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Joe Broughton
Folk / Jazz / Rock

"welcome to mice pace"

Birmingham,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  5/12/2008
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   Joe Broughton: General Info
Member Since10/5/2006
Band Websitejoebroughton.com
Band MembersHere are some photos of me and people I play with, click them for info
Influencesas with most people there are too many to mention but for a start there's my Dad, Ben, Swarb, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Bach, Paul Tortelier, my students, John Mayer, Mr Butler, Keith Hewitt, Shakti, Itzhak Perlman, Ry Cooder, Kev Dempsey, Bireli Lagrene, Terry Bozzio, Joe Pass, Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson, Cecil Taylor, The Who, L Shankar, David Lindley, Earl Hines, Richard Thompson, Trilok Gurtu, Gerry Conway, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Ian Dury, Rickie Lee Jones, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Elvis Costello, Bobby McFerrin, Mark O’ Connor, Rachmaninov, Stanley Clarke, Little Feat, Dr John, Fairport Convention, Jaki Byard, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Les Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Miles Davis, Neils Pedersen, Donald Fagan, Stevie Windwood, Van Morrison, Wizards of Twiddly, Duke Ellington…
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Record LabelSAE Records
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Apr 25 2008 8:00P
salisbury folk club salisbury
May 4 2008 8:00P
Swanfolk Loughborough
May 9 2008 8:00P
Buddle Arts Centre WALLSEND
May 18 2008 11:00A
Joe Broughton Fiddle School Birmingham
May 23 2008 12:30P
The Music Hall London
May 24 2008 8:00P
Ashcroft Arts Centre Fareham
May 25 2008 8:00P
The Cross, Moseley Birmingham
May 26 2008 1:00P
Chester Folk Festival Chester
May 27 2008 7:30P
West End Centre Aldershot
May 28 2008 7:30P
Forest Arts New Milton
May 29 2008 8:00P
Cuckoos Nest Leek
May 30 2008 8:00P
Civic Theatre Bedford
May 31 2008 8:00P
Huntingdon Hall Worcester
Jun 6 2008 8:00P
Ropewalk BARTON UPON HUMBER
Jun 22 2008 11:00A
Joe Broughton Fiddle School Birmingham
Jun 28 2008 2:00P
Party On The Lawn nr swindon
Jun 29 2008 12:00A
Crawley Folk Festival Crawley
Jun 30 2008 11:00A
bouriege fiddle and guitar school! France
Jul 1 2008 11:00A
bouriege fiddle and guitar school! France
Jul 2 2008 11:00A
bouriege fiddle and guitar school! France
Jul 3 2008 11:00A
bouriege fiddle and guitar school! France
Jul 4 2008 11:00A
bouriege fiddle and guitar school! France
Jul 5 2008 8:00P
- 8th July Italy Tour
Aug 3 2008 11:00A
Joe Broughton Fiddle School Birmingham
Aug 18 2008 10:00A
Dartington Youth Summer School Totnes
Aug 19 2008 10:00A
dartington Youth Summer School Totnes
Aug 20 2008 10:00A
dartington Youth Summer School Totnes
Aug 21 2008 10:00A
Dartington Youth Summer School Totnes
Aug 22 2008 10:00A
Dartington Youth Summer School Totnes
Nov 18 2008 8:00P
Nieuwegein holland
Nov 21 2008 8:00P
Landgraaf Holland
Nov 22 2008 8:00P
Nieuw & St Joosland Holland
Nov 23 2008 8:00P
Sevenum Holland
Dec 12 2008 5:00P
Farncombe Estate Midlands
Dec 13 2008 10:00A
Farncombe Estate Midlands
Dec 14 2008 10:00A
Farncombe Estate Midlands

