(a non-profit organization promoting traditional & roots folk
music in association with The Home County Folk League)
2018 - 2019 Concert Season
Our 25th Season at Chaucer's
Map to Chaucer's (click
here)
SEASON OPENING CONCERT
Sunday, Sept. 9, 7:30 pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant
(122 Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
It has become a
tradition for the Friends of Fiddler's Green to open each season at the
Cuckoo's Nest. This season is very special as it marks the beginning of
our 25th year presenting concerts at Chaucer's Pub next to the Marienbad
Restaurant in downtown London. We are very grateful to Jerry Pribil and his wonderful staff for looking after us so
well.
The Toronto-based
"Friends" boast six versatile musicians, four fine singers, three
songwriters, a brilliant joke teller, the occasional fiery dragon, one Order of
Canada, one Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and one of the longest track records
in Canadian Folk Music. This totally uncategorizable collection has been
together, with a few personnel changes, since their inauguration at Toronto's
Fiddler's Green coffeehouse in 1971. Nobody, not even the Friends themselves,
can predict what might happen during one of their concerts, but it always
includes humour, powerful vocal harmony, great musicianship, social commentary
and an irresistible urge to dance.
The Friends were
recipients of the 2003 Estelle Klein Award, given by the Ontario Council of
Folk Festivals for service to folk music in Ontario.
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
Direct from Scotland
Monday, October 1, 7:30 pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant
(122 Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
Over thirty-eight
years and stronger than ever! North Sea
Gas is one of Scotland's most popular folk bands with great vocals and
tremendous three-part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki,
Harmonica, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humor are all part of the
entertainment. They have received Gold and Silver Disc awards from the Scottish
Music Industry Association and regularly have sold out shows at the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe and around the world!
They have
released 19 albums with "When We Go Rolling Home" being the most
recent and are constantly adding new material to their shows. One of their
previous albums, "The Fire and the Passion of Scotland" was Album of
the Year at Celtic Radio in the U.S., winning first place in the "Jigs and
Reels" category as well for the set of tunes on the album.
"...they
inherit the mantle vacated by The Corries and The McCalmans
with tight vocal harmonies and well-chosen material...provide a solid
well-honed sound vocally strong and musically complimentary...most commendable
about North Sea Gas is their ability to balance up tempo material with quieter
more thoughtful moments and treat each with commitment and professionalism.
"Fire in the Glen" is an excellent showcase for their talents and
shows them taking the Scottish ballad group mantle with fire and grace." - John O'Regan
Freelance Music Journalist, Broadcaster, Lecturer
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
This concert is part of the TD Sunfest World Music & Jazz Series
2018-19
presented in cooperation with the Cuckoo’s Nest Folk
Club
TD
SUNFEST presents direct from England
Monday, October 15, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$25 Advance / $30 Door
(NOTE: your 5-for-4 ticket will give you $4 off the
admission price)
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant
(122 Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
From Northeast England,
Stockton-upon-Tees’ triumphant trio The
Young’uns, holders of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards coveted “Best Group” title
two years running (2015, 2016), have proved themselves a unique proposition - writing and performing a cappella or
subtly accompanied songs that tell it how it is alongside traditional songs
from their native Northeast and further afield - songs of conscience, songs of
warmth and wit, songs to provoke, songs to inspire. Renowned for their pitch
perfect harmonies and rapid fire humour, their live
show undeniably has the human touch. Always engaging, frequently heart-warming,
they have built an enviable audience rapport. They are an act that truly takes
the cliché out of the “make you laugh, make you cry” tag.
Their latest album “Strangers” picked up the Best Album award at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards! The Young’uns recorded six special videos titled “Talking to Strangers” which featured the stories behind six of the songs from the new album. Click here for the link.
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
(L to
R: Ian Bell, Darrin Schott, Matt Rait, Alison Schott,
Shane Cook)
Sunday, November 11, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant
(122 Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
The
Sandplains Pickers is an exciting new musical project put together to play
original songs and tunes. The band is comprised of Ian Bell, country and bluegrass favourites Darrin and
Alison Schott,
North American fiddle champ Shane Cook
and bass and electric guitar player Matt Rait. In concert, the five members of
this versatile band trade off on vocals, guitars, fiddles, mandolins, banjos,
harmonica, concertina and string bass. Look forward to some great three-part
harmony singing as well. The Pickers’ songs include great originals by Ian,
Darrin and Alison as well a songs by other Norfolk
County songwriters including Bruce “House” Milner and the The Band’s Rick Danko. The
group’s songs paint a picture of darkest Southwestern Ontario from Backus Mill,
tobacco kilns and farm kitchens to the Summer Garden dancehall, motorcycles and
Port Dover fishermen. The musical style ranges from old-time country and folk
to western swing and always includes some blazing fiddle tunes as well.
