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Probably the best folk club in the world!Dateline: Wednesday 25 November 2020 Volume 1.13

LIFE WORTH LIVINGWHEN THE PANDEMIC struck theRepublic of Ireland, just as in mainland UK(and everywhere else across the world), artsand cultural activities were thrown into totaldisarray as performers and the wholenetwork of technical staff lost all sources ofincome overnight as venues closed.

There were mitigations to help creatives andmoney was available to help cover loss ofearnings. But the longer term effects on thewhole structure of the arts in Ireland wasunder an enormous threat – just as inmainland UK.

In September, the Irish Government createdthe Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforcewhich was charged with getting ‘theanswers’. This comprised an independentchair and 18 members from a broadspectrum of backgrounds in the arts,representative bodies, Governmentdepartments and state bodies, including theDepartment for Tourism, Culture, Arts,Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, as well as theDepartments of Health and SocialProtection. Departmental representation wassupplemented by the Arts Council andrepresentatives of culture and the arts,including theatre and live music as well asthe commercial sector.

The Taskforce was to report to the Ministerfor Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sportand Media by October 31 2020 – which itdid – and to provide the Government with anaction-plan for the sector on how best toadapt and make a sustainable recovery fromthe unprecedented damage caused by thepandemic.

That’s the background. What are theoutcomes?

The report - with the title, Life Worth Living- made recommendations for the sector’ssurvival until it fully re-opens. Included inthe recommendations were action on …

income, taxation and financialprovision measures

education and training supports technology supports mental health supports

social protection measures copyright measures

establishment of a cross-sectoral groupto oversee and monitor therecommendations’ implementation.

It has been widely acknowledged that theimpact of COVID-19 on the Arts andCulture sector in Ireland has been moredetrimental, and will last longer, than innearly any other sector. Almost all activityhas stopped and it is likely that for manyparts of the sector it will be among the lastto restart.

The report, in identifying the value of thearts and culture sector in society, offersways to ensure those very performers andcreators are indeed recognised andsupported through new measures.

There are 10 recommendations listed inthe report – go here to see the report inits entirety. At the top of the list is “Pilota Universal Basic Income Scheme for athree-year period in the Arts, Culture,Audio Visual and Live Performance andEvents Sector” – which sounds veryinteresting indeed!

Our smaller neighbour over the water(current population estimated at 4.9million - smaller than Scotland, at about5.5 million), clearly feels keenly that thesurvival and ultimate development of thesector is extremely important. The earnesthope is that it can retain the ‘creatives’ andthe support workforce with all their skillsand talent, so that there are still arts,culture and entertainment events forIrishaudiences and foreign visitors toenjoy in better times.

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CONTENTS Lead storyPage 2-3 Fraser Bruce: The Folk River (2)Page 5, 8, 9 Fund raising 1, 2, 3, 4Page 7 Andy Smith guitar tab, God Rest

Ye Merry GentlemenPage 9 Winter Festival (Shropshire) Page 11 Crossword (compiled by The

Bairn)Page 11 Malcolm MacFarlane and

Ross Milligan Page 12 Adventfest (Leith)Page 13-14 Event Safety Planning –

Webinar from the Association of Festival Organisers

Page 14-15 Costa del Folk (April 2021)Page 15 Music Waves, Gigs OnlinePage 16 Cyber Print, English / Welsh Folk

Magazines Page 17 Reminders, Festivals,

Crossword solutions (COS1.12)

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHXEd7U4Wh75bBcp6XTr4BA

https://www.paypal.me/edinburghfc?locale.x=en_GB

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/4769e-arts-and-culture-recovery-taskforce-report-published/

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… (continued from page 1)The report builds on the considerable supportalready provided by the government earlier inthe year.

Could it happen over here? It has, with the£1.57 billion the British chancellor aimed atthe arts in the summer and early autumn, theCulture Recovery Fund. But that was criticisedbecause it failed to include the thousands offreelancers who work in the sector – nosuggestion here of any kind of universal basicincome scheme from government although theIncorporated Society of Musicians, anindustry body, floated the idea of a guaranteedfee for each performer.

The budget for the implementation of thereport’s recommendations will indicate howseriously the Irish Government is taking theissue – and it sounds like it is, very.

TALES FROM THEEARLY SCOTTISH FOLKCLUB SCENEPart 2: by FRASER BRUCE

An introduction to the book Fraser is writingabout the early Scottish folk club scenewhere he reveals what actually happened inthose years rather than what people,including Fraser, previously believed.

In part one (see COS 1.12) I explained why Iam writing the book. It talks of the ‘factoids’that I have exposed, factoids that I hadaccepted as true before I began my deeperinvestigations of the early folk scene.

Here, I start with the early sequence of folkclubs opening in Scotland. I think this will

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CARRY ON STREAMINOur banner is a ‘reworking’ of the of the Carrying Stream festival which EFC’s late chair, Paddy Bort, created shortly after the death of Hamish Henderson in 2002.

After Paddy died in February 2017, EFC created the Paddy Bort Fund (PBF) to give financial assistance to professional folk performers who, through no fault of their own, fall on hard times.

No-one contemplated anything like the coronavirus. Now we need to replenish PBF again and have set a new target to raise a

further £10 000.

There are two strands to Carry On Streamin - this publication and our YouTube channel where you will find, every fortnight, videos donated by some of the best folk acts around.

PLEASE DONATE TO PBF AS BEST YOU CAN, USING THE PAYPAL LINKS WE PROVIDE.


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surprise a lot of people who believed the folkclub scene was created earlier than this.

Scotland’s first folk club (at EdinburghUniversity) didn’t open until 1958. I’m toldit was Stuart MacGregor who was themotivator behind this club, along with hisfriend, Hamish Henderson. (Stuart wrote‘The Sandy Bell’s Man’). Edinburgh waswhere the second club opened the followingyear. Roy Guest, a Welshman looking for a‘festival’ venue to put on folk shows, hadcome north with his wife, Jill, and discovered‘The Howff’ in the High Street by St GilesCathedral. This club was so successful therewere queues waiting to get in. Guest ran it foranother two years before handing it on toothers.

