Ketton
Showtime
Programme
2018-19
At
the Northwick Arms, Ketton PE9 3TA
8
pm with doors open from 7.30 pm
Show
+ Evening meal £20 – bookings 01780 720 238
Friday
27th April - Spring into Words and Music – Flanders and Swann,
Duo Caprice
Three
local duos will bring you some of the springiest, funniest and
liveliest words and music for the season. So come along to hear them.
Duo Caprice are Helen Smith on violin and Ben Smith on accordion.
They play all kinds of cafe music including tangos, musette waltzes,
folk dances and cafe favourites from around Europe and beyond.
Romance and nostalgia abound and you are sure to recognise many of
the tunes.
Stuart
Hayday and Mike Baumer will sing the comic songs of Flanders and
Swann. Michael Flanders and Donald Swann wrote and sang over 100
comic songs, interspersed with comic monologues, such as The gasman
cometh, the Hippopotamus and the Gnu. In the 1950s and 60s they were
one of the most popular light entertainers.
Lastly
two local poets will bring some of their lighter verse to intersperse
these two local acts. This should be a fresh and fun-filled
tour-de-force by some our local musical and wordsmithing talent.
Friday
6th July - Deya Duo – Trad Eurodance from
Flanders, Belgium
Deya
are a young Belgian duo who play traditional dance music from all
over Europe especially from central France and Brittany but with a
wonderfully energetic and lyrical style. After having played as a duo
for four years under the name Duo Goossens-Clerbout they went into
the studio as Deya. They have now played throughout Europe but
especially at the Boombal Festival in their home city of Gent. Their
first CD with with guest Ward Dhoore on acoustic guitar. offers a
fresh dance repertoire where it is difficult to stick to one
particular style. Their songs have a Breton or Swedish influence,
which also reflects in the names of their songs such as "Gavotte
of my bones".
Deya
recently organised a midwinter festival with the Firestarters of
Leiden (Simon Gielen together with Nigel Eaton and Dave Shepherd who
share a common past in the super group Blowzabella).
Thomas
Clerbout on soprano saxophone and whistles, and Steven Goossens on
diatonic accordion.
Friday
14th
September - Moirai Trio – Concert and dance on saxophone,
fiddle, accordion and voice
Simple
French and English dances and great songs from three wonderful
musicians who manage to create an orchestra and a choir of sounds and
yet there are still only three. Add in some strong vocals and tight
harmonies, sprinkle with humour and the sum is an enchanting evening
of music, songs and dance. A mix of the traditional and the modern,
sincere and quirky, an evening in the company of Moirai is not to be
missed.
Jo
Freya (also in Blowzabella) on saxaphone and whistles, Sarah Matthews
on fiddle and Melanie Biggs on accordion.
Friday
5th October - Dai and the Ramblers - rootsy
American styles as Cajun, blues, folk and gospel
Dai
and The Ramblers are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from
London's roots music scene over the last few years, and play in a
style joining the dots between Cajun, folk and blues music. In 2014,
they recorded their Cajun-inspired album Duw Duw with Grammy
award-winning producer Liam Watson. The album was acclaimed by Ace
records owned by Ketton resident Ted Carroll and Manfred Mann
frontman Paul Jones. The four members of the band have a great
combined pedigree, playing with the likes of Loudon Wainright,
Richard Thompson, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and The Penguin Cafe
Orchestra.
Dai
Price on guitar and vocals, Alan Dunn on accordion, Rupert Gillett on
double bass and Bob Loveday on fiddle.
Friday
2nd November - Iyatra Quartet – roots and jazz influenced
classical quartet
Iyatra
Quartet are one of the most exciting new music groups around at the
moment. They are multi-instrumentalists who work collaboratively to
create original, boundary-bending and joyful music. The London-based
quartet have enjoyed recent performances at WOMAD, Songlines
Encounters Festival, Cambridge Big Weekend and London International
Arts Festival, as well as multidisciplinary projects with
contemporary dance and live poetry. The group embraces a sense
of journey in every performance, bringing a classical sensibility to
a jazz like approach. Their debut album received as a 5-star album
choice by fRoots magazine and a 4-star review in Songlines Magazine.
Alice
Barron on violin, Rich Phillips on cello, Will Roberts on
percussion and George Sleightholme on bass clarinet.
Friday
7th December FB Pocket Orchestra – hot
jazz, blues and ragtime
The
FB Pocket Orchestra will give us a highly entertaining evening of
music, wittily and informatively presented, and featuring some
excellent singing and musicianship. They are a 3-piece band who are
reminiscent of many genres of music, ranging from New Orleans jazz to
Palm Court style music. Their confident and vibrant music perfectly
captures all elements of the 20s and the 30s taking us back to the
age of hot jazz, blues, ragtime & popular dances.
Jenny
Russell on clarinet, washboard and voice, Paul Stevenson on guitar
and banjo and Ollie Corbin on a bewildering variety of instruments
including tuba, accordion, cornet and bass drum.
Friday
4th January Salmanazar at Stamford Arts Centre
£10
Booking - Stamford Arts Centre 01780 763203
7.30
pm Workshop. 8.30 pm Bal
Cédric
Martin, tireless virtuoso of the diatonic accordeon, is returning
again to Stamford Arts Centre by popular demand for the 10th year.
His annual visit to England has become an eagerly anticipated New
Year fixture. This new trio of experienced musicians play very
danceable and traditional French music exploring the roots of their
respective instruments and giving them a new lively dimension - just
the thing to lift the spirits and move the limbs into the New Year!
The band includes some of the best traditional musicians in France.
Everyone welcome, with or without partners, as beginners will be
given a gentle introduction to the simple social and couple dances,
and experienced dance partners will always be on hand.
Cedric
Martin on diatonic accordion, Philippe Laussine on electric
hurdy-gurdy and Sebastien Benoît on large and small bagpipes and
whistles.
Friday 1st
February Ranagri – Celtic folk and contemporary songs
Ranagri
is a contemporary folk band of four musicians who have come together
to create some exciting new music. Ranagri fuse celtic folk music
with quality contemporary songwriting, enhanced by virtuosic
instrumentals, vibrant rhythms and haunting melodies, all interlaced
with vivid storytelling. The band mainly write their own music with
echoes of Pentangle, Jethro Tull and new Celtic folk sounds -
cemented by strong contemporary song-writing. They have recently been
joined by Stamford's own Eleanor Turner, internationally acclaimed
concert harpist.
Dónal
Rogers on guitars, bouzouki and voice, Eliza Marshall on flutes and
Irish whistles, Ellie Turner on celtic harp, and Joe Danks on
bodhran.
Friday
5th
April Norfolk Broads – four-piece female accapella group
The
Norfolk Broads are a four-piece female ensemble who enjoy singing
low-pitched folk songs about love, despair and dastardly boyfriends.
They sing traditional songs from the British Isles and America,
usually unaccompanied. They are drawn to songs that tell a story,
and the people and emotions at the centre of those stories. From
dark tales of murder and seduction, to ballads of love and hope, the
Broads take these stories and reimagine them, their tight four-part
harmonies bringing life back to long quiet words. The stories of
women and their lives are a constant source of inspiration, and the
Broads enjoy exploring this female side to the folk world.
Friday
3rd May Nefertiti in the Kitchen –
Quirky cabaret duo from France
This
highly original and talented duo will make their first UK appearance
in Ketton. Their magical world of music, dance and song in a cabaret
atmosphere will take
you into the world of fairgrounds of the roaring 20s. But Tom Waits,
Marc Perrone or Radiohead are never far away. Between electric
accordion, music box, mellotron and other curiosities, the room will
soon be carried away by their psychedelic cabaret! This rock cabaret
mixes Kurt Weill and Tom Waits with trad jazz, blues, rock and folk.
Jen
Rival (Cie Bluffonne) - singer, musician, dancer and actress and
Nicolas Méheust (Dominique A, Chien vert, Strupx) –
multi-instrumentalist.
