Auckland New Zealand
This is Clench Mountain. It's in another place and another space from good ol' Clinch Mountain, the inspiration for country music and bluegrass pioneers the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers ... but it's also only a step away. The music from Clench Mountain pays homage to the Carters and the Stanleys, but it also reaches out into many other areas of country music, from core traditional to "alt", and all given the unique Clench Mountain styling.
That styling comes from the unrivalled vocal talents of Beverley Young, the driving five-string banjo of Bryan Christianson, the multi-instrumental skills of Alan Young, all of it underpinned by the bass-playing of Garry Trotman. It's a real good band playing real good music ... and having a real good time doing it.
and the ships that sail on it, the people who sail them or the people they leave behind.
Traditional or modern, sail or steam, merchant or navy, sing about them here.
Today is the 146th anniversary of the sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
Read all about the events of the day at the Home of the American Civil War, and find out more about the ship than you could possibly imagine at the C.S.S Alabama Digital Collection at the University of Alabama. Also lots of information about the song and its variations can be found at The Mudcat Cafe.
An informal ‘Singaround’ - ‘Open Mic’ without a Mic - A smaller group of people meet to share their songs and music.
Last Update: 2014-08-20
The Club was conceived in 1965 when the Clancy Brothers didn't come and someone had the astounding idea of having a sing-a-round thus transforming an audience into a folk group. Formally established in 1966 we're still going strong.