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   About Joe Broughton

ABOVE: Balkan Divorce Dance/BELOW: Minor Swing

| I was 4 years old and playing pots and pans along with Ben my big brother. www.benandjoebroughton.co.uk He sang the blues and played guitar, clearly having the upper hand on life experience at 9 years old. We busked the bus queues at Cambridge folk festival. I tried to progress to Drum Kit but at 5 I was quickly distracted by Dave Swarbrick and was kidnapped in to the folk scene forever. I took up classical violin lessons to get the techniques but my heart was in folk as well as the Blues, Rock and Jazz that my Dad brought us up on. Playing the guitar, mandolin, piano and bass just developed more like hobbies. Me and Ben started playing clubs when I was 9 and we got our first major festival when I was 14. Although we had made appearances as part of other acts at places like the assembly rooms at Edinburgh Festival and the opera house in Leeds. In the mean time I'd been working in the circus. After a chance meeting with a magician in 1987 I became his apprentice which lead me to meet the performers I ended up working with. Made it to 5 balls and 4 clubs, unicycles so tall that jumping off them probably contributed to my 2 back operations, and the usual fire, devil sticks, diabalo...Anyway, I retired at 15 as I wanted to concentrate on music (and not injure myself so often - as it turns out I now realise that it's more dangerous to hang around musicians). The poetry writing tailed off too - I'd had work published in two books but music was taking over. The BBC caught me in this phase of wanting to do everything and made a short film about me when I was 13. Must upload that sometime....or maybe not. I went off to study composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire and on leaving was made an honorary member which means I have more letters after my name without doing anymore work. Joined the legendary Albion Band in 1997 and toured with them for about six years. I started teaching composition and folk music at the Conservatoire and got the most enjoyable band in the universe set up. The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble at present has 47 members and it is a riot. www.myspace.com/folkensemble . There's a DVD coming out shortly but in the meantime above is a film of one of the small group pieces that also feature in the show. The line up is Trevor Lines who wrote the tune on bass, Tom Chapman on Cajon, Dave Adams on accordion and me on fiddle...I started playing with the fantastic Kevin Dempsey in 2000 as well. He's a long term hero of mine, an outstanding and truly unique guitarist. www.dempseybroughton.com and I’ve been doing more work in my studio recently. Edited and mixed the new Swabrick/Carthy album, produced the new Uiscedwr album and one by Jim Gallagher. Anyway, I think that’s about it other than to say that I brought out a book of tunes and poems in 1999 and started making albums and doing session work in 1994. Here's some of the CDs (there's more info on my website - www.joebroughton.com): Sound Engine ///...the continuing adventures of Ben and Joe Broughton ///me and my brother - live ///The Mortgage Years ///Every Other World ///Freehand ///The Acoustic Years ///Happy Accident ///Before Us Stands Yesterday ///Christmas Album ///Road Movies ///An Evening with the Albion Band ///The HTD Years ///Wings ///Good Grief ///A Gypsy Life ///Somewhere in the Stars ///Liacht-Light ///Perfect Mistake ///Against The Wall ///Albion Heart (compilation) ///No Surrender ///Someone Was Calling ///Albion Sunrise ///Human Nature ///Andar Per Musica 03 ///The Ridge Riders ///Clean Feet ///The Bridge ///Tenacious ///Street Cries ///The Guv'nor 5 ///Coda ///Born Blue ///Absent Friends ///The Great Unknown ///Goleuadau Sir Fôn ///Common Ground ///Georgia On Our Mind ///Heart Of England Vol.1 & 2 ///A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action ///The Skippers Daughter ///My Arms Are A Cradle ///The Bare Branch ///A Chance To Dance ///The Ultimate in Dance Collections…………………

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Simon Jackson





May 5 2008 2:31 AM

Fan-bloomin'-tastic gig last night at the Swan. Just a shame there weren't more in.
trah f nah.
Simon
Lakeland Fiddlers





Apr 30 2008 7:31 AM

Hi Joe, thanks for being a friend of the Lakeland Fiddlers.

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Ciro Soundz Trend





Apr 28 2008 1:42 PM

thank you for add me
i like your soundz
ciao
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SAMBA CENTRAL





Apr 24 2008 12:37 AM

Just a note to say that we are doing Drop Beats Not Bombs on Saturday 3rd May. It's going to be my last gig as leader so it would be great if you could make it along!
Steve
Penni McLaren Walker





Apr 19 2008 5:04 AM

Hi Joe,
long time no see..hope all well with you and yours and your music as great as ever

take care

Penni x
Chris & Siobhan Nelson





Apr 9 2008 11:28 AM

Hi Joe

Saw you with Feast of Fiddles at Preston last night - brilliant!

Best wishes
C&S
The Polar Bear





Apr 7 2008 11:17 AM

Love your sound thanks for adding my shop. you must pop in some time.
I have a massive jazz section
ALEXANDER MURRAY





Apr 7 2008 3:54 AM

Hey Joe,
Thanks for your friendship.
Pleasure to be with you.
Please help yourself to my album Unaffected FREE.
Peace always.
A.

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Apr 7 2008 3:02 AM

Hey Joe thanks for adding Backline Photography.

Cool sounds!

Peace, Russ.
Kiss The Mistress





Mar 25 2008 4:35 PM

Hi there Joe

thanks for the add - great playing and education work

best wishes KTM (especially Phil!)
Kiss The Mistress





Mar 30 2008 9:13 AM

Inst Thanks
Russell Poyner





Mar 19 2008 11:08 AM

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Hello Joe, Thanks for the add! How's things going with you?
Hope all is good, best wishes xxx
Edward Mikalski





Mar 18 2008 3:07 PM

Hej joe
friend 969 here again ,for the first time in 32 years i regret leaving England.I see on the 30th you are playing my home town ,Chatham. Oh well ,my mistake :-)
Best wishes Teddy from Denmark.
Michael Ghiggeri





Feb 24 2008 5:37 AM

Hey Joe, droppin in to listen to that wonderful violin. Hope your weekend is going well.
Edward Mikalski





Feb 22 2008 1:42 PM

Hello Joe have a weekend as beautifull as your music
best wishes Teddy
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Feb 14 2008 5:43 PM

hiya joe.
just dropping by to see how things are going.
hope you are well.
xxx
Troy-Vernon