99 Long Street
Atherstone CV9 1BB
Davey Dodds
Described by Fantasy Forest Festival as “The Master of Celtic rock’n’reel”, Davey Dodds plays songs and music that is Celtic, psychedelic, Pagan and life-affirming- it will set your feet dancing!
Davey is a songwriter of some renown. His classic, ‘The Magpie’, was recorded by The Unthanks, used on The Detectorists on BBC2 and broadcast from The Proms in 2018. The same song was covered by David Gilmour in 2020.
A recent review in Prog Magazine described the Davey as “A rare and exciting musical talent”. He weaves arresting lyrics around interesting rhythms and plays an acoustic octave mandolin. A natural story-teller, he draws the audience in to magical realms.
Davey has an interesting history. In 1994, his old band, Red Jasper headlined The European Symphonic Rock Festival. Shortly afterwards, SI Music, the Dutch record label the band was signed to, went bust. Davey went off to live on a different planet and worked as a fly-fishing guide in remote, wilderness locations. People and events prodded him back into playing and writing in 2017. Three albums later – he’s having a blast! The adventure continues …
Music | Davey Dodds
Floor Singers …
John Mosedale
John Mosedale is a songwriter and guitarist who burst onto the folk scene at an age when many people are considering early retirement. Since then he has performed at Upton, Banbury, Cromer & Charmouth Folk Festivals, Worcester Music Festival and Brecon Fringe Festival, as well as host of folk clubs and other venues up and down the country.
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.
Support by
The Hawkesbury Trawlermen
A shanty crew based in North Warwickshire singing shanties, and songs of the seas, rivers and canals!
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.