Club Programme |
Following last season's successful trial using online bookings for guest artist nights at the Black Swan Inn we are now continuing to make these available.
Go to www.wegottickets.com and search under venue "York Black Swan" and you will find a list of forthcoming events or click on the links in the listings below.
Note that there are separate entries for Full Price and for Concessions for each event.
They charge you a simple 10% commission on the face value of your tickets and send you a booking reference rather than physically posting a ticket, meaning you can book until 6pm on the day of performance.
Please note that this new scheme only applies to club guest nights. Early Music Centre concert tickets will continue to be handled by the NCEM Box Office (with a few available for sale through the club as well), while Singers Nights will continue to be "pay-on-the-door" only events.
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Doors open at 8pm each Thursday, 7pm at the NCEM. |
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| 11th Feb |
Martin Carthy THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT |
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| www.watersoncarthy.com |
| Surely no introductions are needed for this most inspirational and influential of English folk music champions. Martin’s performances always attract huge interest so we have booked him for two club nights in a row, Thursday AND Friday. Advance booking is probably essential. |
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| 12th Feb |
(FRIDAY EXTRA) Martin Carthy THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT |
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| www.watersoncarthy.com |
| A second chance to see Martin. |
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| 15th Feb |
(NCEM Concert) Beoga |
£13 / Concs. £11 BOOKING NOW OPEN |
| www.beogamusic.com |
| Beoga is Irish for “lively” and that is certainly true of this five-piece traditional band based in County Antrim. Their unique sound features the twin duelling accordions of Seán Óg Graham and Damian McKee, along with four times All-Ireland bodhran champion Eamon Murray and pianist Liam Bradley. Now joined by one of Ireland’s premier young singers and fiddle players, Niamh Dunne, Beoga have confirmed their promise as one of Ireland’s hottest new musical properties.
Support from NIAMH BOADLE - multi-talented teenager from Lancashire who was a finalist in the BBC Young Folk Awards December 2009 |
| Buy Tickets: | www.ncem.co.uk |
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| 18th Feb |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 25th Feb |
The Fay Hield Trio |
£7 / Concs. £6 |
| www.fayhield.com |
| The former Witches of Elswick singer releases her first solo album for Topic Records in 2010 and previews it on this short tour with top musicians Sam Sweeney and Robert Harbron. Expect Fay’s strong and distinctive vocals, a repertoire of mostly traditional songs and some subtle accompaniments on fiddle, concertina, guitar and nyckelharpa. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68679 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68680 |
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| 4th Mar |
Suntrap |
£7 / Concs. £6 |
| www.suntrap.org |
| This southern English four-piece has been around since the late 90s but only now makes its Black Swan debut. Sara Byers, Debbie Chalmers, Mary Wilson and Paul Hoad specialise in melodic self-penned numbers which draw on folk and roots influences, with strong vocal harmonies and a core line-up of guitar, twin fiddles and piano accordion. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68681 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68682 |
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| 8th Mar |
(NCEM Concert) Grada |
£14 / Concs. £12 BOOKING OPENS JANUARY |
| www.gradamusic.com |
| Founded in 2001, Gráda has a sound deeply rooted in the Irish folk tradition, but layered with jazzy tones and strong rhythmic grooves. Think Irish music that is off the beaten track, blended with Americana, jazz, roots, and a diverse range of influences that in the words of the Irish Times "come together as if they were lifelong bedfellows".
The band comprises All-Ireland award winners David Dooley on fiddle, concertina and whistle and Stephen Doherty on flute, melodeon and bodhran, with Andy Laking on double bass, Gerry Paul on guitar and banjo and magnificent lead vocals from Nicola Joyce.
Gráda has become one of Ireland’s busiest musical exports, playing upwards of 150 concerts worldwide each year. They have released three critically acclaimed CDs with a fourth due soon, produced in Nashville by Tim O`Brien.
Support from exciting young folksters BLACKBEARD'S TEA PARTY
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| Buy Tickets: | www.ncem.co.uk |
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| 11th Mar |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 18th Mar |
Dana & Susan Robinson |
£8 / Concs. £6.50 |
| www.robinsongs.com |
| A fifth visit by two of our favourite American troubadours, still combining traditional US folk songs with evocative original numbers deeply rooted in that same heritage. Rich, intimate harmonies are supported by Dana’s powerful guitar and fiddle playing and Susan’s delicate mountain banjo sound. “Rural America explored with elegant simplicity” said one critic. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68683 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68684 |
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| 22nd Mar |
(NCEM Concert) Uiscedwr |
£13 / Concs. £11 BOOKING OPENS JANUARY |
| www.uiscedwr.com |
| This phenomenal trio has been one of Britain’s most exciting small bands ever since winning the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2002. Featuring founder members Anna Esslemont on fiddle and vocals and Cormac Byrne (of Seth Lakeman band fame) on virtuoso bodhran and percussion, they produce some of the most innovative modern “folk” music you’re ever likely to hear. Exhaustingly energetic and thrillingly open-minded, they draw on classical, rock, world and jazz influences, tearing apart hoary old folk stereotypes while retaining the respect, admiration and affection of folk’s traditional base. Underpinned by the driving guitar and bass playing of guest musician Nick Waldock, this power trio promises a night you won’t forget in a hurry.