Scotland's third club opened in Glasgow in1960 followed by either Dunfermline orPaisley. Nobody knows when the Paisleyclub opened. However, it has the distinctionof being the first folk club to record a ‘live’album which featured Josh Macrae, MattMcGinn, Danny Kyle and Davie Speirs. Itwas called ‘Live at the Attic’.

There is no doubt about the Dunfermline clubbecause the club kept detailed records ofevery night they ran. The club was started byJohn Watt (who wrote The Kelty Clippie) andJack Beck (one-time guitar accompanist toBarbara Dickson). The venue was an oldbasement where Jack was already running ajazz club which is where he and John met.John’s widow Cathy has loaned me all John’s

diaries, photographs and newspaper cuttingsand these will feature in my book. Great tosee 20 year old Archie Fisher and sister Rayalong with many more young singers of thetime.

A friend recently commented, “Isn’t it greatthat at last we are seeing so many youngpeople on the scene”. I had to point out that itwas young people who created the folk scene.By the time I was 23 I was running three folkclubs. Bob Pegg, in England, opened his folkclub when he was only 18. The audienceswere all about the same age. Our parentsdescribed us as ‘hippies’ which, for many ofus, was only an encouragement to be part of a‘scene’ that was new, different and exciting.‘Folk’ was the scene for the young. There is afalse impression today that it is for the oldermembers of the community. That is becausethose youngsters of the 60’s have simplygrown old along with the scene.

The protesters on the CND marches headingfor Dunoon in the early 1960s were singingthe songs of Morris Blythman and JimMcLean. They were mainly young people,the ‘Glasgow Eskimos’.

In those early days there was a huge varietyof sources for songs. There was a majorAmerican influence which led me to questionthe title of ‘revival’. Although there wasundoubtedly a revival of old Scottish songsthat had been stored on the shelves oflibraries for years and years, there were songsbeing sung that came from The CarterFamily, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, PeteSeeger and The Weavers and many more

from across the Atlantic. The American CivilRights movement used folk songs to helpattract support. Pete Seeger was very muchpart of this.

Undoubtedly there was the massive influenceof ‘skiffle’ and Lonnie Donegan in the mid-to-late 1950’s. Skiffle had arrived through thetraditional jazz clubs. It was skiffle whichintroduced the idea of playing in a group tomany musicians, not just from the folk scenebut also many of the eventual ‘pop’superstars, including John Lennon. To manyit was the introduction to the songs of WoodyGuthrie, Leadbelly and Lee Hays, to name afew. At one stage in the UK there wereapparently 30,000 skiffle groups. Many ofthese ‘skifflers’ progressed to folk music,especially song. There was a commonmusical progression for many young folkduring these years from traditional jazz toskiffle to folk. This was the ‘stream’.

There was also Burl Ives often appearing onchildren’s radio with songs like ‘I Know AnOld Lady (who swallowed a fly)’, ‘On top ofOld Smokey’, ‘The Ugly Bug Ball’, ‘TheBlue-Tail Fly’ and many more. For manychildren this was their introduction to folksong, although they wouldn’t realise it. Aswas the incredible school radio show‘Singing Together’ which was created by theBBC in 1939 to make children aware of the‘folk’ songs from their country. At one time80% of British schoolchildren listened tosongs such as ‘The One Eyed Cook’, ‘TheLincolnshire Poacher’, ‘Mairi’s Wedding’etc..



Fraser Bruce ... comes from Rutherglen where, in the late 1950's, he was an enthusiastic pupil member of Norman Buchan's Ballads Club at Rutherglen Academy. Having left school it was a natural progression for Fraser to become active in the burgeoning Scottish folk music sscene to the point where he released his first album in 1971 and a second in 1975. As if he didn't keep busy enough with performing, Fraser also ran folk clubs and at one point ran six clubs. That led to him becoming an agent because those six clubs fitted easily into touring diaries.

In the mid-1970’s Fraser's employer moved him to London (promotion!!) and he had to give up singing. Two years later he was a full-time professional performer. Two years more of touring solo and Fraser decided he'd had enough and he opted for a monthly salary again.

But then, after a few months Fraser and brother Ian teamed up and began to enjoy success, singing several nights a week and appearing at festivals all over the place at weekends. This confirmed Fraser's belief that folk music is not a full time occupation! The money is insufficient to sustain any kind of 'normal' lifestyle. He opines the Scottish folk scene was at its peak when the majority of the performers were part-timers.

The duo came to an end in 1985 but not before there were three very successful albums as ‘Mrs Bruce's Boys’.

In 1986 Fraser set up his own specialist construction company which developed into a very successful operation, so much so that in 2014 he handed over the reins to his two oldest sons and took a step back. Fraser went back to singing but realised his guitar skills were not up to current standards and his ‘act’ was dated. He went solo with bro’ Ian backing him on harmonies and guitar. This worked but the scene had changed. Now, there were fewer clubs and smaller audiences. The atmosphere had gone. A new challenge was required and that came in the form of Auld Hat - New Heids (Ian Bruce, Pete Clark, Gregor Lowrey and of course Fraser). This was a folk show devised by Fraser and specifically aimed at theatres and festivals. The show played theatres throughout Scotland and self-released a CD to sell on tour.

Until very recently, Fraser had never written songs, simply feeling that there were already enough great songs current in the folk scene. That said however, he is now writing songs all of which tell a story which has led to Fraser's latest album 'Every Song’s a Story’ just released on Greentrax. And very successful it is proving too!







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FUND RAISING – 1BACK ON THE FLOOR

SCOTS OLYMPIAN, distance runnerKaren MacLeod, from the Isle of Skyehas teamed up with some of Scotland’s topfolk musicians and bands, includingSkipinnish, Peat & Diesel, Donnie Munroand many more to release a charity albumcalled Back on the Floor.

Karen had a good record at both nationaland international level in athletics. Sherepresented Great Britain running themarathon at the 1996 Atlanta US SummerOlympics and 1993 World Championshipsin Athletics. She also represented Scotland

in the 1994 Commonwealth Gamesmarathon.

However, soon after running in the Atlantagames, Karen was diagnosed with adebilitating kidney disease and eventually,in 2008, required a kidney transplant(received from her beloved wee sisterDeborah).

The new 17-track CD is entilted Back onthe Floor because after her transplant,Karen was able to get back on the dancefloor and dance her favourite ceilidhdances once again. The CD includes somenew tracks and some donated fromprevious releases.

