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Eel Pie Club

May: Thursday; 23; 8:30pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Julian Stringle, Dominic Ashworth trio

Admission £10 / £9 concs

Julian Stringle (clarinet) Dominic Ashworth (guitar) trio

Admission £10 £8 concessions

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The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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May: Saturday; 25; 1:30pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Summer Jazz Bar B Que & Jazz Art Exhibition

Featuring Lesley and Kelvin Christiane Quintet
Jazz Art By local artist Alban Low
1.30pm- 5.30pm
Free

Admission £10 £8 concessions

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The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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The Turks' Head Public House

May: Saturday; 25; 8pm

Bearcat Comedy Club : Adam Bloom, Bob Mills, Paul Mccaffrey, Paul Thorne

Adam Bloom, Bob Mills, Paul Mccaffrey, Paul Thorne

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Entry £13 members, £15 non members (first time only)
Doors Open 8pm. First Act 8.45pm
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Bearcat Comedy Club

June: Thursday; 6; 8:30pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Nat Facey & Freddie Gavita 'Tribute to Charlie Parker'

Admission £10 / £9 concs
Nat Facey & Freddie Gavita 'Tribute to Charlie Parker'with Alex Webb trio

Admission £10 £8 concessions

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The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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June: Sunday; 9; 7:45pm

TwickFolk : DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON

The genius of a Dana and Susan Robinson performance lies in their ability to capture the imagination of their audience, evoking a transformative experience that touches on the deepest humanity. They can make the audience howl with laughter or hush with poignant reflection as they take them on a journey across America and convey the mystery and wonder of the places they visit.

Underpinning the songs is the undeniable rhythm of their trademark guitar/banjo sound. Whether it is quiet or driving, there is a steady and unrelenting groove to the music that supports the lyric and delivers the story in an effortless and magical way.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dana relocated to New England where he discovered both a thriving songwriters scene and the deep well of traditional mountain music. In the early 1980's, Dana settled in northern Vermont and built a house "off the grid" (no electricity and phone) on 30 acres near the Canadian border. There he founded a popular bakery, café and folk music venue. Dana launched into full-time touring after the release of his 1994 debut CD, Elemental Lullabye, and after receiving a request to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Putumayo's Shelter benefit project.

Sue grew up in a musical family in New England. She studied piano, oboe, and Scottish fiddle before meeting Dana in 2002. Sue was working in the environmental field in California when she met Dana at a house concert. Upon moving to North Carolina a short time thereafter, Sue launched into studying with many of the great oldtime musicians in the Asheville area, and naturally adapted to the on-the-road lifestyle.

This date has been rescheduled from September 2012 after their UK tour was postponed for personal reasons

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shows are Sunday's at 8pm
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June: Tuesday; 11; 8pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Kelvin Christiane 'Allstars' Big Band

Admission £10 / £9 concs
Kelvin Christiane 'Allstars' Big Band
8 - 10.30pm
feat. Mike Coates Bob Martin Paul Jordanous Pete Hurt Graham Russell Pete Cook Chris Lowe Chris Gower

Admission £10 £8 concessions

Venue

The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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June: Thursday; 20; 8:30pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Gilad Atzmon with Frank Harrison trio

8.30 - 11pm
Admission £11/ £10 concs

Gilad Atzmon with Frank Harrison trio

Admission £10 £8 concessions

Venue

The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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June: Sunday; 23; 3-6pm

The Ailsa Tavern : Kindred Spirit Band Concert

A fabulous five-piece band, who have been featured on TV, the Cavern Club and Glastonbury Festival. They feature electrifying violin, flute, sax and guitar and beautiful voices, powerful original songs alongside classics from bands like Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd.

June: Sunday; 23; 7:45pm

TwickFolk : BLAIR DUNLOP

Session, Towersey and Cropredy. In 2011 Blair produced his first EP "Bags Outside The Door" on Rooksmere Records and this immediately plunged him, once more, into the media spotlight attracting outstanding reviews from some leading figures on the music circuit. It also led to him being shortlisted for the BBC Young Folk Awards.

In early 2012 he took to the road as one sixth of The Albion Band, the new incarnation of the group originally founded by his father over 30 years ago. The tour proved that folk music is alive and well in the hands of a new generation of gifted musicians, all of whom, like Blair, are able to bring their own diverse influences to bear on a fine tradition.