Support from York's singing harpist SARAH DEAN - the "incredible string blonde". |
| Buy Tickets: | www.ncem.co.uk |
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| 25th Mar |
Emily Slade |
£6 / Concs. £5 |
| www.emilyslade.co.uk |
| After a seven-year, three-child “maternity break”, this delightful singer is making a limited return to live performance. We’ve been fans ever since she took part in one of our first Young Performer events, so it is our pleasure to bring her back to York for an evening of superlative vocal work, deft guitar accompaniment and mature songwriting. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68685 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68686 |
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| 1st Apr |
Pete Morton |
£6 / Concs. £5 |
| www.petemorton.com |
| Pete is one of Britain’s most distinctive songwriters and a skilled interpreter of other songs, whether traditional or modern, English or international. We’ve admired his work ever since his first visit over twenty years ago. His stage presence is dynamic and intense yet approachable and amiable, delivering songs that speak of the human condition from a unique perspective. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68687 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68688 |
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| 15th Apr |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 16th Apr |
(NCEM Concert) Breabach |
£13 / Concs. £11 BOOKING OPENS JANUARY |
| www.breabach.com |
| Breabach are one of the most inventive and diverse young bands to have sprung from the Scottish folk scene in recent years. Their huge sound is dominated by the twin bagpipes of Calum MacCrimmon and Donal Brown. This uncompromising force is complemented by the extraordinary fiddle playing of Patsy Reid and is further supported by the charismatic yet propulsive guitar of Ewan Robertson, named BBC Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2008. Patsy and Ewan both add vocals to the mix, while Donal also step-dances.
From foot-stomping reels to their heart-warming delivery of songs, Breabach combine enviable musicianship with a delightful ability to connect with their audience, qualities which are steadily gaining them an international reputation.
Support from a very fine expatriate Scottish singer and songwriter, WENDY ARROWSMITH.
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| Buy Tickets: | www.ncem.co.uk |
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| 22nd Apr |
Bruce Molsky |
£9 / Concs. £7 |
| www.brucemolsky.com |
| Last seen in York in thrilling concert with Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny’s Mozaik, Bruce is one of America’s top folk musicians, playing fiddle, guitar or banjo and singing too. He is closely identified with Old-Time Appalachian music, but takes on board influences from Delta blues to the haunting modal strains of Irish music to the rhythmically nimble sounds of Eastern Europe. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68691 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68692 |
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| 29th Apr |
Skyhook |
£7 / Concs. £6 |
| www.skyhookmusic.com |
| The music of Cath James, Martin Harwood and Eoin Teather is characterised by breathtaking twin fiddles combined with sublime guitar, bouzouki and voice. Shifting seamlessly between driving dance music and spine-tingling songs from Scotland, Ireland and North America, this Sheffield threesome plays with a joy and precision that is hard to match. A very welcome York debut. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68694 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68695 |
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| 6th May |
Clive Gregson |
£8 / Concs. £6.50 |
| www.clivegregson.com |
| A happy return for this acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter whose career spans early group Any Trouble, Richard Thompson’s band, the sublime Christine Collister partnership and work with Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine et al. Clive lives in Nashville nowadays, comes up with one fine song after another, and happily still finds time to tour small British venues like ours. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68698 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68699 |
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| 13th May |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 20th May |
Eddie Walker |
£7 / Concs. £6 |
| www.eddiewalker.net |
| This great guitar picker, singer and all-round entertainer is one of our perennial favourites. Eddie performs a seamless blend of old blues, rags and hillbilly numbers, traditional and modern British and American folk songs, guitar instrumentals and original pieces. Top notch stuff! |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68702 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68703 |
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| 27th May |
Will Kaufman presents: Woody Guthrie - Hard Times & Hard Travellin' |
£6 / Concs. £5 |
| www.myspace.com/willkaufman |
| Prof. Kaufman has won widespread praise for his Guthrie shows. Here he sets Woody’s songs in the context of Depression Era America, performing such hard hitting numbers as Vigilante Man and Pretty Boy Floyd and highlighting the mixture of music and radical politics that marks Guthrie's most powerful work. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68704 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68705 |
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| 3rd Jun |
Dan McKinnon |
£7 / Concs. £6 |
| www.danmckinnon.ca |
| We’ve really taken to this warm-hearted Nova Scotian on his two previous visits. He fits the Canadian mould of excellently written and strongly sung original songs about real people past and present (think Stan Rogers through James Keelaghan to Tanglefoot) while also slipping in some choice traditional material and modern covers. Thoroughly recommended. |
| Buy Tickets: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68706 |
| Concessions: | www.wegottickets.com/event/68707 |
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| 5th Jun |
CITY OF YORK FOLK WEEKEND 2010 |
Free |
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| 6th Jun |
CITY OF YORK FOLK WEEKEND 2010 |
Free |
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| 10th Jun |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 1st Jul |
Singers & Musicians Night |
£2.50 / Concs. £1.50 / Perf. £1 |
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| All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along |
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| 8th Jul |
My Sweet Patootie |
TBA |
| www.mysweetpatootie.com |
| The new duo of former Tanglefoot members Terry Young and Sandra Swannell |
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