Category: Guests

 

 This wednesday Irvine folk club presents Sunjay for what’s sure to be a great night of guitar-picking, feet-tapping music. Sunjay has performed before in Irvine and we’re delighted to welcome him back.

 

 

Irvine Folk club welcomes Tanninzie, a group formed in the 1970s. Today the band has three members consisting of Fiona Campbell ( lead vocals ), Ken Lorimer ( vocals and guitar ) and Mik Shaw ( vocals and electric bass). Expect to hear some harmony singing, fine playing and a broad range of material.

 

 

We’re delighted to welcome back Dan McKinnon to Irvine Folk Club.

Blessed with a glorious baritone voice, a graceful mastery on guitar, and a hearty laugh that delights any room, Dan McKinnon has carved out his own unique, musical path. From early beginnings in the coffee houses, pubs and bars of Atlantic Canada, to yearly tours throughout the UK, Dan’s performances reveal an enduring respect for the past, tempered by a profound attachment to the present. His keenly observed stories and passionately delivered songs convey a deep inquisitiveness into the human condition combined with the rich heritage of the Maritimes.

“Hearing Dan McKinnon for the first time reminds me of the first time I heard Stan Rogers or James Keelaghan…” – Rich Warren, Sing Out!

After celebrating her 80th birthday on the 14th of September the coming club night has been named Joyce’s “Almost” Retirement Party. Joyce has been involved with the Irvine Folk Club for 52 years, she has been the organiser of the club since 2002 and is a founding member of the Marymass Folk Festival. She now feels it is time to take a step back (not a complete disappearing act, merely a ‘put your feet up a little and let others do some of the work’ step back) and well deserved it is. As a testimony to her strong commitment and the friendships forged through the love of music this Wednesday night’s guests will gather with the loyal audience of the Irvine Folk club to celebrate Joyce.

Guests are: The Ian Walker Band, Alastair McDonald, John Graham & Jim Jack, Fraser Bruce, Haggerdash, Stevie and Anne, Dominic Boyce, Dominic Dunne, Maureen and Willie & The Quiggs

Club starts as usual at 8pm and during the break Joyce is putting on a buffet for all to enjoy.

“We write together, we sing my songs, the odd Robert Burns, some I’ve written for The Land We Love and the Young Territorial Projects, the odd rock standard acoustically and other old favourites like Streets of London and The Last Thing On My Mind. We’ve even found out we are both fans of early Fairport Convention. It’s all thrown into the mix which is encouraging the keen folk audiences to belt it out!”

 

23rd Aug – Pauline Vallance

 

Pauline Vallance a singer/songwriter and clarsach player from Ayrshire. She loves to explore different styles and genres and write songs about subjects as diverse as the beauty of the Northumberland coastline to the disaster of dogs eating mobile phones!

“Her songs are brimming with wit and invention and are entirely captivating”. James Grant

Bob Wood is a Scots-born folk singer and finger-style guitar player from London. Performing with an easygoing sense of humour, his vocal style, guitar arrangements and song interpretations have been described as displaying rare sensitivity, lightness of touch and technique.

 

Songwriter, singer, performer, musician, and music educator who believes passionately in music as a form of expression, engagement, enjoyment and education

Daria Kulesh was originally advertised for this date but after a mix up she has kindly agreed to a postponement of her gig to the 24th of July 2024!
 
Tanninzie was asked to step in at short notice and has kindly done so, they are also playing the club in October but as a band that originally started out during the 70’s folk revival, we’re sure they have plenty of songs to fill both nights.

The band today has three members consisting of Fiona Campbell ( lead vocals ), Ken Lorimer ( vocals and guitar ) and Mik Shaw ( vocals and electric bass). Expect to hear some harmony singing, fine playing and a broad range of material.

 

John has achieved an excellent reputation as a writer of powerful, thought-provoking and witty folk songs that often draw upon his life in a gritty port town and his wider travels in the world.

After a life travelling on the road and making music, in 2014, Les Woodley, joined forces with John and Lynne to bring a fuller sound to these excellent songs that often capture the spirit of the times, and to perform them at folk clubs and festivals across the UK. The Trio also draws on its wider repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs and tunes, particularly songs suited to chorus singing. The Trio majors on powerful 3-part harmonies, accompanied by acoustic guitar, bodhran, harmonica, double bass, mandolin, accordion and whistles. All self-taught musicians who are no strangers to busking, the Trio’s performances are authentic and from the heart. Their choice of material, variety of instruments, versatility and engaging humour, not to mention John’s blistering bodhran solos, blend to delight and entertain folk audiences in intimate venues and bigger stages alike.

” …magnificent songs … killer harmonies …” — Grapevine