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Dartford Folk Club, Essex Road, Dartford (2024)

12/12/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2024

PHIL BEER and his special guest Siân Monaghan

'Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling instrumentalist, he is perhaps best known as a top flight fiddler.'

The Truth... from the man himself:
"Whilst the above quote may be the perception, I would actually take issue with that statement. I didn't write it. I'm very good at what I do but, the trick is to design what you do in order to accommodate your limitations. That's why I don't teach. I leave that to the pros and I'm too busy gigging or making albums anyway."

Talking of being busy, Phil has recently completed a tour with his Trio, having previously 'survived' a 75-show tour with Steve Knightley.
So, we are absolutely delighted to welcome him back to Dartford with his Special Guest Siân Monaghan, a member of the Phil Beer Trio, and also an amazing percussionist in her own right.
Be prepared for a slightly more bluesy evening, but with all the wonderful treats and trimmings of a typical Phil Beer December visit!

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.

NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.
For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

Photo Credit: Natalie Shaw

09/12/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
Only TWO more Tuesdays before we take our Festive break! 🎶🪕🎸🥁🎻 🎵

10 Dec 2024 Edwina Hayes
17 Dec 2024 Phil Beer and his special guest Siân Monaghan

We are delighted to welcome back both Edwina Hayes, tomorrow, and then Phil Beer the following Tuesday.

Both are regular guests to our amazing Folk Club! We are also very excited to 'host' Phil's own special guest, Siân Monaghan, who will be joining him on stage for the evening.

Tickets are £8 (DFC members) and £10 (Guests).

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING so please do come early, especially if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

Phil Beer and Siân Monaghan: Photo Credit - Natalie Shaw

06/12/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2024 EDWINA HAYES

With the 'voice of an angel', Edwina Hayes has quite rightly earned the reputation of being a true natural talent of gentle Folk-Americana.

Born in Dublin and growing up in Lancashire, Edwina moved to the east coast of Yorkshire in her teens, and has been based there ever since. Dividing her time between the UK and America, Edwina's second home is Nashville where she is much loved as a songwriter and artist.

She has opened numerous shows for Jools Holland and Van Morrison as well as playing gigs in her own right. The title track of her album 'Pour Me A Drink' was covered by Nanci Griffith, who called Edwina 'the sweetest voice in England' whilst her version of Randy Newman's 'Feels Like Home' was featured in the Cameron Diaz film, "My Sister's Keeper".

Prepare to be mesmerised by Edwina's beautifully written songs and charmed by her infectious stage presence.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

22/11/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB

TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2024 SUNJAY

Sunjay is a multi award-winning, critically acclaimed artist who effortlessly straddles the musical worlds of Americana, Blues, Folk & Country. Well known on the UK folk scene, he is an artist with a seemingly effortless mastery of the acoustic guitar.

Born to Anglo-Indian parents, Sunjay began playing the guitar at the age of 4. His father introduced him to as much music as possible in the hope that he would develop a life-long passion.

Sunjay's first musical love was Buddy Holly, closely followed by Don McLean, firmly rooting him with a blues and folk mix. He has now developed these influences (and also drawn heavily from country and rock), into a musical maturity far beyond his years. Reminiscent of Ralph McTell, John Martyn and early Tim Buckley, Sunjay's guitar playing has been hailed as "superb, brilliant, experienced, intricate & faultless".

A finalist in the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, Sunjay has supported Wizz Jones, Steeleye Span on several of their winter UK tour dates and also tour support for Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman on their "Persoane" spring tour in 2018.

Clearly a fine musician, composer and performer in his own right, we are delighted to welcome SUNJAY back to DARTFORD FOLK CLUB!

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

Photo Credit_Charlie Barker

07/11/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2024 REG MEUROSS

"Intelligent and thought-provoking songs, beautifully made and skilfully delivered" - The Times

Reg's clever and imaginative lyrics have earned him the title of "Master Storyteller" (PennyBlack Music) and led Mike Harding (Mike Harding Folk Show) to introduce him onto the stage of The Royal Albert Hall as "one of the finest singer-songwriters this country has produced". Whether it's a village hall or the Albert Hall, Reg brings to the stage a collection of extremely beautiful songs, performed with humour and depth, and sung with the voice of an angel.

