Forthcoming events at The Goose is Out!
Please note that we have two new venues, The Crown and Greyhound and The Old Nun's Head, and that some events listed below were previously advertised as being at our old venues.
For the addresses of the new venues, together with their websites and transport details, please click here
For general information which applies to all our evenings, including timings, please click here
Please click on the links below for specific information about each individual event, including the artists.
PLEASE NOTE DATES IN ITALICS ARE 2014!!!
2014
If you'd like to know about artists who we have already welcomed to the Goose, click here!
back to topJohn McClean and Company
22 March - The Crown and Greyhound
We are delighted to be welcoming John McClean and Company (ooops sorry John, just found out we have been mis-spelling your name for years - the part that isn't John) to a one-off evening which is an addition to our usual concert series. We won't be selling advance tickets for this gig.
Support will be by Ben Holland (see below).
Please note that the running order will be different to our regular concerts! Ben will do a 45 minute set at 8pm, and John will do two 45 minute sets at 9pm and 10.15pm. There will be an interval between each set.
John McClean was born in born in Wellington, New Zealand, first band around 1976, and has worked on many musical projects since coming to the UK with the "Early Days Blues Band" in 1998. He has performed worldwide at folk, Gospel,and bluegrass festivals.
He is a highly acclaimed singer and guitarist who sings from the heart and has an extraordinary hold on an audience. His warmth and conviction exude from the stage whenever he plays.
John has played at the Goose Is Out a number of times, and it's great to welcome him back as the headliner.
“One of the best Blues voices to come out of NZ” - Alan Muggeridge, Rowan Studios, Taranaki.
Click here to see a YouTube clip of John McClean!
Ben Holland
There will also be a set tonight from South London based singer/songwriter Ben Holland who was extremely well received when supporting Joan Armstrading recently.
Apart from writing and singing his own excellent songs, Ben also sings Bob Dylan songs in a way which may take you back to the sixties!! (assuming you were there in the first place, of course .....)
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topLizzie Nunnery
Friday 12 April - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Lizzie supported Alasdair Roberts on his third visit to the Goose in May 2011, and Frankie Armstrong in June 2012. We are delighted that she is now returning to the Goose to headline at The Old Nun's Head.
With the release of her debut album Company of Ghosts in Spring 2010, Lizzie's reputation as a captivating new voice in British folk has continued to grow.
BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding named the album in his top ten releases of the year, and it was nominated for Best Debut in the 2010 Spiral Earth awards.
Lizzie has played at folk festivals and venues across the UK, and ended the year with a performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall's Irish Sea Sessions, alongside a fourteen piece all star band including Niamh Parsons and Damien Dempsey.
She is also an award winning playwright, with her most recent stage play "Intemperance," receiving a 5 star review in the Guardian. Her play with songs, "The Singer", was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 08 and she co-composed the soundtrack to her short film, "Monkey Love", broadcast on Channel 4 in September 2009.
"I was stunned by this album the first time I heard it and have gone back to it over and again. There's something riding under all the songs that, as in all great music, makes for more than the sum of its parts. Lizzie Nunnery is better known as a playwright but her songwriting and singing, wherever they have come from, seem to me to move in epic and mythic worlds that are as memorable as any great play." Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 on "Company of Ghosts"
"An outstanding debut." Steve Bennett, Acoustic Magazine on "Company of Ghosts"
"The listener's mesmerised by the quality of rather vulnerable enchantment in her fragile tremelo, which is complimented by the delicate, often weirdly toyshop nature of the accompaniment..." David Kidman, fRoots magazine
Lizzie also has a new album, "Black Dog Howling", released in Autumn 2012.
Click here to find out lots more about Lizzie Nunnery!
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 April - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topJim Moray
26 April - The Crown and Greyhound
Particularly partial to Jim Moray's version of "All You Pretty Girls", albeit it's now rather old and he's done many things and won many awards since then, we have wanted to book Jim for a while now - and now we have!
In the interests of getting some info up here quickly, I have shamelessly nicked some blurb from other folkie websites - apologies and thanks to them!
Widely regarded as one of the most inventive artists working in traditional folk music today, after four ground-breaking and award-winning albums (including winner of BBC Radio2 Folk Album of Year 2003 ("Sweet England") and Mojo Folk Album of the Year 2008 & 2010 ("Low Culture" & "In Modern History")Jim Moray finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk performers.
Jim started off his career recording his first album "Sweet England" while still studying classical composition at Birmingham Conservatoire and emerged onto the UK folk scene in 2003. His reimagining of English traditional music blended with orchestral flourishes, guitars and electronics soon found him awarded the unprecedented combination of ‘Best Newcomer’ and ‘Best Album’ at the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
In 2012, Jim released his 5th and newest album Skulk.
