Sing, dance and play!
Posted in Terry King and the Travelling Folk, Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2009
Terry King is a stalwart of the local folk scene – it would be significantly poorer without his commited involvement. He tells me he’s been continuously involved on the Kent folk scene for over a quarter of a century, beginning with singing at the famous Elsie’s Club venue at Cowden Pound, near Edenbridge, where [...]
Posted in Artists at Frittenden, Jack Crawford, Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2009
Jack Crawford sings traditional songs unaccompanied in the old-fashioned style, and in recent years, he’s become prominent as a highly respected performer with a big, dark brown and musical voice and great way of telling a story.
Posted in Artists at Frittenden, David Campbell on Jan 27th, 2009
David Campbell bears one of traditional music’s great names – but he carries it so lightly that you’d hardly know.
In fact, he’s the grandson of two Aberdonian singers Dave & Betty Campbell who for decades were well known around the Midlands folk scene. In fact, Betty passed away just a few weeks ago on the 6th January.
Posted in Artists at Frittenden, Kerry Fletcher on Jan 22nd, 2009
Romany step dancer Billy West stepping with Kerry Fletcher,
accompanied by Tim Brooks (picture courtesy of Essex Folk News)
Kent’s Kerry Fletcher is a traditional dancer of many styles, from waltzing to clogging, but at Frittenden she will be focusing on Southern English-style stepping. Accompanied by her regular fiddler Tim Brooks, she’ll be teaching stepping in the [...]
Posted in Andy Turner, Artists at Frittenden, Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2009
Andy Turner will sing and play at the Frittenden
Andy Turner sings, plays anglo-concertina and one-row melodeon. He was born and bred at Ashford, and first became involved in the folk scene in Kent.
In the 1980s, he danced with Oyster Morris, was an occasional member of the Oyster Band, played in a duo with Chris Wood [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2009
Good news – we’re planning another small folk festival at Frittenden again this coming year, to be held on the 4th April 2009. This time, we’ve decided to focus on performers from the folk revival in the South-East of England