Roger Watson Debra Cowen Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts Will Kaufman

Our next guests 2010 (click all images to enlarge)

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Roger Watson (Mar 19th)

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ROGER WATSON visits Bodmin Folk Club on Friday March 19th.  He was the driving force behind Muckram Wakes and New Victory, and for forty years he's been a singer, songwriter, musician, dance-caller, and teacher.  It will be fascinating to see what he is doing these days. - It will always be something good.  Discover the modern Watson at The Barley Sheaf from 8.15 - everyone is welcome.

Debra Cowan (Mar 26th)

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Debra Cowan was once asked what kind of songs she writes. Her reply? “Bad ones.” Her captivating warm alto carries each folk song she chooses with such emotion that you’ll forget that they were written by others. She performs a cappella and with guitar in the great tradition of folk singers like Joan Baez and Judy Collins, with a clear vocal that calls forth the ghosts of long past but can also offer a more modern urban landscape. In her newest release Fond Desire Farewell, she’s taken contemporary and time-honored public domain songs and put them in a modern setting.

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Gilmore Roberts (Apr 9th)

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Katriona Gilmore (Rosie Doonan & the Snapdragons, ex-Tiny Tin Lady) and Jamie Roberts (Kerfuffle) have been performing together on the folk scene since 2006. Their self-penned material ranges from blazing instrumentals to ‘heart-wrenching’ songs, to contemporary arrangements of traditional songs. Jamie’s dextrous percussive and lap-style guitar work is a visual as well as a sonic delight, while Katriona’s intricate fiddle playing shifts seamlessly from sensitive to fiery and back again in the blink of an eye.

Will Kaufman (Apr 23rd)

http://www.myspace.com/willkaufman

WILL KAUFMAN is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Central Lancashire, England. He has given his Woody Guthrie presentations at such major events as the Bath International Music Festival, the Chester Literature Festival, the Big Session, the British Library's "Taking Liberties" programme and the Piacenza Literature and Blues Festival in Italy. He has also performed at countless European universities, trades clubs, folk clubs and union halls. In 2009 Will was historical consultant to the Chichester Festival Theatre/English Touring Theatre production of The Grapes of Wrath, directed by Jonathan Church. In 2008 Will was awarded the Woody Guthrie Research Fellowship from the Broadcast Music Industry Foundation. His book, Radical Guthrie, will be published by the University of Illinois Press in 2011.