Mark is a well respected Accordion/Keyboard player who has been playing in bands since the age of 15. Over the years he has played with a variety of bands covering genres such as Ceili, Country, Folk, Irish, Pop & Rock. He is the current Midland Piano Accordion champion and a former All-Britain champion and currently plays with the popular 5 piece Birmingham based band 'The Father Teds'.
Keith Kerans
Keith is a fantastic all round musician and currently works with a Redditch based Medieval group of entertainers called Sloe Gin. www.sloe-gin.co.uk He is a regular performer at Warwick Castle and Blenheim palace where he entertains vistiors from all over the world. Keith's first love is Bluegrass music and this is plain to be seen from his 5 string banjo expertise, he also teaches Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and any other string instrument on a Saturday in the Hobgoblin shop.
Kieran Young
Kieran is a young man who is addicted to Banjo and Resonator Guitar! Again a lover of Bluegrass and oldtime country playing!
Noel Lenihan
Noel is a talented Flute, Whsitle and Bodhran player among other things. He performs with Birmingham based band The Reel Note and has won competitions for his Irish trad playing over the years.
Alex Hinksman
Alex is the youngest member of the team and is a very competent Accordion, Ukulele and Guitar player. He plays a major role in his local Folk band who won many friends on their tour of Austria last summer.
Tony Russell
Tony is a very accomplished Guitarist covering a wide variety of styles. He is also a qualified studio engineer so has a very good knowledge of getting the best sound from instruments.
Welcome all to our Hobgoblin Birmingham myspace site. We were the eighth branch of Hobgoblin Music and opened in July 2003, at Birmingham’s Custard Factory. Since then the shop has grown in size and now boasts the largest selection of Banjo's, Mandolins, Mandolas, Accordions, Melodeons, Melodicas, Harmonicas, Concertinas, Bouzoukis, Ukuleles, World Percussion, Flutes, Whistles, Citterns, Guitars & Bodhrans under one roof in the Midlands. We also stock a range of more obscure instruments such as Bagpipes, Uilleann Pipes, Bowed Psaltrey, Bombarde, Chinese Ruan, Cuatro, Apalachian Dulcimer & Hammered Dulcimer!
The Custard Factory is at the site of the factories once owned by Alfred Bird, who received a knighthood for inventing custard in the 19th century. Over the last 15 years the once derelict site has been taken on by new owners, and already the Custard Factory houses music, art and drama studios, music and record shops, cafes and restaurants, and is also a popular venue.
As always, we offer you a unique range of unusual and exciting instruments from all over the world, as well as the best from British and Irish craftsmen. We have introduced many new lines in this edition, from new makers and newly discovered foreign sources. Every item is in the catalogue on merit, and we constantly review the range in order to be able to supply the best quality available at each price level. So give us a call, or visit one of our shops, and we’ll do our best to help you find the instrument you want.
We always do our best to be involved in promoting talent throughout the folk and acoustic world, this has been helped by the recent launch of our record label, Hobgoblin Records. We get the chance to meet lots of interesting muscians in the shop who cover a massive variety of musical genres, this site will hopefully give them the chance to become our 'myspace friends' and so provide an opportunity for even more people to hear their music.
You can contact us through myspace or on 0121 772 7780
Hobgoblin Music Birmingham's Friend Space (Top 35)
Toby Godshank plays Birmingham! Toby Goodshank made his high-profile debut playing acoustic guitar in The Moldy Peaches whose presence is all over the Juno Motion Picture Soundtrack. (No.1 in the Billboard Charts.)
The Secret Music Club @ Nicole's happens every Wednesday night from 8.30pm.
Any musicians/poets...etc are welcome to come to perform in our open mic session. We'll buy a drink for anyone who does.
Each week, we also have a top quality "featured act". This coming Wednesday, it will be Gaz Twist (amazing percussive guitar style and layered looping sounds!).
Free Entry - Free drink for performers.
Best wishes,
The Secret Music Club @ Nicole's 18 Hall Street, Birmingham. B18 6BS (between St Paul's Sq and the Chamberlain clock)
Many thanks for doing me the honour , The songs on the profile are as fine as the Merchandise sold in your fine shops and as good as the service you provide, I admit I only make contact with Hobgoblin music once at year ( should be more often I know ) at the Cambridge folk festival. But I am never disappointed! So a record label, another quality service it sounds like to me! David
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