Reg has that rare gift of being able to touch people, through his songs and performance, on a really human level. His words and music paint pictures that remain with the listener long after the song has been sung.

"A mighty songwriter and an equally fine singer." - Martin Carthy

"Powerful and moving songwriting." - Martin Chilton, The Telegraph

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

02/11/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB TUESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2024

PAUL WALKER & KAREN PFEIFFER

"With two grand voices - individually and in harmony", (Folker-German Folk Magazine), the Anglo-German duo Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer offer a versatile miscellany of self-penned and imaginatively arranged songs, delivered with guitar, woodwind instrumentation and occasional percussion.

Whilst Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer are acclaimed for their image provoking songwriting, expressive vocals and authentic musicianship, they are frequently recalled for their warmth, humour and their remarkable ability to engage with their audience. Karen's natural theatricality and life affirming playful energy compliment charmingly with Paul's calm geniality and combined they magically turn a great performance into a real event.

The duo has toured its shows extensively in most corners of the UK including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but also in New Zealand, Australia and Europe, wooing audiences with Karen's southern German accent tinged with an 'oatcake induced' North Staffordshire dialect from Paul's heritage.

The pandemic has seen them focusing their attention on writing and developing their online presence. Their live stream 'Afternoon Tea with Paul & Karen' is now in excess of 100 shows and still attracts a dedicated international following. The new album 'Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck' has been released in May 2022 and received glowing reviews in folk magazines around the UK and Europe.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.
For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

29/10/2024

Marj Mitchell

A fab line-up of live music at Dartford Folk Club for the second half of the autumn term! Don't miss it! 🎵🪗🎻🎸🪕🎶

25/10/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2024 LUKE JACKSON

Blessed with a distinctive, bluesy, soulful voice, UK based singer-songwriter Luke Jackson has developed an enviable reputation for himself in the Roots, Acoustic, Folk & Americana circuits by virtue of his acclaimed recordings and dynamic live performances, be they solo or trio.

Between his debut album released in 2012, through to his latest release in 2022 are five records, including a live album Solo, Duo, Trio, which were all released to high praise and 5-star reviews. In the summer of 2019 Luke played the Costa Del Folk Festival in Portugal, September marked his first full solo tour in the USA and his last full length studio album Journals, released in November that year, was made 'Album of the Year' by Fatea Magazine.

During Covid, Luke kept himself busy and engaged with the musical community through a series of themed live stream shows and, after a bit of a creative writing surge, released a 7 track EP in early 2021 of songs written during lockdown called Of The Time later voted 2021 EP of the Year by Fatea Magazine.
Move on several years, and Luke continues to tour relentlessly in his own right, either solo, with either a bassist or drummer, or as a trio with both of them.

We hope you will join us to welcome back LUKE JACKSON for his third visit to DARTFORD FOLK CLUB!

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

18/10/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB TUESDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2024

CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX

Christina Alden & Alex Patterson are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and a creative song-writing style that is both delicate and moving. Deeply inspired by the world around them, they have a keen environmental eye to craft stories with the natural world at its heart, reflecting on the relationship between humans and the wild.

They have toured extensively in the UK and Europe; including a twenty-three-date concert hall tour with Show of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections, headline and main stage performances at some of the UK's most prestigious folk festivals and performances in Norway, Belgium, France and Ireland.
They have written and self-released four albums, composed music for a BBC Radio 4 documentary series and have had over a million streams on Spotify.

'A bright, lively collection of songs that plays so sweetly it evokes the sensation of a summer folk festival' - The Guardian

'Gorgeous harmonies and lush melodies' - BBC Countryfile

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

11/10/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB

TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 24 CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS

In case Chris While and Julie Matthews have so far passed you by, they are the longest-lasting female duo in Britain and have played more than 3,000 gigs, appeared on over 100 albums, written hundreds of original songs and reached millions of people around the world. Now, 30 years after their debut, they sound as fresh and vital as ever.

