Folk Gig Guide 28th Nov - 4th Dec

Folk galore this week. Get yer mitts on it.

Monday 28th November
- The Urban Folk Quartet - National Centre for Early Music (York)
- Flogging Molly - Rock City (Nottingham)

Tuesday 29th November
- The Urban Folk Quartet - Ashford Institute (Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Derbyshire)
- Ellen & The Escapades - Stereo (York)
- Hilsborough Folk - Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)

Wednesday 30th November
- Ellen & The Escapades - The Forum (Sheffield)

Thursday 1st December
- Fleet Foxes - 02 Acaedemy (Leeds)
- Fionn Regan - St Phillip's Church (Manchester)
- Franz Nicolay + Chris T-T - The Basement (York)
- Show Of Hands - Grand Opera House (York)
- Dogwood Rose - The Cheshire Cheese (Hope, Derbyshire)
- Keiran Goss - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Paul Thomas Saunders + The Staves - Nation Of Shopkeepers (Leeds)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 2nd December
- Play On - The Fat Cat (Alma Street, Sheffield)

Saturday 3rd December
- Ben Marwood - The Basement (York)
- Acoustic Revolution - The Adelphi (Leeds)
- The Lancashire Hotpots - Club Academy (Manchester)
- Meg Baird - Trades Club (Hebden Bridge)

Sunday 4th December
- Rocky Votolato - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)
- Royal Folk - The Royal Hotel (Sheffield)

WTF? - Show 6 - 21st Nov

New music from Charlene Soraia and The Woodbine & Ivy Band, free music from Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, a brief chat about the 2012 BBC2 Folk Awards nominees and an interview with Billy Bragg!

What The Folk? (Show 6: 21st November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Dan Mangan - Post War Blues
Charlene Soraia - Moonchild
Phil Odgers - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun - Waitress
June Tabor & Oysterband - (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen
Frank Turner - Wessex Boy
Billy Bragg Interview
The Woodbine & Ivy Band (with Fay Hield) - Spencer The Rover
Lady Maisery - Mary Ann
Jimmy Eat World - Coffee & Cigarettes (Acoustic)

WTF? - Show 5 - 14th Nov

New music from James Hill, live music from Bellowhead, free music from Sarabeth Tucek. Only one major and one minor mess up.

What The Folk? (Show 5: 14th November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:
Death Cab For Cutie - Lack of Color
Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
James Hill - Hand Over My Heart
Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Rebellion (Arcade Fire Cover)
Bellowhead - Haul Away
Billy Bragg - Sexuality
Bill Bailey - Unisex Chipshop
Roddy Woomble - Roll Along
Dan Mangan - Basket
Kate Rusby - Village Green Preservation Society
Bombay Bicycle Club - Evening/ Morning (Acoustic)
Noam Pikelny - My Mother Thinks I'm A Lawyer

Folk Gig Guide 21st Nov - 27th Nov

As always, the run down of this week's live folk in and around Sheffield.

Monday 21st November
- Josh T. Pearson - RNCM (Manchester)
- Lau vs. The Deadly Gentlemen - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Gillian Welch - O2 Apollo (Manchester)
- Lisa Hannigan - The Duchess (York)
- June Tabor & Oysterband - City Varieties (Leeds)
- Richard Shindell - The Greystones (Sheffield)

Tuesday 22nd November
- Edale Rambler Folk Train - Platform 7, Sheffield Train Station
- Emily Portman - The Musician (Leicester)
- Hilsborough Folk - Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)
- Sheffield Tradition Fiddlers' Society - The Red Deer (Pitt Street, Sheffield)

Wednesday 23rd November
- Emily Portman - The Basement (York)
- Josh T. Pearson - The Musician (Leicester)
- Steel MakersFolk Club - The Rutland Arms (Brown Street, Sheffield)

Thursday 24th November
- Skyhook - The Greystones (Sheffield) SOLD OUT
- David Ferrand - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 25th November
- Marcus Foster - The Deaf Institute (Manchester)

Saturday 26th November
- Frank Turner + Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - O2 Apollo( Manchester)

Sunday 27th November
- Steeleye - Buxton Opera House (Buxton, South Yorkshire)
- Tinkers Three - The Nether Edge Folk Club (Sheffield)

Folk Gig Guide 14th Nov - 20th Nov

Here it is again, the run down of all things folk in and around Sheffield this week.