“Skulk is a tender, inventive and different album. Moray has again raised his game.” Bright Young Folk
“Skulk may be that stripped down, earthier Jim Moray record that both his fans and critics had been waiting for.” For Folks Sake
Click here to read The Guardian's review of Skulk!
Click here to go to Jim Moray's website!
Click here to see Jim Moray's version of "All You Pretty Girls"!
Support artists for this evening are DAN WHITEHOUSE and STEVENS' RACKET. More info below!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topDan Whitehouse
Dan Whitehouse is a “sensational” (BBC 6 Music) singer songwriter with “lyrics that involuntarily swerve your gaze to the sky” (Music Week) and “really, really gorgeous songs” (BBC Radio 2). His music is steeped in timeless roots traditions, laced with lyrical twists that narrate modern life.
Following on from his three EPs (The Balloon, The Bubble, The Box), in 2012 he released “a serene and nuanced debut album” (Guitarist), acoustic at heart and sensitively embellished with a creative band of musicians who add their distinctive sounds to Dan’s muse, including pedal steel legend BJ Cole.
“not scared of exposing human weakness, & captures the essence of being a songwriter right now” - Musician Magazine
“sensational!…what makes me really angry, is if that song had Peter Gabriel’s name on the sleeve it would be hailed as a major return to form…..deserves a lot of respect” - Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music
“A natural approach, all emphasis on the songs. The whole thing is honest and heartfelt. He allows the songs to breathe” - Maverick Magazine
“fresh and exciting” - Jeremy Vine BBC Radio 2
Click here to go to Dan Whitehouse's website!
Click here to go to see Dan Whitehouse on YouTube!
Click here to go to Dan Whitehouse's Facebook page!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topStevens' Racket
Stevens' Racket are a Kent based three piece band playing arrangements of George Stevens' own compositions in the folk/ world/ acoustic genre ...on guitar, violin, pipes, bouzouki and accordion.
George also have a new cd out on release ...'A Toad in the Hand'.
Click here to find out more about George Stevens and Stevens' Racket and to hear their music!
and
Click here for more info and soundclips on George's luthiery website!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topJames Hickman & Dan Cassidy
Friday 10 May 2013 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Hickman’s emotive, soaring vocals and driving guitar is complemented by Cassidy’s ingenious and virtuosic fiddling. Their sound flows from the connection between British and American folk and is bursting with all the humour, heartbreak and excitement of these genres. The lively English wit of Hickman is set against Cassidy’s bone-dry irony and American drawl as they take audiences on a dynamic and unforgettable transatlantic journey.
James' and Dan's duo was formed in 2008, beginning with several local shows in James' hometown of Shrewsbury and the surrounding county of Shropshire. Their relaxed banter and unique musical style was well received and they were soon performing further afield. The following year, with the prospect of more comprehensive tours ahead, they recorded and released their debut album ‘Severn Street’, which features arrangements of traditional songs and tunes and several of their own compositions.
Their successive tours have grown steadily in size and they now perform throughout the UK, enjoying concerts from the Scottish Highlands to the Isle of Wight. Inspired by their love of traditional music from Britain and America, James and Dan continued writing together.
Click here to find out lots more about James Hickman and Dan Cassidy!
Click here to see James and Dan playing at Moseley Folk Festival!
Click here to see a montage of James and Dan songs!
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topDulwich Festival Fair - Outdoor Music Stage
Sunday 12 May - Goose Green
The Goose is running the music stage at the Dulwich Festival Fair again this year.
Goose Green is at the end of Lordship Lane next to the roundabout, and the stage will be at the roundabout end of the Green, as it was last year.
Each set will be 45 minutes with a 15 minute changeover.
The running order will be:
12 noon - The Dulwich Folk Choir led by Aimee Leonard
1pm - Stuart Forester
2pm - The No Frills Band
3pm - The John McClean Band
The Fair is a popular family event with lots of food stalls, things to buy and activities for the children.
Here's some info about the singers/musicians:
The Dulwich Folk Choir
This local choir has been running for over a year now, and as its name suggests mainly concentrates on folk songs (old and new!). Its leader Aimee Leonard comes from Orkney, so quite a few songs the choir sings come from there.
Stuart Forester
Stuart has toured with bands throughout the UK, Europe, USA, and the Far East both as musician and roadie. All these experiences have inspired his tales of hope, death, love, life, the city and the sea.
