Penicuik Folk Club and Festival
Coming Soon
Penicuik Folk Club concerts are held at the Roadhouse Pub, 136 John Street, Penicuik, EH26 8NJ (see map). We hold a Singer`s Night every non-concert Tuesday - so please come along anyway. Click on each performer`s name for more information.
2009
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Claire Mann & Aaron Jones Claire comes from Newcastle upon Tyne and has established herself as one of the leading exponents of Traditional Irish Flute, Fiddle and Song. She has won numerous All Ireland Championships on flute, whistle and fiddle. A regular on the Edinburgh session scene, she has also toured extensively worldwide with bands Tabache, Craobh Rua and Christy O`Leary. Aaron, born in Poole Dorset, was encouraged by his Northern Irish musical family to take up the Bouzouki and the Bass Guitar at the age of sixteen. He has toured worldwide with artists such as Craobh Rua, Seelyhoo, The Sandy Brechin Band, Iron Horse and Keep It Up. He has performed onstage with the various artists which include The Boys of the Lough, The Moving Cloud, Eamon Coyne, Flook, Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain, Michael McGoldrick, Deaf Shepherd, Fred Morrison and Carlos Nunez and has made numerous TV and Radio appearances worldwide. When not performing in a duo with Claire, he tours the world with Old Blind Dogs, a band voted "Folk Band of the Year" in 2004. Tuesday February 9th 2010, 8.00pm, The Roadhouse, Penicuik |
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Siobhan Miller & Jeana Leslie Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller won the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award at the final in London in December 2007. Since 2005, these two very talented young musicians have been students on the BA Scottish Music course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow and that is where this burgeoning partnership began, developed, and flourished although both girls have been performing individually since their early teens. From their very first meeting at the RSAMD, Jeana and Siobhan have discovered an empathic approach to composing, arranging and performing music together. Their repertoire includes both instrumentals and songs, however, both being blessed with lovely natural voices which blend beautifully, whether in harmony or unison, they focus mainly on communicating through song whether traditional, contemporary or self-penned. Tuesday March 9th 2010, 8.00pm, The Roadhouse, Penicuik |
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The Cast The Cast was formed when Mairi and David joined forces after meeting each other in the burgeoning traditional music and dance scene in Edinburgh. They have since performed extensively throughout the UK and Ireland, in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and North America, and have also featured on many BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts. In 1999 The Cast performed their classic rendition of Auld Lang Syne (as recorded on The Winnowing album) on the US TV special Kennedy Center Honors. The programme honoured fellow Scot Sean Connery, and among the many prestigious guests attending this annual holiday event were the then president of the USA Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary Clinton. Mairi and David have a deep love of traditional music of all kinds, but reserve a particular place for the work of Robert Burns, the fiddle music of Scotland and Scotland’s rich ballad heritage. They are polished, relaxed and engaging performers, with a deep knowledge of their material and its sources. Tuesday April 20th 2010, 8.00pm, The Roadhouse, Penicuik: £9/£7 (conc.) |
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Sinsheen Sinsheen is a singing duo consisting of Christine Kydd and Barbara Dymock - each a fine singer in her own right, now working together. They have built a reputation among roots music lovers for originality, virtuosity, rich harmonies and the livest of live performances. Combining power, passion and pedigree, these dynamic veterans of the Scottish music world contrast stark harmony vocals with light instrumental and percussive backing. Together they explore and innovate, gracefully twisting the tradition and colluding with the contemporary. The songs of Sinsheen are a voice for the irreverent everywhere, with a brash sense of humour, but a healthy respect for the roots of traditional Scottish music. Songs vary from self-penned via trad to the odd genre-swapping version of a dyed-in-the-wool Scottish favourite. Expect fun and seriousness in equal measure, a performance extraordinarily varied and rich, songs about work, struggle, love, getting the bairn tae sleep, politics, the blues, and dreams. Tuesday June 8th 2010, 8.00pm, The Roadhouse, Penicuik |
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350, Rullion Road, Penicuik, Midlothian,
Scotland EH26 9AD.
Tel : +44 (0)1968 678 610