David Cartlidge(29/10/2009 21:36:10) Mail@162 Weve got the Albion Christmas band for their only north-west gig. Its December 12th at Wigan parish church, Crawford St, Wigan WN1 1NL. (n.b most google sites have wrong address)It starts at 8.00p.m. Tickets are (unreserved)£14 in advance, £16 on the night. Contact 01942 824291. thanks David

NorthWestFolk(29/10/2009 20:18:29) Mail@161 http://www.NorthWestFolk.co.uk Hello from the NorthWestFolk website. Youre in our links section.

name(26/04/2009 21:40:41) Mail@160 Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne in concert on Thurs April 30th 2009, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £5 adv, £6 door. M19 Bar, 847 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester Tel: 0161 224 8135 The concert also features Shake the Barley in support. They are a relatively new group of young musicians who met through Comhaltas in Manchester. http://www.myspace.com/shakethebarley "One of the most beautiful and expressive voices in all of Ireland. Niamh Parsons has the ability to climb into a song, take ownership and then sing it for the listener to experience -not simply hear." http://www.niamhparsons.com/ You can also visit Niamh & Grahams MySpace pages at: www.myspace.com/niamhparsonsofficial and www.myspace.com/grahamdunneclare

Jane Downes(20/03/2009 20:27:32) Mail@159 Following our recent day of dance to launch our new dance resourceWhy Dance?, Vic & Tina Smith, and Shirley Collins,EFDSS, who were all present, pronounced it a brilliant resource for callers to enhance their repertoire and teachers to promote traditional heritage dance in the curriculum or at afterschool clubs. We are at www.whydance.org.uk if youd like to take a glance, its a manual of user friendly dance notations, best practic info. and of course 2 CDs of stonking music . Its selling well, Colin Andrews of Devon folk mag, Whats a Foot liked the idea so much he bought a copy too! All the very best to you all Jane Downes and Pat King - authors.

a francis(17/01/2009 00:39:10) Mail@158 Please can you help? I am interested in learning to play the bodhran and cannot seem to find a tutor. I live in the Warrington area. Thanks

Folkdiaries.com(25/11/2008 20:20:24) Mail@157 http://www.folkdiaries.com From :http://www.folkdiaries.com Your website rocks...... Check out http://www.folkdiaries.com , the platform for authors and publishers.

Marilyn Sheeran(14/10/2008 02:57:15) Mail@156 Norland Wind (Celtic harp and folk music from the Celtic north west)featuring Noel and Padraig Dggan from Clannad), special guest Robin Huw Bowen 9Welsh triple harpist) and supported by Blarneystone. Tickets £18.50 from The Royal Philharmonic box office -telephone or in person.

susan mcbennett(25/07/2008 19:15:05) Mail@154 we saw you in st patricks catholic club in huddersfield and we thought you were excellent, we were told that you were a stand in and it was your first time at the club, we have no doubt that we will see you again in the near future. All the best Anthony and Susan McBennett.

Dawn(30/01/2008 01:16:40) Mail@153 http://www.myspace.com/stevendoyle36 Due to lack of facilities on previous site steven has had to change sites. Note above the new address. remember date for your diary is 9th feb 2008 at the warrington irish club. Dawn