He is a singer songwriter, guitarist and mountain dulcimer player in the folk storytelling tradition. He uses mainly modal tunings such as DADGAD and DAAEAE on guitar and DDAD tuning on the dulcimer. His songs recount tales of gypsy funerals, fox hunting, North Sea trawler fishing, dustmen and skinheads, 16th century prostitutes, fairground workers, emigration, piracy on the Irish Sea and the odd protest rant for good measure!
Click here for lots of info about Stuart Forester!
Watch Stuart sing Swarthfell Rocks on YouTube!
Listen to Stuart sing on his MySpace page!
Listen to Stuart sing on SoundCloud!
The No Frills Band
The No Frills Band has a loyal following around south east London, and anyone who has seen them will know why!
They mix up music from many cultures from all over Europe and serve it up with a wildness and urgency like there's no tomorrow. Plus there aren't many bands about who include amongst their number a hurdy gurdy player .....
"The best thing about living in Brixton" Urban 75
Click here to listen to The No Frills Band!
Click here to see The No Frills Band on YouTube!
The John McClean Band
This popular local blues band complete the afternoon's music.
John McClean was born in born in Wellington, New Zealand, and has worked on many musical projects since coming to the UK with the "Early Days Blues Band" in 1998. He has performed worldwide at folk, Gospel,and bluegrass festivals.
He is a highly acclaimed singer and guitarist who sings from the heart and has an extraordinary hold on an audience. His warmth and conviction exude from the stage whenever he plays.
“One of the best Blues voices to come out of NZ” - Alan Muggeridge, Rowan Studios, Taranaki.
Click here to see a YouTube clip of John McClean!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 12 May - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
The Goose will have been up at the crack of dawn today to run the stage on Goose Green for Dulwich Festival Fair (see above) so let's hope that we manage to stay awake this year to actually turn up in time for the Singaround .... yes, we will have a contingency plan in case we don't!
Amazing how going for a kebab and then lying down for a "short nap" before the Singaround can play havoc with your sense of time - apparently when we walked in under the impression it was around 7pm only to find it was in fact 8pm and the Singaround had started without us, our faces were a picture .....
back to topAlasdair Roberts
31 May - The Crown and Greyhound
Alasdair is one of those singers who just could not possibly be mistaken for anybody else, having his own very individual style.
Each time he has been to the Goose he has been absolutely brilliant, and we are sure that this time will be equally fantastic.
Based in Scotland, he released his first solo album of traditional songs, "The Crook of my Arm", in 2001. His second album "Farewell Sorrow" was one of the Observer's top albums of the year (note - that's top albums, not top folk albums! Amazing for a folk album!), and consists of beautiful self-written songs which are totally personal yet clearly influenced by the folk tradition.
Alasdair's next album, "No Earthly Man", was a collection of traditional British ballads and his fourth, "The Amber Gatherers" was released in 2007.
fRoots said of "Spoils": "Spoils is back to his unyieldingly scary best… it is a beautiful, disquieting, comic, twisted, bizarre, riveting masterpiece.”
And "Too Long In This Condition" is another excellent album!
Click here to go to Alasdair Roberts' website
Click here to see Alasdair Roberts singing River RhineSupport artists for this evening are YOU ARE WOLF and UNTIL THE BIRD - see below for info!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left.
back to topYou Are Wolf
You Are Wolf is local girl Kerry Andrews, who performs looped versions of traditional songs with a few originals thrown in.
She recently supported Martin Carthy at Leigh Folk Festival, has been played on 6Music and BBC Radio 3 (including a commission for The Verb), was a Folk Rising artist at the EFDSS/Magpie's Nest, and has performed at the Southbank, V&A Museum and Cambridge Folk Festival.
Click here to find out lots more about You Are Wolf, including lots to listen to!
Click here to hear You Are Wolf singing The Sailor's Return!
Click here to hear You Are Wolf singing Little Sparrow!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left.
Until The Bird
You may thing that "Until The Bird" is an odd name. So did we. Until we found out that their full name is "Until the Bird of the Soul Takes Flight from the Cage of the Body to Consort with the Nightingales of the Everlasting Garden", at which point we completely understood why they sometimes shorten it .....
Listen guys, no way are we attempting to announce your full name from the stage!!!
"Until" (look, we can do the shortening thing too, lol) is an acoustic folk three-piece based in London. They craft something you haven't ever quite heard before (unless of course you've heard them before), whilst remaining rooted in the musical history of these islands and further afield.
They've had airplay on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, and Sam Lee selected them for his show on Resonance/ Folk Radio UK. Dave (vocals, guitar) is from Bristol, Thom (accordion, brass) is from Canterbury and Ruta (violin) is from the forests of Lithuania. They have been gigging around London and further afield since 2011.
Click here to hear Until The Bird!
Click here to hear more of Until The Bird!
