Our guests tonight are drawn from the diverse range of people that attend our Friday Folk’n’Jam sessions.
NO FLOORSINGERS TONIGHT – we’ve got a full line up of diverse talents from Friday Folk’n’Jam, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy.
Our AGM will take place at half time – we estimate soon after 8.45pm so do make sure you are there to elect the new committee, hear about constitution changes we need to make to fit in with the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, and contribute any ideas you may have on how the club runs.
Towards the end of the evening we’ll have an all join in singalong session, with the 2 songs you can download below:-
Seán is a Dublin balladeer who has been a constant in the Irish music scene in Auckland for almost fifty years. His gigs are rare these days, but not to be missed. Come and enjoy an evening of traditional and Irish music with Sean, accompanied by his two daughters Sinéad and Sarah.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Barry and Lorna Swallow met through Folkie friends back in the late 1970’s. They shared a love of the music of Nic Jones, who has subsequently been a major influence on Barry’s guitar playing.
They settled in Taupo and raised their family there, and in retirement purchased their distinctive motorhome/bus which enabled them to enjoy the music and fellowship of folk festivals.
Barry uses open tunings on his guitar to work out intricate accompaniments, for songs he has chosen for their thought-provoking lyrics and strong melodies.
In recent years, Lorna has developed an interest in playing Celtic tunes on low whistles, tunes chosen for their memorable melodies.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Sammy Leary comes from Tamaki-Makaurau and performs traditional & original music often with strong New Zealand themes but also from the broader Folk traditions of Ireland, Britain and the USA.
Performing with a varied range of instruments from the banjo to the bones to the concertina and the musical saw and of course the unaccompanied voice, you will find his performance thoroughly absorbing with songs wending from the dark and dreary to the jovial and absurd, with many’s the fine chance for good audience participation.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Come and celebrate May Day at Titirangi Folk Music Club with Paul brown.
Paul (Bolshie) Brown has been agitating the Auckland folk scene for the past dozen or so years since his arrival in Aotearoa.
Hailing from Dundee in Scotland Paul has a vast store of Scottish urban working-class songs which he sings with great gusto at the slightest opportunity.
Paul sings with his audience, not to them, so singing choruses is compulsory!
When asked to play Titirangi in May Paul said “let’s make it a May Day to remember”!
So, together let’s use the power of song to change the system and celebrate the working class!
Maypoles strictly prohibited!
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Rachel Dawick is a New Zealand folk artist whose previous album, ‘The Boundary Riders’, was finalist for the NZ Tui Award Folk Album 2015. She returns after living in London for the last four years with her new folk album and book ‘London Labour, London Poor’, based on Henry Mayhew’s work from the mid 1800s when he took to the streets to interview east Londoners, releasing these interviews as part of a series of articles in the Chronicle Paper and later as a four volume book. The songs focus on the voices of the people themselves – ranging from Jack Black, the Queen’s Rat Catcher, the teenage Mudlark, the Punch & Judy Man to recreate a snapshot of life on the streets. This socio political work by Mayhew is a fitting album for today’s times as the same issues arise, voices that seem to echo the past. This album will be released in New Zealand over March-May 2024 before being released in the UK.
Dawick’s previous album & book ‘The Boundary Riders’ explored the ‘hidden voices’ of the working class women who left the UK to NZ in the 1800s. This three year research into local archives and hidden stories of NZ’s working class women was released on 19th September 2014 (NZ Women’s Vote Day 1893). The album took her on a musical journey from Tui Award finalist for best NZ Folk Album in 2015 to being selected as one of forty Musical Theatre at the BEAM festival in London on 8th & 9th March 2016 – a showcase of emerging British Musical Theatre Writing. Since 2017 she has been part of BML (Book Music Lyric) as a lyricist and composer in London developing her skills in Musical Theatre Writing, before finding herself in London during Covid teaching in schools. It has been here that she has developed her material and developed a picture of London past and present.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Sonia and Nigel are a multi-cultural acoustic duo featuring French-American Paris-born Sonia Wilson on vocals & ukulele and Kiwi-American virtuoso musician Nigel Gavin on 7-string guitar.
After meeting and playing together for the first time at the Whare Flat Folk festival in Dunedin during Sonia’s first visit to New Zealand on a solo round-the-world trip in December 2014, the pair have since become a well-loved duo in the New Zealand folk music scene.
They weave French, Kiwi and American songs with their own original compositions and inspiration from their travels around the world.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
Ang Kidd found her voice in the heat and light of Irish sessions, firstly at the legendary Dog’s Bollix in Auckland. She soon found a kindred spirit in Jo Taylor, and together with Jo, and with the ethereal Lou Hayes, formed Brazen, a band of three women, three voices. Later on, Ang moved to Wellington where she joined forces with three more women as part of Irish traditional band Glór na mBan, singing in both English and Irish.
