Our Guests in 2008 were the delightful MAEVE MACKINNON, FLOSSIE on her best form to date, DAVE GOULDER like he'd never been away, RICHARD GRAINGER and CHRIS PARKINSON were back together with a host of the finest musicians.
Adrian O, Phil Drane (NZ),Les Cameron and Barbara Helen,Jane Williamson, Wendy Arrowsmith, Four Quarters , Brother Crow ,Zeds Dead and many more...........
We are grateful for the excellent feedback and with our batteries fully re-charged we are starting to make plans for 2009.
Keep checking back to watch the guest list grow.
WINNERS OF THE KLONDIKE FOLK ARTS Ryedale SONG COMPETITION were BROTHER CROW.
They go on to the final of ' KFA Song of the Year' at Festival on the Moor in August.
Check out www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk.
Influences
Ryedale Folk Weekend is a part of the annual Festival on the Moor. Check out our website for other events. www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk
Sounds Like
We like FOLK in all its different colours.Singer-Songwriters, Instrumentalists, Blues,Traditional Singers, Shanties, European and World Music.......
Part of the annual Festival on the Moor,we look forward to welcoming a host of fine singers and musicians to your 2009 event.
Sponsored by Klondike Folk Arts and Festival on the Moor the event will once again present concerts, sessions, singarounds and a great selection of workshops. The festival is set in the picturesque North York Moors and around The Ryedale Folk Museum. There is camping ,and space for caravans available too, right next door to the venue but it is very popular so space is limited Book Early!!!
Guests for 2009 include the concertina player & singer DICK MILES and the Yorkshire Singer & Songwriter ANNA SHANNON. Watch this space as we book more artists ready for next year. Book your tickets early.
They will be available in October from www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
WOW! What a great weekend. This festival just gets better and better. Thanks Richard and Jeanette for organising a festival that is totally unique and such fantastic fun.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
