A Folk club is a regular event, permanent venue, or section of a venue devoted to folk music and traditional music. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Traditional music is the term now used in the terminology of Grammy Awards for what used to be called " folk music " Folk clubs were primarily an urban phenomenon of 1960s and 1970s Great Britain and Ireland, but continue today there and elsewhere. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
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Early years
Ewan MacColl co-founded the "Ballad and Blues Club" in a pub in Soho. Ewan MacColl ( 25 January, 1915 - 22 October, 1989) was a British Folk singer, Songwriter, Socialist This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. Unfortunately the actual name of the original pub is not mentioned anywhere on the web or in any recently published book. The date is equally mysterious. Michael Brocken claims it was "in the 1950s". Georgina Boyes claims in her book "The Imagined Village" that MacColl back-dated the origins of his club in order to appear to be the first in London. After a few weeks they moved to The Princess Louise in Holborn in 1961. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England A. L. Lloyd, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins and many others sang there. Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and Guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music For the former MPP see Shirley Collins (politician Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE (born 5 July 1935, Hastings Within five years every major city in the UK had a pub where, once a week there would be a room set aside for young people, usually students, to sing traditional and contemporary songs, perhaps with a musical accompaniment. At this time music on the radio and on television was rather tame, and jazz was seen by many as excessively sophisticated. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States BBC radio was excessively "safe". For example Lonnie Donegan's "Diggin' My Potatoes" was banned for being overly suggestive. [1]
Some singers who later became famous in popular entertainment started in folk clubs, including Billy Connolly, Jasper Carrott, Ian Dury and Barbara Dickson. Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish Jasper Carrott OBE (born Robert Norman Davis, March 14 1945) is an English comedian (declaring himself "world famous in Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include " I Know Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, a multi-millionaire, still appears in folk clubs. Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, bjœɳ ɵlˈveɵs (born April 25 1945 is a Swedish Musician, Composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group For example in 2000 he appeared at the "Västerviksfestivalen", playing accordion. [2]
Later years
The number of clubs has been in decline since the 1980s. On the west coast of Ireland and the far north of Scotland folk clubs exist but are called sessions. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Some have existed for more than 30 years. The Bridge Folk club in Newcastle (previously called the Folk Song and Ballad club) claims to the oldest club still in existence in its original venue (1953). Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England In Edinburgh, Sandy Bell's club in Forest Hill has been running since the late 1960s. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Forest Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, situated between Dulwich and Sydenham in southeast London In London, the Troubador at Earl's Court, where Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny and Martin Carthy have sung, still exists. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Earls Court, a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny ( 6 January 1947 &ndash 21 April 1978) was an English Singer It became a poetry club in the 1990s but is now a folk club again. The Singers Club closed its doors in 1991. Les Cousins in Greek Street was where John Renbourn often played. Les Cousins was a folk and blues club in the basement of a restaurant in Greek Street in the Soho district of London. John Renbourn (born 8 August 1944, Marylebone, London, England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter Like the Scots House in Cambridge Circus, it stopped being a folk club long ago. One of the most famous clubs in London, Bunjie's Folk Cellar on Lichfield Street has reverted to a restaurant, but the 12 Bar Blues Club nearby has taken on its mantle.
Martin Nail, the organiser of the Islington Folk Club, runs a web site listing about 160 UK folk clubs which have web presences.
Irish clubs
In Dublin, Irish music pubs are now part of a well-advertised tourist trail. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border Also, Irish cultural centres have existed in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, primarily for the descendants of Irish immigrants. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Mostly on Friday and Saturday nights these have been folk clubs in all but name. They have been able to book major Irish bands that ordinary folk clubs could not have afforded. Changes in the law mean that players often have to become a member 24 hours beforehand. Since 2002 A "public entertainment licence"[3] is required from local authorities for almost any kind of public performance of music. To avoid the constant need to re-apply for licences for new events, some folk clubs have opted to create a "Private members club" instead. This requires that members of the public join at least 24 hours in advance, not on the night of the actual performance. Previously you could pay on entry.
Festivals
The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival began in 1951. The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival ( IVFDF) is the longest running folk festival in the UK. Sidmouth Festival began in 1954, and Cambridge Folk Festival began in 1965. Sidmouth Folk Week (previously called Sidmouth International Festival is a Folk festival held every year in the first week of August in the town of Sidmouth, Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual Music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of All three are still going strong.
References
External links
Bibliography
- The British Folk Revival 1944–2002, by Michael Brocken (2003)
- Electric Folk, by Britta Sweers (2005)
See also
A pub session refers to playing music and/or singing in a Public house.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic