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Intro: Fairport Convention - Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Fox Hunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers - Liege & Lief - A&M Records

Ollie King - Taro Fair - Gambit - RootBeat Records www.olliekingmusic.com/
The Unthanks - Magpie - Mount The Air - Rabble Rouser www.the-unthanks.com/
Dean Owens - Evergreen - Into The Sea - Drumfire Records www.deanowens.com/

Polly Paulusma - Lynch Pin - Leaves From The Family Tree - Wild Sound www.pollypaulusma.com/wp/
Leonard Cohen - Joan Of Arc - Can't Forget - Sony Music  www.leonardcohen.com/
Fatdog - Emigrantskipet - New Found Land - Riverboat Records  www.worldmusic.net/

Ollie King - Lakes Of Cold Fen - Gambit - RootBeat Records www.olliekingmusic.com/
The Unthanks - Last Lullaby - Mount The Air - Rabble Rouser www.the-unthanks.com/
Dean Owens - Valentine's Day In New York - Into The Sea - Drumfire Records www.deanowens.com/

Polly Paulusma - Two Houses - Leaves From The Family Tree - Wild Sound www.pollypaulusma.com/wp/
Leonard Cohen - Got A Little Secret - Can't Forget - Sony Music  www.leonardcohen.com/
Fatdog - Ring The Changes - New Found Land - Riverboat Records  www.worldmusic.net/
Smokey & The Mirror - Will & Woody - Rag & Bone - Second String Records www.smokeyandthemirror/

Ollie King: "Ollie King is a melodeon player and singer whose music is steeped in the customs and traditions of England. Based in Sheffield, he is starting to make a name for himself as one of the most exciting and interesting up-and-coming melodeon players in the country, and has already developed into a mature, well-rounded musician with a unique style and approach to traditional music. A defining feature of his sound is his sole use of vintage Hohner instruments (maintained and modified by Mike Rowbotham), setting him apart from other players of his age. Since becoming a New Roots finalist in 2011, Ollie has played up and down the country, and appeared on releases by Megson and The Young’uns. In 2013, he was selected by the English Folk Dance and Song Society to be on their Aspire Programme for artistic development. This has led to collaborations with BBC Young Folk Award winner James Findlay, both as a duo and as a vocal trio with traditional singer Rosie Hood.Other exciting projects are on the horizon - watch this space! Thanks to an incredibly successful Kickstarter project, Ollie is currently recording his first solo album, Gambit. The album was recorded and produced by Andy Bell (Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Fay Hield), with artwork by the wonderful Elly Lucas and features BBC Folk Award nominated musicians Fay Hield and Sam Sweeney, as well as James Findlay and Rosie Hood." - Artist's website

The Unthanks: "There is a socially conscious heart to much of The Unthanks' work. The Unthanks see folk music less as a style of music and more as a oral history that offers perspective on our own time. Their approach to storytelling straddles the complex relationship between modernism and learning from the past. Staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure may seem like polar opposites, yet they are easy bedfellows in the gentle hands of The Unthanks.Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and the only British folk representation in The Guardian's and Uncut's best albums of last decade (worldwide, all genres), The Unthanks is a family affair for Tyneside sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, with Rachel married to pianist, producer, arranger and composer, Adrian McNally. Even though McNally has scored symphony scale arrangements for The Unthanks, all three are musically untrained, and put their collective musical vocabulary down to the music they grew up listening to, rather than playing, for which both McNally and the Unthank sisters have parents to thank for. Using the traditional and folk music of the North East of England as a starting point, the influence of Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Antony & The Johnsons, King Crimson and Tom Waits can be heard in the band's 7 albums to date." - Artists' website

Dean Owens: "Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. 2015 promises to be a great year starting with a date at the prestigious Celtic Connections Festival, single release, and a new Nashville-recorded album – Into the Sea – coming out on April 27th on Drumfire Records. Into the Sea was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Neilson Hubbard and a whole host of amazing US musicians, including award winning guitarist Will Kimbrough and renowned singer-songwriters Kim Richey and Suzy Bogguss. It is out now on Drumfire Records!! The first single from the album – Valentine’s Day in New York – was released on 14 Feb and was followed by Evergreen. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. Dean’s solo career has seen him tour far and wide, including in Europe, USA and Australia. Dean is also highly regarded among other musicians and has played shows and toured with Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Joan As Policewoman, Eddi Reader, John Hiatt and Nanci Griffith, to name but a few. In his early career Dean was the front-man of the much loved and lauded Americana band The Felsons. Since launching his solo career he has produced 5 albums, including the highly regarded Whisky Hearts (also recorded in Nashville), New York Hummingbird (recorded in the Big Apple with some exceptional New York-based musicians) and Cash Back (Songs I Learned From Johnny) album, inspired by one of his lifelong idols, Johnny Cash." - Artist's website