Back on the Floor was put togetherduring lockdown. Bands and musiciansfeatured on the CD include Tide Lines,Face the West, Beinn Lee, Trail West,Band from Rockall, Kathleen MacInnes,Rachel Walker, Archie MacFarlane andnumerous others. Full track listingavailable on the website.

The three new tunes especiallycommissioned for the album are ‘Murron& Machair’s Waltz’, ‘The Wee BB’ (for Karen’s sister Deborah who donated herkidney) and ‘Aonghas an Cù (Angus theDog)’ and come from Archie MacFarlanefrom Skye, Alex MacDonald & PaulMacLean from Uist and Isy MacLean alsofrom Skye.

Karen said ‘I’ve always loved music thatgets you up dancing. When I was intraining for the Olympics I used to listento Scottish folk music whilst I wasrunning. It has a good steady beat ideal forrunning to.’

Archie MacFarlane, who helped producethe CD, said ‘it was a challenge to put itall together over lockdown with studiosbeing closed and musicians being unableto travel but, somehow, with the wondersof modern technology we managed to getsome new tracks recorded and get it all puttogether. It’s all for a great cause and abargain at only £10’.

All proceeds from the CD will be donatedto The Highlands & Islands KidneyPatients Association (HIKPA) and TheKidney Patients Association of theWestern Isles (WIKPA).

Click here to buy Back on the Floor .

FUND RAISING – 2STONEHAVEN FOLK CLUB

Andy Popplestone, Chair at StonehavenFC writes ... STONEHAVEN FOLK CLUB set up theFolk in Crisis support fund in May thisyear in response to the Covid crisis andthe realisation that many of the artists whoperform at the club would be in dire straitswith the cancellation of all their gigs foran indefinite period.




Karen MacLeod Archie MacFarlane


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Thanks again to Andy Smith of Kelso Folk and Live Music Club for the music and tab.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is one of the oldest carols, dating back to the 16th century or earlier. Christmas carols were common as early as the 15th century and many, such as 'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen' and 'The First Noel', date from at least as early as the 16th century.

The earliest known printed edition of the lyrics of "God Rest Ye ... " is in a broadsheet dated to c. 1760, printed and sold at the printing-office in Bow church-yard, London. The traditional English melody is in the minor mode. Although it was already known then as an old carol, the earliest printed edition of the melody appears to be in a parody published in 1829 (the Facetiae of William Hone). The tune was considered traditional and had been

associated with carol since at least the mid-18th century, when it was recorded by James Nares under the title, "The old Christmas Carol".

Traditionally, carols have often been based on medieval chord patterns, and it is this that gives them their uniquely characteristic musical sound. Some carols like "Personent hodie", "Good King Wenceslas", and "The Holly and the Ivy" can be traced directly back to the Middle Ages, and are among the oldest musical compositions still regularly sung.

The carol is referred to in 'A Christmas' Carol (Charles Dickens): "... at the first sound of 'God bless you, merry gentlemen! May nothing you dismay!', Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost."

Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago, but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced round stone circles. It is not clear whether the word comes from the French "carole" or the Latin "carula" meaning a circular dance. In any case the dancing of carols seems to have been abandoned quite early 'back in the medieval day'.

It's a commonly held belief that Oliver Cromwell 'banned' Christmas. In fact it was Parliament which, in January 1645, produced a new Directory for Public Worship in which it said that festival days, including Christmas, were not to be celebrated but spent in respectful contemplation. Such celebrations were too encouraging of ‘immoral activities’ to be anywhere near religious propriety .



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With idle reserves in the bank we had todo something, so we teamed up withHands up for Trad to help withpublicising the fund, facilitate collectingthe funds raised and helping distributeraised money to the needy.

We kicked the fund off with a donation of£5,000 from the club's reserves. Therewere significant four-figure sums fromFolk at the Salmon Bothy (Portsoy), TheStar FC in Glasgow and Ardesier FC.

A lot was also raised with donations fromthe public which was boosted by an onlineconcert Hands up for Trad hosted in thesummer. Plus, there was a fair amountraised during the Stonehaven Folk Festivalin July with donations for attending virtualworkshops directed to the fund.

To date more than 50 folk artists andsupport personnel have been helped with agrant of £250 each. The fund was re-invigorated by another online concert thattook place on Friday 20 November. Againwe organised this with Hands up for Tradwho used their podcast license tobroadcast the gig Live on Facebook andYouTube.

The effort was well worth it with £1867raised on the back of that concert bringingthe total to date to approximately £16,000.Struggling artists have been applying forgrants and we have also used the money topay artists to performs as we did on Fridayjust past.

As long as the concert is cash positive thatis all to the good in our view. The moneyis going where it's needed. There are veryfew artists who are not hurting at themoment and we will continue to try andsupport them through more onlineconcerts and anything else we can think ofuntil the crisis is over.

I would encourage people to view theconcert (Ed: see line-up in advert on left)which will remain on line for theforeseeable future. Visit Stonehaven FolkClub's Facebook page and it will beeasily found or find the concert here onYouTube.

To support the fund please visit theJustgiving page here.

FUND RAISING – 4STRATHNAVER MUSEUMSTRATHNAVER MUSEUM is acommunity run fully accredited localhistory museum telling the story of theHighland Clearances and the socialhistory of north west Sutherland.

The idea for a museum emerged over 50years ago when a dedicated band of localvolunteers, supported by historian andbroadcaster Dr Ian Grimble, decided to telltheir own story. Making use of a

redundant building, now over 270 yearsold, that was in danger of falling intodisrepair they put out a call to the public tohelp build a collection to tell this story.

Today the museum remains communityrun and the collection continues to growthrough innovative community researchprojects and generous donations of objectsand family histories from supporters. Thecollection encompasses the story of thearea from pre-historic times, through theintact Bronze Age Chealamy Beaker tocontemporary accounts of life in MackayCountry.





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The museum welcome thousands ofvisitors every year and it uses thecollection in engaging community projectsexploring the heritage of the area.

Our projectDespite our long history a number of

challenges rise up as this historic buildingis in urgent need of repair andmaintenance. If the building falls intofurther disrepair there is a real danger thatthe museum will have to close and thecollection put into storage.

