Folk Gig Guide 31st Oct - 6th Nov

Look at all the lovely folk music going on in and around Sheffield this week! Go get your paws on some.

Monday 31st October
- Ben Sands - Mansfield Folk Club (Mansfield)

Tuesday 1st Novemeber
- The Travelling Band - Stereo (York)
- Diana Jones - Greystones (Sheffield)

Wednesday 2nd November
- The Travelling Band - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)
- Reg & Friends Acoustic Folk Session - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- Rivelin Folk Club - Nether Edge Bowling Club (Nether Edge, Sheffield)

Thursday 3rd November
- Charlie Barker (Ghosts & Heroes album launch) - The Lantern Theatre (Sheffield)

Friday 4th November
- Kingfisher Blue - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- Princes Royal Folk Club - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Saturday 5th November
- Flogging Molly - Academy 2 (Manchester)

Folk Gig Guide: 24th - 30th Oct

To make up for the lack of a live show this week, I've collected together the best of live folk in and around Sheffield for this week. As you can see, there's still plenty of opportunity to go out and get a good folkin'.

Tuesday 25th October
- The Folk Train - Leaving 7pm from Platform 2C at Sheffield Station

Wednesday 26th October
- Singing Adams + Laura J Martin - The Harley (Sheffield)

Thursday 27th October
- Jackie Leven - The Flowerpot (Derby)

Friday 28th October
- Lady Maisery - Hollingwood Hub, Chesterfield Canal (Chesterfield)
- Wizz Jones - Princes Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Chatham County Line - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)

Sunday 30th October
- Karine Polwart - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)

WTF? - Show 2 - 17th October 2011

Music from new music from Ryan Adams and Bombay Bicycle Club, a free download from Boat To Row as well as tracks from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, David Gibb & Elly Lucas and The Old Dance School.  Oh, and we went international.  

What The Folk? (Show 2: 17th October) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST: 

The Be Good Tanyas - Reuben 

Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights Out, Words Gone

David Gibb & Elly Lucas - Jerusalem Cuckoo

Boat To Row - Autumn Glow (Free Download) 

Peggy Sue - D.U.M.B.O.

Ben Howard - Diamonds 

Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

Pengillys - To London

The Paul McKenna Band - Silent Majority

Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Little Deaths

The Old Dance School - The Envelope

The Cure - Lovecats (Acoustic Track)

Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere 

Folk Gig Guide 17th Oct - 23rd Oct

Go folk yourself this week in and around Sheffield - to help you decide which gigs to pick, I've included some videos below.

Monday 17th Oct
- The Ramblin' Boys - Mansfield Folk Club

Wednesday 19th Oct
- Bon Iver - O2 Apollo (Manchester)
- Sharon Shannon - Rescue Rooms (Nottingham)

Thursday 20th Oct
- Pilgrims' Way - Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Phil Cockerham - Princes Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 21st Oct
- Noah & The Whale - The Engine Shed (Lincoln)

Saturday 22nd Oct
- Laura Marling - Sheffield Cathedral
- Leatherat + Roz Bruce - The Musician (Leicester)
- Luke Hirst & Sarah Smout - Netheredge Folk Club (Sheffield)
- Peggy Sue (supporting Sons & Daughters) - Ruby Lounge (Manchester)
- Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Leadmill (Sheffield)

Folk Gig Guide 11th Oct - 17th Oct

If you fancy getting folked this week, here's a selection of shows in and around Sheffield that you might want to check out. As a teaser, I've posted a selection of videos below.

Tuesday 11th October:
- James Vincent McMorrow - City Varieties Music Hall (Leeds)
- Hank Wangford - Greystones (Sheffield)

Thursday 13th October
- Princes Royal Folk Club and Performers Night - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 14th October
- Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Fay Hield Trio - Chesterfield Folk Club (Chesterfield)

Sunday 16th October
- Lucy Ward + Six Hands In Tempo - The Poppy Folk Club (Nottingham)

WTF? - Show One - 10th October 2011

First edition of Forge Radio's only folk (and a bit of country) specialist show. There were ups, there were downs, but most importantly there was lots of lovely folk music.

What The Folk? (Show 1: 10th October 2011) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Stornoway - I Saw You Blink
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Chuck Ragan - Good Enough For Rock & Roll
Lady Maisery - I Know My Love
Laura Marling - Ghosts
Mundy/ Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
Sugarland - We Run
Bellowhead - New York Girls
Lucy Ward - Maids When You're Young
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - The Badger Set
Bert Jansch - Courting Blues
Emmy The Great  - A Woman, A Woman, A Century Of Sleep
Kill It Kid  - Ida Mae (Acoustic Track)
Frank Turner - Reasons Not To Be An Idiot