Click here to see a video of Until The Bird performing at The Union Chapel!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left.
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 9 June - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topMary Humphreys & Anahata
Friday 14 June 2013 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
The Goose really love these two, and this will be the third time that we have welcomed them to the Goose, and the second time they have headlined.
Mary has the most beautiful and moving voice - several people commented at the previous two gigs that she really sings from the heart.
Mary sings traditional songs, mostly in English and a few in her native Welsh, and plays banjo and concertina. Anahata accompanies with melodeons, concertina and cello, and they play instrumental arrangements, mostly of English traditional music.
If you missed their previous gigs at the Goose, be sure to come to the this one!
You can find out more from their websites
http://www.maryhumphreys.co.uk/
and
http://www.treewind.co.uk/mha/
and hear some of their beautiful music at
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topJohn Kirkpatrick
28 June - The Crown and Greyhound
Brilliant performer on the squeezebox, great singer, and a very funny guy as well (we think he could have done stand-up if Steeleye Span hadn't nabbed him first), John Kirkpatrick is one of the most well-known and popular performers on the British folk scene.
His amazing skill with accordion, concertina and melodeon has taken him from folk dancing to experimental rock music - and a wide range of international recording collaborations.
John regularly toured and recorded with Richard Thompson, and played with both the Albion Band and Steeleye Span. He always maintained his love of acoustic music - that led to a long standing partnership with Martin Carthy which subsequently blossomed into the group Brass Monkey.
And now the Goose must fess up - we had a hidden agenda here. We originally brought John Kirkpatrick to the Goose in a last-ditch attempt to encourage him to sing "Bow Down to the Bonny Broom", which is one of our all-time JK faves and which we hadn't seen him do recently. Yes, heavy hints were dropped to Mr Kirkpatrick ...... :)
And hey - they worked! Not only did we get the Broom (apparently correctly entitled "Riddles wisely expounded"), we got a song about dogs (erm, seemingly entitled "What do doggies do when they get bogies up their nose?" and what must be the only folk song in the world with a chorus of "Hey derry down the computer is down."
Now - can we get him to practice Riddles again, we wonder? Should we broach the subject now (March)? Will three months be enough for him?
John has also appeared at the Goose as a vital part of Brass Monkey.
More info on John's website.
Support artists for this evening will be DROHNE and PIERS HASLAM - see below for info!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topDrohne
Last time Drohne, aka Philip G Martin, appeared at the Goose he had a very appreciative audience, with an interesting mix of instruments and an equally interesting mix of material (Drohne, not the audience! All Tomorrow's Parties played on the hurdy gurdy, anyone?)
For over a decade Phil has been making and releasing a unique modern music based on the use of hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes. His music incorporates medieval pieces, traditional songs, carefully selected modern songs, folk and sound pieces into a whole which is always varied, but coherent.
Click here to go to Drohne's websiteClick here to go to Drohne's myspace page
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topPiers Haslam
East Dulwich resident and guitarist-singer Piers Haslam has been going to folk festivals since he was small. His songs reflect a love of both traditional folk and popular music of the last century. Piers’s big influences include greats such as Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Alasdair Roberts and Nick Harper, as well as lesser-known folk artists such as Jon Raven and Frank Purslow.
In addition to playing the guitar, Piers tries his hand at mandolin, piano and melodeon. He also helps out at ‘the headquarters of folk’, Cecil Sharp House, and enjoys spending all day in the library there, digging out obscure songs and tunes from the past.
We can't help but notice that these obscure songs usually seem to be somewhat bawdy, Piers ......
Piers has been a staunch supporter of the Goose for several years now, and we have watched him blossom via the Singaround and floorspots into the accomplished performer he is now. We were delighted to give him a "proper official" spot when he supported Ewan McLennan at The Ivy House, and we look forward to seeing him go from strength to strength in the future!
Click here to listen to Piers Haslam on Soundcloud
Click here to go to Piers' Facebook page
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 July - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 11 August - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 8 September - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topStuart Forester
Friday 13 September 2013 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Stuart is a staunch supporter of the Goose, and a regular performer at our Singarounds, and we are delighted to be having him as our headliner tonight!
Stuart Forester is a singer songwriter, guitarist and mountain dulcimer player in the folk storytelling tradition. He uses mainly modal tunings such as DADGAD and DAAEAE on guitar and DDAD tuning on the dulcimer. His songs recount tales of gypsy funerals, fox hunting, North Sea trawler fishing, dustmen and skinheads, 16th century prostitutes, fairground workers, emigration, piracy on the Irish Sea and the odd protest rant for good measure!
