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Green Note [Update This Listing] |
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Weekly open mic on Sunday afternoons! 1-5pm.
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5 nights per week |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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Nearest tube station is Camden Town |
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Phone - 020 7485 9899/ email – mail@greennote.co.uk |
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Please send demos to: 106 Parkway, London, NW1 7AN |
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Forthcoming Gigs
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| Mon 06 Sep 2010 |
The Askew Sisters |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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Emily and Hazel Askew are a young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music. Using fiddle and melodeon, they play and sing with an infectious enjoyment and love for the music, winning them fans wherever they go. From rhythmic foot stomping tunes to powerful interpretations of songs and ballads, their playing always guarantees to engage and inspire those who hear. They've spent the last couple of years playing at venues across the country, from top festivals and folk clubs to London's National Theatre and National Portrait Gallery |
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| Thu 09 Sep 2010 |
Fay Hield |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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This is not a MondayMonday night but should be a special evening at the our host venue, the aforementioned Green Note.. Fay Hield has been singing traditional songs from an alarmingly early age. She was active in the lively music scene centred around the Famous Bacca Pipes Folk Club in Keighley, was instrumental in launching the Haworth Arts Festival and the Three’s Company folk agency and promotions organisation, and was part o...f a highly-regarded duo with Damien Barber. During her time at Newcastle she helped form the female a capella quartet The Witches Of Elswick. The Witches recorded two acclaimed CDs — Out Of Bed, (Fellside) and Hell’s Belles (Selwyn Music) — in their four years together, as well as clocking up numerous radio broadcasts (including a spot on Woman’s Hour). Their true habitat, however, was in live performance, and they blazed their progress around the folk club and festival circuits. See http://www.fayhield.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/fayhield |
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| Mon 20 Sep 2010 |
Darren Black and Louise Jordan |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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Louise Jordan is a young folk singer who provides an enchanting twist on the traditional British folk song. Louise has an “individual approach to traditional songs, firmly keeping alive the spirit and beauty of each, whilst adding her own personality and fresh interpretation.” (Dennis Homes) Having lived, worked and studied in Wiltshire, Birmingham, London and Essex, Louise draws on her varied experience to tell songs of love, l...oss and betrayal with a “beautiful sweet rippling voice and delicate guitar style.” (Havering Folk Club) As a performer Louise has an enormous capacity to empathise and immerses herself in a story as if it were her own. Darren Black is a musician with a rapidly growing profile on the folk/acoustic scene. Described by Rock 'n' Reel magazine as 'a name to note', he hails from a quiet corner of the Welsh valleys and carries a heart-felt honesty in his music. Originally a classical violinist, he later taught himself guitar and folk fiddle. Inspired by bands such as Led Zeppelin and the poignant, melodic lyricism of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, musing soon progressed to song-writing. |
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| Mon 04 Oct 2010 |
Steve Tilston with support from The Raven |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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Steve Tilston has been described as, an artist of “stylistic versatility and consummate musicality,” “a complete guitarist,” “a singer songwriter of rare talent” and “absurdly accomplished.” Ask anyone on the English folk scene who their favourite guitarist, singer, songwriter and entertainer is and nine times out of ten his name will crop up in the top three of every department. Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated song-...smiths, with many of his songs adopted into the tradition. His 35 year career has been marked with the release of a 5-CD boxed-set; Reaching Back: the Life and Music of Steve Tilston. Featuring classic, rare, previously unreleased and new recordings, Reaching Back is a timely celebration of one of our finest performers. Not one to stand still however and with “Madame Muse” at his heels Steve is “reaching forward” with a new collection of songs and a new CD Ziggurat. “When our generation of songwriters is assessed on our contribution to our time, Steve's work will rank alongside much better known artists.” Ralph McTell http://www.stevetilston.com/ & http://www.myspace.com/stevetilston The Raven - Caz & Ste separately have been playing and singing for many years. Caz, from Australia, has been a fan of English folk music since her teens. She and Ste met in London, and started playing a few folky songs together. A few months ago they took some of these songs out of the lounge room, and Raven was created. See http://www.myspace.com/ravenfolkmusic |
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| Mon 18 Oct 2010 |
