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13th ~ 27th Singers & Musicians Night's

Always a great night with our regulars and newbies entertaining us for the first time.  Why not give it a try yourself?

6th
Nick Dow
Nick Dow @ Orpington Folk Club, Farnborough Social Club 2022

Nick Dow has been singing traditional Folk Songs for over Forty years.  He has had a big influence on the Folk scene and most recently award winning English Folk Musician Jim Moray has quoted Nick as an influence singing two songs from his repertoire and including one {Seven Long Years} on his latest album ‘Skulk’
Nick is an acknowledged expert on West Country Folk Songs and together with his wife Mally, has collected over 300 songs in Dorset, and also found singers in Lancashire and Essex.
He has also made recordings of Gypsy Singers some of which have been included on Topic Records series ’The Voice of the People’
Nick Dow has returned to the Folk Scene after a long absence.  He spent several years building up his business of Signwriting and building and restoring Gypsy Wagons.
Nick has lived an amazing life.  From a rough childhood in South London, he has lived on his wits since he left home at eighteen; travelling half way round the world, living on the road with the Travelling Folk and learning their songs, working as a TV and Film Extra, broadcaster, Narrowboat painter, writer, Folklorist, Guitar Teacher and General Dealer.
Every song Nick sings has a story attached to it, and his gigs are as informative as they are entertaining.
Nick and Mally now live happily in East Lancashire surrounded by Moorland and Fells.

Nick Dow one of our all-time favourites who always give us an excellent, entertaining evening of music and stories from all walks of life. Including songs from the Gipsy folk, collected in part from his wife Mally and the Gipsy community.  7th September the start of the new folk club year.

20th
Tim Broadbent
Tim Broadbent @ Orpington Folk Club, Farnborough Social Club 2022
Originally from Brighton (Hove, actually!) and brought up on the UK and European folk club circuit, live performances in solo, duo and band formations have taken Tim all over the world during a long, professional career.  He moved permanently to southern France over 30 years ago but has now moved to Kazakhstan where his French wife is teaching.   Remaining faithful to his acoustic, finger-pickin' roots and almost certainly influenced by an Irish granddad, Tim's sets cover a multitude of transatlantic musical styles from traditional and contemporary ballads and songs from Ireland and the British Isles to country-blues and assorted Americana.