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Latest CD "Three Quarter Time"
Magpie Lane's ninth CD was released in August 2017.
Tracks include current live favourites such as 'The Dancing','Dance around the Gallows Tree','The Captain and his Whiskers' and the 'One More Dance and Then' tune set. The CD features guest appearances by various friends of the band, including Jackie Oates, John Spiers and Paul Sartin.
more details, and how to order the CD
If you want a demonstration of just how vibrant and alive and feelgood English music can be, conveying the Spirit Of The Dance while maintaining a firm and respectful grip on the traditions it upholds, then you need look no further than this exhilarating disc."
Gigs
2019
Monday 7th January Chesham Folk Club
The White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1AG
cheshamfolkclub.org.uk
2018
Sunday 29th April - 25th anniversary Maytime concert
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3BN
Sunday afternoon concert, 2.30 p.m.
"To Every Thing A Season" Saturday 4th August - Sidmouth Folk Week
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth, Devon
"To Every Thing A Season"
Songs of love, dancing, drink and death - a favourite selection from Magpie Lane's repertoire as the band celebrates 25 years together.
sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/the-manor-pavilion
Friday 9th November - Folk in the Foyer, Bromyard
The Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Road, Bromyard, Herefordshire HR7 4LL
www.conquest-theatre.co.uk/foyer
Tuesday 20th November - Folk: A MERL Late
The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX
Free entry
merl.reading.ac.uk/event/folk-merl-late
Christmas concerts 2018
Monday 3rd December - Grand Union Folk Club
Horse & Trumpet, 4 Barrow Road, Sileby, Nr Loughborough, LE12 7LP
guf.org.uk
Saturday 8th December - Royal Traditions, Dungworth
Royal Hotel, Main Road, Dungworth, Sheffield S6 6HF
www.soundpost.org.uk/royal-traditions
Saturday 15th December - Holywell Christmas concerts
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3BN
Afternoon and evening concerts: 3.30 and 7.30 p.m.
Tickets from Tickets Oxford or ring Tim Healey on 01865 249194