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4th April RSPB Lakenheath Fen.Fen Song Telephone: 01842 63400
. 9th April Great Bardfield Folk Club, Great Bardfield
. 11th April Riverside Shopping Centre
. 12th April. The Unicorn Cambridge with (afternoon)
. 16th April. The Milkmaid disalbility Folk Club .
. 18th April 2009 The Chiltern Craft & Country Show With Fionn Faer
19th April 2009 The Chiltern Craft & Country Show Fionn Faer
25th April Longstanton Fionn Faer 2-5pm
26th April The Brewery Tap Sudbury
. 2nd May Large Model Aircraft show Rougham Airfield
2nd May Large Model Aircraft show Rougham Airfield
3rd May Large Model Aircraft show Rougham Airfield .
14th May The White Horse Hitcham Suffolk with Fionn Faer.
15th May Vers Poets St Michaels Parish Centre St Albans,Fen Song
16th May 2009 The Grantchester Fair Fionn Faer.
17th May 2009 The Grantchester Fair .Fionn Faer
22nd May The Maltings Ely, Support for Carmina with Fensong
23rd May Rydale Folk Weekend, Northeast
24th May Rydale Folk Weekend, Northeast
25th May Rydale Folk Weekend, Northeast
27th May Barley Folk, Liskeard , Cornwall .
29th May Finnegans Irish Bar Witten Germany.
29th May Murphies Reclinghausen Germany - appearing with Quest the Edinburgh borders pipe champion and Craig Herbertson ..
30th Mayattending the famed session in Hamm, Germany..
31st Herten Folk Fest, Herten, Germany (With Craig Herbertson's Blackwater Band)..
1st June Bannisters, Mulheim an der Rhur, Germany Friedensdorf Event (Childrens charity Event) TBC..
5th June 2009 The Milkmaid Folk Club Bury St Edmunds Support for Nathan Rogers .
11th June he White Horse Hitcham Fionn Faer.
13th June 2009 The Cambridge Town, Gown & Country Show.Fionn Faer
14th June 2009 The Cambridge Town, Gown & Country Show. Fionn Faer
19th June , The Lothbury Centre , Western Coleville cancelled..
20th June 2009 Long Melford Midsummer Craft & Country Show Fionn Faer
20th June The Chestnut Horse Great Finborough Suffolk Fionn Faer
2ist June 2009 Long Melford Midsummer Craft & Country Show Fionn Faer
28th June Wings Wheels & Steam Country Fayre
5th July 2009 The Peterborough Town & Country Show
5th July The Brewery Tap Sudbury 8.30pm.
17th July The Cambridge Folk Club support Sunday Driver
24th July Seafest Scarborough
25th July Seafest Scarborough
26th July Seafest Scarborough
31st July The Castle Inn Corfe Castle Fionn Faer
1st August 2009 The Poole Town & Country Show .Fionn Faer
2nd August 2009 The Poole Town & Country Show
2nd Agust, The Castle Inn Corfe Castle Fionn Faer
7th August Cropton Folk and Roots FestivalFESTIVAL CANCELLED
8th August Cropton Folk and Roots Festival
9th August Cropton Folk and Roots Festival
7th 8th 9th August Wareham and Purbeck County Show Wareham Dorset
14th August Milton Country Park Visitors Centre Fen Song
15th August Heart Air Display Rougham Airfield
15th August private Ceilidh
16th August Heart Air Display Rougham Airfield
29th August 2009 The Hainault Forest Craft & Country Show Fionn Faer
30th August 2009 The Hainault Forest Craft & Country Show Fionn Faer
31st August 2009 The Hainault Forest Craft & Country Show
9th September 2009 20:00pm Bedworth Folk Club
10th September High Barn Folk Club Gt Bardfield with Burning The Water
12th September East Anglian Medieval Fayre March Cambridgeshire
26th September The Plough Farcet Fen.
3rd October Ploughs to Propellers Rougham Airfield
4th October Ploughs to Propellers Rougham Airfield
17th October Central Bar, Leith
20th October Chapleton Folk Club The Bully Inn, Quarter. Scotland with Burning The Water
23rd October Stonehaven Folk Club, Heugh Hotel, Westfield Road, Stonehaven
7th November Upwood Village Hall FenSong
18th November the White Horse Hitcham ionn Faer
21st November March Town Hall with FenSong and Celtic Heart
November Fen Song Tour..dates tba
8th December Romford Folk Club Romford
10th December High Barn Great Bardfield Folk Club with Fionnn Faer
15th January,2010 Orpington Folk Club.
5th February 2010The Shop Jesus Lane Cambridge Fen Song
12th February The 2010 Cambridge Folk Club Fen Song
28th -31st May 2010 The Rydale Folk Weekend
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Influences
...Nic Jones, Dougie Mclean, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady,Dick Gaughan,La Bottine Souriante, Cappercaille, Altan,De Dannan, Ian Anderson,Cristy Barry,Michael McGoldrick, Terry Coyne, Charlie Piggott,Kelly Joe Phelps,Planxty, Patrick Street,Thelonius Monk, Robert Johnson, Son House, Aretha Franklin..just some of the many amazing musicians and singers who inspire me...
Penni is a well respected singer songwriter who refuses to be constrained by musical style. She writes from the heart and in doing so has won the hearts of many. Penni has performed both solo and with duos and groups in the UK and Europe She has worked for radio and in all areas of the media and has run numerous workshops on song writing.
