Yorkshire Folk Arts: Regional Directory: Performers: music and song: a-b

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Performers: music and song: a-b

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		Performers: music and song: a-b Note: performers' locations / addresses indicate where they are based, not where they are prepared to play. Most tour all across, and outside of, the county. Entries are indexed alphabetically by surname or band name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
		422 Young instrumental band. Fiddles, whistle, guitar, accordion. Winners of the Radio 2 Young Folk Award 1999. Selby/Goole, East Yorkshire Contact: Ian Stephenson Marsh Lane House, Hirst Courtney, Selby, YO8 8QT Telephone: 07733 326903 Email: ianplaysguitar@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.folk/ AAAAG Instrumental duo. Accordion and guitar. Goole, East Yorkshire Contact: Sam Pirt Telephone: 01405 769010 Email: sam@pirt.co.uk Website: http://www.sampirt.co.uk/ Achord African, Balkan, English, Pop, Baroque song. 8 Members of Bradford Voices. Bradford, West Yorkshire Contact: Dave Robinson Telephone: 01274 770909 Aiken's Drum Traditional and contemporary folk song. Trio. Voices, guitars, piano, fiddle/mandolins. Leeds, West Yorkshire Contact: John Birkby Telephone: 0113 2360824 Email: sidama@lineone.net Website: http://www.aikensdrum.com/ Gwenaelle Ambuhl Swiss/Breton singer, harpist and pianist. Original compositions and traditional tunes. Leeds, West Yorkshire Contact: Graham Knapp 52 Salisbury Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 1WB Telephone: 0114 2668347 Email: agwenaelle1@caramail.com Website: http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/dancergraham/gwenaelle/ See also Workshops : French and Breton music & dance Keith Angel Percussionist (hand and kit) available for studio sessions. Plays with Angel Brothers & Satnam Singh, John Tams Band, Bill Jones Band. Conisbrough, South Yorkshire Telephone:01709 863035 Email: dave@daveangel.co.uk Website: http://www.daveangel.co.uk/ Angel Brothers and Satnam Singh 5-piece band with two percussionists. Asian Bhangra, Western grooves and folk tunes. Drum workshops a speciality. Conisbrough, South Yorkshire Telephone:01709 863035 Email: dave@daveangel.co.uk Website: http://www.angelsingh.co.uk/ Annie's Blues Acoustic blues duo. Voice and piano. Barrow on Humber, North Lincolnshire Contact: Geoff Palfreman Telephone: 01469 531344 Artisan A cappella trio. Contemporary song. Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Contact: Jacey Bedford Telephone: 01484 606230 Email: artisan@artisan-harmony.com Website: http://www.artisan-harmony.com/ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Roy Bailey Acknowledged as one of Britain's finest interpreters of contemporary songs. Sheffield, South Yorkshire Contact: Kit Bailey Telephone: 0114 250 9124 Email: kitbt@aol.com Website: http://www.roybailey.net/ Banoffi "Anglo-European-Celtic" style. Own songs and music. Fiddle, bouzouki, bodhran. Whitby, North Yorkshire Contact: Dave Moss Telephone: 01947 897313 Agent (1): The Other Agency 01908 542894 Agent (2): Porthole Promotions 01947 603475 Email: david@banoffi.com Website: http://www.banoffi.com/ Damien Barber Traditional songs with concertina and guitar. Also duo with Fay Hield, and with The Demon Barbers (band and roadshow). Contact: PO Box 467 Haworth, Keighley, W Yorks BD22 8PE Telephone: 01535 640371 Email (booking): bearman@btinternet.com Email (general): damo@thedemonbarbers.co.uk Website: http://www.thedemonbarbers.com/ Damien Barber and Fay Hield Traditional songs with concertina/guitar/button accordion and bodhran. Contact: PO Box 467 Haworth, Keighley, W Yorks BD22 8PE Telephone: 01535 640371 Email (booking): bearman@btinternet.com Email (general): damo@thedemonbarbers.co.uk Website: http://www.thedemonbarbers.com/ Michael Beeke English bagpipes, recorder, tuba; vocalist. Specialising in French and English styles. Available for session and band work. Ripponden, West Yorkshire Telephone: 07761 556308 Email: beekethefreak@yahoo.co.uk Beggars Belief Funky folk band using accordian, fiddle, guitar and bass to play traditional songs and tunes, with elements of trance and rock. Also available for barn dances. Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Telephone: 01909 515068 Email: claire@beggarsbelief.fsnet.co.uk Website: http://mysite.freeserve.com/beggarsbelief/ John Birkby Singer-guitarist. Leeds, West Yorkshire. Telephone: 0113 2360824 Email: sidama@lineone.net Website: http://www.aikensdrum.com/ Tom Bliss Singer, writer, musician. Traditional, contemporary, own songs and tunes. Also available as Tom Napper Tom Bliss. Leeds, West Yorkshire. Telephone: 0113 26 91761 Email: bliss@dircon.co.uk Website: http://www.tombliss.co.uk/ Blyth Power Rock-folk band. Harrogate, North Yorkshire Contact: Ann Hatcher Telephone: 01423 552342 Email: 56134@blythpower.co.uk Website: http://www.blythpower.co.uk/ Hilary Blythe Singer and guitarist. Particular interest in post-16 special education. Qualified FE teacher, City & Guilds 7301. Singing workshops. Sheffield, South Yorkshire Contact: Bob Hall Telephone: 0114 236 3309 Email: prospect@boogie.demon.co.uk Website: http://www.boogie.demon.co.uk/ Both Barrels Jim Farrell and Peter Lane. Traditional Irish songs and tunes, plus original songs in Irish style. See website for gigs and cd sales. Halifax, West Yorkshire Contact: Hayley Collis Telephone: 07939 078894 Email: info@bothbarrels.co.uk Website: http://www.bothbarrels.co.uk/ Maggie Boyle Traditional singer, flute and bodhran player. Solo, duo, trio, with Grand Acoustic Roadshow and Grace Notes; Gordon Tyrrall; Clive Carroll. Three's Company, PO Box 152, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 0YT Telephone: 01535 661991 Email: maggieboyle@hotmail.com Websites: http://www.threescompany.org.uk/ Websites: http://www.maggieboyle.co.uk/ Bradford Women Singers A cappella women's group: 8 members. Songs from around the world: political and social. Bradford, West Yorkshire. Contact: Ana Hayrabedian Telephone: 01274 825530 Email: ana_hayrabedian@hotmail.com Kate Bramley North Yorkshire. Telephone: 01904 623565 Email: k@badapple.freeserve.co.uk Website: http://www.katebramley.com/ Keith Brown Singer and guitar/concertina player. Traditional plus some contemporary songs. Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Telephone: 01302 533508 / 07780 734047 Toni Bunnell Singer/songwriter with hurdy gurdy, bouzouki, guitar, fiddle, dulcimer. York, North Yorkshire Telephone: 01904 791124 Email: toni@packardbl.freeserve.co.uk Website: http://members.lycos.co.uk/tonibunnell/ Dave Burland Solo singer of traditional and contemporary material, mostly with guitar accompaniment. Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire Telephone: 01226 792572 Email: s.burland14@aol.com Website: http://www.daveburland.co.uk/ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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