99 Long Street
Atherstone CV9 1BB
10th Anniversary Meeting
The Redhills
The Redhills hail from Warwickshire and have played at AFC several times, in both their full 5 piece electric and slightly reduced “Lite Acoustic” line-ups.
The ‘Hills play complex arrangements of traditional songs and dance tunes drawn from all over the Isles, interspersed with some songs of their own. Pretty well anything is fair game – a Morris tune, a broadsheet ballad, a jig, a reel and a hornpipe might all end up glued together into one combined set.
The sound has been described by one newspaper reporter as being “Like Bellowhead facing off Eddie Van Halen – but it works a treat”! -but that’s not to say they can’t also manage quieter numbers like “The Blacksmith” or “The Doffing Mistress” in between the jigging and reeling.
Whatever they’re playing, they keep it lively, keep it fun and make it rock along like it was always intended to, using whatever ancient or modern device is needed to help achieve it.
http://www.theredhills.uk/
Support by …
Bruce Watson
Bruce Watson is an icon and longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene.
His performances are joyful and thoroughly engaging, with witty lyrics and energetic presentation. He is a masterful craftsman of songs, be they evocative and heart wrenching, or side-splittingly funny.
Bruce has appeared at over 180 folk festivals as well as innumerable folk clubs and other venues across Australia, New Zealand, and undertook his first successful tour of the UK in 2019 – just beating the pandemic! He has received a stack of prestigious songwriting awards and had his songs covered by Eric Bogle, Joe (Shaddap You Face) Dolce, and a host of other Australian and international performers.
Bruce has produced seven albums of original songs and is often heard on the radio waves across Australia. He appears on more than 20 compilation albums, alongside artists such as Eric Bogle, Roy Bailey, Danny Spooner, and Keith Potger (ex-Seekers). He has been a support act for Vin Garbutt, Jez Lowe, Les Barker, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Dan McKinnon (Canada) and John McCutcheon (US), and shared the stage with Tom Paxton.
Eric Bogle has described him as “the best songwriter I have seen in a long time.” Melbourne folk institution The Boite says he is “an Australian folk hero!”
Bruce Watson is a brilliant Australian singer-songwriter. He really is the complete package: great serious songs, hilarious funny songs and has a great line in patter. I can’t recommend him highly enough — Keith Donnolly
Floor Singers booked to perform on the night …
Rob Barratt
Rob is a Dudley-born comic poet and singer from North Cornwall, who writes all his own material.
His act combines clever word-play with satire, verse, song and audience participation.
Wes Hall
A local favourite, Wes is a regular at all three north Warwickshire clubs, and Folk at The Lion sessions.