Julie Ellison has announced her first batch of tour dates for 2008. One North West date is included at Garstang Unplugged on Thursday 12th June. Details at her newly re-organised website at www.julieellison.co.uk.

Droylsden Folk Weekend June 27th - June 29th 2008

Scolds Bridle's new CD " Horizons" is available now. For full details see their website www.scoldsbridle.co.uk.
It's also available through the post - priced £12 including p & p
contact Sue Bousfield, 7 The Hermitage, Thornton - Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 2TH

Steve Goodman was diagnosed with a fatal disease at age 20, he managed to survive and thrive to write an anthem of his generation and become what many considered the most galvanizing entertainer of his time. What lessons did he learn and share with others while privately, then publicly, fending off leukemia for more than 15 years?

The answers lie in Clay Eals' "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music." This is the comprehensive, untold story of a young man whose hilarious, touching and provocative music — "City of New Orleans," "You Never Even Call Me by My Name," "Banana Republics," "A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request" and many more stellar songs — uplifted millions from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and continues to do so today.

The book features fresh interviews with more than 1,050 sources, including Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Steve Martin, Jimmy Buffett, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, Paul Anka, David Allan Coe, Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, John Sebastian, Leo Kottke, Gordon Lightfoot and Goodman's high-school classmate Hillary Rodham Clinton and is available from Amazon amongst others

Rock’n’Reel has been completely redesigned in full colour with reader friendly layouts. The review section is divided into categories of styles allowing readers to locate their favourite music in a more satisfying and absorbing way.

Visit the web-site www.rock-n-reel.co.uk or by purchase nationally from WH Smiths, Virgin, HMV, Our Price, Borders and all good newsagents.

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Since the break up of Roam, Colin has been busily working on a wealth of new material some of which can be previewed on YouTube by following this link

Seamus Heffernan is promoting monthly gigs at the local Community Centre at Mellor Brook (half-way between Blackburn and Preston) most of which are in a folk vein. For further details follow this link

Folk in Blackpool

Folk Concert footage on the Net!