Polly Paulusma: "In 2003 Paulusma was happily putting the finishing touches to shed-recorded debut album ‘Scissors in my Pocket’ when Bjork’s label One Little Indian signed her up and catapulted her round the world for six years, supporting Bob Dylan, Jamie Cullum, Joseph Arthur, Coldplay and many others. In 2012 she set up her own label Wild Sound to release her third studio album, Leaves from the Family Tree; the label is now growing. From humble musical beginnings in a garden shed, Polly Paulusma was signed to Bjork’s label One Little Indian in 2003 and in 2004 released her self-produced, home-shed-recorded debut album Scissors In My Pocket to international critical acclaim. In 2012 (and two children later), Paulusma released her third album, Leaves from the Family Tree. She founded record label Wild Sound and bought a caravan called Ella (to make touring with her young family a possibility – but only in the school holidays).  On this joyful third album, she has e-collaborated with folk heroes Adem and Erin McKeown, rock violin diva Anna Phoebe and acclaimed film composer Michael Price of recent Sherlock fame, combining recordings from her garden shed, Pinewood Studios, and everywhere in between to create an insightful representation of the joys and complications of modern family life." - Artist's website

Leonard Cohen: no description/introduction necessary!

Fatdog :  "FatDog was born one night on the Swedish Koster Islands in the summer of 2011. Jazz trio Fattigfolket and folk trio Doggerland were playing at the same festival and decided to end the evening by performing together. The result was surprising, exciting – and oddly beautiful. With members from Sweden, Norway and England, and based on both sides of the Swedish-Norwegian border, FatDog cross boundaries every time they meet, both literally and musically. Three are established folk musicians anchored in the musical traditions of Scandinavia and Britain. Three are accomplished jazz musicians with an ear both for the local and the cosmopolitan, the traditional and the experimental. FatDog’s instrument line-up usually raises a few eyebrows: concertina, trumpet, cittern, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy, saxophone and double bass. Having no percussionist, the rhythm section is provided by the buzz of the hurdy-gurdy, the chug of the concertina and, on occasion, the thrash of a cittern. The resulting rhythmic drive is unobtrusive but irresistible. Not least, Anders’s hurdy-gurdy, combining drones, melody and rhythmic ‘trompette’, is a powerhouse at the centre of the band. Patrik’s bubbling clarinet, Hallvard’s sonorous sax and Gunnar’s inventive trumpet each provide both improvisation and chords, playing off the melody and each other in constant movement. Underlying it all is Putte’s double bass, solid and playful at the same time. FatDog’s repertoire always has at least one foot in folk music, either taking a traditional song or tune as their point of departure or composing new ones in the folk idiom. The rhythms of Scandinavian dance are well represented here, while influences from Macedonia to Morris dance turn up without seeming out of place. About half of the material on New Found Land consists of songs featuring Richard’s rich baritone. Whether singing in Norwegian, French or his native English, his style, honed over 40 years of singing traditional material, is honest and direct. Two of the tracks featured are six-voice a cappella songs - providing a change of musical scenery and giving the lie to the common conception that jazz musicians can’t sing!" - Artists' website

Smokey & The Mirror: Smokey & The Mirror: "is husband+wife duo Bryan and Bernice Hembree (Fayetteville, Arkansas).  The Hembrees spent 7 years touring nationally as members of folk/bluegrass trio 3 Penny Acre.  Building on the critical success of 3 Penny Acre, Bryan and Bernice leaned back towards their early rock&roll, country, and R&B influences to create Smokey & The Mirror. Smokey & The Mirror recorded a live album  with long-time collaborator Daniel Walker (keys) in November of 2013.  The live album, released by Goose Creek Records, was recorded over three nights in three venues (Mucky Duck-Houston, Cactus Cafe-Austin, and The Blue Door-Oklahoma City).   In June 2014 they took the same spontaneous approach into the studio. The Hembrees assembled a band (including Daniel Walker on keys, Terry Ware on guitar, Nooch Carnuccio on drums, and Travis Linville on lap steel) and entered Breathing Rhythm Studios in Norman, Oklahoma for a 3 day session.  The result is the new album "Thin Black Line".   The album was tracked live to 2" reel-to-reel tape. Smokey & The Mirror tours constantly as a duo, and often with a full band (Ryan Pickop on drums and Terry Ware on guitar). The Hembrees are also the founders and co-creators of the Fayetteville Roots Festival (Arkansas)." - Artists' website

Smokey & The Mirror will be in concert with Little Rock Folk Club 6/6/15



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