artists
- Acoustic Marquee - Sunday 4th May
Happnin' Boy & Mike Rasmussen
manic rearrangements of old blues classics
www.happninboy.co.uk
www.myspace.com/mikerasmussenuk
onstage 19:20 - 19:50
Happnin Boy plays traditional acoustic blues in the style of Son House, John Lee Hooker, and Fred McDowell. His music passion in addition to traditional blues is rock; anything from the Rolling Stones and Small Faces, to Radiohead and Neil Young.
Mike Rasmussen has been hooked on the harp since he was seventeen. His style of playing was developed from absorbing the techniques of the Blues and Country greats. Tributes to the great blues masters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Sonny Terry, feature strongly in the Happnin’ Boy set.
In 2007 Mike competed at the National Harmonica League’s Contest for Harmonica Player of the Year and was awarded second place in the Solo Diatonic Melodic Class.
Happnin' Boy image © Michael Boyton
Mike Rasmussen
16 String Jack
a four piece folk rock band playing original
and traditional songs and music
onstage 18:20 - 18:50
Sixteen String Jack is an established four piece folk rock band playing both original and traditional songs and music, on fiddle, guitars, melodeon, mandolin and bodhran. 16SJ have played festivals, major beer festivals and have supported other acts, including Fairport Convention and Jeremy Taylor. One album has been released, "Robbers and Rogues", with a second on its way. Clem has a solo album, "Throwing Stones in Billy Row".
The Tony Day Trio
modern jazz piano trio - all original material
that mixes up different styles
onstage 17:40 - 18:00
Modern jazz piano trio with additional saxophone. All original material that mixes up different styles – blues, latin, bebop. Musical influences include the Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Andy Sheppard, Tomas Stanko, Bill Evans. Warning: contains strong harmonies!
Confusion
a contemporary jazz duo with soprano saxophone and piano
playing their own compositions and arrangements of jazz classics
onstage 17:00 - 17:20
Confusion is a contempory jazz duo with Matthew Day on the Soprano saxophone and Callum Glass on the Piano. The duo play both their own compositions and arrangements of jazz classics/tunes they find fun to play. Inspiration ranges from Sonny Rollins and the rest of the sax greats to Eudovico Einaudi and the Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Parisian Swing
gypsy jazz, recreating the ambience
of 1930’s Parisian nightclubs
www.parisianswing.com
onstage 16:05 - 16:35
Parisian Swing play the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, recreating the ambience of 1930’s Parisian nightclubs.
Hamish Currie
regular performer at folk clubs and festivals
www.hamishcurrie.me.uk
onstage 15:20 - 15:35
Hamish is a regular performer at folk clubs and festivals from Yorkshire to the south coast. His material is largely traditional from Scotland and England, but also includes some original and contemporary material.
Rachael Bell
singer/songwriter performing her honest lyrics
in a variety of styles from acoustic soul to R&B
www.myspace.com/rachaelrachaelmusic
onstage 15:05 - 15:20
Rachael Bell is a singer/songwriter and guitarist from London who until recently appeared professionally as "RachaelRachael." She performs and records in a variety of musical styles, from acoustic soul to R&B to hip hop, all of which are unified by the expressiveness of her voice and the honesty of her lyrics.
Trent Halliday
singer/songwriter and guitarist, inspired by
60/70’s rock and blues artists
www.myspace.com/trenthalliday
onstage 14:25 - 14:40
Trent Halliday is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, inspired by 60/70’s rock and blues artists such as Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Nick Drake, as well as more traditional English and Afro-American folk music. He is currently writing and performing original material in and around London.
The Apache John Band
a friendly, down to earth, entertaining band, drawing on
retrospective personal, emotional and musical experience
www.myspace.com/apachejohn
onstage 14:10 - 14:25
A friendly, down to earth, entertaining band, drawing on retrospective personal, emotional and musical experience.
The gritty vocals of guitar driven Apache John are heavily augmented by Amazon Jan on Tubano hand drum/percussion and by Keef Jackman "Scalpy" on Uke/guitar.
Helen Penfold
acoustic singer/songwriter with a soft,
chilled-out atmospheric style
www.myspace.com/helenpenfold
onstage 13:35 - 13:50
"My music so far is quite mellow and chilled. Not quite sure of the style or category to place it in, all I can say is that it's acoustic! At the moment, I'm going 'back to drawing board the' to try and write something completely different."
Stortford Ukulele Society
bit of fun from a few friends who want to
jump on the ukulele craze
onstage 13:20 - 13:35
Karen Johnson
Karen Johnson brings her own interpretation to songs with
a voice that sends shivers through you with it's purity
www.myspace.com/karenjohnsonuk
onstage 12:45 - 13:00
Karen Johnson discovered that she could sing at the age of .. um .. 14 years ago; joined the Bishop’s Stortford Folk Club; headed a band called Courier’s Delay and was soon in demand locally as a singer, enjoying a relaxed musical career as a much appreciated solo and band singer. Her influences include Kate Rusby, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Nancy Kerr, Eddie Reader, Norma Waterson and many others. Accompanied at the festival by guitarist and singer Tony Clark, long an associate of Stortfolk and fellow member of Courier’s Delay, now living north of Cambridge.
Karen’s ambitions are to sing as well as Eddie Reader, and to be called Nancy
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