He was born in Cumbria and from six months old was raised in mobile homes and tents in Canada and Alaska during the Forester family’s three year great adventure. Hull, East Yorkshire was the place he grew up and and the place he was always trying to escape. He did, and London's the place he now calls home, which is very lucky for London folk clubs!
Stuart has previously toured with bands throughout the UK, Europe, USA, and the Far East both as musician and roadie. All these experiences have inspired his tales of hope, death, love, life, the city and the sea.
Stuart's self released debut “Pennies for Gold” is a stripped back acoustic folk album recorded on home studio equipment. It features eight original tracks and two traditional songs (an accompanied take on The Watersons’ “Swarthfell Rocks” and a dulcimer rendition of the Scottish classic “Glenlogie”). He is constantly writng new songs and discovering dusty gems and plans to release a new set of songs in March 2013. You can listen to snippets of "Pennies For Gold" as well as some of the new stuff on his music page - see below!
Click here for lots of info about Stuart Forester!
Watch Stuart sing Swarthfell Rocks on YouTube!
Listen to Stuart sing on his MySpace page!
Listen to Stuart sing on SoundCloud!
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topMartin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Friday 27 September - The Crown and Greyhound
Half the Goose saw these two back in the sixties - they were her (clue) heroes then and they still are, but who could have foreseen she'd meet another folk fanatic and be booking them herself?
Here's the official blurb .... but do you really need to know more than the names?!
A startlingly intense reunion from this legendary ground-breaking duo. All the old skills are demonstrated with a new collection of traditional songs and instrumentals. Their experienced approach to their art lacks none of the fervour of their early days, and brings a maturity born of many years living with the music that is an integral part of their beings.
This remarkable pairing played an important part in the tremendous shake up given to British folk music in the middle to late 60's. Dave Swarbrick first came to prominence on the folk scene as a young instrumental virtuoso in the Ian Campbell Folk Group. Having worked alongside other leading musicians such as Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Beryl and Roger Marriott and A. L. Lloyd, he teamed up with Martin Carthy in 1966.
While they featured hot instrumental tracks in their live sets and recordings, Dave's forte in the duo was sensitive accompaniment to Martin's vocals and guitar. On Rags, Reels & Airs the focus was solely on Dave and it finally gave him a chance to really stretch out and demonstrate his leading instrumental prowess. The result was a new era of English instrumental folk music and a new approach to folk music altogether. When they parted in 1969 Dave joined Fairport Convention and his contribution to folk and folk/rock music is legendary and well documented.
"Intense and demanding, this is hard core traditional music. Sublime fiddle playing and the passionate delivery of evocative old songs by their ablest interpretor." Telegraph
"The super-duo are back together after 14 years." The Guardian
"Swarbrick is an absolute revelation here, as instinctively sympathetic and wickedly inspirational as he ever was. It’s like they were a couple of twenty somethings again. To hear Swarb bowing with such soul and tenderness and dynamism too is an unconditional joy." fRoots
For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it. “Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all!” Q Magazine (2004)
YAY! Is what we (mostly) have to say ....
Support artists for this evening will be JAMES FINDLAY plus ROSEMARY LIPPARD & TIM GRAHAM.
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
Click here to buy tickets for Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick now!back to topJames Findlay
The Goose first saw James Findlay when he was lurking at the side of a come-all-ye type session one afternoon in Towersey Village Hall a year or so back.
He was the last up to sing, and only sang one song, but we were blown away by his performance. It was one of those "How come you've escaped our radar for so long?" moments ......
Anyway, now he's on our radar, and he can't escape now - not only is he here tonight, but we've also nabbed him to headline at The Old Nun's Head next February .....
Following on from winning the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards in 2010, James was signed by leading Folk Music label Fellside and released his album, 'Sport & Play' to a set of shining reviews.
English Dance & Song noted his 'great voice', and ability to 'handle a repertoire that would normally be associated with an experienced performer with no difficulty' and R2 magazine commented that 'Findlay is a singer of rare strength and conviction'. All this helped to establish James Findlay as one of the leading young Folk performers, and he secured a place in the MOJO Top Ten Folk Albums of 2012.
Since the release of that album he has been consolidating his position on the Folk club and festival circuit with his voice of 'steel and sensitivity' with a 'dramatic edge' that draws the crowd along and into his performance.
His new album 'Another Day Another Story' builds on the previous one with an excellent choice of mostly traditional songs which strongly link to his West Country roots. Again he keeps it simple to let the songs speak for themselves and it will go a long way to further enhance his growing reputation within the folk scene.
Click here for lots of info about James Findlay!
Click here to see James Findlay on YouTube!
Click here to see more of James Findlay on YouTube!
Click here to see The James Findlay Trio play live for BBC Folk on 2!
