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introduction |
forthcoming |
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Welcome to The Rock at Maltby. Live folk, roots, acoustic music every Friday night at The
Wesley Centre, Maltby, close to Roche Abbey.
The Wesley Centre is a purposefully built concert venue with a bar,
cloakroom, annexe and excellent disabled facilities. Please click on the venue photograph above
for directions, a map and contact details.
Tickets can also be purchased for currently listed artists from that
site. Artist biographies until the end of May can be found below
and forthcoming to the right hand side of the page. Tickets can be booked in the usual way by contacting Rob and
Jan on 01709 585977 or by email to rob.shaw@therock.org.uk There is accommodation available for anyone wishing to
stay overnight at a little guesthouse just minutes from the venue. Contact details and prices can be found
below. All concerts start at 8:30pm
and doors open at 7:30pm. The Cottages Guesthouse, Blyth Road, Maltby Tel: 01709 813382 Reduced weekend rates all including breakfast: Standard
Single £20, Single En Suite £24, Standard Double £36 and Double En Suite £40 |
BOO HEWERDINE ROY BAILEY KRIS DREVER CATHRYN CRAIG AND BRIAN WILLOUGHBY SPENCER BOHREN SKYHOOK |
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biographies |
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LAST NIGHTS FUN Last Night’s Fun are nothing short of legendary for their
live performances and relentless work schedule. Nothing can prepare you for their live act. They make you laugh; they make friends
with you; they make you feel at home and then they pin you to the wall with a
bristling, soulful music that will leave you wondering what you thought Irish
music was. So great is their
reputation as good-time entertainers that they are proving more and more
difficult to schedule into most peoples programmes. Not to be missed! Advance
tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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WAKING THE WITCH Conceived in 2003, Waking The Witch took the northern
acoustic music scene by storm. They
are four girls who all write songs, sing harmonies and play acoustic
guitars. They released a debut CD
“Like Everybody” in 2003 followed by “Hands and Bridges” but it is their
third, ground-breaking album “Boys From The Abattoir” released in 2007 that
was nominated for the Mercury Music Awards.
This, sadly is their farewell tour.
They are extremely proud of their achievements but they have decided
to commit more time to family life and spending more time at home. We wish them well. Advance tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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BILLY MITCHELL Billy Mitchell started playing guitar in the 60’s. He started a group called The Callies to
show the people of Newcastle what folk music should sound like. Billy eventually joined Jack the Lad with
members of Lindisfarne and later in
the 70’s got together with Peter McIntyre to form Maxi & Mitch. 1996 saw Billy join the revamped
Lindisfarne and they enjoyed some wonderful critical acclaim for both live
and recorded works. Since they
disbanded Billy has continued with his solo work, recently releasing the
wonderful “Devil’s Ground” solo album.
See you there. Advance tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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RAB NOAKES AND FRASER SPEIRS Rab Noakes’ first album was released in 1970. Thirty years later, Rab formed his own
record label and released a couple of new albums. In the intervening years he has made his presence felt as a
creative entity across music and media as well as releasing eleven albums and
touring extensively. A relationship
with Gerry Rafferty has continued since Rab was a founder member of Steelers
Wheel and he played guitar on Rafferty’s recent albums. Rab will be joined by harmonica virtuoso
Fraser Speirs. The carefully selected
voicing and arrangements bring a musicality and subtlety to the performance
which makes it both a moving and exciting experience. Advance tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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CORINNE WEST AND WALTER STRAUS From the open meadows of California’s Sierra Mountains,
Corinne West spins tales with a part velvet and part grit voice that is both
achingly penetrating and highly addictive.
Her music has a cool, layered, yet driven sound and has been referred
to as “utterly spellbinding”, “radiant” and “extraordinarily beautiful”. Corinne can grab your attention by almost
whispering a hushed introduction to a ballad, but she is also perfectly
capable of raising the roof! Advance
tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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MICHAEL MARRA To connoisseurs of music Michael Marra shares best kept
secret status. He is undoubtedly one
of the most talented scholars in Britain as well as being one of the most
entertaining. His songs are finely
crafted works of art, offering insight into human behaviour tinged with
wonderfully dark humour. Michael
Marra puts an audience at ease, allowing them to fully enjoy his startling
musicianship and spine tingling voice.
There is a refreshing, rarely seen honesty and emotion in everything
he does. Advance tickets (£10/£8
Concessions) |
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CRUCIBLE Crucible bring together energetic tunes, robust harmony
singing and subtle accompaniment for a unique programme of mainly English
traditional material. To an
instrumental line up comprising fiddles, guitar, cittern, melodeons and
border pipes this Sheffield based quartet add 4 distinctive voices for a
vibrant and varied sound. Crucible
create traditional music that is vital and exciting, blending authentic
sounds and raw energy. Advance
tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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NIAMH PARSONS AND GRAHAM DUNNE Niamh Parsons is one of the freshest and most powerful
voices out of Ireland today. A voice
like hers comes along only once or twice in a generation. She has been likened to such singers as
the late Sandy Denny, June Tabor and Dolores Keane. Niamh’s smoky, silken voice stands on its own in any song. Her reputation as a superb singer and
performer is well established on both sides of the Atlantic. She has a voice to die for and she can
sing the spots off a leopard. She is
joined by the wonderful accompanist Graham Dunne. Advance tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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BELLA HARDY AND CHRIS SHERBURN Bella Hardy is a singer with a difference. In live performance she not only sings
unaccompanied ballads with stunning ability to hush any rue but also entwines
that hypnotic voice with her own fiddle accompaniment to breathtaking
effect. Having spent the last 10
years refining her craft in a band situation, Bella now strikes out here with
master squeezebox player Chris Sherburn to deliver unique interpretations of
traditional classics alongside self penned songs. Strong and original; Bella Hardy has a natural enthusiasm, a
dynamic personality and a love of traditional music that shines through on
stage. Advance tickets (£10/£8
Concessions) |
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GYPSY REEL Gypsy Reel are Graham Parker, fiddle; Camille Parker,
mandolin and vocals; Claudine Languille, banjo and vocals and Jon Scaife,
guitar, fiddle, cittern and bass.
They play high energy stirring music in the Celtic tradition but
garnered from the whole world. Their
music is an exciting synthesis of world rhythms and influences from 3
continents. Their albums feature
original and traditional material in a “really classy” way and they are “one
hell of a package”. Advance
tickets (£10/£8 Concessions) |
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JEZ LOWE AND THE BAD PENNIES Jez Lowe has spent the last 20 years taking his songs of
his native northeast England to audiences around the world. Through Europe and North America, around
the highways of Britain and across Australia and New Zealand, sometimes solo,
sometimes with his band The Bad Pennies.
He has often found that his songs have got there before he has! The
music of the Bad Pennies, with fiddle, bass, keyboards and the trade
mark vocal harmonies, has been described as “acoustic simplicity coupled with
electric vitality”. Judge for
yourself. Definitely not to be
missed. Advance tickets (£10/£8
Concessions) |
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RAINBOW CHASERS Rainbow Chasers were formed in 2004 and the original line
up featured Ashley Hutchings, bass guitar and vocals, Ruth Angell, vocals,
violin and acoustic guitar, Jo Hamilton, vocals, viola and acoustic guitar
and Mark Hutchinson, vocals and acoustic guitar. Mark has now left the band and has been replaced by the very
talented multi instrumentalist Joe Topping.
Musically, Rainbow Chasers combine sophistication, virtuosity and a
directness of approach to their semi acoustic repertoire. The band’s sensitive arrangements and
instrumental virtuosity are complimented by inspired harmony singing. Rainbow Chasers are undoubtedly one of the
finest bands working the acoustic music scene, but what would you expect with
Ashley Hutchings at the helm… Advance
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ELEANOR McEVOY Eleanor McEvoy achieved star status in Ireland in 1992
when her song “Only a Woman’s Heart” inspired the title for, and appeared on
the “A Woman’s Heart” anthology album.
It has since gone on to become the best selling album in Irish
history. She subsequently released
her self titled album on Geffen Records.
International radio hits followed with the release of the 2 main
singles. Eleanor has toured the USA,
Europe and the Far East, building up a loyal fan base. She has continued a heavy schedule of work
over the years. Eleanor McEvoy is
truly a great singer and musician and one that we are very much looking
forward to seeing again. Advance
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