Every selection provides a great platform for the virtuosic
playing of Shane Cook, who is the only fiddler to have won both the Canadian
and US fiddle championships and Darrin Schott on mandolin and fiddle, whose
talents have led him to work with The Good Bros., Susan Aglukark, The Ennis
Sister and even Stompin’ Tom Connors.
For Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
This concert is part of the TD Sunfest World Music & Jazz Series
2018-19
presented in cooperation with the Cuckoo’s Nest Folk
Club
TD SUNFEST presents direct from Sweden
Friday, November 16, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's (upstairs), 122
Carling St., London
$25 Advance / $30 Door
(NOTE: your 5-for-4 ticket will give you $4 off the
admission price)
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant
(122 Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
Kolonien is a young quartet from Sweden
whose members include Anna Moeller (the daughter of legendary musician Ale
Moeller), her cousins Arvid & Erik Rask, and
family friend Mischa Grind. They grew up deeply embedded in their family
musical traditions. As Kolonien, they reinvent their roots, both instrumentally
and vocally with their rich Swedish harmonies. The band's name means “The cultivator and explorer of new grounds,
a place to make things grow.” Since Kolonien formed in 2010 they have
strived to live up to, and be guided by, the meaning of their name. As of yet the fight for a fair and sustainable world is far
from won. But more importantly: it’s not yet lost either. They have been
pursuing their music fueled by the vision of a united world, taking them on
multiple tours in Europe and beyond. “The
most uplifting protest music I’ve ever heard.” - Lira Music Magazine
Kolonien
have released two albums that both received awards at the Swedish Folk and
World Music Awards. Also, one of Kolonien's offspring
projects the Vaerldens Band – where they’ve gathered
thirteen musicians from six countries - was nominated twice. For all of that
they have been given five star reviews and quotes such
as “Sweden’s most exciting folk band”
from the prestigious Songlines Magazine (UK).
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
Direct
from Nova Scotia
with
Tom Leighton (piano, accordion)
Sunday, November 25, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant (122
Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
From
Nova Scotia, Naming the Twins
is the harmonizing duo of Robbie Smith and Kathleen Glauser,
whose well-matched voices sound a bit like Simon & Garfunkel if Art was a
girl, a bit like Peter, Paul & Mary, if one of the boys was taking the
night off, a bit like Gordon Lightfoot or Stan Rogers if they had had a girl
harmonizer. Not twins by birth, but twins at heart, they share a sibling like
sense of humour and harmony. If you want a tender love song, they have it,
if you want a rousing sea-faring number, they have that too, if you want
something new to sing along with – you’ll love what you hear.
"What
a wonderful show! You two are fantastic, and I am so glad you came to visit
Union Alley Coffeehouse. The crowd loved you. In fact, one of our members said
flat out that 'This was the best show we have ever had in here!' Thank you and
come again!" - Linda Boyer,
Union Alley Coffee House, Washington, NC
For
this concert Naming the Twins are supported by Tom Leighton (of Haines & Leighton) on keyboards, accordion,
and harmony vocals.
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
L to R: Jude Vadala, Tannis Slimmon, Katherine
Wheatley
Sunday, December 2, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant (122
Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
Boreal are Tannis
Slimmon, Katherine Wheatley, and Jude Vadala. Each
December they team up to present a very special concert of Christmas and other
seasonal music titled "Songs for the Snowy Season." These three
Guelph songstresses have dug up old and new songs written about the snowy
season. Their ability to pick a great song, their love of beautiful lyrics,
melodies and harmonies, their combined songwriting
skills, their tour de force voices and the joy they feel singing with each
other all make for an unforgettable event. Join them in welcoming winter.
Boreal's show has become a Christmas
tradition for many audience members. It started in Jude's kitchen. Katherine, Tannis and Jude, all with music careers of their own,
decided to join forces and do a show of winter songs. The rehearsal space was
Jude's kitchen table. After a few weeks of meticulously working out harmonies,
singing a cappella on some songs and adding guitar on others, Boreal did its
first show. That was over eleven years ago.
