GARETH DAVIES-JONES: ALL THINGS COME “A troubadour evening of exceptional musical storytelling to gather folk together and inspire the collective imagination.”

Coquetdale Music Centre The Old Church, Thropton, Northumberland

Gareth Davies-Jones - singer, songwriter, story-teller and producer has been writing, recording and performing as a professional musician for twenty years. From community halls to concert halls, from rural heartlands to the heart of the city he has travelled the length and breadth of the country armed with a rich distinctive voice and now two...

Will Finn and Rosie Calvert concert

Coquetdale Music Centre The Old Church, Thropton, Northumberland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaD2XaZPCAWill Finn and Rosie Calvert are an award-winning husband-and-wife duo who came together through their love of music. First coming to prominence with their acapella quartet The Teacups, the pair perform traditional and contemporary folk music with variety and flair - intricate harmonies; the rousing instrumentation of piano, steel pan, and ukulele; and joyful, warm...

FIONA ROSS & CHRISTINE KYDD

Coquetdale Music Trust The Old ChurchThropton,

FIONA ROSS grew up in Partick, in the west end of Glasgow, also spending time at her family home in North Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis during her teenage years. The youngest of a busy household of five children, she inherited a love of Scottish music from her dad, and soon began singing popular...

Earl Grey and the Charwallahs

The Charwallahs came into being from the grass cutting gang of Whickham Urban District Council in 1967 as Malcom Barras and Duncan Davis sickled their way up the grass verge of Fellside Road. They sang songs like Pick a Bale of Cotton and Cotton Fields as they mowed. It seemed somewhat appropriate. Malcom would also...

Tony McManus & Julia Toaspem

Coquetdale Music Trust The Old ChurchThropton,

“Tony’s music is beyond beautiful, it’s perfect” – Tommy Emmanuel. “Julia’s bell-like voice and her fiddle playing are thrilling. She moves effortlessly from fiddle to guitar, her solo is impressive.” – Salon Festival, France. Hailed by the late John Renbourn as ‘the best Celtic guitarist in the world’, Tony McManus has been listed as one...