This Anglo-German duo Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer hails from Staffordshire, although Karen is originally from Stuttgart, Germany. The rumour goes that it was there Paul ‘discovered’ her busking in a city centre park and invited her to perform in England. The two of them have now been playing music together since 2012.
In the last five years they have spread their wings very successfully into the British and European folk and festival scene and perform now mainly in Theatres, Village Halls, Folk Clubs and of course at Festivals throughout the UK. Festival appearances in the UK include Edinburgh Festivals Fringe, Beardy Folk Festival, Great British Folk Festival, Celtic Connections (DKOS), Acoustic Festival of Britain and many more (please click here for past events). In addition they tour annually in southern Ireland and Germany - and in 2019 they embarked on their first tour of New Zealand and Western Australia.
Their albums ‘One by One’ (2013), ‘Marble Town’ (2015), ‘The Whole Charade’ (2018) and 'Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck' (2022) have received glowing reviews in folk and music industry magazines (e.g. Acoustic Magazine, Folk & Honey, Folk London, Folk North West, The Living Tradition, Tykes Stirrings, Folker, Folk Monthly, Irish Music Magazine, Maverick). Especially the two lastest albums have been enjoying considerable airplay in Europe, the U.S and Australia.
Ivan became a regular visitor to the club soon after it moved to the White hart in 1982 and became a Resident shortly after. Ivan's taste in music was varied. He played for a number of morris dance sides, folk and Ceilidh bands.
Ivan was a hoarder of accordions and had many instruments. He dabbled in the manufacture of his own accordions and melodians made up of several others and tuned to his own specification. Sadly, Ivan died on 28th November 2023.
The first part of the evening will be for singers to participate.
The rest of the evening will be devoted to planned performances by various previously organised singers and residents dedicated to songs or tunes that Ivan played or liked.