The current project will do more than justcarry out essential repairs however, as themuseum wants to improve the visitorexperience by making the building moreaccessible, improving displays andinterpretation, increasing access to thecollection by creating a public researchroom and installing heating to makeitmore comfortable. At the moment thedisplays are cramped but it is intended tocreate an additional building to house thelarger agricultural and fishing exhibits.View the architects drawings on ourwebsite here.

The building is perhaps the largest objectin the collection. It is an important piece inthe story of the Clearances. From thepulpit, which still dominates the mainroom of the building, Rev. DavidMackenzie, was obliged to read outeviction notices to his congregation duringthe Strathnaver Clearances.

In 1883 it was where crofters and cottarsgathered to give evidence to the NapierCommission which eventually led tosecurity of tenure. Betty Mackay, who was16 years at the time of her removal from

Skail gave evidence and said: "Our familywas very reluctant to leave and stayed forsome time, but the burning party cameround and set fire to our house at bothends, reducing to ashes whatever remainedwithin the walls". Part of the planned newinterpretation will include recordings oftestimonies such as Betty's being played inthe main room.

The museum has secured significantfunding towards the refurbishment and isawaiting the outcome of a number offunding applications but still £30,000 isrequired to get to the target.

You can see what is being planned andhow you might help achieve this by goingto the crowd-funding site here .

(Ed: Legend has it that if you swim in the River Naveryou become an honorary member of Clan Mackay - orso I was told as a bairn on holiday in Helmsdale - anddid so while also looking for gold in the river. Neitheractivity proved fruitful! I just got wet.)

WINTER FESTIVALSparc Theatre, Bishops Castle, Shropshire

SINCE COS1.12, our previous edition, wherewe first published information about thisfestival, things have changed. The festival isnow scheduled to take place on Friday 22and Saturday 23 January 2021 rather nextweekend, as mentioned earlier.

The line-up and all shows plannedoriginally have not changed.

For further information see the full pageadvert on the next page (page 10). Go toArts Alive for full details of all events andtickets are bookable online there.

Our own Wendy Weatherby and SandyBrechin, who play at the festival on theevening of January 23, are described in thefestival’s programme as “two of Scotland'smost versatile and popular musicians,playing a mixture of traditional andoriginal material”. And not only that butalso, Michelle Burke (Ireland) and JamesRoss (Scotland) are there that eveningwith Wendy and Sandy. Can’t argue withany of that, now can we!?



BURGLARY ALERTEDGWARE GUITARS is a musical instrument shop in London who posted this on Facebook in late September: “It is with a very heavy heart we report that sadly we were broken into last night. The thieves got away with 16 guitars. Please can we ask everyone to share this post far and wide to keep a look out for the guitars. If you have any information, please contact John on 07950 476237 (no questions asked!!). Many thanks everyone.” Go to their Facebook page here to see the images mentioned. The shop address is 25 Station Road, Edgware, London HA8 7JE.

SPREAD THE WORDThis appeared in our last four

editions and it looks like the bad guys haven’t been nicked yet nor any of the stolen guitars found!

Strathnaver Museum

See next COS (1.14) for info about EFC’s Burns’ Night in January 2021


https://www.artsalive.co.uk/

http://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/refurbishment-of-strathnaver-museum




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CLUES ACROSS1 Scottish singer-songwriter who

emigrated to Australia, Eric _____ (5) 5 Wee, nippy insect found in huge

numbers in Scotland (5) 7 A dedicated disciple of Jesus (7) 8 Very common punctuation indicating a

pause (5)9 Name for black and white sea mammals

seen around Scottish coasts (5)10 Popular 'healthy' breakfast choice

containing oats, nuts and honey (7) 11 Billy ___, Scottish creator of BBC

Radio Scotland programme Odyssey (3)12 Casual name for a show (normally

musical) (3)14 Skerryvore and Manran could be

described as such, each having sixmembers (7)

15 Major genre of music (3)17 Three-piece folk band with Kris Drever

on vocals and guitar (3)18 One of Batman's enemies, The

_______, enjoys a puzzle! (7)21 Cotton weave, normally indigo colour -

worn by many a folkie (5)22 Canadian with major hit, Suzanne:

Leonard _____ (5)23 Originally Dolly's, Whitney made it big

with 'I Will Always ____ ___' (4,3)24 Musical _____, the way one plays their

instrument (5)25 A type of traditional whistle (5)

CLUES DOWN2 Country in which Paddy Bort was born (7)3 Common garden insect with pincers at

rear end (6)4 1970's Scottish trad band, last album

‘The Carrying Stream’ (6) 5 Jewish ceremonial pieces, commonly

holds candles (8)6 The main activity at a ceilidh (7)

11 A short sleep or nap (3)13 Alternate name for wildebeast (3)14 To quickly get military aircraft into air,

normally to intercept enemy ... or howyou prepare eggs! (8)

16 1970's Irish folk band, first single'Three Drunken Maidens' (7)

17 Irish/Scottish masculine name (7)19 Well known Fife-based folk guitarist,

Bruce ______ (6)

20 To regain items, particularly money (6)

Solutions to the crossword in COS 1.12 canbe found on page 17.

MALCOLM M ac FARLANE & ROSS MILLIGANTHIS NEWLY FORMED DUO has hadan incredibly productive 2020. Comingtogether out of the 'Sequence' guitarquartet through necessity in 'lockdown' (apractical response to making music underdifficult conditions) they have turned thisto rare advantage by creating two albumsand an EP in a remarkably short time (andthey are busy at work on album three!).

The duo's music can probably best bedescribed as 'New Contemporary Scottish'

as it owes a huge debt of inspiration totradition melodies and harmonic structuresbut viewed through the lens of theirexperience of myriad styles and genres.Alongside this their innovative productiontechniques are used to enhanced theevocative nature of their originalcompositions. Go here for a listen.

Both are greatly inspired by Scottishlandscape, tales, history, myths andlegends. This comes through in the musicas a strong sense both of atmosphere andnarrative which are very much presentthroughout this second album.

Moving forward with every recording,their next album is already very eagerlyawaited!

[email Malcolm]



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ADVE N TFEST Friday 27 to Sunday NovemberBoteco brings Brazilian music toyour screen.

