Saturday July 21st 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.

The Swan Inn, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY
Tickets £10.00 in advance £12.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected]

Ian Brown

Ian Brown is an accomplished and successful songwriter under the name of Tom Gilbert with a track record that includes an Ivor Novello nomination for ‘I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker’.

Ian will be showcasing some new songs written with the on-going theme of TV shows such as Crunch Time for The Cramptons (Wanted Down Under) & Its Ruff Ruff Ruff Being A Dog (Walking with Dogs) to accompany the infamous Jeremy Kyle Song.

Linda Watkins + Simon Loake – ‘The Tour of Britain’ Tour of Britain!

Linda Watkins on vocals and guitar with multi-instrumental accompanist Simon Loake present an excerpt from their ‘Tour of Britain’ show with songs from the far North to the deep South of the country, Beautiful ballads, humorous, traditional, contemporary and original material with anecdotal and historic comment. Prepare to be intrigued and entertained in equal measure.

Robert Lane

Robert Lane will be showcasing sings form his new album ‘Only a Flight Away’. Robert was chosen by the LG Arena to perform in the Forum Live area of the arena before concerts by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Ellie Goulding and John Mayer. In July 2015 he once again performed at the newly re-branded Genting Arena before a concert by Fleetwood Mac.

Saturday June 16th 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.

The Swan Inn, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY
Tickets £10.00 in advance £12.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected]

Winter Wilson

Winter Wilson’s current tour showcases their latest album “Ashes and Dust”, the follow up to “Cutting Free” which made the Daily Telegraph’s ten recommended folk albums for Summer 2014. Having honed their craft during many years as semi-professional musicians, the duo went full time in 2012 and haven’t looked back since. They have a fine repertoire of self-penned songs, telling stories of everyday life which often reflect the bigger picture of this life we lead. (“Songs for local heroes,” as one punter said.)

Kip Winter (vocals, accordion, guitar, flute) is one of the finest singers on the circuit, expressing power and emotion in equal measure “from melting to belting”.

Dave Wilson (vocals, guitar and banjo) is amongst the top tier of British song writers, with his songs covered by some of folk’s “greats”. But it’s in live performance that Winter Wilson really excel, bringing a sense of intimacy to every stage, welcoming audiences into their world, mixing songs with stories of life on the road. “This isn’t a performance – it’s a domestic!” Tight harmonies, killer songs and a lot of fun – that’s Winter Wilson.

Saturday May 19th 2018 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.

The Swan Inn, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY
Tickets £10.00 in advance £12.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected]

Dave Gibb

Hailing from the village of Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway, Dave describes himself as a left-handed, balding, middle-aged songwriting folky from Scotland’s highest village.

A superb guitarist with a style that is as distinctive as it is effective, a voice that can carry traditional and contemporary songs and a songwriting ability that produces songs ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, he is an established performer throughout the acoustic/folk club, festival and concert scene.

Lyrically Dave is a storyteller and is determined to maintain the art of storytelling through song. Musically he draws on both traditional and contemporary sources, especially the finger picking styles of the heroes.

Songs funny or sad, happy or grim, meaningful or meaningless played fast or slow (sometimes both at the same time)…….He likes a giggle.

Saturday April 21st 2018 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.

The Swan Inn, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY
Tickets £10.00 in advance £12.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected]

Chris Ronald Trio

The Chris Ronald Trio from Canada comprises CFMA-nominated singer-songwriter Chris Ronald, BCCMA award-winning musician John Ellis, and CCMA “Fiddle Player of the Year” Mike Sanyshyn. Influenced by countless British and North American artists of the 60s onward, Ronald’s music has been described as “Canadian folk with British roots,” and The Province likened it to “the country and folk that came out of Laurel Canyon and the British Isles in the mid-seventies.”

Now living in Vancouver, Canada, contemporary folk singer-songwriter Chris Ronald emigrated from his native England in 2002. Ronald first got hooked on songwriting at age 15 when he put to music a poem he wrote in high school, but he only started to go public in his thirties after moving to Canada and self-producing his first two albums. In 2014, Ronald made a breakthrough with his third album, Timeline, which gained him a nomination for ‘Songwriter of the Year’ at the Canadian Folk Music Awards and a place in the finals of the renowned Kerrville New Folk contest in Texas.

In live performance, Ronald draws on his abilities as a skilled singer, storyteller and musician. An accomplished soloist, he also tours as a trio. John Ellis and Mike Sanyshyn feature on Ronald’s latest album, Fragments, which was released on esteemed Canadian folk label Borealis Records.

Sian Magill

https://www.sianmagill.co.uk/

Cancelled

Saturday March 3rd 2018 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.
The Swan Inn, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, OX7 6AY
Tickets £8.00 in advance £10.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected]

Ian W Brown

It’s 30 years since Ian W Brown decided he stood a better chance of making a living farming pigs in Hampshire than saving the world with song. A year or two later while toiling in the fields he heard The Stone Roses on the radio, fell in love with the band and allowed himself a wry smile that at least one person with his name was living the dream.

But he kept his hand in writing songs before going to work and playing folk clubs when he could. Then, farming being almost as precarious as the record business, he answered the call for Britain’s farmers to diversify by going into the music industry full time. He started out selling line dance CDs, then got into band management, record plugging, recording and song writing.

Since then he has been nominated for an Ivor Novello award for co-writing Sandi Thom’s number one single, ‘I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker’ and the album from which it was taken. He co-wrote the lead song in the long running West End musical ‘Dreamboats and Petticoats’ and has written songs for many artists including Fisherman’s Friends, Show of Hands, Jason Donovan, D Side, Pixie Lott, Graham Gouldman, Henry Priestman, Simon Webbe, Drumsound & Bassline Smith and even Meryl Streep. His songs have been played on Radio 1, Radio 2 Radio 4 and Radio 5 in the last year. His ambition in 2018 is to conquer Radio 3 and is currently writing a collection of neo classical Zither tunes!

Performing and writing songs remains Ian’s hobby as he’s too old for football and has no aptitude for golf. He has never recorded under his own name… until recently. Ian’s new single, ‘The Five Foot Two Inch Giant’, is a song written in praise of his wife on their 28th wedding anniversary and is released later this year.

He has supported Julie Felix, Rita Coolige , Martin Simpson , Martin Cathy, 10cc and Steve Harley.

This summer Ian will return to the fringe stages and after-hours sessions at some of the country’s most prestigious festivals and folk clubs to play a few of his songs that have graced the charts and many more that haven’t, including ‘She Can’t Recycle Michael & His Folding Bicycle’, ‘There’s A Light At The End Of the Tunnel (& It’s The Front Of The Train)’, ‘Grey Is The New Blonde’ and ‘The Jeremy Kyle Song. These finely-honed everyman tales and self-deprecating musical gems are interspersed with tall tales from the music business, life, love and the universe, which is visible from his shed in the New Forest.

As Ian will be the first to tell you there aren’t many politicians he has a great deal in common with. However, if he ever has a hit under his own name he could join the best-known hobby composer of them all – Charles G Dawes, the American banker, politician, general and ambassador to the UK who went on to serve as Vice-President to Calvin Coolidge after writing the music that became ‘It’s All in the Game’, the 1958 chart-topper for Tommy Edwards.

Dawes in the only US Vice-President to have a number one hit. He and Bob Dylan are the only people to have had a number one hit and win a Nobel Prize. Ian W Brown is the only recorded pig farmer to be nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.