Lift your playing from ordinary to awesome! Learn how to vary and embellish traditional tunes using bowing patterns, ornaments, rhythmic grooves and melodic twists. Pdf music and sound files will be available in advance so that you can learn the basic melodies before you arrive and the workshop can focus on the interesting stuff. In […]
Play traditional tunes in the company of a friendly and enthusiastic group of aspiring fiddle players. There'll be plenty of practical tips to help you improve your fiddle technique, but the emphasis will be on developing confident, musical playing whilst enjoying the unique sound of a folk fiddle ensemble. Tunes and some simple harmony parts […]
(Photo by Steve Lacey) Shrewsbury Folk Festival is a family and dog friendly festival that couples a stellar line-up of folk, Americana and world music with a laidback vibe, all on a riverside site close to the picturesque town centre. There’s always a diverse line-up but there’s so much more to Shrewsbury Folk Festival than […]
A micro-music-festival celebrating really good songs and the folks who write 'em. SongFest is a small, intimate, indoor (mudless, no bumbershoots required) music festival, in a cozy setting. Join us for a weekend of powerful, poignant, and hilarious songs and stories by some of the finest singer-songwriters around.
Ever fancied a go at the fiddle? Come along and borrow one to try - completely from scratch! Or bring your own. Lauren will go from the very beginning and we'll be playing simple tunes before the end. This is a Severn Folk Club workshop run by our guest artist Lauren South, who is performing […]
Severn Folk are thrilled to be hosting a Bouzouki workshop by legend Benji Kirkpatrick (of Bellowhead, Faustus, Seth Lakeman Band and Steeleye Span fame), in the afternoon before his concert in the evening. This hour-and-a-half workshop will be targeted to intermediate Bouzouki players and will be exploring aspects such as chord inversions, playing melody and […]