Chris & Julie are generally regarded as folk/singer-songwriters but their outlook is more akin to the DIY philosophy of punk. Their story is remarkable, one of two empowered women doing it their way, without compromise. They run their own label and publishing company; record and produce their albums from their own studio; perform all their own material, and have always valued their complete autonomy and creative freedom. And all from a small village near Sheffield, nearly 200 miles north of the London-centric UK music industry.

Their songs are varied and colourful and draw inspiration from the overtly political to key social issues and real-life human stories.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

03/10/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2024 DAVE ELLIS & BOO HOWARD

"Dave Ellis and Boo Howard simply exude class. With Boo's wonderful voice and Dave's stunning song writing and guitar playing, they are always classy, imaginative and engaging... a lot of superlatives, but they are that good." - (Chesham FC)

Dave left Liverpool and headed to London with his guitar at the tender age of 18. He was soon headlining at major venues, getting rave reviews or his extraordinary guitar playing, duetting with Gordon Giltrap and touring with his hero Bert Jansch. Melody Maker listed him as 'one of the 6 best guitarists in the world'. With the release of his solo album, radio and TV beckoned and after a spot on the Old Grey Whistle Test, Dave decided to form 'The Dave Ellis Band'.

Boo joined as the bass player and soon became the main singer. The pair became a solid partnership renowned for their unusual blend of powerful songwriting, exquisite guitar playing and beautiful harmonies. Dave & Boo are now an integral part of the British acoustic folk scene and firm favourites with audiences up and down the land.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

28/09/2024

Marj Mitchell
16h ·

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2024 DAN McKINNON

Dan McKinnon is a genuine troubadour - one man, one guitar, one voice - but oh, what a voice...

Blessed with a glorious baritone voice, a graceful mastery on guitar, and a hearty laugh that delights any room, Dan McKinnon has carved out his own unique, musical path. From early beginnings in the coffee houses, pubs and bars of Atlantic Canada, to yearly tours throughout the UK, Dan's performances reveal an enduring respect for the past, tempered by a profound attachment to the present. His keenly observed stories and passionately delivered songs convey a deep inquisitiveness into the human condition combined with the rich heritage of the Maritimes.

Dan is a thoroughly engaging performer preferring a smooth, finger-style acoustic guitar accompaniment for his thoughtful compositions and lilting melodies. He covers much of the folk spectrum, seamlessly blending contemporary with traditional, their universal themes making the past and the present come alive.
"Hearing Dan McKinnon for the first time reminds me of the first time I heard Stan Rogers or James Keelaghan..." - Rich Warren, Sing Out!

We hope you will join us as we celebrate our 51st Birthday!

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

19/09/2024

Marj Mitchell

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB

TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2024 JON WILKS

Jon Wilks is a prominent fingerpicking guitarist and singer who performs traditional English folk songs and broadside ballads, often specialising in traditional folk songs from Birmingham & the wider Midlands, of which he has recorded two albums, Midlife (2018) and Up the Cut (2021).

With his background as a former editor of Time Out magazine and contributor to other publications, Jon has a keen eye and ear for storytelling. During his live shows, he mixes entertaining folk song performances with fascinating tidbits about the original singers and collectors that he has unearthed during his extensive research on traditional folk music in the UK.

Aside from being a talented musician and performer, Jon is also the founder and editor of Tradfolk.co, a website dedicated to the traditional music and ritualistic culture of England.

He has released four solo albums, albums and EPs with The Grizzly Folk, and recordings with Japan-based indie band, Cut Flowers. He co-arranged and performed tracks on Jackie Oates's Gracious Wings album and was a part of Slow Jane, the quartet that created videos of Nick Drake songs. He is a current member of the Jim Moray touring band, in which he plays bass guitar, and also performs in a semi-regular duo with Jackie Oates.

07/09/2024

Marj Mitchell
06 September

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB

TUESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2024 DEN MILLER

Strong melodies, catchy sing-along choruses and intelligent lyrics, are the trademark of songs composed and performed by singer-songwriter Den Miller.

Den, a multi-instrumentalist, is an engaging and entertaining live performer, delivering his music and his message with clarity, energy and a good deal of humour. His latest album "Join All The Dots" presents a quirky outlook on modern life's issues and challenges, including relationships, parenting, war and terrorism.