ST JAMES SCOTTISH EPISCOPALCHURCH in Leith is ending the year withmusic, following repeated postponementsdue to the Covid-19 pandemic, of concertsthat were due to take place in the John’sPlace building during 2020.

The church’s popular Adventfest is hostingstreams featuring amongst other events,authentic Brazilian rhythms and melodiesfrom bassist Mario Caribe’s Boteco Trioand accompaniments to author AndrewGreig’s readings by award-winningharpist Rachel Newton.

Robin Connelly, who runs the Jazz at StJames series of concerts at the church andwho has been partly responsible fororganising the Boteco Trio stream, saysthat Saturday’s concert will bring somemuch needed light to a very dark year.

“Ideally, we would have had the groupplaying to a packed audience, as was thecase with the world class harp and fiddleduo, Catriona McKay & Chris Stout atlast year’s festival. This wasn’t possible,of course, but having the trio’s musicstreaming to people watching from theirhomes is the next best available thing.”

Caribe is no stranger to St James, havingappeared with a number of the jazz groupswho have appeared in the church. It’s amark of the respect the Sao Paulo-bornmusician has earned since he moved toScotland in the mid-1990s that he hasbecome the country’s first-call doublebassist.

In addition to working with klezmeradventurers Moishe’s Bagel, award-winning Edinburgh quartet Playtime,jazz-folk-classical crossover ensembleNew Focus and saxophonist BrianMolley’s quartet, Caribe also teaches theemerging generation of double bassists onthe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s jazzcourse.

Joining Caribe in Boteco are saxophonistBrian Molley and drummer-percussionistStu Brown, who was described as a ‘one-man samba school’ following the trio’sconcert in Linlithgow.

“Stu’s percussive abilities are obviouslymore easily appreciated when the band arein the same room as the audience,” says

Robin Connelly. “However, we have agood team working on cameras and soundand we’re confident that the people athome will enjoy the music. They can evendance if they want to – without anyonecasting aspersions on their moves!”

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http://www.rachelnewtonmusic.com/

https://andrew-greig.weebly.com/

https://andrew-greig.weebly.com/

https://www.rcs.ac.uk/staff/mario-caribe/

https://sites.google.com/view/st-james-leith-adventfest/home






ASSOCIATION OFFESTIVAL ORGANISERSRecover And Reopen Covid 19Event Safety Planning Free Webinar

The AFO is a representative organisationfor the whole UK. Although almost all itsmembers are ex-Scotland none the less itdoes great work in providing advice overthe whole range of potential problemsrelating to organising festivals, especiallythose from the UK-wide folk scene ingeneral.

We are presenting a series of webinars andsafety support for members to manageCOVID 19 safe festivals, with event safetyspecialists, Symphotech, to run December12, January 9 and at our member'sconference on February 2021.Specifically, the legislative area will beEngland (Ed: although there may well be atleast partial cross-over for Scotland).

Producing our festivals will becomplicated in 2021. These free to attendRecover & Reopen webinars aim tosupport AFO members incorporating safe,COVID secure, practices for events andvenues next year. They will help youprepare and implement the appropriatesafety measures to mitigate the riskspresented by the Coronavirus, to satisfylicensing officials, while reassuring artists,crews and audiences that our events aresafe.

We believe this is an important freemembership support initiative, against thebackdrop of 2020's lost incomes, whichmake it harder to invest in vitalprofessional health and safety advice.

Symphotech has been providingprofessional and practical safety adviceand support to the events sector since2011. They are channelling Arts Councilfunding received this autumn to not onlysecure their business through this difficulttime, but to support the sector throughfunding safety consultancy work, to helpevents Recover & Reopen.

The free Recover & Reopen webinars,

hosted by the AFO, will give you healthand safety guidance, and access to a suiteof specially developed resources anddocumentation, authored by Symphotech.In the new year, webinar two will followup on your work and any particularchallenges you’re facing.

Session One 12 December 2020

Greenfield events webinar: 10.30 – 12.00Urban and other events: 13.00 – 14.30.Eddy Grant CMIOSH, Director of SafetySymphotech; Programme Leader EventsUniversity of Cumbria, will presentguidance for how to deal with the impactof Covid safety on planning for your eventand take questions from the audience.



Scottish Domestic Bliss 2020 Lockdown by Allan & Rosemary McMillan. GraceNote Publications. Full of fun, poems & pictures (proceeds towards Paddy Bort Fund).Available from Amazon, or copies can be purchased direct from the authors(signed optional) £10 + £2 p&p.



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Attendees will also have access totemplates and document resources neededfor planning.

Session Two 9 January 2021 Greenfieldevents follow up: 10.30 – 12.00 Urban andother events: 13.00 – 14.30 Eddy returnsto review and take follow up questionsfrom those who have prepared their plansand are progressing them through SAGand planning processes.

Session Three 20 February 2021Symphotech will join us at the AFOconference to revisit the guidance and anyfurther changes or insights gained,assisting both new and existing attendeeswith the state of play in running safe,Covid secure events in 2021 and beyond.

Save the dates now and if you would liketo attend these events please email us here.

COSTA DEL FOLKSunday 25 April – Saturday 1 May 2021

Harmony Voyages Ltd write ...

In a world of uncertainty and mixed messages,we want you to feel confident and safe whenyou book your 2021 Costa del Folk festivalholiday and for that reason your depositpayment of £100pp is fully transferable to afuture event or fully refundable should youdecide not to travel prior to the balance beingpaid in February 2021.

We cannot wait to welcome you back andfollowing discussions with the hotel, weare certain that we can operate a sociallydistanced festival in April if necessary.The programme may change slightly toensure we keep everyone safe, but themusic will be amazing, the craic will bemighty and let's face it, we are all indesperate need of a holiday!

What's new at Costa del Folk?1. The festival is now operated by

Harmony Voyages Ltd2. More flexibility: book your own flights

and pick the duration from 6nts - 10nts3. Arrive early (from Wednesday 23 April2021)4. Deposit fully refundable until balance

due date Sunday 14 February 2021

What has stayed the same?1. The same great venues2. The same incredible line-ups3. The same amazing team looking after you4. The same exceptional value for money

You're bound to have questions, but wethink we have thought of everything youmight want to know and have produced afrequently asked questions section on

our website. Please take a look, as it mightanswer that niggling query.

