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elcome to the first issue under new Why have we joined Unicorn? The folk world’s management. Let’s set out our stall, rich variety of clubs, sessions, concerts and Wstarting with the introductions. festivals are invariably open, relaxed and informal, creating an atmosphere in which old Simon lives in Biggleswade with wife Amanda friends can catch up, while newcomers are and children Chloe and James. An inveterate welcomed and encouraged to perform. We folk club member and festival visitor, he recently support folk as an accessible and inclusive joined Letchworth Morris Men, and with Andy tradition which also happens to be great fun, and Barwell started Dunton Folk, which holds we believe Unicorn is a small but valuable part of concerts throughout the year, sessions on the the local tradition. first Tuesday of the month, and a wassail each January in partnership with Dunton Cider. See What are our plans? You’ll have noticed changes www.duntonfolk.co.uk and the Dunton Cider to Unicorn’s appearance – some are dictated website, www.duntoncider.co.uk. by our new production process, but others are designed to update the look of Unicorn while Clive, from St Albans, is another long-time preserving its essential character. We plan to supporter of local folk music. He teaches, runs develop the content similarly, through evolution music workshops, and plays guitar and mandolin rather than revolution. with a variety of musicians. As the unofficial ‘marketing arm’ of the St Albans Folk Festival, In all this, the views of readers will be Clive creates all their logos, design, print and paramount, so do please keep your comments web materials. He also runs his own design and and suggestions coming. creative consultancy – see his general blog at We must end with a note of appreciation. www.clivebatkin.wordpress.com and his guitar Throughout the handover Alan and Theo site www.clivebatkin.com. have been unfailingly supportive with advice, Mike has lived in the Bedford area for many constructive criticism and encouragement – years, playing and studying a range of music not forgetting a compendious selection of real before settling contentedly into folk. He works ales. Perhaps we may have managed without as a music librarian and plays fretted strings – them, but it would have been vastly more difficult bouzouki with Ragged Staff (www.ragged-staff. and much less fun. Thanks very much, chaps. co.uk), mandola and tenor banjo at local clubs See you round the clubs… and sessions, including Bedford FC and NAF Club, Silsoe. Simon, Clive & Mike Editorial 1 Review: Kara 22 Editorial Staff: Contents 1 Club Profile: Bedford Folk Music Club 24 Simon Bailes Chatterbox 5 Feature: FolkEast 26 Clive Batkin Mike Nacey Feature: Folkstock 8 Advertiser Information 27 Sessions 10 Shall We Dance? 28 Front cover photo by Al Rogers (no fiddles were harmed in the Review: Lucy Ward 11 Feature: WoodWorks 31 taking of this photo!) Morris Diary 12 – 13 Broadside by Long Lankin 32 Printed by KJB UK Ltd Unicorn Diary 15 – 17 © Unicorn Magazine 2013 Club Index 18 CB1029 • June 2013 Review: New Roots 20 Song: The March Hare 20 Visit oUr new website at www.UnicornMagazine.org Unicorn Magazine: issUe 123 1 Concerts at St Mary Magdalene Church, Dunton, Biggleswade. 7.30 for 8.00pm - £10 (Children free) New Size Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar – Saturday 20th July 134 x 92 Winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, 2013, Greg and Ciaran are a duo with an amazing level of energy, ability and stagecraft. Monthly Sessions th First Tuesday of every Megson – Saturday 7 September month. March Hare, Husband and wife duo, Stu and Debbie Hanna Dunton, Biggleswade, have an infectious sound of heavenly vocals, lush harmonies and driving rhythmic guitars. 