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Useful Folk Train Related Sites:
- http://www.folkmusic.org/
- http://www.glossop.com/folktrain/
- MP3 Free downloads
- more related sites
- Exchange sites/links (must be related)
- Music Sites
- Buy Musical Instruments
Folk Train History:
- 24 April 2001 visit to the Old Nag’s Head
- August 2001 Spain
- 22 January 2002 Ireland
- September 2005 North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire
- October 2006 Sheffield Folk Festival
- June 2007 The Day after the big flood. The Folk Train was cancelled.
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- October 2007 New Mills Town Hall
- October 2008 The Sheffield Folk Festival
- Wessex Folk Festival
- ...more
Artist's Sites:
Manchester - Hathersage Folk Train
Train departs Manchester Piccadilly at 1145 calling at all stations from Reddish North to Hathersage. The band plays at the Little John Hotel, Hathersage. Return on the 1432 train from Hathersage, calling at all the same stations, except Strines, arriving at Manchester Piccadilly at 1532.
Saturday 11 April 2009 with the Rainy City Bluegrass Band
Traditional bluegrass at its best.
Saturday 2 May 2009 with The Duffers
Lively traditional music plus the Crown Rapper Sword dancers.
Saturday 23 May 2009 community rail month event with Dom Colins
Excellent comedy solo performer
Saturday 6 June 2009 with Blue Heart
Country, blues and bluegrass
Saturday 20 June 2009 with Nelson Peach
Traditional and American folk music.
Train Schedules (coming)
Events, train schedules and Travel Information by City:
Recommended: Folk Music Books
History Of Folk Music
Past News:
No Folktrain to Nashville
Train to Nashville? You can't get there from here.
Unfortunately and ironically, you can't take a passenger train to Nashville, home of more train songs than just about anywhere else.
To address our Nation's preposterous transportation policy, in which all other modes of transportatyion are heavily subsidized yet Amtrak alone is expected to be "profitable," please consider joining the National Association of Railroad Passengers (http://www.narprail.org).
Instead of the FolkTrain, we'll be concentrating our efforts on ROOTS ON THE RAILS - The Transcontinental Roots Music Festival March 10-14. visit www.rootsontherails.com for details
Amtrak does offer "service" to Nashville, in the form of buses that connect to its trains from two directions - Atlanta and Jefforsonville, KY (Louisville).
From the Northeast:
Amtrak train #19(south)/20(north), The Crescent
- Lv. NY 2:25 pm
- Lv. Philadelphia 4:35 pm
- Lv. Wilmington, DE 4:57 pm
- Lv. Baltimore 5:59 pm
- Lv. Washington, DC 7:10 pm
- Ar. Atlanta 8:58 am
- Lv. Atlanta (bus - leaves from train station) 12:01 pm
- Ar. Nashville 5:30 pm
returning, lv. Nashville 10 am, arrive Atlanta 5:00 pm,
- Lv. Atlanta 8:06 pm
- Ar. DC 10:00 am
- Ar. Baltimore 10:40 am
- Ar. Wilmingotn 11:32 am
- Ar. Philadelphia 12:25 pm
- Ar. New York 2:12 pm
From the Midwest:
Amtrak train #850(south)/851(north), The Kentucky Cardinal
- Lv. Chicago 7:55 pm
- Ar. Louisville 7:40 am
- Lv. Louisville (bus - leave from train station) 9:00 am
- Ar. Nashville 12:45 pm
returning, lv. Nashville 1:40 pm, ar. Louisvile 6:00pm
- Lv. Louisville 9:20 pm
- Ar. Chicago 8:37 a.m.
References:
Charlie Hunter (Conductor) is a well-known folk music manager, who, with Carol Young, has run Young/Hunter Management www.younghunter.com for the last eleven years, managing clients such as Chris Smither, Richard Shindell, Peter Mulvey, Cry Cry Cry and others. Along with the late R. Gilad Schamess he is also the founder of Trains of Thought, which conducted long-distance writing retreats on North American trains. He has traveled the cross-Canada rail route eleven times.Alan Rowoth (Engineer) is the Godfather of Folk on the Internet. He owns the folkmusic.org website and is listmom to the folkmusic and FolkBiz lists on the net. During the summer, you'll often find him sitting under a Big Orange Tarp - http://www.bigorangetarp.com .
