Barron Brady at Anchor Folk Club on 10th December 2009

Barron Brady – A welcome return for Ros and Simon. Their music has both vitality and intimacy and their choice of material and song writing offers refreshing honesty.

Jo Philby at Anchor Folk Club on 26thNovember 2009

Jo Philby – Fresh from Orkney, Jo has with her Graham Simpson and Fiona Driver on guitar and fiddle. Performing a wonderful mix of traditional music and songs from her new CD. Don’t miss this

Pete Coe at Anchor Folk Club on 12th November 2009

Pete Coe – Legend No.2. "He explores the heartland of the English folk song with an ease and honesty that invests traditional songs with a simplistic beauty" Come early folks

Aysgarth at Anchor Folk Club on 22 nd October 2009

Aysgarth – Local trio who have entertained the club sufficiently to be rewarded with a full night’s guest appearance. Come early, they’re very good

Jez Lowe at Anchor Folk Club on 10th September 2009

Jez Lowe – Legend No.1. It is a real pleasure to have Jez play and sing for us again after what seems ages since he was here the last time. Come early for this evening

Jim Bainbridge at Anchor Folk Club on 8th October 2009

Jim Bainbridge - Jim Bainbridge’s material is now more songs than music, often light and humorous, but sometimes thought provoking. His style is modelled on the older Irish and Scots tradition. Debut at the club for Jim

Tony Winn at Anchor Folk Club 16 th July 2009

Tony Winn - Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Tony mixes the touching with the hard-hitting, the poignant with a laugh.

Kiss the Mistress at the Anchor Folk Club 2nd July 2009

Kiss the Mistress - play Celtic fusion and their dynamic driving tunes are complemented by well-crafted songs. The blend of 'cello, squeeze boxes and percussion with voice create a unique musical feast from this exciting trio.

Blackpool Folk Club

Whilst holidaying in Blackpool for a few days we attended the Blackpool Folk Club which is held in the Clarence Pub, Preston New Road Blackpool. We had a fantastic evening with music provided by local band "Four in a Row" and their guests for the evening, who were called "Thistle". The atmosphere was friendly and the standard of singing was excellent. In particular the fiddle player with the band Thistle I have yet to hear better.

Glenfarg Folk Club

While staying in Scotland recently we visited the Glenfarg Folk Club . This is easy to get to and if you are staying in Fife/Perthshire or Angus on Holiday it is worth a visit on a Monday night .We visited on 23rd February 2009 when the guest was Gareth Davies -Jones . He is an excellent singer songwriter with his performance based on his recent CD "Water and Light "
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Geoff Higginbottom on 2nd April 2009

Geoff Higginbottom. – Yes he is here again , on 2nd April 2009, maintaining a tradition by annually gracing us with his presence

Issy and David Emeney and Kate Riaz :-19th March 2009

Issy and David Emeney and Kate Riaz – 19 th March 2009 , Back with us after their fantastic debut night in 2007. Be early

SUNTRAP Performs on 19th February 2009

SUNTRAP , will perform at the Anchor Folk Club on 19 th February 2009– It’s so good to have these guys back with us – a special night this will be

Welcome to the Anchor Folk Club Blog

The Anchor Folk Club holds sessions of live music from 8:30pm to 11:00pm every Thursday Night in the Blue Anchor Public House , in High Road , Byfleet , Surrey . The club has its own web site at http://www.anchorfolk.org.uk where the schedule shows whether a Singers' night or a Guest is performing on each Thursday .
While I, as Webmaster for the site , have managed to update the site regularly , Mike Peach who runs the club has asked me if I could Include a section where comments and feedback on the Nights could be included . The creation of this blog page is a simple route to providing the possibility of feedback to those attending the Club .
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