Montrose Folk Club

After a brief summer break, Montrose Folk Club resumes with an outstanding Double Bill.  Glasgow based Duo, The Doghouse Roses, are touring together with the outstanding American Singer Songwriter, Joseph Parsons.

The Doghouse Roses are a Glasgow based duo consisting of guitarist, Paul Tasker and singer, Iona MacDonald.  Paul Tasker is an exceptional guitarist whose fretwork has been compared to that Bert Jansch and Richard Thompson.

Iona MacDonald has a powerful and memorable bluesy-toned voice and is also the principal songwriter for the Duo, who most recently supported Television on a UK tour.

Joseph Parsons, originally from Philadelphia, USA, but now based in Germany, is a Songwriter, whose music is located somewhere between Folk and Rock.  He has now released 19 albums, both Solo and Band, in Germany, where he also performs as part of the rock band, US Rails, and in a duo with Todd Thibaud.  Joseph Parsons has a distinctive voice and as a solo artist his live shows are dynamic and deeply moving performances.

We are delighted to present a return visit to Montrose by the talented Findlay Napier, who is, in the opinion of many, the leading Singer/Songwriter currently operating on the Scottish Music Scene.  As acknowledged in the Title of his remarkable 2015 solo debut CD entitled VIP: Very Interesting Persons (No2 in the Daily Telegraph’s top Dozen Folk Albums for that year) Findlay Napier commands musical VIP status.

Findlay has turned those same supreme song writing and storytelling gifts, allied with magpie – minded imagination and truly magnificent vocals, to his adoptive hometown, on VIP’s hotly anticipated follow-up, Glasgow.  At the 2018 Celtic Connections Festival, Findlay Napier headlined a stellar concert based around the new CD.  His concert at Montrose will include a performance of all the songs on the CD.

Continuing Findlay’s collaboration with Boo Hewerdine, who produced the record, the new CD combines freshly – penned originals with classics and rarities from Glasgow’s vast and colourful Song Canon, by writers as diverse as Hamish Imlach, Michael Marra and The Blue Nile.

The CD forms an extended musical love letter to Scotland’s metropolis, celebrating 20 years since Findlay first arrived as a Student, swopping his idyllic Speyside childhood home for the Fourteenth Floor of Glasgow’s notorious Red Road Flats.

Findlay Napier has been described as “Michael Marra meets Elvis Costello”.  His concert at Montrose Folk Club should not be missed.

Delightful Squalor features the talented Singer/Songwriters, Lake Montgomery of Paris, Texas and Cera Impala of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Lake and Cera deliver an authentic Americana duet project, unique in its charm, providing honeyed harmonies.

With guitar, Five String Banjo and ukulele in hand, backed by Dirk Ronnenburg on Fiddle, Lake and Cara craft songs that feel timeless, songs to help you forget a world gone mad.  Their influences, ranging from Country Blues, Gospel, Folk and Old-time Jazz, produce a unique and passionate sound.

Delightful Squalor are currently in the studio producing their first Album, which should be available for their appearance in Montrose.

Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist, Kelly Oliver has been described by Bob Harris of BBC Radio 2 as “an emerging voice in Folk Music” and as “an amazing young Songwriter” by Mike Harding.

Kelly’s 2014 debut album “This Land” won the Folkwords “Best Album by a Female Artist” and was nominated for the FATEA Best Debut Album.

Kelly’s second album, “Bedlam”, was included in the Sunday Times Essential New Releases.  Kelly was the winner of the Best Female Artist 2016 in the FATEA Awards.

The last 5 singles released by Kelly have all gained BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 music air play from presenters such as Bob Harris, Mark Radcliffe and Chris Hawkins.

Kelly has a superb voice, showcased in her concerts both by her own original material, traditional songs and by covers of writers such as Bob Dylan’s “Boots of Spanish Leather”.

Originally from Kent, of Irish descent, Tim Edey is regarded by many as the finest multi-instrumentalist, currently working on the Folk Scene.  He has also recently developed his talent as a Singer.

In the words of Folk Roots magazine – “As a guitarist he has few peers; as a box player he is a magician; as a character he is off the scale.”

Tim Edey was voted Musician of the Year in 2012 at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.  In the following year he won the award for Best Duo for his Combination with Irish harmonica player, Brendan Power.  Once again, Tim Edey was one of the four Nominations for Musician of the Year at the 2018 Folk Awards.

In addition to his solo work and duo performances with Brendan Power, Tim Edey regularly tours the world as part of the legendary Irish band, The Chieftans.

A live solo show by Tim Edey is a stunning mix of world music, inspired instrumental virtuosity and passion with a strong Celtic theme.

Rachel Harrington will be returning to Montrose Folk Club as part of her first UK tour in 5 years.

The previous concert given by Rachel Harrington at Montrose Folk Club was a memorable appearance by her band, Rachel Harrington and The Knock Outs.  For this tour, Rachel Harrington will be performing solo.

From Oregon, USA, where her family has lived for Six generations, Rachel was influenced by the music of Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Ray Charles, before releasing her debut CD, The Bootlegger’s Daughter, in 2007.  This release reached Number 1 in the Euro-Americana Chart.

The follow up record, City of Refuge, featured several guests, including Tim O’Brien, and reached millions of listeners through in-store air play at Starbucks throughout the USA.

The live shows of The Ewan MacIntyre Band feature beautiful string arrangements, ripping solos, soaring harmonies and captivating story telling.

Originally from Scotland but now resident in Canada, Ewan MacIntyre was formerly lead singer and guitarist with the award-winning bluegrass band, Southern Tenant Folk Union.  His previous CD – “You probably look better naked anyway” reached Number 3 in the National Folk Roots chart of Canada.  The band are touring throughout the UK and Europe in November 2018 to support the release of the new Ewan McIntyre Band album – Road Junkie.

Together with Ewan on guitar and vocals, the band line-up includes fiddler, Peter Menzies, from Moray, Canadian cellist, Karin Bouchard and Jen Hill of Songs of Separation and The Eliza Carthy Band on Double Bass.