Elton Hayes, Don Morgan, Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor, Rory and Alex McEwan, Cyril Tawney, Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Nic Jones, The Watersons, The Young Tradition, Robin and Barry Dransfield, June Tabor, Martin Simpson, Stan Rogers, The Irish Descendants, Great Big Sea, Tim van Eyken, Spiers and Boden, Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, John House, Richard Wirdnam, Warwick Slade.
Terry McDonald has been part of the Dorset/Hampshire folk scene since the mid 1960s. He was a founder member of the Bournemouth and Poole Folk Song Club (later the Wessex Traditional) and has sung and played in groups and bands such as the Biddles, Thirsty Work and Diggory Venn. He has a large solo repertoire, the bulk of it being English songs with great melodies, played on his wonderful 1964 Gibson SJN Country Western guitar. (He has other Gibsons......)
Terry brings an academic historian's approach to English folk song and is currently singing and playing as a member of the Warwick Slade Collective. His first CD, 'The Secret Diary of a Floor Singer' contains 13 songs and costs £5 (+£1.50 p&p) and is available from terencemcdonald@hotmail.com. His second CD, 'Empty Handed' will be available from the end of October 2009 and will again cost £5, plus £1.50. p&p.
Look forward to seeing you next weekend at Roger’s Rant 2009 - A Dorset celebration of traditional & contemporary folk music, song and dance. There will be some of the best of local amateur singers and musicians as well as some from further afield. There is also the opportunity for aspiring singers and musicians to have a go in a friendly atmosphere.