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
Click here to buy tickets for Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick now!back to topRosemary Lippard & Tim Graham
Singer Rosemary Lippard grew up in the small town of Aberdare in South Wales. Since the age of 2 when she acquired the ability to talk and to sing pretty much at the same time (or as well as she can remember), she has never really been able to go a few moments without making some sound or other.
She has been an avid folk fan since the age of 13 (when she was introduced to what she describes as "the marvel that is Joan Baez"), and is greatly inspired by all generations of women of folk from June Tabor, Shirley Collins and Anne Briggs to Lucy Ward, Jackie Oates and Fay Hield.
Currently residing in South East London, when she's not singing she talks, pulls faces and pretends to be other people for attention (and hopefully one day for a living) as an actor.
Rose gave a dazzling performance supporting Ewan McLennan at The Ivy House (accompanied as tonight by the excellent Tim Graham), despite having been ill in bed all week, and we are sure that she will go from strength to strength in the future!
You will usually find her at our Singarounds on the second Sunday of the month, Upstairs At The Mag!
With guitar playing that has "shades of Bert Jansch and Martin Simpson" (Glastonbury Folk Club) and a deep love of the narrative traditions of the British Isles, Tim Graham wins new fans wherever his travels take him with his sensitive and honest arrangements.
As well as gaining a high reputation for his solo performances, Tim has performed with former Stackridge violinist Rachel Hall playing a number of shows around the South-West & producing an e.p described as "overflow(ing) with power, poise and presence" (folkwords.com) and has more recently toured with Australian folk-rock outfit 'The Wishing Well' as part of their 2010 European tour playing over a hundred gigs and festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Canterbury Arts and the Edinburgh Fringe.
"Perfect" Trowbridge Folk Club
"Some people play and sing: that was a performance!" Sunray Folk Club
"The best performer we've had" Sam's Kitchen
Tim made a stunning debut at the Goose accompanying Rosemary Lippard when they supported Ewan McLennan at The Ivy House. We hope to see them both going from strength to strength.
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
Click here to buy tickets for Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick now!back to topJoseph Topping
Friday 11 October 2013 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Joe appeared for the first time at the Goose at our evening in 2012 for up-and-coming artists who we wanted to give a gig to but couldn't fit in anywhere else! We think he's brilliant - and now he's coming back to headline at The Old Nun's Head.
He is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the Wirral, whose musical journey so far has been as colourful as it has been varied.
Joe "has a gift to write songs that will last and that others will want to sing" John Wright. And has "one of the most beautiful voices I have heard" Chris While.
Joe has always been surrounded by music; his dad, Tom, who in addition to being a semi-pro musician ran a folk club and put on gigs by people as varied as Billy Connolly to Stephan Grapelli, from Martin Carthy to blues musician Blind Jessie Fuller. Many of these influences filtered down to Joe, who plays anything from traditional British folk music to Delta blues slide guitar.
At gigs you are just as likely to hear him playing the mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica, dobro or banjo as you are the guitar. After cutting his musical teeth playing with The Tom Topping Band, Joe was asked to join John Wright after the late John Wright heard and covered one of Joe's songs "The Flame Danced Flamenco". Joe toured with the band for 18 months playing at venues in all over the UK and Europe, gaining a wealth of experience and inspiration until leaving to embark on, 'a journey of a lifetime!'
Joe is adventurous, whether living and travelling around America and Canada in a pick-up truck or walking across the Namib Desert in aid of a landmine charity. He is ever looking to be challenged and in the summer of 2006 saw him undertake his biggest adventure yet: a 1,400 mile solo walk across America! With an old Gibson guitar strapped to his back, Joe walked from Chicago and the shores Lake Michigan in the north, south to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. A journey rich in musical flavour and history: Chicago, St Louis, Nashville, Memphis, the Mississippi Delta, Baton Rouge; sleeping along the way in motels, cornfields, cotton fields, graveyards, backyards and sugar plantations, meeting musicians and characters along the road which have added to and inspired Joe's own music, before finally - and three pairs of shoes later - being marched into New Orleans by The New Wave Brass Band.
As his trek across the Namib Desert was for a landmine charity, his walk across America was to, and indeed did, achieve raised awareness and funds for New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina. (www.nomrf.org). On his return from America, Joe accepted an earlier invitation to join local band, Elbow Jane. Since then, Elbow Jane has gone from strength to strength, recording the critically acclaimed album "England Stone" and playing the main stages at many British folk festivals. "Masterful purveyors of harmonic folk" NW Enquirer. The band's latest album "Three Side Island" was released in March 2009 on the Fellside label. Joe's obvious talents have also been seized upon by folk/rock legend Ashley Hutchings who in December 2007 asked him to join his band, "The Rainbow Chasers" alongside Ruth Angell and Jo Hamilton. Since Joe joined the Chasers have been playing in arts centres and theatres across the UK and Italy. "The best acoustic group in the country" Phil Beer, Show of Hands.
