2004 Festival Folk @ the Oak programme
2 August – 4 September 2004
8.30 – 11 pm, £5 , The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, ph 557 2976, Tickets at the bar
Mon 2 Aug Martin Boland – ‘resident’ Scottish singer and
songwriter
Tue 3 Aug Tom Fairnie – the ‘Journeyman’ (new CD) among
Lothian singer-songwriters
Wed 4 Aug Kieran Halpin – one of Ireland’s finest contemporary songsmiths
Thu 5 Aug Tomás Lynch –Irish singer, guitarist and uillean piper, founder member of legendary band Afterhours
Fri 6 Aug Alastair McDonald – Scotland’s premier bard
Sat 7 Aug Gill Bowman – world-renowned for her Burns interpretations, and a fine singer-songwriter to boot
Sun 8 Aug Klezmerduo – guests from Denmark specialising in
Jewish folk music
Mon 9 Aug Aileen Carr & Brian Miller - muckle ballads and
gutsy guitar
Tue 10 Aug Tom Clelland – ‘little stories’ (CD) from West Coast
troubadour, audience winner at this year’s Edinburgh Folk Club Songwriting Competition.
Wed 11 Aug Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre – two of the
finest tradition bearers in Scotland
Thu 12 Aug John Malcolm – traditional and humorous songs
Fri 13 Aug Claire Mann & Aaron Jones - fiddle, flute and bouzouki; Scottish and Irish tunes and songs
Sat 14 Aug Bobby Eaglesham & ‘Thirst’ – ex- Five Hand Reel
singer and guitarist with the Royal Oak’s thespian troupe
Sun 15 Aug Bobby Eaglesham & ‘Thirst’ - ditto
Mon 16 Aug George Duff, John Martin & Kevin MacLeod -
Traditional and contemporary songs and tunes
Tue 17 Aug Rosie Morton & Carrie Thomas - clarsach and fiddle
Wed 18 Aug Mark Dunlop – songs in the northern Irish tradition
Thu 19 Aug Ray Fisher – the Festival appearance of living legend of
the Folk Revival
Fri 20 Aug Bob Fox – Tyneside’s finest
Sat 21 Aug Nuala Kennedy, Sean O’Donnell, Jarleth
Henderson, Kevin Henderson, Ross Ainslie – a star-studded line-up – the hottest tunes in town
Sun 22 Aug Robin Laing – songs about whisky and other Scots
spirits
Mon 23 Aug Steve Byrne – Malinky-singer and songwriter
Tue 24 Aug Ian Walker & Jimmy Scott - Scottish traditional and
original songs
Wed 25 Aug David Ferrard – up-and-coming young songwriting
talent
Thu 26 Aug Gillian MacDonald & Frank McLoughlin – Gillian’s
gorgeous singing and fiddle playing, accompanied on
guitar, small pipes and bouzouki
Fri 27 Aug Cruachan – traditional music and song
Sat 28 Aug Mick West & Frank McLoughlin – great
Glasgow-based singer, with fine guitar accompaniment
Sun 29 Aug Fine Friday – Nuala Kennedy, Anna-Wendy Stevenson
and Kris Drever – thrilling trio with brandnew second CD
Mon 30 Aug Norman Stewart – committed songs by Folk Revivalist
Tue 31 Aug Chris Miles & Gordeanna McCulloch – great humour
and braw voices
Wed 1 Sep Christine Kydd – traditional and contemporary songs,
many self-penned
Thu 2 Sep Auld Reekie Ceilidh Band – experience a five-piece
ceilidh band in an intimate accoustic setting
Fri 3 Sep Aaron Jones & Tim O’Leary – fiddle, bouzouki, guitar
& song
Sat 4 Sep Elaine & Sam Bracken – once more round the block,
fine singers and players (flute and guitar) from Northern
Ireland and the north of England
The Royal Oak: the Folk venue during the Festival –
acoustic music in an intimate, acoustic setting!
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