"Come and buy come and buy be ye poor or gentry Gather round the Broadside Man"

John Connolly "The Broadside Man"

A New Club

Just a quick line to let you know about a regular session that has started up in Liverpool. It is a Sea Shanty and Maritime Music session. What else could it be in Liverpool, the spiritual home of the sea shanty. Hosted By Trim Rig and A Doxy, Mick & Mary McGarry and Andy Kenna.

The session is in the Baltic Fleet Public House and is callled Off The Starboard Bow (The Back room we use is to the right of the rounded front of the pub they call the bow.)

Dates: Last Saturday of every month -this will include Saturday 31st December, New Years Eve. 8.30pm onwards.

Venue: The Baltic Fleet, Wapping, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 8DQ. ( )

The Baltic Fleet is the last surviving sailor town pub at the heart of Liverpool's historic dock land. Free Entry. All are welcome, Singers and Listeners alike.
Club web site is www.liverpoolseashanty.co.uk
Contacts:-
Derek & Julia Batters (Trim Rig & A Doxy) 01925 241631
e-mail
Cheers Derek

The Blue Mosquitoes
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Biography
The Blue Mosquitoes have an energetic, vibrant sound - mixing traditional Celtic music with contemporary sounds and are aiming to take their music to a whole new generation. The band’s new album ‘Paper Boats’ is a collection of stunning compositions which convey also the vocal and instrumental skills of the band members.

The band's sound is rooted deeply in Celtic music, with an undeniably Australian character. The Blue Mosquitoes formed in 2006 and comprises Hannah Foley (fiddle, vocals) and Stuart Foley ( guitar, mandolin), their cousin Chris Boon (bodhran, guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Chris Coleman (bass, backing vocals).

The Blue Mosquitoes play regularly around Tasmania and have a growing reputation in the Australian music scene as an exciting band with a big future. Their career highlights to-date include an on stage performance with Dougie Maclean and supporting the legendary Saw Doctors on the Tasmanian leg of their 2010 national tour.

The band has performed at the National Folk festival in Canberra, Newstead Live (Victoria) and many music festivals and leading music venues in their home state of Tasmania. The band had a very successfull ‘Paper Boats’ tour of UK and Ireland in 2011 where they promoted their new album to an international audience.

The band played 24 gigs in the UK/Ireland tour where their music was variously described as being “startling good musicianship”, “implausibly fast”, “truly professional beyond their years”, “None better in 30 years running this folk club”, and “the highlight of the Edinburgh Fringe festival so far” .

The band is already planning a return tour of UK/Ireland for June 2013.

Can Anyone Help?
Sadly the Dorchester folk club which met on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Tom Brown's and was moving to Borough Arms, will not be re-starting in September. We are currently homeless, and unless something suitable comes up soon, we won't be re-starting. Although numbers have dwindled in the last few months, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who supported the club during the last 3 years. If we can find a new home I will be in touch.
Annelie
If anyone can help here are the contacts:- Contact Annelie 079011862588