2023 Artistes
The KeelersThe Keelers were set up in 1986 in time for the Newcastle Tall Ships’ Race. In fact, their first gig was a recording for BBC Radio Newcastle at the newly opened Fenham studios. Twelve shanties were put down in an hour and a half, and were used by the BBC as background for their coverage of the Tall Ships sailing day. Today, while they still do shanties and sea songs, they have branched out a bit. The last album, North Sea Ground, has a number of north east songs, particularly of the pits, and is greatly helped by Alan’s ability to put great tunes to otherwise dead poems
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Loctup Together27 year veterans of the shanty scene, Chris Lock & Ian Tupling collectively known as 'LocTup Together' sing songs traditional, contemporary and self-penned songs with powerful voices in close harmony
Their wonderful vocal style and keen sense of humour have made them very popular at folk and shanty festivals at home and abroad. They have performed both as a duo as LocTup Together and with a larger group known as Four n' Aft in Poland, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Norway and the Åland Islands (Finland) plus festivals in the UK we are delighted to welcome to Glasgow for this year's event.. |
Muldoon's PicnicMuldoon's Picnic is a five-part harmony singing group based here in Glasgow. Their repertoire is highly eclectic and ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous, specialising in unaccompanied traditional and world harmonies, presented with a sense of fun that has won hearts across the UK.
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Jan Bee BrownA professional storyteller and collaborative artist Jan’s creative practice is driven by folk tradition, sharing stories eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart. Living by the sea, her creel is full of stories and songs of the sea, including ghost ships, battles, monsters, stowaways, and pirates. Jan set up The Dreadnought Shanty Crew in Leith in January 2020 which is still sailing in virtual waters every Tuesday evening at 6pm - Come All Ye!
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Neil & Tom McDermottNeil & Tom have played together for over 25 years in a variety bands and informal sessions in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Tom is a founding member of venerable Clyde Coast ceilidh institution Chantydyke, has played with folk-pop legends Gallagher and Lyle and is a stalwart of the Babbity Bowster Wednesday music session. Neil has performed with Scottish/Breton fusion band Askollen, Glasgow-based Scots song group Quinie and in various National Theatre of Scotland productions. He recently toured and recorded with French a cappella trio Tartine de Clous and Scottish balladeer Alastair Roberts.
Neil's webpage |
Alan JonesAlan Jones is a 'weel kent face' on the Glasgow folk scene both with his band Haggerdash and as a solo performer. Alan is a talented singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and has recently released his first solo album 'The man that I am' which was featured as album of the week on Celtic Music Radio.
Haggerdash's webpage |
