Samuels, Elaine. @
A singer songwriter form London, also perfoming traditional material, using
guitar, cittern, mandolin or banjo. She performs solo, as a duo with Paula
Smith and with the Kindred Spirit Band. Elaine was an engineer before she
relinquished the day job.
Sileas.
Shave The Monkey @
- Guido Rincon (keyboards, guitar, Bouzouki, vocals) Bryan Causton (mandolin,
mandocello, guitar, vocals) Steve Collins (melodeon, vocal) Carolyn Sheppard
(lead vocals, bass, guitar) Duncan Moss (hurdy gurdies, bagpipes, flute,
keyboard, vocals) Kevin Neaves (percussion, guitar) -
Guido, Bryan, Kevin and Carolyn were previously in Aardvark
and No Money
Sherburn, Chris & Denny Bartley. @
Concertina/guitar/vocals duo.
Show of Hands. @
. Steve
Knightley & Phil Beer.
Show of Hands turned full time in 1991, having previously done some recording and occasional gigs. After a year and a half playing pubs and bars in the South West of England, building performance skills and stagecraft. Show of Hands Live was released in 1992 prior to a series of concerts and festivals, headlining at Cambridge, Sidmouth, Glastonbury and Trowbridge. More albums followed and in 1996 Show of Hands booked and filled the Royal Albert Hall, London, a privately organised concert which fullfilled a dream.
Show of Hands continue to perform in Britain and abroad, Steve Knightley's songs are now being sung by a whole new generation of musicians, and Phil Beer, a fine multi-instrumentalist contributes to the eight instruments used onstage, including Cuatro, Slide guitar, Cello-Mandolin, Fiddle, Mandolin and Concertina. The diversity and range of their material is astonishing.
Since 1991 Phil and Steve have driven more than half a million miles, played at over a thousand venues and made over 150 festival appearances. This relentless appetite for hard work and their dedication to presenting the highest quality in performance and production, has firmly established their reputation as two of England's finest acoustic musicians. (7/97)
Silver, Mike. @ The combination of his natural songwriting ability and remarkable guitar and vocal styles will leave you wanting to hear more and more of the man who has often been labelled "the singers singer" by his fellow artistes. But thats where the pigeon-holing stops.
He's equally at home whether tugging at your heart strings with a beautiful ballad or eliciting a reaction with a song of social conscience; stopping at all stations in-between. But thats not all. He seems to have a unique ability to write songs which cross-over many musical styles and thats no bad thing. Good music is good music, whatever the genre. Phil Beer from the duo "Show of Hands" wrapped it up nicely when he described Mike as "one of England's greatest singers and songwriters, he possesses that unique ability to sing and play the guitar in a way that the two things combine to form a sublime musical entity". - D Tong.
Silly Wizard. @
Silly Wizard "evolved" in Edinburgh in about 1971 - around a
nucleus of Gordon Jones, Bob Thomas and Johnny Cunningham.Later joined
by Andy M. Stewart (ex Puddock's Well), Freeland Barbour and Alastair Donaldson.
This six piece band toured for many years throughout Europe, with further
line up changes over the years, Phil Cunningham
joined in 1976 along with Martin Hadden. After 9 albums and some 17 years
of touring the band decided to call it a day after the final album "Glint
of Silver" in 1986 and subsequent tours culminating in a final gig
which was at Bill and Andy Spence's "Old Songs" in Voorheesville
NY. in April 1988.
Today Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas run Harbourtown Records ..further
reading .
http://www.rootsworld.com/harbourtown/silly_wizard.html
Six Foot Three. English folk music using concertina (Robert Harbron), fiddle (Tamsin Austin) and foot percussion (Jane Pollitt & Carys Reckless) (NW English clog dancing).
Spicer, Ron. 1929-96 d. Tuesday 26th November at 7.30am. Singer, accordian. A guenuine country musicial who spent all his working life on one farm - Farnell, Mid-Sussex. He started as a gardening boy and worked his way up to head stockman to a pedigree herd., from which he retired the year befor his death. He supported many local folk clubs and contibuted to the success of the Sussex Singers. A memorial book is being produced, The Life of A Man £6.50 64pages inc 20 photos. 01629 640670.
Steeleye Span. @ Formed in 1969 - Maddy Prior (voc), Tim Hart (voc/guitar/dulcimer), Ashley Hutchings (bass), Terry Woods (voc/guitar/banjo) and Gay Woods (voc/concertina). After the first album 'Hark! The Village Wait' both Woods left and were replaced by Martin Carthy (gitar/voc) and Peter Knight (violin/mandolin). . . to be expanded later.
Stradling, Rod. @ Melodian player. Has been in Tiger Moth, English Country Blues Band, Edward II, Red Hot Polkas. Now editor of Musical Traditions.
Stocai. @
Kevin Adams (fiddle / mandolin / mandola), Martin Hazell (percussion),
Dave Jolly (melodeon), Sheena Masson (concertina / bassoon / flute) Heather
Vigar-Horsley (keyboards / flute / whistle), & Chris Walshaw (pipes
/ flute / whistle).
Sulivan, Tony. @
. All Ireland banjo champion, also traditional mouth organ.
SWÅP (Carina Normansson, Ola Bäckström,
Ian Carr and Karen Tweed) information and touring details are now available
at http://www.cutting-tweed.demon.co.uk -- Karen Tweed.
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