Tag Archives: Guitarist

Josh Robins on Friday 5 April

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Josh Robins is a talented singer-songwriter who grew up in the folk world in the North of England and now lives in Cambridge. Josh’s first EP was released in September and received numerous positive reviews and radio plays during his recent tour of the UK and Ireland.

Josh has spent the last 5 years living, writing and studying from his self converted van in Cambridge, and has become well known in the local scene for his coherent, poetic, story-driven lyrics. In his voice can be heard the northern twang of his family and the rough countryside feel of the East Anglian fens in which he grew up. Video here: Blessed with a Mess

Click here for Josh’s Facebook page with many more songs, and here for our Facebook event. Please let us know via our contact page if you would like us to save tickets for you (£13 non-members, £10 club members). Bring your own drinks – teas and coffee available in the kitchen for 50p.

Steve Tilston on Friday 1 December

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Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated songsmiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music – the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else. “The more you listen, the more there is to discover.” (Bob Harris). The story of Steve’s “lost” letter from John Lennon thrust Steve into the

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worldwide media spotlight and was the inspiration for a Hollywood movie. Danny Collins, starring Al Pacino in the title role, is now available to own on DVD.

Steve was also voted Fatea Awards Male Vocalist of the Year 2015 and Truth to Tell was chosen as one of The Telegraph’s top folk albums that year too. 2021 saw the release of Such Times and the continuation of the connection with Riverboat Records, begun with Distant Days, Steve’s solo acoustic retrospective, from 2018. In Such Times Steve takes on the role of social commentator and storyteller with 15 tracks of almost exclusively new material, recorded during the first national lockdown.

The evening starts at 7.30 pm. Tickets (£13 non-members, £10 club members) can be reserved via the email form on our contact page. Bring your own drinks – teas and coffee available in the kitchen for 50p.

Dan McKinnon on Friday 29 September

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On Friday 29 September at 7.30 pm we are very pleased to be welcoming Canadian singer songwriter and guitarist Dan McKinnon to the club. Dan has been performing for over thirty years – it was hearing Stan Rogers’ music in 1979 that first encouraged him to start, and the importance of that influence can still be felt in his own songs. 

Dan ‘blessed with a gorgeous baritone voice and an exceptional command of phrasing, light and shade’ (David Kidman, The Living Tradition) continues to convey his finely crafted songs to audiences through his yearly tours in the UK and performances in and around the Canadian Maritimes.

Tickets (£13 non-members, £10 club members) can be reserved by emailing us via the contact page. Bring your own drinks – teas and coffee are available in the kitchen for 50p.  There is some parking for early arrivers – otherwise please park in nearby streets.

Jon Wilks on Friday 30 September

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At 7.30 pm on Friday 30 September we look forward to seeing Jon Wilks, an acclaimed fingerpicking guitarist and singer of traditional folk songs and broadside ballads from the English repertoire. Jon’s background as a journalist (a former editor of Time Out magazine and contributor to Dazed & Confused, The Guardian and other publications) means that he has a great eye/ear for a story, and this shows in his live shows – an amusing mix of folk song performance and storytelling.

Please let us know via our contact page if you would like us to put you on the list for tickets: £13 non-members, £10 club members. Bring your own drinks.

Bob Fox on Friday 1 July

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At 7.30 pm on Friday 1 July Norwich Folk Club looks forward to welcoming Bob Fox, a Pitman Poet and the acclaimed Songman in the National Theatre’s West End production of WarHorse. ‘One of the truly great voices from the North East with musicianship second to none’, Vin Garbutt.

Bring your own drinks. Please let us know via the contact form if you would like us to save tickets (£13).

Martin Carthy on Friday 13 May

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For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.

Martin is a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.

The event starts at 7.30 pm. There are some tickets left (£15 non-members, £12 club members). These can be reserved by emailing us via the contact page. Bring your own drinks.

Miranda Sykes on Friday 22 April

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After a postponed event earlier in the year, on Friday 22 April (7.30–10 pm) we are looking forward to welcoming Miranda Sykes, the acclaimed singer and bassist with ‘Show of Hands’, back to Norwich Folk Club. After a career spanning over 20 years, during which time she has played with many of the top musicians and singers within the folk world, Miranda is touring as she started out: one woman, one bass, and one guitar.

Building on the success of her Borrowed Places tour, Miranda Sykes is back with a completely new project: Behind The Wall. Where Borrowed Places opened a window into the past, explaining where she had been, physically & spiritually, Behind The Wall is a Roller Coaster Ride exploring where we are going; Miranda, you, me, all of us. What does it mean to be human today, living in our communities & societies & where will our actions lead us? Powerful and hard-hitting but also poignant & beautiful, this show gives us all a chance to reflect & maybe even empower us.

Please email us via the contact page if you would like tickets (£13). Bring your own drinks.

Pete Morton: online guest on Friday 4 December

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We are pleased to be welcoming the highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Pete Morton to perform two extended spots at our online song session on Friday 4 December. Pete will be singing songs from his brand-new album ‘A Golden Thread’, as well as some old favourites.

‘As a chronicler of the human condition and wry observer of history and the march of progress, Morton is up there with fellow Englishmen Richard Thompson and Chris Wood’ GLASGOW HERALD.

The session is free, with the option to contribute to Pete’s tip pot (suggested contribution £5). You can join the Zoom meeting from 7.30 pm for an 8 pm start and we finish at 11 pm. Email us via the form on our contact page to get the link, and let us know if you would like to perform yourself. We will try to fit in as many other performers as possible.

Martin Carthy on Friday 20 March

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For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.

Martin is a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.

Due to the current national situation THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED TO EARLY 2021.

Julie Felix on Friday 13 December

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International star of the 60s and 70s, Julie Felix will be our guest on Friday 13 December. Four years after her arrival in the UK from California, Julie was given her own BBC series, with an array of guests, including Spike Milligan, Richard Harris, Leonard Cohen, Dusty Springfield, Donovan and Jimmy Page. What began for Julie as simple home entertainment, as her father and his friends played Mariachi music into the small hours of the morning, has become this remarkable woman’s vocation for half a century.

Tickets £13 (£10 members) can be reserved by email via our contact page. Please do let us know if you are planning to come along to be sure of getting a seat. Bring your own drinks. Teas and coffee available in the kitchen.