Woodman Folk Club - Newsletter

So here we are, April already or very nearly and the daffs are coming into bloom. Spring is just around the corner we hope, so drive those cares away and come on down to the club. Unusually I only have two club nights to inform you of for this month so we start the month on…

….Friday 4th and we have Yet another new act for the Woodman. Formed in 1968 and still going strong, these days Hunter Muskett are: Terry Hiscock - acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, piano, vocals: Doug Morter - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals: Rog Trevitt - bass guitar, mandolin, vocals. Terry Hiscock and Doug Morter formed Hunter Muskett in 1968 whilst still at college. Within a year they were signed by Decca and booked into the studios alongside bassist Danny Thompson. The album ‘Every Time You Move’ (on vinyl only) was released in October 1970. In late 1970 bass-player Rog Trevitt completed the line-up. The new line-up finally went on the road full-time and toured continuously in the UK and on the continent for the next three years. In 2010, the Musketteers decided to meet up again for the first time in 30-odd years and a ‘one-off’ performance was arranged at The Aspinall Arms near Clitheroe. This led to new dates, new songs and another album, 'That Was Then, This Is Now' (2013). The new CD was helped along by the likes of Paul Burgess, Jerry Donahue and Ray Jackson. Ten of the eleven songs were band originals and no doubt CD's will be available tonight.

Then on the 11th we are welcoming back the fabulous Donnelly & South. Keith and Lauren were last with us in February 2022 and they had an amazing club debut night. Keith is one of the most popular, and, yes slightly crazy, figures in the folk world, and has now teamed up with the scene’s most exciting new voice - Lauren South. Keith’s songwriting and guitar-playing often take a back seat to his onstage madcappery. Not so in this duo (he promises!). Lauren’s stunning vocals on her own originals, Keith’s, and the odd ‘trad’ songs, not forgetting her violin, guitar and shruti box playing, never fail to ‘wow’ audiences wherever she goes. Although this new combo might at first raise a few eyebrows, anyone who ever saw Keith work with Dark Horses, Nothing by Chance, or indeed (back in the day) Waterfall, won’t be too surprised to see him jump at the chance to work with a vocalist like Lauren. Anyone who’s heard these musicians separately will hopefully be as thrilled as we are to see them as a duo once again.

The club will be closed for an extended Easter break on both the 18th and 25th but we’ll be returning on May 2nd with another legendary Singers Night, but more of that later.

And that’s probably one of the briefest newsletters I’ve ever put together! We’ll have another packed and exciting month ahead for May AND it’s a five week month so we’ll have three guest nights and 2 singers nights. Bonus!!

Cheers folks,

Rob x