Above all, we are here to help and arehappy to assist with your transportarrangements to the festival, whether by airor land and sea.

Email or call us on +44(0)1254 476075You can find us here on Facebook or onour own website.

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http://www.costadelfolk.co.uk/

http://www.costadelfolk.co.uk/


https://www.costadelfolk.co.uk/faqs/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/costadelfolk

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The Seaview Country Club in Ibiza is theplace to be from 25 April - 1 May 2021.Early booking deadline: Monday 30November 2020. Prices start from £579pp6 nights DB&B including full festival pass(flights not included)

Our mailing address is:Harmony Voyages Ltd, 104 Whalley RoadWilpshire, Blackburn, Lancashire BB19LJ, United Kingdom

MUSIC WAVESMUSIC ROUTES Jim Welsh broadcastson-line on Edinburgh's Radio Summerhall.

TRAVELLING FOLK Sunday (7pm)Bruce MacGrego r presents BBC RadioScotland's flagship two-hour folkprogramme.

B LACK DIAMOND 107.8 FM Midlothian, Sunday 8pm-9pm (andavailable 24*7). Brian Miller presents"one of the finest folk music programmeson radio".

C LICK HERE for a long list of folkmusic shows on BBC Radio.

F OLK ALLEY (USA) is a 24*7 internetradio service produced by the FreshGrassFoundation which went online inSeptember 2003, streaming a unique blendof traditional folk, roots, Americana,contemporary singer/songwriters, indie-folk, Celtic, bluegrass, and other worldsounds.

BLUES AND ROOTS RADIO based inMississauga, ON, Canada. Liz Franklin(@lizlipwig) presents 'Folk Garden' everyTuesday 6pm - 8pm. All the best in folk,roots and acoustic music.

ACROSS THE POND is hosted by ex-pat lad from Edinburgh, Ed Miller, onSunradio every Sunday 3-4pm UK time -straight from Austin, Texas, USA!

P URE BEAT RADIO from Aberdeen,Scotland is an internet radio station thatbroadcasts all over the world 24*7.Playing a Better Music Mix! You can tunein on your Smartphone, Smartspeaker,Deezer and online.

BOTH SIDE S THE TWEED FOLK SHOW is a monthly podcast presented byGareth Patterson bringing you the verybest in folk & acoustic music.Submissions welcomed from artists whowould like Gareth to play their music. ACD would be appreciated but pleaseremember it must be FOLK.

SOUNDART FOLK SHOW hosted bySteve B. The station is situated in theDartington manor estate near Totnes inDevon and is also available on Mixcloud(listen again option). The show airs folk inits many guises live monthly to a world-wide audience. There are live sessionsevery few weeks with some very specialguests playing and chatting live in thestudio. Read more about the show on theirFacebook page

STREAM RADIO STATIONSAROUND THE WORLD WITHRADIO GARDEN – eg Edinburgh (242Radio), Glasgow (Celtic Music Radio),London (BBC Radio 5 Live) … andthousands more. Radio Garden is a non-profit Dutch radio and digital researchproject developed from 2013 to 2016, bythe Netherlands Institute for Sound andVision, the Transnational RadioKnowledge Platform and five otherEuropean universities. It is funded byHERA.

THE ONLINE FAB FOLK CLUB is apre-recorded on-air singaround folk clubpresented by Tony Haynes in York.Anyone is invited in. Video not needed,obviously, because this is radio, so justrecord yourself performing, say, three ofyour favourite songs or tunes and emailthem or use WeTransfer. Obviously theywould have to be close to radio quality,but don’t get too hung up about that. Tryto avoid background noises such as fridgemotors, but a bit of bird song would befine.

C OPPERPLATE , promoting Irish music,present a monthly podcast ... CopperplatePodcast … 60 minutes of Irish traditionalmusic now accessible 24/7 from theirroster.

GIGS ON-LINEMAIRI CAMPBELL is doing weekly(Sundays) on-line ‘sessions’ under theheading, Campbell’s Ceilidh. Just click onthe link above to sign up in advance andoffer yourself for a song or a tune spot.You’ll find lots of other stuff there as well.

JENNA REID writes: “Wanna join myyouth club? It’s FREE! Every Friday at6pm for 20 minutes and aimed at P1-P7. Anyinstrument with music and chords on-screen.For information email Jenna here #tradmusic #youth #fun

LLANTRISANT F C in S. Wales is runninga virtual Folk Club every Wednesday at8:20pm; music starts 8:30pm. Tune in her e .

CLAIRE HASTINGS As always, is liveevery Sunday morning at 10am on Claire'sMusic Club Facebook page, aimed at under5s.”

RONNIE MacDONALD, one-third of thepopular and far travelled Edinburgh-basedfolk band, North Sea Gas, can be seen andheard offering 50-minute’s worth of songshere on Faceboo k .

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Ronnie MacDonald


https://www.facebook.com/ronnie.macdonald.370/videos/10157825078158358

https://www.facebook.com/ronnie.macdonald.370/videos/10157825078158358

https://www.northseagas.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/clairesmusicclub/

https://www.facebook.com/clairesmusicclub/

https://www.clairehastings.com/

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89787380016

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89787380016

http://www.folkwales.org.uk/folk.html

http://www.folkwales.org.uk/folk.html




http://www.copperplatemailorder.com/




https://wetransfer.com/



https://www.facebook.com/groups/FABFolkandBlues/media/photos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Garden

http://radio.garden/listen/bbc-radio-5-live/k7kC0WPu

http://radio.garden/listen/celticmusicradio/pjFKHaed

http://radio.garden/listen/-242-radio/zzDKhOrl

http://radio.garden/listen/-242-radio/zzDKhOrl

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Soundartfolkshow/posts/?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Soundartfolkshow/posts/?ref=page_internal

http://www.soundartradio.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3s09DdxV8y-3cpXxe2AugnZasccKBeF0Pasi7RfMps9yAmXhgc6N5ik-o

https://www.facebook.com/pg/BothSidesTheTweedFolkShow/community/?ref=page_internal





http://www.purebeatradio.co.uk/

http://www.purebeatradio.co.uk/

http://sunradio.com/

https://www.bluesandrootsradio.com/

https://freshgrass.org/

https://freshgrass.org/

https://www.folkalley.com/about/history/

https://www.folkalley.com/about/history/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk

http://www.blackdiamondfm.com/



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4WpWjXq3HhYxKWB2FK3l0kk/bruce-macgregor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4WpWjXq3HhYxKWB2FK3l0kk/bruce-macgregor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tlyrt

https://www.mixcloud.com/radiosummerhall/




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PAUL WALKER & KARENPFEIFFER invite you to their livestreams Afternoon Tea with Paul & Karenevery Friday at 4pm (UK time)on their Facebook and YouTube pages.45 minutes of music, banter and light-hearted chat.

