New Year Sing 2023
99 Long Street
Atherstone CV9 1BB
Get rid of that post-Christmas feeling. Come and sing! No guests, just you.
Just get in touch to be included. Lots of 10 minute spots available.
Note: No PA; this is an acoustic session.
Floor Singers booked to perform on the night …
Keiron Farrow
Keiron Farrow is a singer/songwriter & instrumentalist based in Kettering.
Ask him who he sounds like, he would probably say the illegitimate progeny of Howlin’ Wolf, Jack Rose, Lee Mavers & Charles Mingus, but then he’d probably feel a bit of an idiot.
Paul Gibson
Paul is a singer-songwriter from Lighthorne near Leamington. He plays original Americana / folk / country songs.
He is a staff writer at AmericanaUK.
Chris Marklew
Long-time singer and club organiser, Chris is based in Redditch. Ran a Tamworth based club in the 70s.
He is a Bert Jansch style guitarist.
Pete McParland
Pete performs regularly, and with acclaim, at numerous folk clubs in the Midlands. Songs from the 60s and 70s are his forte, but he wanders into other areas, too, with great success.
Pete Kelly
Pete Kelly was a professional musician. Now retired, he still likes to keep his hand in. He’s actually been playing for over sixty years, and in that time has developed a truly polished style.
Emma Langford
Emma is a singer-songwriter with a unique approach, and a thoroughly engaging style.
With a feature spot by …
Malc and Gill
As a duo, Malc & Gill, not surprisingly with their backgrounds, have a wide diversity of material, both traditionally and contemporary based, and ranging from clever harmony work to humour and even a serious ballad or two, performed either a-capella or with Malc’s pleasantly understated guitar accompaniment.
And your hosts, of course, are
Finger In The Jar
Formed especially as the host group for Atherstone Folk Club in June 2013, Finger In The Jar are Anne & Steve Beeson and Phil Benson.
Finger In The Jar perform as a group, as duos and as solo artists, depending on the songs being sung.