{"id":10872,"date":"2022-07-20T08:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=10872"},"modified":"2022-07-22T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T12:50:20","slug":"manfolk-to-rise-again-in-october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2022\/07\/20\/manfolk-to-rise-again-in-october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"MANFOLK TO RISE AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MANFOLK TO RISE AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman Warwick reads preview by English Folk Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given where i was living at the time it is perhaps no surprise that Manchester England, England (across the Atlantic Sea) was my favoutite song in teh Hair, the first musical I ever saw. Now that I live here on Lanzarote, and Manchester, England, England Tom Besford and his colleagues at English Folk Expo I am delighted to be kept informed of what is going in my old stopming grounds and Sidetracks And Detours are absolutely thrilled to share with our readers the English Folk Expo press announcement about the \u00a0new wave of artists joining the line up for this year’s Manchester Folk Festival 13th – 15th October 2022!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


All shows now on sale!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Want to get to know the artists? Check out our MFF 2022 <\/strong>Spotfiy Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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English Folk Expo strive to bring the very best in current folk and acoustic music, to present a rich mix of styles and artists who approach folk and storytelling from different perspectives. And we hope we’ve done just that!

Today we announcement a mix of traditional and contemporary artists including;\u00a0Rachael Dadd, The Jackie Oates Trio, Douglas Dare, Fiona Bevan and clarinet\/ piano ambient experimentalists, Group Listening\u00a0plus\u00a0David Gibb brings his sell-out family show Family Jukebox to International Anthony Burgess Foundation on the afternoon of Saturday 15th October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In HOME\u2019s Theatre 2 we welcome two brand-new projects – one using folk and storytelling to revisit stories of social change and one centred around global cultural collaboration.Reg Meuross\u2019 Stolen From God is a song cycle unfolding the history of England’s involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade and new commission, Touchstone<\/strong>, brings together traditional English and Kashmiri songs and tunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Following on from the success of 2021, we once again bring our Festival Club to the first-floor restaurant in HOME. Starting on the Thursday night and running from 11pm \u2013 1am each night of the festival, the bustling club atmosphere is the perfect way to finish off your night at Manchester Folk Festival whilst being treated to three of England\u2019s up-and-coming folk artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival opens on Thursday 13 October with The Magpie Arc<\/strong> and Lady Maisery<\/strong>. Jim Ghedi<\/strong> is now joined by Joshua Burnell<\/strong> in HOME. In The Blues Kitchen, Grace Petrie<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> show sees two fantastic support artists in Lucy Grubb<\/em><\/strong> and GUISE<\/strong> while Impossible Theatre welcomes Rachael Dadd<\/strong> launching her new album, \u2018Kaleidoscope\u2019. In International Anthony Burgess Foundation we welcome English songsmith, Douglas Dare<\/strong> and The Jackie Oates Trio<\/strong> (\u201cone of England’s finest and most expressive traditional folk singers\u201d\u2013 Tradfolk). Thursday\u2019s Festival club will close day one with rising North-West soul-folk artist John Dhali<\/strong> and country-rock outfit Treetop Flyers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Friday sees Thea Gilmore <\/strong>headline in HOME now joined by Flo Perlin and Clare Sands. Stolen From God <\/strong>in HOME Theatre 2 is a narrated song-cycle by Reg Meuross<\/strong>about the South West of England\u2019s involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade with Jali Fily Cissokho, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne <\/strong>and Jaz Gayle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reg Meuross is an artist we have featured many times on these pages. It is incredible to think it is thirty years since I interviewed him in a Lonbdon opub when he was then a member of the best of Hank Wangford\u00b4s various line-ups of The Lost Cowboys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reg Meuross (left with Stolen From God)<\/em><\/strong>  is an English singer and songwriter based in Somerset<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meuross first emerged on the British acoustic music scene when he formed The Panic Brothers[1]<\/a><\/sup> with