Winner of the BBC2 "Folk Club of the Year" Award 2001.
Latest
News :
Next
event is
on:
7th March - An Evening without
Jake Thackray
with John Watterson
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If you'd like to see some of the goings on at this year's Christmas Party, go to our Facebook
page (link below) and click on the video of the 'Winlows of
Wearside'.
If you still haven't seen last years, go to Youtube and type in Davy
Lamp 'Wor 'Orse'.
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Roots
of
the World is a regular monthly
podcast of folk music which
covers the local scene. Here's a link to the
podcast.
The programme usually features artists who play at the Davy
Lamp.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A free
Gutenburg eBook! Reissued. Just
click the link for loads of
great song lyrics from the
Newcastle Song Book.
and a clip of the The
Freeman
Family
playing in one of the Split
Festival
sessions.
It's the
Moving On Song written by Ewan
McColl
and a couple
more links to Youtube, featuring our MC Eric
-
Le Voyeur
(thanks to Ian Gardner)
and Bernard
Wrigley
-
The Yawning Song (thanks
to Michael Martin).
You can find more clips of the Club and Sunderland Festival on
Youtube,
courtesy of Ian Gardner
and others.
Search for us under davylampfolkclub, Folk Club or Sunderland Folk
Festival,
or click on the Davy Lamp below.
Arts
Centre Washington offers FREE
rehearsal time, recording
opportunities and music workshops for children and young people.
These
can be accessed on:
Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30pm,
Community Music Space for ages
16
– 24 years
Wednesdays, 6 – 8pm,
Remix for ages 12 – 19
years
Saturdays 10 – 11.30am,
Beat It, drum circle for 8
– 12 year olds
* You can now follow our shy and
retiring MC, Eric, on Twitter for details of what's hot and what's not
at the the Davy Lamp. He's @DavyLampFolk
We also have a Facebook page
If
you have any suggestions or comments, please
email us at:
