Barry Goodman

About me:

I've been involved in folk music and song for over thirty years and divide my time between a number of folk-related activities.

Described by Jon Brenner at the 2007 Chippenham Festival as a "Folk Polymath", I'm part of the song duo, Life and Times, together with Graeme Meek, and I play and call in the English Ceilidh band, Time of Your Life.

I also call with other bands, including Random, Stomp, Grand Union, Mawkin, Fendragon, The Woodpecker Band, Asha and Moondance. Festivals I've called at include Sidmouth, Towersey, Chippenham, Wimborne and Rhythms of the World and I've called at a number of Ceilidh series, including Unicorn Ceilidhs, Reel Ceilidhs at Saxmundham, Dances in the Barn, Sproughton, Suffolk and Ryburn Three Step.

I've danced with Redbornstoke Morris of Ampthill in Bedfordshire since 1977, and have been a musician for The Outside Capering Crew, Rockhopper Morris and Bedfordshire Lace.

For many years I've been MC and Caller for The Hertfordshire Folk Association's Summer Dance Festival, at which 500+ children dance together in the grounds of Hatfield House. I serve on the Festival's organising committee and I also run Folk Dance Workshops for teachers and children.

Each year I get involved in the New Roots competition, together with Alison Macfarlane of St. Albans Folk Music. This competition is for young folk and roots musicians under the age of 25, and always produces a wonderful crop of new young artists, all of whom are rewarded with performance opportunities for appearing in the finals.

As an MC, I've worked at Sidmouth, Towersey, Chippenham, Cheltenham and Shepley Festivals and at the AFO (Association of Festival Organisers) Conference.

I'm a member of the English Folk Dance and Song Society and Folk Arts England.

RECORDINGS:
Where The Working Boats Went (Life & Times WIX052)
Charivari (Life & Times: Wixamtree WIX051)
Shropshire Iron (Life & Times: Fellside FE071)
Strawplait and Bonelace (Life & Times: Fellside FE043)
Grandson of Morris On (Ashley Hutchings et al: Talking Elephant TECD038)
Keep Dancing (Time of Your Life + various bands: EDCD 07)

HEAR SOME OF MY MUSIC at www.myspace.com/englishceilidh and at www.myspace.com/broadsidesrevisited

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