Many of her superb songs have been recorded by other artists – the ultimate accolade. Penni’s unique open tuned guitar style, coupled with a voice that carries wide musical depth and range has been described as “the perfect match”.
Her performances are an intimate affair with the audience, engaging on an emotional and musical level. Penni's musical past has included many styles including Folk, Jazz and Rock.
'It's all about the music and however you choose to enjoy it'
Song info:-The Mothers Daughter ..I wrote the lyrics a while ago but was never totally happy with the melody so wrote the new one this month and added a bridge, I couldn't get the lyrics to work so enlisted the assistance of My myspace friend Craig Herbertson who wrote the lyrics for the bridge in the song so huge thanks to him for that. , Etheldreda was written for Fensong, and accompanied by 'Lord of the Strings'Bryan Causton'playing bazouki , The Reluctant Bride came into being on the M6 and finished off with some stirling work from Red Shoes and a wee dram!!written as just a bit of fun to get through the Winter months The Gloaming Hour is one of the arrangements I did of the beautiful song by the very talented singer/songwriter Craig Herbertson, you can here his original work on his site and my other arrangement, sorry about poor sound quality on my arrangements but technology and me ..enough said !! ... hope to record this again soon with someone who knows what they are doing.
Travelling Man, live recording , just me and my guitar. Dom Spero, me and my Taylor in Bryan and Carolyns Kitchen, Bryan on Bazouki, he has only got the eight fingers !!!
Bonny Boy, me guitar and vocals and Alun Rhys Jones (Rhyll Folk Club) on whistle, from the cd The Skippers Daughter 101 records.
Currently Working with
Bryan Causton,
Fionn Faer, Celtic Trio
FenSong project with Clare Crossman (poet) CD out 7th March 2009
As far as my musical influences go, spent my very early childhood listening to boogie woogie, jazz and swing and a whole lot of classical music ,got radio and moved straight on to hearing just about everything else..loved Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Gong, Hawkwind, Steely Dan, Genesis and The Groundhogs to mention but a few, sang in a Hawkwind covers band and sung backing vocals for a rockabilly band too when I was about 17,much to the chagrine of my parents, did nothing else until I heard my first live folk music, by accident really in 1992 and have loved it ever since.. and have been very priveliged to work with some amazing musicians over the years..my love of music is hard to explain , I still get swept away by the emotion of a wonderful song or melody or a wonderful singer ..just can't even begin to explain that..been like it all my life..the first piece of music that really got me was Fantasia on Greensleeves by Vaughn Williams when I was about 4,and I was at school and it was embarrasing, the teacher always gave me very odd looks afterwards .I'm not brilliant at deep and meaningful quotes but ''a life without music would be way too quiet''
Many thanks for coming to listen...Penni x
Guitars..Taylor 614ce
Larrivee C-09
Cittern-Fylde
Hey Penni! Thanks for the add and welcome on board! :-) really love your music, brings me back to some brighter & happier days long ago on the celtic ray! Thanks for that! Best from Leipzig, Germany! Stefan
Hello Pennie McLaren Walker, Thanks for adding OOR Tours - The musical walking tour of Edinburgh to you list of myspace pals. Here is what it is all about:
History and stories of Edinburgh with songs, traditional and modern, performed by Graeme E. Pearson. Walk with Graeme and experience the key events that shaped Edinburgh with songs. This tour is suitable for all ages and backgrounds. A unique attraction in Edinburgh and Edinburgh Tour Guide. It is ideal for social gatherings and visitors to Edinburgh / Schools / Team building / Corportate Entertainment / Social Clubs / Stag Party / Hen Party / Put it on your list of things to do when visiting Scotland and Edinburgh / Sightseeing in Edinburgh / Free Tour for children under 7 with an adult / Not a ghost tour of Edinburgh / Independent of all other Edinburgh Tours / Top of the list of tours of/in Edinburgh
I hope this finds you happy and well and having a good weekend. Just wanted to wish you a happy and merry Christmas with lots of joy and relaxation. XXXXXXXXXXXX
I hope you are ok and having a great day. It is sunny here but cold, very cold. I have spent much of this afternoon making cards once again for Christmas. Got a couple of presents still to wrap then that is it. I cannot believe how quickly Christmas is approaching. It will be over before we know it. Must play some nice Christmas songs later on. Take care.
Penni, Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. I really appreciate it. My current project is a fiction novel with CD soundtrack due out in a few weeks. Wishing you continued success and a wonderful musical week. Hope all your projects are on track.
My book page is now up but still under construction.The link is http://www.myspace.com/joymillerbook Would love to have you as a friend there too.
Hi Penni..Cold Flame have just put up tracks from the new limited edition album ACOUSTIC. Check out www.myspace.com/cfauk to heare three newly recorded acoustic tracks. xxx
Hey Penni..."The great differences between voyages rests not in ships but in the people you meet on them." Amelia Burr. The same can be said about MySpace: "The great differences between visits rests not in numbers but in the special people you meet in space." Thanks for being a special friend. Keep on keeping on with that great music. Just me. Hugs, Bruce xx
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
Good morning Penni, just sailing by to say hi. Love the music on your site. You are doing good. Have a marvelous Monday and wonderful week ahead. Just me, your friend and fan in the Big Canoe across the pond, Bruce de Brus
Cold Flame will be releasing a special limited edition cd of newly recorded acoustic material in time for Christmas.The mini album entitled COLD FLAME ACOUSTIC features some of the band's acoustic material as played by Pat,Rob and Paul..Release date is Saturday December 5th..more details to follow stay tuned to myspace.
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