Monday 14th November
- The Low Anthem + William Elliott Whitmore + Admiral Fallow - Leeds Irish Centre (Leeds)
- Philip Cockerham & Dave Bowie Jnr. - Mansfield Folk Club (Mansfield)

Tuesday 15th November
- Billy Bragg (Leftfield In Motion) - Leadmill (Sheffield)
- Bellowhead - Manchester Academy (Manchester)
- Lianne La Havas - Nation Of Shopkeepers (Leeds)
- Bruce Molsky + King Courgette - The Basement (York)
- Pete Molinari  - Fibbers (York)
- Hilsborough Folk - The Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)
- Viva Guitar - Shakespeares (Sheffield)

Wednesday 16th November
- St Vincent + Cate Le Bon - Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
- Rivelin Folk Club - The Hollybush (Sheffield)
- Sheffield Ballads Club - The Burton Street Foundation (Hilsborough, Sheffield)

Thursday 17th November
- Billy Bragg (Leftfield In Motion) - Leeds University Union (Leeds)
- Death Cab For Cutie + Butcher The Bar - O2 Academy (Leeds)
- Princess Royal Folk Club - The Princess Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Friday 18th November
- Bellowhead - The Engine Shed - Lincoln
- Clive Carroll - The Greystones (Sheffield)

Saturday 19th November
- Bellowhead - The Leadmill (Sheffield)

Sunday 20th November
- Roger Davis - The Greystones (Sheffield)
- The Webb Sisters - The Ruby Lounge (Manchester)

WTF? - Show 4 - 7th November 2011

With new music from Christy Moore and Laura Veirs, country music from Uncle Tupelo and Travis Tritt and a pirate sea-shanty from Blackbeard's Tea Party. And I think I only screw up badly once. Maybe twice. But the music was good.

What the Folk? (Show 4: 7th November) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST

Pilgrim's Way - Tarry Trousers
Christy Moore - My Little Honda 50
June Tabor & Oysterband - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Matthew P - The Breakfast Song
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Travis Tritt - T.R.O.U.B.L.E
Sarah McQuaid - Uncloudy Day
Laura Veirs - The Fox
The Lancashire Hotpots - Chippy Tea
Sandy Denny, Thea Gilmore - Don't Stop Singing
Blackbeard's Tea Party - High Barbery
Frightened Rabbit - Scottish Winds
Mumford & Sons - The Cave
Bowling For Soup - Belgium (Acoustic Track)
Fanfarlo - Decosntruction

Folk Gig Guide 7th Nov - 13th Nov

I've picked out all the best folk gigs and folk nights in and around Sheffield this week so that you don't have to. As always, I've included some videos at the bottom (check out the Dutch on the Sarah McQuaid one!)

Tuesday 8th November
- Second Tuesday Folk at Burton Street (Sheffield)

Wednesday 9th Novemeber
- The Hot Tomales - The Drill Hall (Lincoln)
- Reg & Friends Acoustic Folk Session - Shakespeares (Sheffield)
- The Rivellin Folk Club - The Hollybush (Sheffield)
- The Steel Makers Folk Club - The Rutland Arms (Sheffield)

Thursday 10th November 
- Kristina Olsen - The Black Swan Folk Club (York)
- The Prince's Royal Folk Club (Crookes, Sheffield)
- Raise The Roof Singaround - The Red Deer (Sheffield)

Friday 11th November
- Karine Polwart - The Drill Hall (Lincoln)
- Sarah McQuaid - The Rock (Maltby, nr. Rotherham)
- Soapstone Dragon and Friends - The Princes Royal (Crookes, Sheffield)

Saturday 12th November
- The Lancashire Hotpots - Fibbers (York)
- Pilgrim's Way - The Globe Inn (Glossop)
- The Urban Folk Quartet - The Junction (Goole)
- Sarah McQuaid - The Red Shed (Wakefield)

Sunday 13th November
- Jesca Hoop + Blind Atlas - St Clement's Church (Chorlton, Manchester)
- Andy Whittle + Alexa Hawksworth + Marc Block - The Maze (Nottingham)
- Broken Ground - The Nether Edge Folk Club (Sheffield)

WTF? - Show 3 - 3st October 2011

No mentions of Halloween whatsoever. Well, no Halloween songs. Well, one. Sort of. But the rest was lovely, lovely folk music.

What The Folk? (Show 3: 31st October) by Georgina Beardmore on Mixcloud

TRACKLIST:

Forty Million Mexicans - Haunting Song
Karine Polwart - Sorry
The Travelling Band - Sundial
Beirut - Sunday Smile
Isaac Graham - Gold & Steal
Andy Statman - My Hollywood Girls
Charlie Barker - Underneath The Stars
Ruth Notman - Johnny Be Fair
Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned
Moore Moss Rutter - William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe/ The Savage Hornpipe
Flogging Molly - (No More) paddy's Lament
The Once - You're My Best Friend
The Gaslight Anthem - Boxer (Acoustic Track)
Runaway Dorothy - Katherine Song