £6
All Tickets on Sale from RPM Music Tel: 0191-221-0201. - Beat Down & Alt Vynl
Malcom Holcombe plus Elaine Palmer Thursday 8 May Jumpin Hot Club
Not quite country, somewhere beyond folk, 52 year old songwriter from Asheville USA Malcom Holcombe's music is a kind of blues in motion, mapping backwoods corners of the heart.Only Sam Baker is anywhere near in the same songwriting league as Malcom Holcombe - No Depression Bittersweet, country-folk music with a raging man at its core that reminds us there is no one on the contemporary scene like Mr. Holcombe - Wall Street Journal.
The wondeful local songbird Elaine Palmer supports. She has some new cds to sell too...yes 'With a beautifully conversational voice, an unerring sense of melody and a bittersweet and wistful repertoire, Elaine Palmer is undoubtedly a talent.' MOJO
Start 8pm: Tickets £10
All Tickets on Sale from The Cluny Tel: 0191 2304474 (The Cluny) & RPM in Newcastle City Centre & online www.ticketweb.co.uk
R.B. Morris & Viesselman: Double Bill. Monday 2 June Jumpin Hot Club
R.B. Morris out of Knoxville in the mountains of East Tennessee. He’s a singer-songwriter, poet, playwright & grew up on old-time music and rock 'n' roll, but an older brother pointed him to other influences— Southern writers, the novels of Joyce, Arthur Rimbaud and the music of Bob Dylan. He played his way through the clubs and honkytonks of the mountains, first with bands with old-time fiddlers and then later with groups that rocked. He’s been described as a cross between an urban Woody Guthrie & a rural Tom Waits
Kreg Viesselman American songwriter' - that's Kreg's preferred description of himself. He's an artist who consciously sidesteps being labelled or categorized, but his career as restless troubadour and observer of life places him firmly in the classic US songwriter tradition that stretches back to the 1960s, and beyond. Kreg's albums, demonstrate that his music's developed from stripped-down folk-blues to a warm, rich blend of styles - a hint of Southern gospel/soul here, a Celtic lilt there - and with his latest “The Pull”, the music reaches full maturity.
Start 8pm: Tickets £8 Advance £10 on the door
All Tickets on Sale from The Cluny Tel: 0191 2304474 (The Cluny) & RPM in Newcastle City Centre & online www.ticketweb.co.uk