Individual Bios:
Katherine Wheatley plays over 100
shows a year. In addition to touring as a solo singer-songwriter, she is a
member of "Betty and The Bobs" and plays guitar in Wendell Ferguson's
band. She writes and records songs with kids through her Youthsongs
program and has produced 20 CDs with schools across North America. This
geologist-turned-musician has been singer/zodiac driver on board Gadventure's ship, The MS Expedition as it plies the seas
of Antarctica and the Norwegian Arctic. Landscape and character inform her
songs. "She turns pebbles of everyday life into dreamy mountains of
song." - (The Toronto Star)
Tannis Slimmon delivers performances that are
uplifting, engaging, participatory, and reflective. As Canadian Folk Music
Awards' 2008 Contemporary Vocalist of the Year, Tannis
brings over 30 years of performance experience to the stage with memorable
songs from her three critically acclaimed albums, Oak Lake, Lucky Blue and In
and Out of Harmony. She has actually appeared on over
80 albums, including those by Willie P. Bennett, Valdy,
David Francey and Rheostatics,
and has been a guest artist with a number of choirs including Kingston's Open
Voices Community Choir and the Guelph Chamber Choir. Recognized as one of the
best roots music singers in the country, she is "a breathtaking vocalist
with a bright and angelic disposition." (Exclaim!? magazine)
Jude Vadala has been a tenacious member of
the Guelph music scene for the past 30 years. Her musical adventures have taken
her across Canada and the U.S. with the critically acclaimed group The Bird
Sisters where she honed her skills as a songwriter and recording artist. She
has produced four albums (Flo, Different Stories, She and She and She and Angel
Songs) and has worked on 50 musical projects with artists such as James Gordon,
Lynn Miles and Suzi Vinnick. Jude released her fifth
album "Do You Ever" in 2010.
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
Sunday, January 20, 7:30
pm
Chaucer's, 122 Carling
St., London
$20 Advance / $25 Door
To order tickets
online, click the button
Advance
tickets will be available SOON at
Centennial Hall Box Office, Long & McQuade North (725
Fanshawe Park W.),
The
Village Idiot (Wortley Village), and
Chaucer's/Marienbad Restaurant (122
Carling St).
Reserved
seating available to those who have a pre-concert meal at The Marienbad
Charismatic!
Gwen Swick, Suzie Vinnick and Caitlin Hanford, three
of Canada's top singer/songwriters, have combined their talents to form the
Marigolds. Accompanied by drummer Randall Coryell,
the Marigolds are part bluesy, part jazzy, and part traditional country and
bluegrass, specializing in angelic harmonies and gutsy playing. Delivering with
skill and grace, the Marigolds are a roots-music supergroup in full bloom.
"Each
one of these women has loads of charisma, talent, versatility... a very
powerful performance, indeed." - Don Osburn, Artistic
Director, Deep Roots Festival, Nova Scotia
In
2010 the Marigolds were nominated for Vocal Group of the Year at the Canadian
Folk Music Awards. The Marigolds have performed at concerts and major festivals
across Canada, including Mariposa, Home County, Blue Skies, Folk Harbour in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Northern Lights, Folk on the Rocks
in Yellowknife, and the Vancouver Island Music Festival.
The
Marigolds pack a diverse repertoire with a winning delivery. Each Marigold
brings a unique gift to the musical table and, as a group, they run with it.
They have fun on stage, and it shows.The
past several years have witnessed the joy audiences have found in the Marigolds
music and, thus, their rise in the Canadian roots music arena.
The
Marigolds have a genuine affection for the timeless and classic genres of
traditional country and bluegrass, Appalachian ballads and the blues. They
celebrate this rich history on their second Juno-nominated CD, That's the
State I'm In. The fourteen original songs are an inspired journey through
lost love, found love, redemption and optimism.
"Such
beauty and pure brilliance doesn't come along often... five out of five
stars." - Maverick Magazine, UK roots magazine
All
members of the Marigolds also enjoy solo careers. As well, Suzie performs with
Rick Fines and Betty and the Bobs, and Gwen and Caitlin perform with Quartette alongside Sylvia Tyson and Cindy Church.
For
Information call 519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
All concerts at begin at
7:30 pm and most are held at Chaucer's, 122 Carling Street, London, ON
(unless otherwise indicated)
Please note: The
Village Idiot accepts CASH ONLY
For more information call
519-319-5847 or e-mail folk@iandavies.com
Special Advance $80 Multi-Ticket Available
only at the Concerts = 5 Concerts for the Price of 4
(pay for 4 concerts and get the 5th one free)
We continue to be a completely volunteer run organization.
We thank you for your support of live music and look forward to seeing you at
the concerts. – Ian
Davies, Artistic Director.
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