Ang’s alto voice lends itself to both melody and to harmony. Ang has taught workshops on singing & arranging for bands, and on harmony singing, both in New Zealand and in Australia. She has been performing solo for some years now, and has recently started a new singing venture with long-time band mate Jo Taylor, and her sister Lynz Kidd-Edis, called the Pirate’s Daughters.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
The MARITIME CREW was formed 27 years ago. Since then, various crew members have flown the pennant in NZ for sea shanties and maritime songs.
With several recorded albums, and three European tours to their credit, they have been enjoyed overseas and here at home for their traditional sea shanties and for their own compositions of sea songs which have added to the richness of maritime music.
Lew Black, Bob Large, Warren Payne and Paul Howarth are the current incarnation of this veteran group, and they belt it out in grand style.
Seen them at Devonport recently? They’ll still surprise with new songs in their repertoire. If you love to sing your hearts out like true jolly sailors, this evening is not to be missed.
Showcasing Friday Folk’n’Jam Performers
In the first half we’ll be showcasing some of the folks who regularly come to our Friday Folk’n’Jam nights. We’re sure you’ll enjoy them, but it does mean there will be a restricted number of floorspots this evening, so if you do wanna sing – get here early!
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
First up – NOTE THE DATE – this month we’re again meeting on the FIRST SATURDAY.
Second up – NOTE – NO Floorsingers tonight – invited performers only.
Tricia Lee hosts a concert where we remember and commemorate some of Titirangi’s most loved performers who are sadly no longer with us. Memories will be shared and a selection of the songs they sang, or the tunes they played, will be presented by people closely connected to them. There may be a little sadness at times, but there will also be much joy, definitely some laughter, and performances from some of our folk world’s finest. A special evening to celebrate a few of the very special people who are gone but not forgotten.
“Those who’ve gone before us will never be forgotten when we sing the songs they sang.”
We remember:-
Andrew Judd Bill & Tina Whall Cath Woodman Colin and Pat Bowley Des Rainey Dick Coker Frank Winter Lois McIvor Margaret Pye Margaret Wood Martha Louise Mary Fox Mike Gallagher Roger Giles Rudy & Pat Sunde Sieffe Latrobe
Performers:-
(not in matching order) Al & Beverley Young Barry Swallow Chris Priestley Clare Senior Eleanor & Isobel Johnston Gavin Asher Greg Whitcombe Jean Reid Lew Black Mayhem Paul Howarth Rosemary Thomas Terry Free Tom Wood Twisty Willow
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. No Floorsingers tonight – invited performers only. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
First up – NOTE THE DATE – this month only, we’re meeting on the FIRST SATURDAY – to allow you folks to get engrossed in the election results next Saturday.
Alan Knight & Tom French
With the mighty Gráinneog temporarily sidelined by vexations various, Alan and Tom have been keeping the flame burning and working up a fine set of songs. But while weekly sessions of singing and drinking Porter are all very well, the chaps are keen to get out and about a bit and bring some jollity to the nation’s folk clubs.
With a fine repertoire of trad and contemporary songs, the chaps bring ‘Tall Tales of Foaming Ales and possibly even Great Big Whales’ to life with plenty of gusto and volume.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. Floorsingers First half. Admission Members $10.00, Non-Members $15.00, Under 18s Free.
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
To commemorate the passing this time last year of a TFMC luminary, we’re dedicating this evening outside of the AGM to recalling the life and songs of Dick Coker.
So no floorsingers tonight, instead invited performers will share some of Dick’s songs, and probably also share a few stories featuring him.
Invited performers include, but may not be limited to (contact us if you would like to contribute):- Bob Large, Andrea Rose McGregor, Tony Smyth, Paul Howarth, Tony Rickets and Jenny Kilpatrick, Mike Maguire, Bevis England, Bill Morrison, Lew Black, Paul Brown, Angela Fox.
Here is some of what Tricia Lee had to say in our newsletter following his death last year:-
Dick was a prolific and much-admired songwriter. He was an intelligent wordsmith with a gift for shrewd and perceptive compositions. His works covered the spectrum from poignant and reflective to slightly vulgar and hilarious, but he was probably best known for his humorous songs which wittily poked fun at all manner of things, from politics to athletes on steroids, from social upstarts to despots. His songs often made you laugh, but there was always an underlying message.
Although he performed to audiences at folk clubs and festivals around the country, Dick much preferred playing and sharing in small groups and, until his health deteriorated, he was a regular participant in the club’s Friday Folk sessions.
Dick will be fondly remembered for his friendliness, generosity, wit, and intelligence, and his memory will live on in the many songs he has left behind.
And of course we have the AGM, where we hold the old committee to account, elect the new one, raise any issues with what the club is doing and maybe what we’d like it to do differently, and if you are really keen you could even get yourself elected.
Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start. No Floorsingers tonight. Admission Free
We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.