comedian Richard Morton in 1986. Five years of touring and TV work followed their album In The Red<\/em>, produced by Clive Gregson<\/a> with the “Brothers” appearing regularly on TV, including Friday Night Live<\/em><\/a>, and at Edinburgh<\/a>, Sidmouth<\/a>, Glastonbury<\/a> and other festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his work with The Panic Brothers, Meuross formed a roots band, The Flamingos, featuring ex-Graham Parker guitarist, Martin Belmont<\/a>, Bob Loveday from the Penguin Caf\u00e9 Orchestra<\/a> & Bob Geldof<\/a>‘s band and Alison Jones of The Barely Works. The Flamingos recorded the album Arrested<\/em> in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meuross toured until 2009 with Hank Wangford<\/a> and The Lost Cowboys as a member of the band and also as a solo artist with Hank Wangford<\/a> on the “No Hall Too Small” tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meuross’s solo recording and touring career began in 1996. As a solo artist he has released 14 albums. In his review of December<\/em> in 2016 Robin Denselow<\/a> described Meuross in The Guardian<\/a> as “..one of the more versatile, under-sung survivors of the English acoustic scene.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meuross co-wrote Seth Lakeman<\/a>‘s first single release Divided We Will Fall<\/em> from the album Well Worn Path<\/em> released on the Cooking Vinyl<\/a> label in November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in Theatre 2, Moxie<\/strong> bring their own sound of an Irish tradition inspired by global and contemporary cultures. Impossible Theatre, a brand new venue for the festival this year, hosts Hollie Rogers<\/strong> and “fusion upbeat danceable sounds” from Me and My Friends. <\/strong>In International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Lucy Farrell <\/strong>(\u201cSplendidly atmospheric\u201d – fRoots) and Fiona Bevan <\/strong>(\u201cStartling<\/em> Odysseys\u201d – The Guardian) headline their own intimate shows. Friday closes in the vibrant festival club with sets from Jacob & Drinkwater<\/strong>, Will Page <\/strong>(Noble Jacks) and The Carrivick Sisters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday afternoon includes an Irish celebration in HOME as Daoir\u00ed Farrell Trio is joined by the \u201cmesmeric\u201d Dani Larkin. David Gibb hosts his Family Jukebox in International Anthony Burgess Foundation and in HOME\u2019s Theatre 2 The Alliance of Kashmiri Arts premieres Touchstone \u2013 a commissioned project seeing Lala Qadeer collaborating with Dan Walsh and Alistair Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday evening\u2019s 02 Ritz show with Will Varley has escalated to what is guaranteed to be a legendary festival evening with the addition of innovative and fiery folk-rockers Holy Moly & The Crackers. In HOME\u2019s Theatre 1, ‘Face Of The 2021 Sea Shanty Rrevival’,  The Longest Johns are joined by Ceitidh Mac (\u201ctransformative, progressive and mellow\u201d) and Angeline Morrison. In Theatre 2 The Drystones (\u201cbig bad beats for badass barn dancing\u201d) and string accompanied Hannah Moule and the Moulettes bring their contemporary approaches to folk and traditional music. Saturday evening in International Anthony Burgess Foundation welcomes new folk project Pedlar \/\/ Russell and clarinet and piano ambient exploration by Group Listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Audiences can make a day or weekend of it by taking advantage of 15% off tickets<\/strong> when buying for 4 or more concerts via HOME\u2019s box office<\/a>.
 
A very limited number Manchester Folk Festival passes are also still available to purchase<\/a>. The pass gives you access to all Manchester Folk Festival gigs happening between 13th<\/sup> & 15th<\/sup> Oct (T&Cs apply).

Well if you actually read all of this and got to the end you deserve a treat! Go grab yourself a cuppa and biscuit to enjoy while you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

book your tickets….<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organisers can\u00b4t wait to see you in October to shopw you what all their hard work on your behalf has achieved.! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rediscover one of life\u2019s simplest joys \u2013 the sharing of live music in the glow of a campfire. Every summer, The Nest Collective gathers audiences in beautiful green spaces within cities to hear extraordinary music by artists from all over the world. In collaboration with The Nest Collective, English Folk Expo presents a July series of Campfire Clubs in Salford, Greater Manchester.  Find more details HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets cost \u00a316.50<\/strong> and are available via the links below:
Saturday 16th July @ 6.30pm – Tarren<\/a>
Saturday 23rd July @ 6.30pm – Gasper Nali<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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