Bert Jansch
"I was absolutely obsessed with Bert Jansch. When I first heard that LP, I couldn't believe it. It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing. No one in America could touch that." Jimmy Page.
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Bert Jansch and Bernard Butler
Bert Jansch has also played at The Kalamazoo Klub with former Suede guitarist and now Producer, Bernard Butler.
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Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy is regarded as one of the finest singers and interpreters of British traditional music and an innovative and highly influential guitar player.
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Norma Waterson
Norma Waterson is one of the UK's cornerstones of folk music. Married to Martin Carthy, Norma is mum to Liza, and the three of them (with previously Saul Rose and more recently Tim van Winkle) are Waterson:Carthy.
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Dave Swarbrick
From duos with Martin Carthy and Alastair Hulett to member of Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper and Band of Hope, Dave is part of British Folk History.
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John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee
Jacqui McShee's career began in the mid-1960s as a co-founder of Pentangle with John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. Jacqui's beautiful crystal-clear vocals set the standard for female British folk and folk-rock singers. Pentangle was one of the earliest exponents of the British folk-rock movement and continues to attract a wide audience to this day. "McShee's
. used to sound so fragile you feared she'd break - now she has an earthiness in her voice that gives her performance much more passion."
Whether as a soloist, in duet with Bert Jansch, Robin Williamson or Dorris Henderson, or as a member of The Pentangle, John Renbourn has never paid heed to musical pigeonholing. A true musical innovator, Renbourn has always experimented with eclectic musical sources. A virtuoso guitarist, Johns music is worth traveling many miles to hear.
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Dick Gaughan
A professional musician and singer since the 1970s. Though Dick focuses on Folk and Celtic music he has played everything from free jazz and rock to country music and has recorded extensively. He plays most stringed instruments but is happiest with an acoustic guitar.
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Andy Irvine
Andy Irvine has been hailed as "a tradition in himself.". Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained both personal integrity and highly individual performing skills throughout his 40 year career. From Sweeney's Men in the mid sixties to the enormous success of Planxty in the 70s, to THE Irish super group, Patrick Street, in the 80s, Andy has been a world music pioneer and icon for traditional music and musicians.
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Julie Felix
Although a native of the USA, Julie has been dubbed Britain's First Lady of Folk. She appeared on 60s show 'The Frost Report' and was given her own TV series on which Leonard Cohen, Dusty Springfield, Donovan, and Jimmy Page guested. Her passionately-held political and humanitarian views chimed with the "peace and love" ethos of the 60s and are still obvious in her music.
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Steve Tilston
A celebrated artist both in Britain and abroad, Steve has toured in the past as guitarist with Ballet Rambert, as a member of Ship of Fools and with John Renbourn.
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Eleanor McEvoy
A star in Ireland, her song "Only A Woman's Heart" inspired the title for and appeared on, the "A Woman's Heart" anthology album, the best selling album in Irish history which stayed in the Top 10 for over a year. Supported by Marj McDaid, a fine solo singer of traditional Irish tunes.
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Clive Gregson
Accomplished singer, musician and record producer, Gregson has toured with Christine Collister, Boo Hewerdine, and Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction. He has a world-wide reputation as an innovative leader in the world of British folk-rock.
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John Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick began to play the melodeon, button accordion, and anglo concertina in the 50s. One of the most prolific figures on the English folk scene. he has an enviable reputation as an instrumental virtuoso and session musician. He has been a member of many bands including The Richard Thompson Band and Steeleye Span. As songwriter, composer, choreographer, and musical director, he has contributed to over sixty plays in the theatre and on radio. His music can be heard on over 200 different commercial recordings.
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Christine Collister
Collisters career was springboarded when she sang the theme to the BBC series, 'The Life and Loves of A She Devil' in the mid 1980s. She. She sang with The Richard Thompson Band and featured on albums by Loudon Wainwright and Bert Jansch. She also had a seven year partnership with Clive Gregson.
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Martin Stephenson
Martin takes his influences from an eclectic range of musical styles, from Rockabilly, show tunes, through to straight ahead rock and full-tilt Punk. Founder of The Daintees in the early 80's the debut single, "Roll On Summertime" was a hit that announced a considerable new talent. It was one track on the marvellous debut album, "Boat To Bolivia" (1985). Excellent, rootsy pop songs. Time Out.
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Boo Hewerdine
Boo formed cult band "The Bible" in 1985 before chosing a solo career. "Ignorance", Boo's first album was the forerunner of several self penned material with "Anon" released in 2002, gaining a 4 star review from "Q" magazine and "Mojo". One of his most enduring collaborative links has been with Eddi Reader for whom he wrote "patience of Angels" and was credited with an Ivor Novello nomination. Boo produced Eddi's album "Eddi Reader Sings the Songs of Robbie Burns" in 2003.
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Michael Roach
Singing the Blues is what this man does best. From Chicago, Michael has been a frequent visitor to the Klub over the past few years and has an appreciative local audience for his authentic and witty Blues renditions. A Gentleman and a consummate entertainer.
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Michael Chapman
This self-styled old white blues guy from Yorkshire is one of the most under-rated heroes of our time. First known on the Cornish Folk Circuit in the 1960s, he established a reputation for intensity and innovation. The album 'Fully Qualified Survivor', featuring the guitar of Mick Ronson and Rick (Steeleye Span) Kemp's bass, was John Peel's favourite album of 1970. Through the succeeding decades he has changed his instrumentation and styles to include elements of rock, pop and jazz whilst remaining true to his roots and influences. An elder statesman growing more acid, rather than mellower with age.
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Steve Phillips
When Steve Phillips first heard the legendary blues men such as Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy and Lonnie Johnson, he embarked on a long, self-tutored course in the intricate art of Country Blues and Folk guitar playing. One of the rare British artists to feature in the Guinness Who's Who of Blues by Colin Larkin, Steve Phillips is described as ''an obvious talent''. He was one of the key members of the late 1980s band the Notting Hill Billies, along with freind and long time musical associate Mark Knopfler. Acclaimed as Europe's finest acoustic Blues guitarist, (Blueprint blues magazine).
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Guy Tortora
Crouch Ends own US Blues Man, Guy has a string of CDs to his name and is a talented and sensitive performer.
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Mike Heron
One of the founding members of The Incredible String Band, Mike is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since leaving the ISB he has released a number of solo records, some more rock oriented than the Incredibles and has worked with a multitude of musical legends such as Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, Ronnie Lane, Richard Thompson and Steve Winwood.
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Hans Theessink
The Dutch Bluesman whom Bo Diddley described as "one helluva guitar player".
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