Saturday 27th August | Vin Garbutt returning to the Willows!
We're delighted to announce that on Wednesday 2nd November, the legendary VIN GARBUTT will be returning to the Willows' stage! Vin is a magical live performer and we're excited to be welcoming him back to the club!
Due to the demand we're expecting for Vin's appearance, we will be selling ADVANCE TICKETS for his gig, priced at £10.00 each.
The tickets will go on sale in the club on Wednesday 7th September, and will then also be available by post from Thursday 8th September.
For more information, or to book your tickets once they go on sale, please send us an e-mail.
Please come along and support us for this very exciting and special evening!
Tuesday 23rd August | Taxi Home deliver great entertainment!
We had a marvellous evening last Wednesday as we welcomed special guests TAXI HOME, a.k.a. Peter English, Rick Willings and Ian Smith for an evening of great songs, good fun, and first class harmonies! The band have always had a knack for delivering great entertainment value, and this was very much in evidence with their latest Willows gig!
Thanks to the band's great gig - guess what? That's right, we have two more YouTube videos to share with you! This first video features Taxi Home's acoustic arrangement of Men at Work's famous song "Land Down Under":
This second video shows off the band's lovely harmonies, with their arrangement of The Beatles' classic, "Nowhere Man":
Thanks again to Ian, Rick & Peter for a terrific evening, and to everyone who came along to see them!
Sunday 14th August | More new videos from Wood Wire & Words!
Back in July we once again welcomed WOOD WIRE & WORDS to the Willows, and they've uploaded some videos from their performance to their own YouTube channel, which we're delighted to share with you here!
This first video features the band playing Tim Stafford's song "My Ropin' Days Are Gone":
Here are the band performing Nanci Griffith's famous song "Love at the Five and Dime":
This is the band's own video of their performance of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning":
Last but not least, here's the band performing one of their own songs, penned by vocalist & guitarist David Rozzell, and titled "When I Call":
Wednesday 10th August | New videos galore from last Wednesday's Super Showcase!
We had a terrific and fun evening last Wednesday at our Super Showcase Special evening - the featured acts JASMIN GODDARD (accompanied by Peter Clifton & Andrew Perry), JULES WINCHESTER (accompanied by Chris Davis), CLAIRE BOOTH and JUDITH GREENFIELD (accompanied by Will Warman) all played fantastically and delivered entertaining, memorable performances!
As the headline says we have lots of new YouTube videos to share, both on our own YouTube channel and Jules Winchester's channel as well! So, let's dive right in there! This first video features Jasmin Goddard playing the jazz song "Aged & Mellow", with some delightful dobro and bass playing from Andrew and Peter:
This second video features Claire Booth singing her own beautiful original song, "Want You Here":
This video shows off the brilliant comic skill of Judith Greenfield, with her great song "She's Got You" - featuring Will Warman on guitar, as well as lots of props!
We mentioned that Jules Winchester had also uploaded some videos from her performance last Wednesday, and we're delighted to feature those here! Here's Jules performing her song "My Blues":
Another song from Jules, this time joined by Chris Davis on mandolin, this is "Take Me Back":
Last but definitely not least, a third Jules Winchester original to finish, this is Jules & Chris playing "Twenty-Odd Years":
Wednesday 27th July | Country rocks...but bluegrass rules!
Since the last news update we've had two great Wednesday nights - last week we had the enormous pleasure of welcoming our great friends WOOD WIRE & WORDS back to the club for a full evening! This band perform a lovely mixture of arresting bluegrass sounds coupled with thoughtful, self-penned songs, and they are a very entertaining and enjoyable live act. Their tight sound is doubtless helped by the fact that they are all related to each other, and they always give us a great evening of music!
Thanks to the band's appearance last Wednesday we have two new YouTube videos to present to you! This first video features David & Clare Rozzell showcasing their lovely harmonies with the a cappella bluegrass gospel song "When I'm Gone":
In this second video, the band perform their great and original take on Richard Thompson's classic song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", proof that any good song can be successfully adapted for the bluegrass genre!
Thanks once again to Wood Wire & Words for a great evening!
The week before last, on Wednesday 13th July, we had another great Come All Ye - Open Stage Night with a host of great performers! Local artist and musician Andre Pallat was amongst the attendees, and he very kindly took some photos of the evening which we're pleased to share here. We think these photos capture very effectively the atmosphere of a Willows' Open Stage Night!
Click on any of the images below to view a larger version!
Sunday 10th July | A final farewell from a great trio!
We had a great night last Wednesday welcoming talented trio ISAMBARDE, currently embarking on their farewell tour! This great group appeared at the Willows for the first time last year and proved to be a huge hit and so it was good to be able to welcome them to the club's stage one more time. Isambarde's guitarist Chris Green joked that the band have played the Willows twice - "Once on the way up and once on the way back down!"
Everyone who came along to see them was treated to a spectacular feast of fine music, with the band's trademark fresh and innovative take on classic folk music, with lots of between-song banter and fun.
As ever, we have two new YouTube videos to share with you all from Isambarde's performance last Wednesday! This first video shows the band performing an instrumental set:
This second video showcases Isambarde's entertaining presentation, lovely vocals and skilled musicianship, as they perform the folk song "My Thing Is My Own":
On behalf of everyone at the Willows, the very best of luck to Emily, Chris & Jude from Isambarde for all their future projects! One thing's for certain, Isambarde will be a very hard act to follow!
We're delighted to announce that on Wednesday 2nd November, the legendary VIN GARBUTT will be returning to the Willows' stage! Vin is a magical live performer and we're excited to be welcoming him back to the club!