Joe has worked with many well known artists from the folk/roots world including Chris Leslie and Gerry Conway (Fairport Convention), Maartin Allcock (Fairport, Jethrow Tull, Beth Nielson Chapman) and Chris While and Julie Matthews among others. Joe's new solo Album "Ghosts In The Shadows" was released on Fellside early in 2010 and features songs inspired by, learnt on or written on his walk across America. Songs range from traditional folk music to acoustic blues to country influenced to jazz with musicians Miranda Sykes on Double Bass (Show of Hands) and Joe Wright on Fiddle and mandolin.
Find out more and watch Joe sing at:
http://www.myspace.com/josephtoppingmusic
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5EbtOs0jTs
back to topExcellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 13 October - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topEwan McLennan
25 October - The Crown and Greyhound
Ewan is a brilliant young Scottish singer who we originally booked at the Goose back in the day to support Faustus, on the basis of hearing his wonderful album of mainly traditional songs, and we were certainly not disappointed. We don't think you were either, judging by the comments afterwards!
When we subsequently asked him to headline at the Mag, the room was rammed with folkies from all over the place. We almost had to turn people away, so we are delighted when he agreed to come back to the Mag, even though he has to travel all the way from Leeds! Sadly, or happily, this time so many people came we actually did have to turn people away :(
So in 2012 we bowed to the inevitable and booked him at the larger venue of The Ivy House - which was also packed! And now we're very happy to be welcoming him to the Dog for the first time ......
Sorry, the next bit is a bit out of date in the interests of getting something up onto the website - we'll update it as soon as we have a minute .....
Here's the official blurb - but hey, if you have already seen him at the Goose, none of this will surprise you! "Newly named as Fatea magazines Male Vocalist of 2010 and awaiting news of his nomination for the Horizon Award for best newcomer in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards," (he won it, folks!) "Ewan McLennan's debut album 'Rags & Robes' has now been named one of Mojo magazines top ten folk albums of 2010. It was also featured on Johnny Coppin's BBC Radio playlist of 'The Best Albums of 2010'
Rarely has a young folk artist arrived so decisively on to the folk scene. Signed to Fellside Records, Ewan was also nominated for a Scots Trad Award for best newcomer at the end of 2010. Championed by Mike Harding on his Radio show, Ewan is a name to watch out for".
Ewan is also to be featured on the next Trantlantic Sessions recorded in the Spring!
You can Ewan singing on his MySpace page:
And you can find out more from his website at:
Support artists for this evening will be LONG LANKIN and CHRISTINE COOPER
.Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topLong Lankin
Long Lankin are a group of multi-instrumentalists whose inventive interpretations resonate strongly with traditionalists and contemporary musicians alike. Taking much-loved material from England, Scotland, America and Scandinavia, Long Lankin's arrangements add a touch of modern storytelling to a song, heightening the drama and emotion within the music, while allowing each story to tell itself.
Based in London, the group have a diverse wealth of combined musical experience that includes punk-folk band Neck, bluegrass rockers Hayseed Dixie, classical fusion singers Mediaeval Baebes, the London Bulgarian Choir and North-East Folkways. These varied influences give the group their individual sound, as does their united enthusiasm for a good tune and an interesting tale.
Click here to find out more about Long Lankin!
back to topChristine Cooper
Cooper comes from wild West Wales, where the sea eats the land inch by inch. She uses fiddle, banjo and live loops to gently blow away the dust from old folk songs and stories. All who hear her are drawn into a world of dark and fragile beauty. Christine has toured internationally as a storyteller and musician, and has performed on TV and radio, both solo and with Welsh group Fernhill.
“I’m totally won over… poignant, quirky, fragile and poky” froots
Door 7pm, live music starts 8pm, good food and real ales!
Tickets £12/8 advance, £13/9 on the door (if any left).
back to topTattie Jam
Friday 8 November 2013 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
In a rush to get something onto the website, we have shamelessly nicked the following blurb from someone else's - but hey, they're welcome to nick stuff from ours!
Tattie Jam play (mainly Scots) traditional and folk music, with a twist. Seylan Baxter sings and plays the lead on a 5-string electric cello, and Ruaridh Pringle sings and plays dynamic accompaniment on guitar - and sometimes didgeridoo and octave mandolin; sometimes also taking the lead on mandolin. While playing and singing everything from keening slow airs and a capella dark ballads to kinetic reels and gentle or high-octane original songs (many of their songs and tunes are written by Ruaridh Pringle), their style is highly energetic, with both melodies and a strong rhythmic underpinning being bounced around between both musicians. Rich, sometimes unexpected harmonies predominate in their singing, with both singers alternating the lead.