In spring and summer 2012 Blair is touring with Fairport Convention in Italy before moving on to become part of The Lady tour, celebrating the work and life of Sandy Denny. He is then performing at a mix of festivals across the UK including Cropredy, Southwell, Towersey and Cambridge.

Early in 2012 Blair started work on his debut album and enlisted a great team of musicians to collaborate on the project including Ashley Hutchings, Pete Zorn, Guy Fletcher and the multi-talented young American sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell from the Georgian band Larkin Poe. The album, 'Blight & Blossom', was released on Rooksmere Records in October 2012 and features 'Seven Brothers', a song written for him by Richard Thompson.

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shows are Sunday's at 8pm
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2013-06-23 at 19:45 TwickFolk : BLAIR DUNLOP The Cabbage Patch Public House

Blair has already fitted a lot into his young life. From an early age he was encouraged to take to the stage by his parents, folk legend Ashley Hutchings and singer Judy Dunlop, and he has now blossomed into a greatly admired singer, guitarist and actor. Some of the highlights of his performing career include playing Little Willy Wonka in the blockbuster movie of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Johnny Depp starred as the grown-up Willy), touring for the whole of last Autumn in a new production of the play "Lark Rise" and appearing at festivals such as Big Session, Towersey and Cropredy. In 2011 Blair produced his first EP "Bags Outside The Door" on Rooksmere Records and this immediately plunged him, once more, into the media spotlight attracting outstanding reviews from some leading figures on the music circuit. It also led to him being shortlisted for the BBC Young Folk Awards. In early 2012 he took to the road as one sixth of The Albion Band, the new incarnation of the group originally founded by his father over 30 years ago. The tour proved that folk music is alive and well in the hands of a new generation of gifted musicians, all of whom, like Blair, are able to bring their own diverse influences to bear on a fine tradition. In spring and summer 2012 Blair is touring with Fairport Convention in Italy before moving on to become part of The Lady tour, celebrating the work and life of Sandy Denny. He is then performing at a mix of festivals across the UK including Cropredy, Southwell, Towersey and Cambridge. Early in 2012 Blair started work on his debut album and enlisted a great team of musicians to collaborate on the project including Ashley Hutchings, Pete Zorn, Guy Fletcher and the multi-talented young American sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell from the Georgian band Larkin Poe. The album, 'Blight & Blossom', was released on Rooksmere Records in October 2012 and features 'Seven Brothers', a song written for him by Richard Thompson.

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June: Sunday; 30; 7:45pm

TwickFolk : BOB FOX'S 'JUST AN OLD WARHORSE' TOUR

In recent months renowned folk singer Bob Fox has won critical acclaim for his performance as 'Songman' in the National Theatre's popular stage production of Michael Morpurgo's 'Warhorse'. Now, after over a year in the role, Bob is returning to his musical roots by touring Britain's folk clubs with a brand new one-man show.

Twice nominated as Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Folk Awards, Bob has long been a favourite on the live circuit. This new show will feature a selection of powerful and moving songs and music from 'Warhorse' as well as traditional material from Bob's native north east and beyond.

During a 30-plus year career, Bob has performed in just about every folk club in the UK so this return to the circuit will be welcomed by audiences everywhere. The tour will offer Bob's large and loyal following the first chance in over eighteen months to enjoy his warm rich voice, virtuoso finger-style guitar and witty banter. As a bonus, these concerts will see Bob's club debut as a melodeon player.

www.bobfoxmusic.com

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information: 020 8991 5461
shows are Sunday's at 8pm
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July: Thursday; 4; 8:30pm

Twickenham Jazz Club : Tomasso Starace quartet feat. Roger Beaujolais

8.30 - 11pm
Admission £10/ £9 concs

Tomasso Starace quartet feat. Roger Beaujolais

Admission £10 £8 concessions

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The Bloomsbury, 209 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5BB

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July: Sunday; 21; 7:45pm

TwickFolk : JENI HANKINS AND BILLY KEMP (JENI AND BILLY)

In the past four years, Jeni & Billy have travelled from their home in East Nashville over 150,000 miles throughout the USA & Canada -- and hopped across the Atlantic three times -- just to paint those pictures in song for thousands of people. At festivals and fiddlers' conventions along the way, they have picked up ribbons in songwriting, traditional folk-singing, guitar-picking, and flatfoot dancing.

