NEWS ARCHIVE
MAY - JUNE 2011:
LATEST NEWS:
Sunday 26th June | Awesome vocals and entertainment!
Last Wednesday we had the pleasure of welcoming back the amazing FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE to the Willows' stage! Flossie has been a firm favourite since her debut appearance at the Willows a few years ago, and always leaves the audience spellbound with her awesome vocals, skillful guitar work, and charming personality.
As a special and unexpected treat, Flossie was joined for a few songs by acclaimed accordion player CHRIS PARKINSON - Chris was down in this area playing a couple of gigs with former Battlefield Band member ALISTAIR RUSSELL, and the two popped along to see Flossie and play a floorspot for us!
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Thanks to Flossie's show-stopping performance - guess what? That's right, we have two more YouTube videos to showcase! This first video features Flossie performing the tender love song "Almost Been A Year":
Here's the second new video, showing Flossie's performance of the hard-hitting Bonnie Raitt song "The Road's My Middle Name", a great bluesy number:
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Tuesday 21st June | A great couple of weeks at the Willows!
The team here at Willows HQ would like to apologise for the lack of updates recently.
We had an amazing guest night a couple of weeks ago with red-hot bluegrass band MONROE'S REVENGE who played their hearts out and wowed a packed house with their terrific harmonies and lightning instrumental skill!
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Courtesy of Monroe's Revenge we have two more YouTube videos to share with you all! This first video shows the band's performance of the bluegrass gospel song "Listen To The Radio":
This second video from Monroe's Revenge is a hard-hitting bluegrass number, "Long Gone":
We followed up the band's successful evening with another of our ever-popular Come All Ye - Open Stage Nights last Wednesday, which as ever featured a host of talented local performers sharing their great music with us!
Thanks to everyone as always for all of your support - looking forward to many more great Wednesday evenings coming up!
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Sunday 29th May | Breathtaking fiddle & guitar playing!
Our special guests last Wednesday, TOM McCONVILLE & DAVID NEWEY, took the audience's breath away with a sublime display of amazing fiddle and guitar work, coupled with Tom's terrific vocals and David's great harmonies. Slow songs, fast songs, jigs & reels all leapt seemingly effortlessly off of both musician's fingers, and the whole evening was a joy to listen to!
Courtesy of Tom & David's show-stopping performance, we have two more great new YouTube videos to share! This first video features the duo's high-energy performance of the classic folk / skiffle song "Battle of New Orleans":
This second video features two songs run together, firstly "Dancing With Fear In Our Hearts" sung by Tom, followed by an exciting instrumental set:
Thanks to everyone who came along to support Tom & David's performance - as always, we really appreciate it!
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Tuesday 17th May | Another barnstorming Showcase Special!
Our Showcase Special nights are continuing to prove themselves as one of the most popular aspects of our programme, and this was reinforced with the terrific night of music we had last Wednesday with our two Showcase acts, singer-songwriter-guitarist KEVIN BARBER and harmony duo DAVIS & GRIFFITHS, both of whom delivered a barnstorming 40-minute set to an appreciative crowd!
Thanks to these great performances, we have no less than four new YouTube videos to bring to you! This first video features a rare solo performance by Kevin Barber of the original song "Lighthouse":
The second video from Kevin's performance features his electrifying version of the classic blues song "Bourgeois Blues", originally written by Leadbelly:
Davis & Griffiths have a great reputation locally for their acoustic reworkings of classic rock & pop songs, and presented a great selection of these on Wednesday night, including this version of the Johnny Kidd & The Pirates classic "I'll Never Get Over You":
Last but not least, here are Davis & Griffiths playing Simon & Garfunkel, specifically their great song "Cecelia":
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