Nettleham Village Hall LN2 2SS
SUNDAY 29 DECEMBER 2024
doors open: 7.00pm for 7.30pm BAR tea/coffee/ice-cream Reserve only tickets £14 watkins.folk@gmail.com
01522 535770 pay on door (cash only). On site free parking.
a further eleven concerts for 20025
SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2025
NANCY KERR and JAMES FAGAN
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Why have we booked them? And indeed why should you come and listen to them? (Of course if you have seen them before, you will almost certainly be wanting to see them again.)
Well quite simply they are just delightful, never better than when they perform together. Nancy's voice is joyous, arching upwards with great ease, sufficient power and great sweetness. Her fiddle playing is accurate, bright and proficient. You can hear the words. And no mean slouch is James, Oh no. Melodiously harmonising with his wife Nancy, pleasing when singing solo, James is a well respected performer in his own right as well as a fine Irish bouzouki player.
I don't usually do the award saga for artistes. It's there on their web sites if you are interested and I think my job is to sell the music's accessibility, especially to those who have not heard the artist who is 'on sale' or just haven't tried folk music before, but for Nancy, when performing with James and with other notable musicians such as Martin Simpson, I will make an exception. This is her calibre. Six Folk awards from BBC Radio 2 for one of the most celebrated folk musicians of her generation (she commenced her career playing with Eliza Carthy....and I remember hearing them together at Whitby) as well as being Principal Lecturer in folk music at Newcastle University. All this info is available on her, and separately James, in Wikipedia. See nancykerr.co.uk
NANCY KERR fiddle and vocals
JAMES FAGAN Irish bouzouki and vocals
SUPPORT: The return of the much enjoyed quartet
MALT WHISKERS
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DAY OF FOLK SATURDAY 17 MAY 2025
SEE nettlehamlive.org/p/upcoming-concerts.html