Den shares an unusual viewpoint that entertains and is thought-provoking, to make connections between situations and events that seem to be unconnected. During his performances you can expect songs 'from wildly comic to deeply poignant' backed by guitar, keyboard, harmonica, autoharp and, often, the audience.

02/09/2024

Marj Mitchell
31 August at 10:32 ·

DARTFORD FOLK CLUB
TUESDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2024 WE MAVERICKS

Musical twins and mavericks besides, Lindsay Martin and Victoria Vigenser are folk that resembles everything else: Bringing challenging originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, this new duo packs emotional punches but have songs to heal the scars.
Lindsay's masterful strings and vocal meets songstress Victoria's magnificent voice and driving rhythms in a connection that is hard to describe.

Originally from the NSW Riverina and NZ respectively, they're travelling troubadours with uniquely gritty, evocative songs and echoes of their love for Americana and Celtic traditional music amongst the harmonies. Coming together for just a handful of performances in 2018, audiences gave the duo no choice but to continue. Their original collaboration has been making a bold mark on both sides of the Tasman after only a few years performing - a steep and fast rise to Australasian festivals and shows has seen the duo selected for nominations and awards.

Don't miss this amazing opportunity to see WE MAVERICKS for the first time at DARTFORD FOLK CLUB!

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

26/07/2024

Marj Mitchell

TUESDAY 30TH JULY 2024 GILMORE & Gilmore & Roberts

Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound.

Nominated three times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and released their debut album in 2008. Since then, the duo has toured Canada and mainland Europe, played some of the UK's biggest acoustic festivals, toured with folk rock legends Fairport Convention and won countless accolades for their genre-spanning work.

'Documenting Snapshots' is their sixth album and their first since 2018's A Problem Of Our Kind. "So much has changed since our last album," says Katriona. "It feels like a different landscape altogether." Jamie adds, "The music industry is still feeling the fallout of the pandemic and on a more personal level we now have two young children, so making this record had to fit around our lives rather than the other way round."

Recorded at home over a period of more than a year, 'Documenting Snapshots' really lives up to its name - a snapshot to document the duo's lives at this moment in time. It contains some of Gilmore & Roberts' most emotionally charged material yet, from personal experiences of parenthood, grief and family legacy, to historical stories of solidarity and unlikely connections.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

22/07/2024

TICKETS FOR MOIRA FURNESS FOLK FESTIVAL:

I have 2 weekend tickets available for Moira Furness Folk Festival with camping. These are genuine tickets from a friend who is very poorly and therefore can no longer go but, is keen the tickets are used.

Please DM the Dartford Folk Club or Marj Mitchell if you are interested. Thanks!

18/07/2024

Marj Mitchell

TUESDAY 23RD JULY 2024 THE WILDERNESS YET

The Wilderness Yet has earned audiences' esteem as consummate musicians & singers, weaving an eclectic tapestry of traditional and original songs; a ca****la three-part harmonies to luscious instrumental arrangements.

From their eponymous debut 'The Wilderness Yet' (2020) to their last studio album, 'What Holds The World Together' (2022), the band has consistently created genre-breaking music earning them numerous first class reviews from the global music press, airplay on mainstream TV, and performances at festivals from Cambridge to Folk by the Oak.

Rowan, a traditional musician who grew up in the foothills of the Burren on the west coast of Ireland, is a fine singer with a "deep understanding and feel for tradition" (FolkWords) and is a workshop leader, serial tunebook author, and the winner of the 'Future of Young Folk Award' at Bromyard Folk Festival.

Rosie has a voice that brings "a ruby-richness to lyrics new and old" (Folk Radio UK), so it's no surprise that she has been a finalist for the BBC Young Folk Award. Her own songs are heavily influenced by the English tradition and her love of literature and the environment.

Philippe is well-known on the folk scene as a virtuosic flautist, but is an equally magnificent guitarist! Since completing an MA in Irish Music Performance at University of Limerick, he has toured with many bands as well as being a regular session musician on film & TV soundtracks.

Doors Open at 7.15pm with the evening starting at 8pm.
NO RESERVED SEATING! Please do come early if you are planning to sit with a large group of friends.

For further information, please E-mail: [email protected]

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