Novelist Lee Smith says, "Jeni and Billy's stunningly original music is as old as the hills, yet brand new at the same time. Jeni is a true poet and a born storyteller, through and through -- many of her songs contain whole novels. "

"Jeni's songs spring from the true vine. Billy is the perfect partner, skillfully accompanying Jeni with guitar, banjo and harmonies. These two are tradition bearers -- the next generation of traditional music," according to Mary Smith, Director of the Richmond (VA) Folk Music Society.

Jeni & Billy bring to their work distinct musical backgrounds that draw from the deep well of Appalachian roots music.

Jeni Hankins traces her vocal style to Virginia Lowe, the blind music minister of the Friendly Chapel Church on Smith Ridge, the Appalachian community in which Jeni spent her childhood summers. A natural storyteller and prolific writer since childhood, Jeni trained formally with Pulitzer-Prize-winning Northern Irish poet, Paul Muldoon, and earned a Masters in English Literature. While her singing has been compared to the lonesome voices of Maybelle Carter and Iris Dement, her writing has been likened to that of Southerners Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, and Lee Smith.

Billy Kemp, a Baltimore native, embraced the sound of country music in the nearby community of Oella -- the home of Appalachian migrants who came to the city looking for work in the mills. Fired on by dreams of the Grand Old Opry and his passion for the sound of Flatt & Scruggs, Billy headed to Nashville and toured with country bands all over the US, Canada, Germany, and right onto the stage of the Opry. He honed and shared his skills as both student and instructor at the University of Maryland, and built a producing career working with roots artists.

Mountain roads and mountain churches, moonshine and oxycodone, snake handlers and sherbet cake -- you get to know them all at a Jeni & Billy concert. You might arrive a stranger, but you'll leave a member of the family.

www.jeniandbilly.com

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information: 020 8991 5461
shows are Sunday's at 8pm
Tickets for events at the Cabbage Patch
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2013-07-21 at 19:45 TwickFolk : JENI HANKINS AND BILLY KEMP (JENI AND BILLY) The Cabbage Patch Public House

The high twang of a banjo starts it off -- or maybe the mournful lilt of the mandolin. Then, a train comes barreling down the reeds of a harmonica. The guitar catches fire and lifts two voices into the high lonesome harmonies of the Appalachian mountains, painting pictures of miners and millworkers, roustabouts and revival preachers, Buicks and beauty queens. In the past four years, Jeni & Billy have travelled from their home in East Nashville over 150,000 miles throughout the USA & Canada -- and hopped across the Atlantic three times -- just to paint those pictures in song for thousands of people. At festivals and fiddlers' conventions along the way, they have picked up ribbons in songwriting, traditional folk-singing, guitar-picking, and flatfoot dancing. Novelist Lee Smith says, "Jeni and Billy's stunningly original music is as old as the hills, yet brand new at the same time. Jeni is a true poet and a born storyteller, through and through -- many of her songs contain whole novels. " "Jeni's songs spring from the true vine. Billy is the perfect partner, skillfully accompanying Jeni with guitar, banjo and harmonies. These two are tradition bearers -- the next generation of traditional music," according to Mary Smith, Director of the Richmond (VA) Folk Music Society. Jeni & Billy bring to their work distinct musical backgrounds that draw from the deep well of Appalachian roots music. Jeni Hankins traces her vocal style to Virginia Lowe, the blind music minister of the Friendly Chapel Church on Smith Ridge, the Appalachian community in which Jeni spent her childhood summers. A natural storyteller and prolific writer since childhood, Jeni trained formally with Pulitzer-Prize-winning Northern Irish poet, Paul Muldoon, and earned a Masters in English Literature. While her singing has been compared to the lonesome voices of Maybelle Carter and Iris Dement, her writing has been likened to that of Southerners Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, and Lee Smith. Billy Kemp, a Baltimore native, embraced the sound of country music in the nearby community of Oella -- the home of Appalachian migrants who came to the city looking for work in the mills. Fired on by dreams of the Grand Old Opry and his passion for the sound of Flatt & Scruggs, Billy headed to Nashville and toured with country bands all over the US, Canada, Germany, and right onto the stage of the Opry. He honed and shared his skills as both student and instructor at the University of Maryland, and built a producing career working with roots artists. Mountain roads and mountain churches, moonshine and oxycodone, snake handlers and sherbet cake -- you get to know them all at a Jeni & Billy concert. You might arrive a stranger, but you'll leave a member of the family. "www.jeniandbilly.com":http://www.jeniandbilly.com

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