IMPORTANT! 7:30PM new start time

As you would appreciate, we've had some really great folk clubs this year, with the number of new faces coming through the door and the number of artists on stage. Well, we've had enough people suggest starting earlier to accommodate for the number of artists and so we don't have to rush through them.

So the new start time will 7:30PM with doors opening at 7pm.

P.S. Unfortunately, I won't be at the next folk club as I'll be in Bristol grad ball, celebrating the end of student life for my wonderful girlfriend, Miranda.

Behind every great man, there's a woman pulling the chains....and this one's mental!

Paddy

You know that band.....

...That play a lot of inspired folk jigs and reels with a man sitting down all the time, trying to break a jug that he's probably just polished off? No? I'm not surprised, it's a rubbish description.

Well anyway, they now have a name! - I N T E R A L I A -



Interalia is Latin for "amongst other things" and I'm sure we're all looking forward for what is to come from this project, especially when they hit the festival stage in September.

Raise your glasses please for Phil, Mark, Elanor and Thomasin!

Check out....

Hello everyone! I've added a couple of links to the links page. Firstly, the Myspace address for The Afro Welsh Connection, so you to catch up on what this folk and African blended act is offering up in terms of songs and performances.

www.myspace.com/afrowelshconnection

The second is a shout-out for a Swansea based folk rock festival, Midsummer Music Festival. Taken from the communique:

"The venue is the Garage in the Uplands, Swansea. 8 bands will be playing and the performances run from 4pm till late. Entry is only £4.

There is an eclectic mix of music which we have captured under the heading of Folk Rock. It goes from the traditional to contemporary but all with the basic essence of acoustic Folk running through it."

The line-up will consist of

Rough Edge

The Rag Foundation

Moongazer

Rattled

Nicola Williams

Stranger

Mike Chant

Nick Ward Band

More information can be found at www.myspace.com/midsummerfolkrock

Paddy

Updates and a thankyou

Well, that was a busy night last week, but with a flurry of new faces and a packed hall, it was certainly an enjoyable one! Thankyou to everyone for coming, whether you just sat back, relaxed and absorbed, or got up on stage a hammered out a tune.

All going well (in the design world its a risky phrase), we at Jammy Custard will have the first phase of the Rumney Folk Festival 09 launch ready next week. We've got ourselves a Myspace which we're building up now, as well as other things like poster designs and some limited edition runs of club and festival merchandise.

I'll be uploading some audio clips from the last Friday to stream/download from the media section very soon. If anybody has any requests in that respect, do let me know and I'll upload them or send them to e-mails if so wished.

Just one quick final note to clear things up with the guestbook (as people have asked me), if you regularly attend or play at the club, please do not be afraid to use the guestbook to promote yourself and your work. Its a community club, so help yourself and help others. Yep, if things get a bit excessive or completely irrelevant, I'll step in with fire and lots of chickens, you've been warned.

Oooh one more thing, you can actually post comments to blog articles if you so wish. Should be just underneath saying "comment".

Ciao for now.

Paddy

Caving Trip

Just checking I know how to use the Blogg ...

We will have to arrange a Rumney Folk Club Caving trip to Porth yr Ogof in the Brecon Beacons National Park ... after which we can retire to The Angel Inn and have a session. Sign on here if you are interested.

Derek