THE GOOSE IS OUT is (usually) apopular Friday weekly gig in South London.However, of course, as is happening all overthe UK they now run monthly Zoomsingarounds on the nights they wouldnormally have been having their "real"singarounds. Organiser Sue Whitehead says,“These online sessions, which are on secondSundays monthly, have been going well(despite a few technical hitches!). Obviouslythere isn't any geographical barrier to joiningin we’ve had singers from as far afield asJapan, Scotland and, er, Birmingham - so itwould be great if you could give them a plugin COS.” (Ed: job done!)

“We send out the Zoom link with fullinformation the day before the singaround.People are asked to let us know by theFriday before if they would like us to sendthem the link (singers and listeners allwelcome!).

“People can message us here, the contact form on our website .”

(Ed: there are so many on-line gigs just now that this isthe merest sample of what we’ve noticed. If you wantyour gig listed please send us the information).

cyberPRINTLIVING TRADITION (UK, monthly,print, on-line). See advert in this issue ofCOS. Living Tradition is a major UK andinternational folk music magazinepublished in Scotland with a 20 yearhistory of carrying news, reviews andarticles, with a focus on the traditionalfolk scene in the UK and Ireland.

THE LIST (Edinburgh HQ but national;print, on-line,) This widely read andnationally distributed magzine is one toseek out for gig and cultural informationin general.

R2 MAGAZINE See here for information on subscribing(UK, bi-monthly) was 'Rock n Reel' back inthe 1990s, hit a rocky patch, but returnedseveral years ago as a great commentator,supporter and reviewer of the UK musicscene in general (see advert page 5).

BOX AND FIDDLE (UK, monthly) is thepublication of the National Association ofAccordion & Fiddle Clubs with anestimated home and overseas readership of6,000+.

MAVERICK (UK, monthly) leadingindependent country music magazine.

RAMBLES (USA, on-line) a wide rangeof reviews of books and albums.

NO DEPRESSION (USA. Quarterly) isan advert-free, long-form journal aboutroots music published by the FreshGrassFoundation. Each issue features originalin-depth articles and artist profiles,original illustrations, and stunningphotography. The original music magazinebegan in 1995 and ran through 2008 butrestarted in 2015 and is running yet. Their‘fall’ 2020 print edition has now sold out.

FOLKER (Germany, bi-monthly, print, on-line) one of continental Europe's major folkmags – in fact, probably the leading mag.Folker covers mostly Europeantraditional/folk music and world music andis a valuable source on German and otherEuropean artists and the festival scene. Italso carries book, record and cassettereviews. (Ed: Folker’s publisher is Michael Kamp who

was a Sandy Bell’s Man back in the 1970’s).

ENGLISH and WELSHlocal folk magazinesUNICORN Bedfordshire,Buckinghamshire, Cambridgshire andHertfordshire.

SHIRE FOLK Berkshire,Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

FOLKNEWS KERNOW Cornwall.

WHAT'S AFOOT Devon.

SAD Folk Somerset and Dorset.

MARDLES East Anglia, Norfolk

FOLK MONTHLY E. Midlands,Derbyshire, Leics, Lincs and Notts.

SOLENT WAVES (Folk Association ofSouth Hampshire) Hampshire, Sussex andDorset.

PUDDINGSTONE (Hertfordshire FolkAssociation) Hertfordshire.

AROUND KENT FOLK Kent (and someof Sussex); e mail .

LANCASHIRE WAKES Lancashire.

FOLK NORTH WEST (North WestFederation of Folk Clubs) Lancashire,Cumbria, Greater Manchester,Merseyside, North Wales and Cheshire.

LEICESTER FOLK DIARYLeicestershire

FOLKTALK Lincolnshire.

FOLK LONDON London & HomeCounties.

MAD FOLK Merseyside.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FOLK ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION Northamptonshire.

SHREDS AND PATCHES Shropshire.

SUSSEX PIE AND EVENTS SHEET(Sussex Folk Association) Sussex

SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE (NB: Online)

FOLK SOUTH EAST Surrey

TAPLAS Wales + The Borders & Beyond

FOLKWALES ONLINE MAGAZINE

FOLK MONTHLY West Midlands:Worcs, Warks, Staffs, Shropshire,Herefordshire.

FOLKFAX - Diary of events, news andgossip. (NB: Online only).

WILTSHIRE FOLK ARTS Wiltshire.

FOLKLIFE WEST Worcs, Glos and TheWest (Quarterly Magazine and FolkDirectory).

FOLK ROUNDABOUT Yorkshire,North & East, Teesside, Cleveland,Northumberland.

TYKES NEWS (incorporating Stirrings)Yorkshire, South And West.




