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Vin Garbutt
Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome Home Howard Green'', ''Troubles of Erin, To Find Their Ulster Peace''), unemployment, and social issues. Whilst the subject of his songs featured many political and social topics, Garbutt's on stage wit, humour and storytelling between songs became a hit with audiences and for which he became widely known. He would wish his audiences "All the very best" along with, "I'm knackered now, aren't you?" Early life Garbutt was born in Coral Street, South Bank, Middlesbrough, England, the son of an English father and an Irish mother. Although his first live performances were in a pop covers band called The Mystics, he discovered folk music while he was still at school and began visiting and performing at the Rifle Club in Cannon Street, Middlesbrough, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Folk Festival (Australia)
The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an Australian family-oriented celebration that has been attended by over 50,000 people. Winner of the National Qantas Australian Tourism Award for Best Festival in 2009, it features over 20 stages with vibrant world-class artists, 'blackboard' opportunities, workshops, craft, themed bars and cafes and delectable food. Originating in Melbourne in 1967, from 1969 the NFF was held in various states in city and regional venues. Since 1992 the festival had been staged at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) at Easter from Easter Thursday – Easter Monday. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, and in 2021 was held as a 2-day event dubbed Good Folk at venues spread across Queanbeyan in New South Wales. History The festival was first held at the Teachers College, Melbourne University on the weekend of 11 –12 February 1967. It was then known as "Port Phillip District Folk Music Festival". Initiated by The Victorian Folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vin Garbutt (UK Folk Musician) Relaxing During His Australian Tour, 1994 (Tony Rees Photograph)
Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome Home Howard Green'', ''Troubles of Erin, To Find Their Ulster Peace''), unemployment, and social issues. Whilst the subject of his songs featured many political and social topics, Garbutt's on stage wit, humour and storytelling between songs became a hit with audiences and for which he became widely known. He would wish his audiences "All the very best" along with, "I'm knackered now, aren't you?" Early life Garbutt was born in Coral Street, South Bank, Middlesbrough, England, the son of an English father and an Irish mother. Although his first live performances were in a pop covers band called The Mystics, he discovered folk music while he was still at school and began visiting and performing at the Rifle Club in Cannon Street, Middlesbrough, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vin Garbutt Songbook Vol 1
''The Vin Garbutt Songbook Vol 1'' is a 2003 folk music album by Vin Garbutt Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome Home Howa .... It is a compilation of 17 songs from his earlier albums, all written by Garbutt between 1970 and 2000. Track listing # The Valley of Tees # Not for the First Time # The By-Pass Syndrome # Filipino Maid # The Land of Three Rivers (John North) # England My England # Welcome Home Howard Green # When the Tide Turns # Old Cissy Lee # Dormanstown Jimmy # Slaggy Island Farewell # Lynda # Darwin to Dili # The Troubles of Erin # El Salvador # Danny Danielle # The One Legged Beggar {{DEFAULTSORT:Vin Garbutt Songbook Vol 1 Vin Garbutt albums 2003 compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Word Of Mouth (Vin Garbutt Album)
''Word of Mouth'' is a 1999 folk music album by Vin Garbutt Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome Home Howa .... Track listing # City of Angels # Forty Thieves # Dark Side of the Moon # John You Have Gone # Tunes: Wilfy Mannion's Jig/The Wild Irishman/Jamie's Christening # Sarajevo # The Truth is Irresistible # Waits and Weeps # Beyond the Pale # The Beggar's Bridge # Time and Tide # The Troubles of Erin References {{DEFAULTSORT:Word Of Mouth (Vin Garbutt Album) 1999 albums Vin Garbutt albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plugged!
''Plugged!'' is a 1995 folk music album by Vin Garbutt. The album was recorded live at the Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. .... Track listing # Wings # A Man of the Earth # To Find Their Ulster Peace # Fell off the Back of a Boat # Send the Boats Away # The Birk Brow Jig and Thomas McElvogue's Jig # Welcome Home Howard Green # Darwin To Dili # '' Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms'' # Away from the Pits # Nothing to Show for it All # When Oppressed Becomes Oppressor Vin Garbutt albums 1995 live albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandalised
''Bandalised'' is a 1994 folk music album by Vin Garbutt Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome Home Howa .... Track listing # England My England # The Catholic Boy/Imelda Rolands Reel/The Green Gates # Jessie the Flower of Dunblane # The Humours of Twizziegill/Hitler's Downfall/The Rambling Pitchfork # Be as Children # The Reluctant Hedgehog/The Mooncoin Reel # Lough Sheelin Side # Michelle Flynn's Hornpipe/The Squeaky Chair/The Willow Tree # Philipino Maid # The Wilderness Road # The Songbird # The Copperplate Jig/Ann Bewick's Pies/The Virginia Reel # The Rose of Tralee # The Blackbird Hornpipe/The Other Fairy Hornpipe/The Hummersea Slide # Reprise: The Wilderness Road 1994 albums Vin Garbutt albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Tide Turns (album)
''When The Tide Turns'' is a 1989 in music, 1989 folk music album by Vin Garbutt. Track listing # Where the Hell are we Going to Live # When the Tide Turns # The Ballad of John Pearson # Lady Anne Montgomery # Nica Nicaragua # Absent Friends # The Jolly Butchers/The London Lassies # Carol Anne Kelly # Not for the First Time # I Wouldn't Have One Myself # The Secret {{Authority control 1989 albums Vin Garbutt albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellowhead
Bellowhead is an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016, reforming in 2020. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences. The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section. Bellowhead's bandmembers played more than 20 instruments among them, whilst all performers provided vocals. Their third album, ''Hedonism'' (2010), is the highest selling independently released folk album of all time, having sold over 60,000 copies and earning the band a silver disk. The band parted after their final gig at Oxford Town Hall in May 2016. In 2020, the band reformed for a reunion concert and, as of 2022, are undertaking a reunion tour, visiting Portsmouth, Oxford, Leicester, Cambridge, London, Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich, Bath, Plymouth, Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Harrogate, Liverpool, Sheffield and Manchester. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Teesside
, mottoeng = Deeds Not Words , established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status , type = Public , endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20) , chancellor = Paul Drechsler CBE , vice_chancellor = Paul Croney , city = Middlesbrough and Darlington , colours = Red Yellow , country = England, UK , campus = Urban , administrative_staff = 2,311 , students = 21,276 , undergrad = 15,507 , postgrad = 5,769 , affiliations = University AllianceUniversities UK , website = , logo =Teesside University logo 2009.png , logo_size = 192px Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire in North East England. It has over 21,000 students studying in the UK, according to the 2020/21 HESA student record. History A shortage of funding long proved a barrier to developing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Waterson
Norma Christine Waterson (15 August 1939 – 30 January 2022) was an English singer and songwriter, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a celebrated English traditional folk group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, a cousin John Harrison and, in later incarnations of the group, her husband Martin Carthy. Waterson was known as the "matriarch of the royal family of British folk music." Early life Waterson was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and, after being orphaned at an early age, was brought up there, with her brother Mike and sister Lal, by their maternal grandmother, Eliza Ward, who ran a second-hand shop during the Second World War, and who was of Irish Gypsy descent. She said her grandmother was "a lovely singer and knew a lot of parlour ballads and musical songs she had learned from her childhood, and we all used to sing them." They had an uncle who played lead cornet as a young man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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