Guests from overseas

Guests from overseas join

Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October

A number of the guests at this year’s Tenterden Folk Festival come from overseas and they will compliment the traditional English style which very much remains the main theme of the festival and the full guest list which can be found on our website at www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk. The overseas visitors include;

KAUSARY are one of Europe’s best-known Andean bands and are based in the UK. They boast an exciting, expressive and talented line-up that will enchant any audience with their sounds of Latin America. Whether it’s music ‘for the heart’ or ‘for the feet’ they entertain and delight every audience. Experience the passion of Latin America and see why audiences all over the country are thrilled and captivated by the band’s atmospheric performances. There first appearance at Tenterden is sponsored by Hobgoblin Music’s Crawley shop.

DAVID JONES is English but now lives in the US and has an enormous repertoire of folksong from both sides of the Atlantic. He has performed throughout his native Britain and North America, singing songs from the great days of sail, Music Hall favourites, traditional ballads and the works of contemporary writers. He sings both acapella and with guitar or concertina accompaniment and involves his audience in refrains and choruses ranging from boisterous to sentimental.

JALI SHERRIFO KONTEH was born in Brikama in The Gambia where he still lives. You only have to listen to a few notes of his music and you can hear that family sound in his playing as Sherrifo is the half-brother of Dembo Konte, youngest son of Alhaji Bai Konte and a brilliant musician, singer and kora player. Sherrifo appeared at Tenterden Folk Festival 2004 and is back in England for a tour so we could not resist rebooking him.

THE HOLDSTOCKS live in the USA but Dick originally comes from Medway. Whether they are singing traditional ballads, songs of the sea, old time tavern songs, songs of the California gold rush, or contemporary songs of social significance, Carol and Dick are bound to please any audience that has the good fortune to see and hear them.

THE MORENA SLOVAK DANCERS are a group of young Slovaks based in and around London who got together a few years ago to perform their traditional folk dances. This will be the second time that they have danced for us at Tenterden complete with traditional music, costumes and enthusiasm.

The guest list for this 15^th Tenterden Folk Festival also includes Jim Bainbridge from Scotland, Trefor & Vicki Williams from Wales and The MacLennan Scottish Dance Group and many others. See full guest list.

Full weekend tickets are now on sale priced at £20.00, under 16s £10.00, until 1^st September. We are also taking camp site books and bookings for craft and music fairs and street stalls.

Details of Tenterden Folk Festival 2007, guests, accommodation and camping are now being released and also posted on our website at www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk.

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Last updated 23^rd June 2007