The Imaginary String Band and Josienne Clarke |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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The Imaginary String Band never existed, you just imagined they did. They play songs about apples and macroeconomics; their tunes have words and their words don’t have tunes. They play folk music from all around the world through the classic string band combination of banjo, fiddle and guitar. Breton Mazurkas, Jigs, Waltzes, Humours from Ireland, Mysterious Welsh tunes from obscure collections, Minor Morrises, 19th century banj...o pieces, English Hornpipes and darn fool ditties. A string band like this could never have existed, but perhaps it already did? See http://www.imaginarystringband.co.uk/ ------------------ Josienne Clarke’s music largely languishes in folk chanson, but occasionally dips a toe into blues shoes. Josienne's musical awakening began at a young age, learning parts to sing along with her father as he played folk and ballad classics on his Spanish guitar. Growing up in a world of singing and playing, Josienne was always a musician, and her natural authenticity and easy communication on stage owes much to these early experiences of performance and interaction. Later, she was drawn to other styles of music and studied classical singing. The influence of this can clearly be heard in the clarity of her voice and the attention to detail in her compositions. From the early choral music she learned in various choirs, to the guitar bands she would listen to with friends, via jazz and experiment, and never losing her love of the traditional music she learnt in her native Sussex, Josienne gathered ideas everywhere she listened. The sum of these many parts are expansive works of skill and beauty, executed with dexterity and charisma. http://www.myspace.com/mondesirmusic |
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| Mon 01 Nov 2010 |
You are Wolf and Firefly |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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“You Are Wolf weaves together traditional English folk, leftfield pop and storytelling via experimental vocals and an RC-50. She uses gentle touches of electronica, weaves in spoken word and throws in an array of wild vocal techniques. Her EP 'hunting little songs' is out now." http://www.myspace.com/youarewolf firefly's alt-folk songs of love, death and the sea have been captivating audiences across London over the last year. Wit...h a unique line-up of piano, strings, guitar, Javanese gamelan and voices, their carefully crafted music is fuelled by the driving post-minimalism of John Adams, the wonky pop of Sufjan Stevens and the emotionally direct lyricism of Joni Mitchell. Their songs are rich with close vocal harmonies, infectious rhythms and delicate atmospheric textures. firefly are Bea Hankey (voice), John Barber (piano, gender), Sam Glazer (cello) James Redwood (violin) and Jack Ross (guitar). http://www.myspace.com/fireflyburning |
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| Mon 06 Dec 2010 |
Sarah McQuaid |
Folk |
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Green Note |
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106 Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN |
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Born in Madrid, Spain, raised in Chicago and holding dual Irish and American citizenship, singer/guitarist and songwriter Sarah McQuaid lived in Ireland from 1994 to 2007. She has since moved with her husband and two children to the home formerly occupied by her parents near Penzance, Cornwall. I Won’t Go Home ’Til Morning, the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut album When Two Lovers Meet, marked a distinct change of f...ocus for the musician whose rich voice has been likened to “matured cognac”. Whereas her first album was a feast of Irish music, this is an enchanting celebration of old-time Appalachian folk, with Sarah’s arrangements punctuated by her own fine compositions and a cover of Bobbie Gentry’s classic ‘Ode to Billie Joe’. See http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/ |
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Reviews
I went here a couple of months ago and was really surprised at the quality of artists. although the venue is small, it is good. There is intimacy, and a bit of elbow barging but it's all good. acoustically sound and the girl that runs it has a character trait. she knits. The girl behind the jump was friendly. all in all a very good sunday afternoon openmic.
carl chamberlain - Apr 09
Hey Jonathan, if you click the website link (just above where it says Forthcoming Gigs), you will be taken directly to the Green Note website where you will see FULL listings for all their music shows, wednesday through sunday every week.
auntie - Jan 07
This is a lovely venue, but what happened? There used to be music on here every night.
Jonathan - Jan 07
Only been the once so far, in December, to an absolutely tremendous 'Blues Jam' night. Music couldn't be bettered, service and food choice excellent. Good menus, cooked well BUT a little cold when it got to the table. Apart from that - brilliant enough to give them a second chance.
Tony Tackett - Jan 06
The Green Note Café has the feeling of a place that will be remembered. Situated in the spiritual home of London music, it offers something different to the grimey mosh-pits of most Camden venues by combining a stylish, comfortable backdrop with fantastic live music, friendly service and excellent food. The artwork on the walls lets you know whose footsteps you tread in as you enter this gem of a venue and give you a clue as to the music to expect. Although Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan may never have dined in person, they are there in spirit and stare out from their pictures in quiet appreciation of the intimate surroundings.
Oscar Cainer - Oct 05
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