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4th Sunday Folk music session Hunters Inn, Heddon Valley, Devon

Monday, October 26th, 2009

huntersinn4thsundaydevonAnother great 4th Sunday traditional folk tune session at the Hunters Inn, Heddon valley, North Devon, hosted by Ian Hudson last night with lots of traditional folk instrumentalists from Exmoor Border Morris, the always excellent piano accordion player Martin Hughes and a very welcome surprise visit from excellent folk music performers Hilary and John. (Thanks to John for taking the photo on the right).

Well today is Monday and I have had a fantastic weekend with a quick dash visit to Baring Gould Festival 2009 in Okehampton, Devon on Saturday, where I joined in a fantastic mainly traditional English folk music tunes session, and then the wonderful ambience of Hunters Inn, set in Exmoor’s beautiful Heddon Valley with its always friendly and welcoming proprietor David Orton.

Just a few days now before the free Bampton Folk Festival “After the Fair” which takes place October 30th to November 1st 2009. This folk festival is strongly based on traditional folk music sessions with as many as four folk music sessions going on at any one time from Friday evening right the way through to the survivors session on Sunday evening. In the past, it has featured visitors from as far away as France, with its Breton performers, and great singers and performers from Ireland and elsewhere in the UK.

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Best ever folk music session at Hunters Inn, North Devon with Ian Hudson & Captain Banjo’s Street Band members

Monday, August 24th, 2009

With juggled firesticks flaming in the night, many folkies at the 4th Sunday of the month folk music session at Dave Orton’s friendly and welcoming Hunters Inn voted it the best session ever with Martin Hughes, Ian Hudson and members of Captain Banjo’s Street Band playing through an epic evening of tunes and songs.

Romance seemed in the air as Captain Banjo’s very own fire stick juggler Tim had found a new friend who proved just as adept at twirling the flaming stick in the darkness of Exmoor’s beautiful North Devon Heddon Valley.

Close to Lynmouth, Lynton, Barnstaple, Martinhoe and Trentishoe, the Hunters Inn, North Devon is set in spectacular countryside on the borders of Exmoor. It is hard to imagine a more ideal rural retreat for a country folk music session and the welcoming atmosphere created by proprietor David Orton and wife Deb must make this an ideal destination for South West Coast Path walkers and folkies in search of a unique location and a friendly folk music and song session.


Perhaps I’ll see you there :-)


By for now

Rob

Rob Hopcott – folk musician and folk music session devotee

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North Devon Leisure Centre Beer Festival entertainment rocks with Captain Banjo’s Street Band

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009


The North Devon Leisure Centre Beer Festival rocked to an evening of toe tapping drumming and traditional tunes played by Captain Banjo’s Street Band with a floor show performed by resident fire stick juggler Tim, 22nd Aug. 2009 with fundraising collections being made for the North Devon Children’s Hospice.

Since Captain Banjo’s Street Band were busy squeezing their melodeons, blowing their whistles and saxophones and strumming their guitars, huge thanks are due to Rose, close supporter of Mark, drummer and Elvis Presley impersonator, who stepped in to be official band photographer for the evening.

And a big hello to (strangely camera shy) street artist ‘ZHE155′, who was taking some time away from decorating Barnstaple street furniture with tasteful images of the feminine form and his colleague ‘Unknown’, who were both taking a great interest in Captain Banjo. Could it be that images of Captain Banjo might soon be replacing some of those images of the female form around Barnstaple soon?

To round off the weekend, Captain Banjo’s Street Band are planning to head for The Hunters Inn, Heddon Valley, Parracombe, near Barnstaple, North Devon starting around 8 pm for an informal evening of folk tunes and songs with guitar and song master Ian Hudson.

See you there, perhaps :-)

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