Sarah Ovenden (Director of On-Board Services & Creature Comforts) is a long-time facilitator with Trains of Thought and a big fan of John Gorka, Fred Eaglesmith and sundry others. She knows her way around a train.
I'm Interested in coming along on Folktrain 2004 to San Diego. Please add my
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If you have specific questions, send me an old fashioned email message.
You can visit the Amtrak (http://www.amtrak.com) for more information and photos of the Amtrak trains and service.
webmaster@folktrain.com (c)2009 (update in progress)
Folk Music News:
1 Jun 2010 at 2:53am
• If you came this year you will know what we mean - if you didn't have a look at the photos and comments to get an idea of a fun filled weekend. After the success of 2009 the hardworking organisers have started again planning for 4-6th June 2010. The Organisers are working on getting into place the same mix of old and new music, old and young performers, dancing magic and places to play music and chat. Weymouth Harbourside is again set to experience a cultural bonanza, a fiesta of sound and motion and all from people like you, who like to perform, participate or take in. We will try and order the same sunny weather as 2009 so watch the website www.wessexfolkfestival.co.uk for developments. Any comments or offers of help will be valued - the Festival only goes on because we want it.
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The Wessex Folk Festival 2009 is an annual festival of traditional and modern folk music, dance and song based in Weymouth, Dorset, UK. This blog aims to promote the festival and all the bands, musicians, singers, dancers, businesses and entertainers involved.
• Replies are now coming in to the invitations sent out in the Autumn. We have already got firm yesses from teams performing Cotswold Morris, NorthWest Morris, Stepping and Border Morris. We are negotiating for a nominated percussive dance location and thinking about workshops. The dance teams provide a wonderful chance to see established dance forms at a good standard, bringing colour and movement to the streets, as well as cracking lively music. Why not think about having a go yourself and you could be dancing out in Weymouth the first weekend of June 2010. Any teams we have missed who would like to turn up please let us know.
Dance Teams 2010
4 Jan 2010 at 7:06pm
WESSEX FOLK FESTIVAL 2010
30 Sep 2009 at 12:22pm
Weymouth is particularly well served by pubs ideal for musicians and singers sessions and singarounds.
The Kings Arms in Trinity Road is always popular for the Irish or Celtic sessions and this year also hosted a shanty session and a music and song session that seemed much enjoyed.
The Excise House hosted a half speed Irish Session and a lot of tunes that were definitely nothing like half-speed with expert contributions from both Old Rooms Stage and Hope Square Stage performers taking some time out.
The Sailors Return on the other side of Town Bridge in Nicholas Street, Weymouth is the home of the regular Wednesday sessions and was host ...more
Weymouth pub sessions and pub singarounds continue to be successful at Dorset...
11 Jun 2009 at 5:07am
Particularly popular were Stampede, the well loved local Appalachian dance company who do such a lot of good work collecting for charity with their song and clog dancing routines, but lots of other acts drew really good crowds who stayed and watched despite there not being much opportunity for seating close to the stage.
Were you there? Did you like the extra stage? Which were your favourite bands? We'd love to hear from you in the comments below :-)
Bye for now
Dave
Dave Milner- Wessex Folk Festival Committee
Extra free stage opposite The Old Rooms Inn, Trinity Road, Weymouth proves po...
10 Jun 2009 at 1:59am
Norma Waterson, previously billed for this concert, unfortunately was not very well and was unable to appear at the festival. However, Martin Carthy and Chris Parkinson were joined by Mike Waterson for the concert in Hope Church on Saturday 6 June. It was a wonderful concert and a rare opportunity to see Mike Waterson in Weymouth. We all at Wessex Folk Festival wish Norma a very speedy recovery.
Two Peas, Pat Green and Pauline Clenshaw's special brand of gutsy songs, with humour and heart, are well known on the local Weymouth folk music circuits and both were also heavy involved in the organisation of the Wessex Folk F...more
Martin Carthy, Mike Waterson & Chris Parkinson's passion & humour was greatly...
9 Jun 2009 at 2:11am
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