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23rd March – Morag Dunbar, Carole Prior & Janet Weatherston

The Wee Folk Club is pleased to welcome Carole, Morag & Janet. Edinburgh based Carole Prior (vocals & guitar) sings a range of traditional and more contemporary songs and writes some of her own, She has performed at festivals and gigs throughout Scotland and the rest of the British Isles and was in the cast of Ian McCalmans production Far far from Ypres. Morag Dunbar (vocals & guitar), originally from Kirkcaldy, now living in Edinburgh, she performs a range of Scottish and other traditional & contemporary songs. Janet Weatherston is from a family of traditional singers and continues the tradition, singing songs taught to her by her mother & grandmother as a child – bothy ballads and more!

30th March – Ragged Glory

We’re pleased to have Ragged Glory playing the Wee Folk Club again, their shows are always popular……

George Archibald, Jim & May Weatherston and Charlie Milne form this well established group playing around Edinburgh and beyond. Their great vocal harmonies supported by excellent guitar & mandolin playing make for a wonderful sound across the range of traditional and contemporary material which they play. With three singer songwriters in the band there will also be some of their own compositions to enjoy.

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6           PAR    The Wee Folk Club is pleased to welcome PAR – Paul Murray, Alan Murray & Rena Gertz.

Rena Gertz (vocals) has been performing a broad repertoire of traditional songs in Gaelic Scots, German and Italian for a number of years. She enjoys performing and entertaining an audience with songs and stories and likes to focus on the background and history of the songs. Paul Murray (fiddle and vocals) has been in and around the Edinburgh Folk Scene since he was 9 years old. Paul also presents his weekly radio show “Fresh Folk” on Kirkcaldy community radio station K107FM. Alan Murray (guitar and vocals), is well known in central Scotland as a singer, songwriter and guitarist (Alan is also a Professor of BioEngineering!).

13         George Machray      Whether it’s quirky and funny ditties or poignant ballads, George Machray (guitar & vocals) is your man. Hailing from east Lothian, singer-songwriter George Machray is best known for his comedy and parody songs like ‘Hawkeye the Noo’ and ‘Grubby Thoughts’ – or, fiddlers beware, ‘No Fiddlers Like Folk Fiddlers’. He has a way with words whether singing about the ridiculous or the more serious…

George has won the audience cup at Edinburgh Folk Club’s annual song writing competition several times including with the hilarious ‘Swinging in Dunbar’ and showing his breadth and depth of appeal with the thoughtful ballad ‘The Quays of Cockenny’.

20           Martin Lennon     Martin Lennon (guitar & vocals) happily admits to being a grumpy old man of a certain age! He is a singer-songwriter who’s played in pubs and theatres, been in a ceilidh band, formed a dance company and performed across Scotland, England, Ireland, America and India. He writes and performs songs with a folk blues feel and has 2 albums - 'Crow' and 'Fish' with two more albums in the making! It’s good to have him back at The Wee Folk Club again. Martin always gives us a thought provoking, interesting and entertaining evening.

27           Mike Breen    We are delighted to welcome Mike Breen back to The Wee Folk Club.

Mike (guitar & vocals) is an Edinburgh based musician, he incorporates a wide range of styles in his performances, playing solo and with other musicians locally and touring internationally. He started singing in the school choir at 13 and played his first guitar at 15 and to quote him has been “Bin screaming me 'ead off ever since!”. Mike also works his magic as a sound engineer and producing events for other musicians.

A powerful musician who will give a enjoyable evening.

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