Examples of their music include samba-rhythmed pipe tune 'Ivan MacDonald's Amazing Waterproof Boots,' a surprising take on the ballad 'The Birken Tree', an unusually laidback and wistful jazzy rendition of the well-known travelling song 'Tramps and Hawkers', and the quirkily existential, punk-tinged bluegrassy 'Different'. This is a duo who like to turn old songs on their head and turn heads with their new ones. Who do they sound like? Well, apart from sounding more like a 4-piece than a 2-piece band, not really anyone else...
Click here to go to Tattie Jam's website and find out lots more!
Click here to watch Tattie Jam on YouTube!
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 10 November - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topSteve Tilston Concert Postponed. New booking for this date to be confirmed!
25 October - The Crown and Greyhound
Sorry, the concert originally advertised with Steve Tilston has been postponed to 28 March 2014 at his agent's request.
If you had already bought a ticket, you will have been contacted directly by WeGotTickets.
We apologise for any inconvenience. We are currently awaiting confirmation of another booking for tonight.
back to topFREE Seasonal Singaround
Sunday 8 December - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
This evening's Singaround will have a Seasonal theme, so please bring along appropriate songs and carols from any tradition, religion or culture!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topReg Meuross
Friday 10 January 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Embarrassingly, at the time we booked Reg to support Brass Monkey at DHFC, we had only just heard of "One of the finest singer songwriters this country has produced” – Mike Harding. BLUSH.
Having listened to an album of his (Dragonfly - not the latest) we were mega impressed and can't imagine why we hadn't heard of him before. As is the way of these things, we then came across a review of him in Folk London more or less saying the same thing!
Anyway, we are thrilled that he was able to come and support Brass Monkey , and it was clear from the audience reaction that you were all as impressed as we were.
We promised then that he would be back with a headlining gig - and we are delighted to say, that here it is!
Find out more about Reg Meuross from his website here!
Listen to "Lizzie Loved a Highwayman" here!
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 January - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 31 January - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday9 February - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topJames Findlay and Alex Cumming
Friday 14 February 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
More pics and info coming soon!
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Friday 28 February - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 9 March - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topJoe Wilkes
Friday 14 March 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
We have always been really pleased to have Joe at the Goose, and thought it was about time we gave him a headlining gig!
Joe was long associated with The Spitz venue in East London, where he played with Bert Jansch, Beth Orton and Davy Graham (R.I.P.) amongst others.
His debut album, Spotlight, was released in 2006, and has been described as "a subtle and pastoral acoustic testament at the vanguard of the re-emerging British folk scene" - a far cry from his times at the Twelve Bar Club, when he and his anarcho acoustic band would "cause a mess, with anyone and everyone joining in." !
Joe has toured Europe and the UK, and filmed a TV concert.
"Wilkes is a major talent" Rock 'n' Reel Magazine
Click here to find out more about Joe Wilkes!
Click here to see Joe on YouTube!
and listen to some of his music at
And read a four star review by Maverick magazine here:
http://indiestore.7digital.com/joewilkes/
Excellent food and ales available!
Door 7.45pm, live music starts 8pm, floorsingers welcome, tickets £7 (on the door only).
back to topSteve Tilston (postponed from November)
Friday 28 March - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topCath and Phil Tyler
Friday 11 April 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 April - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 25 April - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topSuntrap
Friday 9 May 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Info coming soon!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 11 May - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 31 May (tbc) - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 June - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtist To Be Confirmed
Friday 13 June 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Watch This Space!
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Friday 27 June - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 13 July - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 10 August - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtist To Be Confirmed
Friday 14 September 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 14 September - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 26 September - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topArtist To Be Confirmed
Friday 10 October 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 12 October - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 31 October - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Singaround
Sunday 9 November - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
back to topJodie Kruskal
Friday 14 November 2014 - Upstairs At The Old Nun's Head
Info coming soon!
back to topArtists To Be Confirmed
Friday 28 November - The Crown and Greyhound
Watch This Space!
back to topFREE Seasonal Singaround
Sunday 14 December - The Old Nun's Head
Our Free Singaround welcomes everybody, whether to sing or to listen!
Click here to find out more about The Singaround!
This evening's Singaround will have a Seasonal theme, so please bring along appropriate songs and carols from any tradition, religion or culture!
Excellent food and ales available!
Singing starts 7.30pm!
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