Hove Folk Club
Upcoming Guests:
Get your diaries out!
- Friday 5th March 2010: Reg Meuross
- Friday 2nd April 2010: Debra Cowan
- Friday 7th May: Roger Watson
- Friday 4th June: Ruth Cooke
- Friday 2nd July: Al Baker
- Friday 6th August: T.b.a.
- Friday 3rd Sepember: Alan Prosser
- Friday 1st October: Dr Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band
- Friday 6th November: T.b.a.
- Friday 3rd December: T.b.a.
- Friday 7th January 2011: Jez Lowe
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Back by popular demand! Reg Meuross was one of our earliest guests at Hove Folk Club: you can read the account of the evening here. He really liked the club (see his quote on the Home Page) - and we really enjoyed his peformance! A highly accomplished songwriter and performer, Reg has worked with a wide range of performers; tonight, however, he once again appears solo, and it will be a superb evening. If you missed him last time, make sure that you arrive early for this one! Web site: www.regmeuross.com |
"One of Britain's finest Singer/Songwriters" - Time Out Magazine. "Reg tells it with Soul" - Nick Lowe "The best high tenor voice this side of the Atlantic" - Hank Wangford "There's something special about the way he writes and delivers a song" - Townes Van Zandt
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From the minute she begins to sing, Debra Cowan grabs her audience and doesn’t let go! She is an exceptional interpreter of traditional and contemporary songs, using that ability to communicate the story within the song. Her rich voice conjures images of stony grey Celtic castles, green and rolling English landscapes, and humorous American urban scenes. Just as the audience is left spellbound after Debra presents a woeful traditional ballad of love gone wrong, she immediately brings laughter with an outrageous comic song. Her concern for social justice and equality is reflected in her set choices; included are songs describing life in the jute mills of Scotland, the meat-packing plants of the USA and strikers fighting for dignity on the picket line. Since leaving a teaching career in 1997, Debra Cowan has been enjoying success as one of America's foremost interpreters of traditional and contemporary folksongs. She tours in the United Kingdom every year. Don't miss her in 2010! Web site: www.debracowan.com |
"Although Debra’s voice has the clarity and pureness of a Judy Collins or a Maddy Prior, she is in a class by herself" - Greater New Bedford Summerfest Folk Festival "She is blessed with a beautiful voice and a deep appreciation for the tradition....each song is a new story to be shared and experienced" - Ron Olesko, host "Traditions", WFDU, Teaneck, NJ
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Radical singer-songwriter Al Baker, who fronts The Dole Queue, will be making a solo appearance at Hove Folk Club. He is based in Manchester and many of his appearances are in the North (when he's not touring the US and Canada, that is) so this is a rare opportunity to see him here in the South. Don't miss it! Web site: www.albaker.co.uk MySpace: www.myspace.com/alandhisguitar |
"Al Baker is … possessed with urgency and a righteous anger, but manages to distil it into a collection of upbeat and spiky originals … vibrant, intense and most welcome" - Rock'n'Reel Magazine |
