An evening with Steve Turner at Cafe No9

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Steve Turner, (UK) traditional and contemporary singer, concertina accompaniment, cittern, mandolin, tenor banjo.

Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also accompanies himself on the cittern, and also plays mandolin and tenor banjo.

Steve began his career on the Manchester, UK folk scene at the end of the ‘60s, with the Geordie band “Canny Fettle”, touring with them for eight years and making two albums with them.

In 1979 he won the UK Melody Maker’s national “Stars of the 80s” competition, which persuaded him to turn professional, and for the next 12 years he toured solo, nationally and internationally, releasing four albums with Fellside Records during this period (Out Stack, Jigging One Now, Eclogue and Braiding).

After 13 years away from the folk scene he made a welcome return in 2004 performing in folk clubs and festivals, and in 2008 producing his 5th album, the highly acclaimed “Whirligig of Time” which featured UK luminaries Martin Carthy, Nancy Kerr and Miranda Sykes.

Since then he has released further albums, “Rim of the Wheel” , “Spirit of the Game” and “Late Cut”, and his latest much anticipated 9th album “Curious Times” featuring Martin Carthy will be released in Spring 2023.

He has also been interviewed in leading articles in the UK folk magazines fRoots and Living Tradition and RnR.

In the F/Roots August/September 2014 edition Nancy Kerr in her “Rocket Launcher” interview when asked “what was the best gig you ever saw?” answered “… Steve Turner …”

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“Heslop & Stringer are Mark Heslop & Matt Stringer. Hailing from Fixby & Liversedge in West Yorkshire, Mark plays violin, Matt plays mandolin and both share acoustic guitar and lead vocal duties to allow all instruments to be involved in live performances.

Debut album “New Beginnings” was released in November 2022 combining stories from
Northern history with personal experiences and memories. Two years of gigs in the north of England followed including the UK West Coast Folk Festival at Blackpool Winter Gardens, Great North Folk Festival, Holmfirth, Filey, Robin Hood’s Bay and Cleckheaton folk festivals, Halifax Piece Hall and several of the north’s great folk clubs such as the Topic in Bradford.

Second album “Something from Nothing” was released in November 2024 and the duo hope to use it to introduce themselves to new audiences and places while also revisiting old favourite venues.

Fatea Magazine summarised the album as:

“Heartfelt Harmonies and sympathetic musicianship brought together in one glorious packages”.

“a truly authentic folk club sound”.

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Please note this ticket price DOES include a BYOB fee should you wish to bring alcohol to the venue.

All additional purchases of drinks and sweet treats from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.