DAMIEN BARBER & MIKE WILSON

With support from Creeping Jane and James Eagle.

We are delighted to be welcoming Damien Barber & Mike Wilson to the Goose for the first time, but we hope not the last!

Damien Barber is a stylish and distinctive singer, be it unaccompanied or alongside his guitar or concertina. Though he has now lived for some time in West Yorkshire, his roots remain firmly planted in his beloved East Anglia.

Mike Wilson is the youngest member of the inimitable Wilson Family, the powerful Teesside singing siblings who have raised the rafters at many a festival and folk club event over the years. His musical heritage remains emphatically that of the North East – an evocative mixture

of rural and industrial folk songs, both traditional and modern.

Together, Damien and Mike have an incredibly rich shared repertoire of traditional songs from around the country, plus the work of modern folk writers such as Peter Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and Mike Waterson.

They are two of the most powerful traditional voices in the UK today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7jEuYajbDE&t=109s

Creeping Jane is/are Nyge and Sue, who have been running The Goose Is Out! since 2008. They sing unaccompanied in unison and harmony, mainly but not solely traditional folk songs from the UK.

James Eagle is a past winner of Islington Folk Club's Trad2Mad competition. He is a regular at the Goose monthly singarounds, both as a wonderful singer and also often as a familiar face on the door! He also edits Folk London magazine!

At The Ivy House, London’s first community-owned pub.

Tickets are £14 advance, £16 on the door (cash or BACS only) 

Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm and finishes 11pm.

This concert will be half seated, half standing, so come early if you want to be sure of a seat!

Please be aware that whilst our events are held in The Ivy House's  beautiful Grade 2 listed ballroom, this is a pub, so there may be some  background noise from adjoining bars. We and the pub management  have done our best to minimise this, however as this is a listed building there are restrictions on what kinds of soundproofing can be done. We hope you understand.