http://www.shirefolk.org.uk/

http://www.tykesnews.org.uk/

http://northumbriafolk.org.uk/roundabout.html

http://www.folklife-west.co.uk/%20folkdirectory.folklife-west.org.uk/

http://www.wiltshirefolkarts.org.uk/

http://www.folkfax.net/

http://www.folkmonthly.org.uk/

http://www.folkwales.org.uk/Magazine/

http://www.taplas.co.uk/

http://www.folksoutheast.co.uk/

http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk/

http://susfa.interfolk.co.uk/susfa/sussexpie.htm

http://www.shredsandpatches.org.uk/

http://northantsfolk.weebly.com/

http://northantsfolk.weebly.com/

http://www.madfolk.org.uk/

http://www.folklondon.co.uk/

http://www.folk-now.co.uk/

http://lfd.org.uk/lfd.html

http://www.folknorthwest.co.uk/

http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk/Wakes.htm



http://www.aroundkentfolk.btck.co.uk/

http://www.hertsfolkassn.org.uk/puddingstone.html

http://www.fash.org.uk/

http://www.folkmonthly.org.uk/

http://www.suffolkfolk.co.uk/mardles.html

http://www.sadfolk.co.uk/listings.php

http://www.bonnygreen.co.uk/whatsafoot.htm

http://www.folknewskernow.co.uk/

http://www.unicornmagazine.org.uk/

http://www.folker.de/

http://freshgrass.org/

http://freshgrass.org/

https://www.nodepression.com/

http://www.rambles.net/

http://www.maverick-country.com/

http://www.boxandfiddle.com/

https://store.nodepression.com/collections/subscribe

http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/

http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/

https://www.list.co.uk/

http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/


http://thegooseisout.com/contact-us/



http://thegooseisout.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwNrDIq9og&list=PL8aNEL_-DZU20v4CZhJxAUFAOpcO5vOg2&index=1

https://www.facebook.com/paulwalkerandkarenpfeiffer/

https://www.paulwalkermusic.co.uk/

https://www.paulwalkermusic.co.uk/




REMINDERS …SANDY BELL’S BAR RESCUE FUNDAt the time of writing £4,053 had beenraised towards the target of £15,000. Tocontribute please visit the Save SandyBell's Go Fund Me page.

CELTIC CONNECTIONS runs fromThursday 14 January to Tuesday 2Febuary 2021 with a 19-day scaled-downformat 'digital first' festival, which maystill allow audiences to attend some showsif restrictions on live events are eased inthe Glasgow.

BLAS FESTIVAL started on Friday 20and runs to Monday 30 November. Thisyear’s festival has a great onlineprogramme of concerts,cèilidhs, workshops, lectures and morecelebrating the culture of the Highlands.

GLASGOW FIDDLE WORKSHOP(GFW) restarted with ZOOM classes backin September 2020.

For details click the link above (face-to-face classes postponed for time being),Monday Slow Session 18:45-19:25 Wednesday Warm-up Session

18:45-19:25 #trad #music

The FRIENDS OF THOMAS MUIRorganisation website lists a lot of activityshowing what the Friends are up to on acontinuing basis behind the scenes. Tofind out more use their contact detailshere.

CEILIDH DANCING in Edinburgh ofcourse has been put on hold during thecurrent crisis but will, no doubt at all,restart when deemed safe to do so.Meanwhile have a look at EDINBURGH CEILIDH CLUB.

PENICUIK ARTS promotes andencourages the study, practice andknowledge of the Arts in Penicuik andsurrounding district. Contact them byemail or phone: 01968 678804.

THE SCOTTISH Storytelling Centre inEdinburgh's High Street may be closedjust now but it is keeping busy with allkinds of streams and on-line stuff. Click

here to find out what's what. And it iscurrently hosting a virtgual Story TellingFestival.

The TMSA (Traditional Music andSong Association) has a calendar list ofupcoming events it's involved in on itswebsite.

THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC FORUM(aka TMF) is a key participant in theScottish Parliament Cross Party Group onCulture, the Music Education PartnershipGroup, Culture Counts and Heads ofInstrumental Teaching Scotland (HITS) toname but a few. Through the website,newsletter and social media channels,TMF continually showcases the diverseactivities of their wide membership andshares news, events, and information. Andnotably, EFC's man, Dave Francis is theTMF Director and Lori Watson, is chair.

K AREN TWEED , accordion wizard,composer and artist, has been settled inOrkney now for 21/2 years. Duringlockdown she has been teaching accordionvia Zoom both one-to-one as well asFriday Zoom accordion workshops –email Karen for details .

Karen has published her first sketchbookcalled: “Karen Tweed - A S ketchbook W ith L ove from Orkney ”.

Karen also runs a weekly Live Slow TunesSession (which is free) via her Facebookpage on Mondays at 6.30pm - allwelcome.

EASTGATE THEATRE, Peebles, isstruggling to keep going just now. They’vebeen posting events on YouTube includingfour half-hour “Garden Ceilidh Events”.These were organised by members ofPenicuik FC and 18 acts were videoed in abeautiful garden setting to create 90-minutes of song, music and spoken wordwhich all showcased an impressive arrayof local talent. If you are able to help thetheatre re-open by donating go to theircrowd funding page here or to their ownwebsite here.

EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB’s newcrowdfunding site is here. Have a lookand slip us a few quid or three. Every little

helps us get to our target of £5,000 so wecan continue to help out our folkmusicians who are in need of ourassistance.

FESTIVAL ROUND-UPThere are so many festivals around theseislands, not to mention abroad, that abetter use of the limited space in thenewsletter is to list websites offering listsof festival.

B ritish Arts Festivals Association European Forum of Worldwide MusicFestivals - Member FestivalsFolk and Roots - UK Festivals

Click here PayPa l to donateto the Paddy Bort Fund.

And click here to go toEFC’s YouTube channel.

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https://www.paypal.me/edinburghfc?locale.x=en_GB

http://folkandroots.co.uk/

http://www.efwmf.org/memberfestivals/

http://www.efwmf.org/memberfestivals/

https://www.artsfestivals.co.uk/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/paddy-bort-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all

https://www.gofundme.com/f/paddy-bort-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all

https://eastgatearts.com/open-doors-campaign/

https://eastgatearts.com/open-doors-campaign/

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/Eastgatetheatreopendoors

https://penicuikarts.org/penfest-2020-eastgate-garden-ceilidhs/

https://eastgatearts.com/

https://www.facebook.com/karen.tweed.accordion




https://www.karentweed.com/product/karen-tweed-a-sketchbook-with-love-from-orkney/










https://www.karentweed.com/

https://www.karentweed.com/

https://www.traditionalmusicforum.org/

https://www.tmsa.scot/

https://www.tmsa.scot/

https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/events/



https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/


https://penicuikarts.org/

http://www.edinburghceilidhclub.com/

http://thomasmuir.co.uk/contact.html

http://thomasmuir.co.uk/friendsofthomasmuir.html

https://gfw.scot/

https://www.blas.scot/

https://www.celticconnections.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/y32az-save-sandy-bells

https://www.gofundme.com/f/y32az-save-sandy-bells


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