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Folk Inspiration

Spotlight on Topette!!
Tazon album launched 21 April
Friday 5 June at Worplesdon Memorial Hall

Topette!! play exciting acoustic dance music, perfect for balfolk dancing, but equally good for listeners.

Julien Cartonnet - French bagpipes (cornemuse)
Andy Cutting - diatonic button accordion
James Delarre - violin
Laurence Hunt - percussion
Barn Stradling - acoustic bass guitar

New to balfolk? Join our pre-bal dance workshop with teacher and choreographer Kerry Fletcher.

“...gives virtually equal proportions of cerebral and visceral pleasure” Folk Radio

5 June - Workshop 6:30 pm, Bal 8 pm

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Three musicians (Dave Shepherd in the centre) are playing on stage with many dancers in the foreground.

Three musicians (Dave Shepherd in the centre) are playing on stage with many dancers in the foreground.

Dave Shepherd - adieu to a much-loved musician, dancer, teacher

1 min read

Interior of St Nicolas' Parish Church in Guildford. View towards the altar and chancel. Two musicians (Ninebarrow) are standing in front of the altar, performing on a harmonium and electronic keyboard and singing into microphones. The walls and ceiling are lit with multicoloured lights ranging from purples and blues to green, orange and yellow. A large audience is sitting watching them.

Interior of St Nicolas' Parish Church in Guildford. View towards the altar and chancel. Two musicians (Ninebarrow) are standing in front of the altar, performing on a harmonium and electronic keyboard and singing into microphones. The walls and ceiling are lit with multicoloured lights ranging from purples and blues to green, orange and yellow. A large audience is sitting watching them.

Ninebarrow in Guildford - Bringing the Rainbow to Our Cloud

3 min read

A large group of musicians sitting in a spacious hall playing different acoustic instruments. Archie Churchill-Moss is standing in the middle of the group playing diatonic accordion.

A large group of musicians sitting in a spacious hall playing different acoustic instruments. Archie Churchill-Moss is standing in the middle of the group playing diatonic accordion.

Tearing Up the Folk Workshop Playbook with Dipper, Malkin, Churchill-Moss and Moore

3 min read

Mariia Petrovska playing bandura and singing in a studio with many people in the audience. There are blue and yellow spotlights overhead symbolising the colours of the Ukrainian flag

Mariia Petrovska playing bandura and singing in a studio with many people in the audience. There are blue and yellow spotlights overhead symbolising the colours of the Ukrainian flag

Mariia Petrovska - a captivating and uplifting voice for Ukraine

3 min read

Sam Sweeney playing the fiddle in a church, viewed through an opening on the side of the church's pulpit. A bit of stained glass window can be seen in the background.

Sam Sweeney playing the fiddle in a church, viewed through an opening on the side of the church's pulpit. A bit of stained glass window can be seen in the background.

Sam Sweeney has Folk’s Future Firmly in His Sights

3 min read

Anne Niepold sits with one leg slightly raised, playing a diatonic accordion, with Andy Cutting, also sitting and playing diatonic accordion.

Anne Niepold sits with one leg slightly raised, playing a diatonic accordion, with Andy Cutting, also sitting and playing diatonic accordion.

No Polkas for Niepold Cutting

2 min read

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