8.00pm. th Andy 01767 316 124 Pete Morton – Saturday 19 October Simon 01767 310 424 Pete’s shows are dynamic and intense, while remaining approachable and fun loving. His [email protected] songs are an unruly mix of humour, politics and love. www.duntonfolk.co.uk 2 PLEASE MENTIoN UNICoRN MAgAzINE WHEN replying To ADS Unicorn Magazine: issUe 123 Unicorn Magazine: issUe 123 WWW.UNICoRNMAgAzINE.oRg 3 UM2 Quarter Page (portrait) STACEY BANJOS 2.pdf 24/4/13 11:32:08 STACEY BANJOS Ian & Val McFarlane cordially invite their Hertfordshire Folk Association will hold their dancing friends to another annual Children’s Summer Folk Dance Festival SUMMER FESTIVAL DATES: on 6th July at Sherrardswood School, Lockley, REPAIRS SET-UPS & Welwyn (www.hertsfolkassn.org.uk). Scottish / English Cleckheaton: 5 – 7 July C RESTORATION TO: August sees the staging of the annual Snape M dance Ely: 12 – 14 July ACOUSTIC GUITARS Proms in the scenic setting of Snape Maltings, near Aldeburgh. Lau will appear on 5th August, Y 4:15–8pm Woburn Sands: 13 July ELECTRIC GUITARS while on 11th Jon Boden will premiere The Ballad CM of Little Musgrave, his retelling of the folk ballad Folk by the Oak (Hatfield House): 21 July Sunday 7 July 2013 as a music drama. He returns on 15th August MY CLASSICAL GUITARS Warwick: 25 – 28 July The Beaconsfield School with Bellowhead. CY BANJOS & MANDOLINS Sidmouth: 2 – 9 August Wattleton Road, HP9 1SJ Folk Radio: John Devine, wizard of the whistle, CMY BANJOS BUILT TO ORDER pipes and much else, has since 2011 been Saltburn: 9 – 11 August Superb music provided by entertaining Irish music enthusiasts with his K Broadstairs: 9 – 16 August Mollie Koenigsberger Monday evening show on Radio Verulam. John DAVE STACEY told Unicorn he is “connecting the local Irish Whitby: 7 – 23 August (fiddle)&Vic Smith community with the old country through the finest 19 FIELD LANE Folk East (Glenham Hall, Suffolk): (accordion) contemporary and traditional Irish music”. As well LETCHWORTH as news on sessions and concerts, and live studio 23 – 25 August HERTS SG6 3LF 01494 672782 guests, John features weekly contributions from Towersey: 23 – 26 August www.mcf107.com ‘Man about London Town’ James McDonald and 01462 683074 Joe giltrap of the Irish Post. Shrewsbury: 23 – 26 August Now joining John on the airwaves is Daria New Forest: 30 August – 1st September Kulesh, hosting a new show on Radio Dacorum Tenterden: 3 – 6 october Saturday t covering folk, acoustic and world music. The y s show airs 5 – 7pm on Sundays and Daria tells us Harwich International Sea Shanty Festival: 31st August u she is “showcasing the best of folk, acoustic and a 11 – 13 october 2013 r world music in a fun, engaging manner, with live Museum of East Anglian Life T Stowmarket, Suffolk D sessions every week”. c 11am - 5.30pm i See www.radioverulam.com and www.facebook. Entries are already coming in, and committee s A fabulously eclectic day c u of traditional music, dance & song i com/radiodacorum.org. members Alison Raymond and Kim olyett in a magical setting, featuring: are busy even now planning for November’s s M P J Books have taken delivery of a new range of Martin Carthy grand Final. l books. These include the Living History series, u Debs Newbold a covering “the rich history of music through the Winchmore Folk Dance Club is holding dancing n Jeff Warner M centuries”, several books by or about Pat Shaw sessions on Tuesday mornings 10.00am to 12 noon o i and his music, dances and songs, and Scottish at grange Park Methodist Church, Park Drive. Con O’Drisceoil t l i Country Dancing guides for beginners and younger Contact John Wood, 020 8926 7293. Jerry O’Reilly d dancers. A new English Concertina Tutor from a Liam Robinson Band a Mally is awaited (see their advert on page 21). r n Music & Song Sessions T St Michael’s Street folk evening will be held in Alban Arena: Seth Lakeman 5th october, Stepdancing & Ceilidh o n St Michael’s Street, St Albans on Wednesday Show of Hands 14th Novovember. Concerts & Talks i a July 3, with dancing in the street and music in its i Jig Dolls t l three pubs (01727 852111). The Junction, Cambridge: Martin Carthy Storytelling i g & Dave Swarbrick 16th September, Lisa Knapp Ballad Corner n d At the St Albans Folk Festival, English Miscellany 23rd Septempber, Megson & The Young ‘Uns Comic Songs A will be dancing with a Czech group called Dubrava. 28th october, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman + mini beer festival a t 18th November. s Following the success of their Song Competition www.eatmt.org.uk r a last year, the Watford Folk Club are running The Stables: Cara Dillon 23rd october, T or ring 01449 771090 E another in 2013 (see their advert on page 14). The Full English Project 30th octber. 4 PLEASE MENTIoN UNICoRN MAgAzINE WHEN replying To ADS Unicorn Magazine: issUe 123 Unicorn Magazine: issUe 123 WWW.UNICoRNMAgAzINE.oRg 5 Sparrow Violins 23-24-25-26 August 2013 ^ŚƌĞǁƐďƵƌLJ&ŽůŬ&ĞƐƟǀĂů @shrewsburyfolk A folkie Luthier for folkies! Set-Ups and Repairs for Fiddles, Violas, Cellos and Hardanger Fiddles. 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