Article, Friday, 16 July 2010
Well there’ve been frolics in the folkie world this last two weeks. At the Foggy Furze Folk Club in the Travellers’ Rest in Stockton Road in Hartlepool, we welcomed the first ‘Jan’s Jukebox’, where one person selects songs for all the other players to perform. It worked really well without cramping anyone’s style so there’s another selection to be performed sometime in the future.
This week the FFFC were roundly entertained by Maggie Gee and her merry men on Irish and Northumbrian pipes, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles and a concertina. A jolly good time was had by all.
The next spotlight is Al on the harmonica and he should be on on 27 July. Our next guest is Cliff Healey, the human jukebox, 10 August 2010.
At the Cosmopolitan last weekend there was a cracking evening, people from all over the north-east entertaining one another. Now be aware that there’s no Headland Folk Club on 23rd but there is one on 6 August – that’ll be the last one for the summer.
This week has also seen the start of a shanty group in the nursery on a Wednesday (as well as the regular Monday evening folk and acoustic night) so why not pop down and see what’s happening?
You know you’re welcome at any of the local folk clubs, so why not pop in and enjoy a quiet drink while listening to your local folkies? Alternatively, you can catch up on www.foggyfurzefolk.com or get in touch on kay@foggyfurzefolk.com.
