Welcome to the official Home Page of Redbourn Folk
We meet every Wednesday from 7.30pm - 10.30pm at The Hollybush, Church End.
Also see our facebook page at here.
Please note that Jenny's email address has changed, there is a link at the bottom of this page.
Please see our program for the remainder of 2024 and the first part of 2025 below:
Oct 2 Liz Simcock £10
Liz Simcock is one of the country’s finest female singer songwriters. Her songs – often autobiographical and highly personal – are immediately accessible to audiences and injected with poetry, emotion and splashes of humour.
Oct 9 Sing Around £3
Oct 16 Chris Fox £10
A genre defying Folk troubadour Chris made rapid progress through the UK folk and roots scene with his song writing, utilising a variety of styles across the roots lexicon of traditional & contemporary folk, Americana, Country and Blues.
Oct 23 Sing Around £3
Oct 30 Plumhall £10
Plumhall (Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall) are critically-acclaimed songwriters from the UK, using a mesmerising combination of acoustic and electric instruments (occasionally with electronica) to create breathtaking soundscapes to their powerful original songs. They are renowned for their exquisite vocal harmonies and scintillating live guitar playing.
Nov 6 Sing Around £3
Nov 13 Joe Topping £10
Joe aspires to create songs that resonate with listeners on a profound level, aiming to forge a shared connection and foster a sense of community among his audience. Guided by values of kindness, love, and social activism, Joe's music endeavours to contribute to a better world in every way possible.
Nov 20 Sing Around £3
Nov 27 Elizabeth & Jameson £10
Hannah Elizabeth and Griff Jameson have joined forces to create an acoustic folk-roots sound which encompasses both their individual musical backgrounds. Hannah’s influences are firmly planted in traditional folk-roots, whilst in contrast Griff has formed his musical reputation within folk pop/rock genres. Together, Elizabeth & Jameson arguably offer the best of both backgrounds; this is simplistic, classic song writing at its best - a stripped back harmony-driven sound with acoustic guitar, violin and exquisite vocals.
Dec 4 Sing Around £3
Dec 11 Jim Causley £10
Jim Causley is a folk-singer, award winning songwriter, musician, proud Devonian and all-round entertainer. He grew up in a wassailing village not far from Sidmouth Folk Festival and sang with Wren Music before heading to Newcastle University to study on their brand new degree course in Folk & Traditional Music. He rose to prominence singing with The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as touring with Waterson:Carthy and David Rotheray. In recent years his work has focused on his musical settings of poems by his relative Charles Causley, penning his own songs and reviving lost gems from his home county
Dec 18 XMAS PARTY
Jan 8th DAVID COLLINS £10
David is a folk musician deeply routed in English history, culture and tradition. He was a semi-finalist at the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician awards in 2011. Born and bred in London, it is history and that which is being made right now that drives David’s lyrics. There is more than a little cynicism and sharp wit in his writing!
Jan 15th Sing Around £3
Jan 22nd DAVE ELLIS & BOO HOWARD £10
Dave Ellis and Boo
Howard simply exude
class. With Boo’s
wonderful voice and
Dave’s stunning song
writing and guitar
playing, they are always
classy, imaginative and engaging...a lot of
superlatives, but they are that good. Dave has a long history playing including with Gordon Giltrap and Bert Jansch. Today the pair have became
a solid partnership renowned for their unusual
blend of powerful songwriting, exquisite guitar
playing and beautiful harmonies.
Feb 5th TRISTAN SEUME £10
Definitely one for guitar enthusiasts! Acclaimed as one of the UK’s leading acoustic guitarists, Tristan has toured all over Europe both as a soloist and a sought-after accompanist. As an in-demand side-man, he has played countless shows accompanying some of the foremost voices on the UK folk scene. An experienced and enthusiastic educator, his CV includes countless contributions to some of the UK’s best-selling guitar magazines; Guitar Techniques, Total Guitar, Acoustic, and notably, over 130 consecutive monthly guitar tutorials spanning more than a decade of issues of Guitarist Magazine.
Feb 12th Sing Around £3
Feb 19th TBC
Feb 26th Sing Around £3
March 5th CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX PATTISON £10
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and a creative song-writing style that is both delicate and moving. Deeply inspired by the world around them, they have a keen environmental eye to craft stories with the natural world at its heart, reflecting on the relationship between humans and the wild.
March 12th Sing Around £3
March 19th JOHN WARD TRIO £10
John Ward, is a renowned songwriter on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene and has 9 critically-acclaimed CDs and 2 published books to his name. John writes in a variety of styles, and is commissioned to write songs and music for various projects, but his heart is in folk and roots music. Performing an eclectic mix of music, John tours extensively across the UK and beyond, with his Trio and as a duo with wife, Lynne. He is a fine musician, specialising in acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica and bodhran and is also an experienced 6-string guitar, bass and bodhran teacher.
March 26th Sing Around £3
April 2nd Sing Around £3
April 9th PETE MORTON £10
Pete Morton is a singer and entertainer with a wealth of self penned songs that express everything from the highly personal to the truly international. Often referred to as an old time troubadour he delivers an unruly mix of humanism politics, love, social commentary and humour, all wrapping its way around the folk tradition. With his powerful, euphonious voice storytelling and compelling stage presence he continues his merry niche, singing songs, peace, justice, open global inclusion, with a fun, loving and approachable style.
April 16th Sing Around £3
April 23rd SONGS OF THE FOLK £10
A.T. and Lauren Cason are lifetime musicians who perform original American folk and blues songs that harken back to the roots music of the American South as well as the 1960s Folk Revival artists of NYC’s Greenwich Village. It’s Simon & Garfunkel mixed with early Dylan, with a touch of Leonard Cohen and a helping of true Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar from North Carolina!
April 30th Sing Around £3
All restrictions re. numbers have now been lifted.
No need to book a slot - just turn up ready to sing and play!
No need to book a slot - just turn up ready to sing and play!