The Demon Barbers Radio Show February 2012
Broadcast on Sheffield Live 93.2 FM
February 22nd @ 14:00
February 24th @ 13:00
With special guest Fay Hield
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Demon Duos on the road in February
Although it’s few more weeks before The Demon Barbers are on the road again we are pleased to announce that Damien, Bryony & Will are taking their respective duos around the UK a lot sooner.
Mark Durberville – Help Save BBC Folk Radio!
By Mark Durberville, co-presenter of The Durbervilles Folk & Roots Show, BBC Radio Leeds.
You may not be aware of the full implications that are facing folk radio shows in the light of the recently announced big BBC budget cuts.… Read more
Tanisha Allman Wins Again!
Our newest member of The Demon Barber Roadshow, Tanisha Allman, has won the Cheshire & Lancashire Clog Dancing Championships for the 2nd year in a row!… Read more
Time Gentlemen Please! Autumn Tour
September
16th – The Forum, Barrow In Furness
18th – Grand Opera House, York
20th – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
22nd – The Cresett, Peterborough
23rd – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
October
8th – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
November
19th – The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Towersey Fancy Dress – Outlaws & Inlaws!
It’s been a while since we had a fancy dress party and what better honour than to finish up Towersey Village Festival with one!… Read more
The Chris Moyles Morris Challenge!
We recently came across Chris Moyles Hip Hop Morris Battle video on you tube and thought it quite funny, although not quite as funny as the Harvestival one done last year.… Read more
Inter School Rapper Sword Championships 2011
A few weeks ago we held our 4th inter-school rapper championships!
The competition was held at Shawland’s Primary School in Barnsley with special guests Ivor Allsop and The Earl of Scarborough!… Read more
Pleasant Surprises By Ben Griffith @BenTheBarberian
Hello again.
In my last post I told the tale of how I unexpectedly and very rapidly got involved in folk music.… Read more
Tanisha Allman: 12 Year Old Champion #Clog Dancer
A while ago we posted some video of Fiona & Tiny Taylor’s workshops at the Lancashire Wallopers Weekend. At that weekend they met up with Tanisha Allman who is the current overall Fylde Folk Festival Clog Champion, and she’s only 12!… Read more
‘Redlightitus’ By Bryony Griffith
Bryony & Will are currently recording their debut duo album in Newcastle.
You’d think that living in the same house, Will and I would be able to find plenty of time to practise, but actually it’s very rare that we’re both in before about half nine at night, by which time it seems a little unfair to inflict melodeon, fiddle and 48 verse murder ballads on the neighbours in our little terrace.… Read more
A crash course in #folk festivalling by Ben Griffith @BenTheBarberian
So how did all this folking around suddenly happen to a young pop music graduate? The answer is: Very quickly!
One fateful day in 2004, less than a week before the Towersey village festival, I received a phone call my from sister, Bryony.… Read more
Animated Magazine Article on ‘Time Gentlemen Please!’
A few months ago Damien Barber and Bobak Walker (Artistic Director and Choregrapher of TGP) were invited by The Foundation for Community Dance to write an article on their experiences creating ‘Time Gentlemen Please!’… Read more
Top Ten moments of BBC Radio 2 #folkawards
1. Dancing to The Levellers!
2. (Ben) Talking to Jeremy Vine and getting a call out on his show http://ow.ly/3TjQz (6m 35s)
3.… Read more
Mike harding – Bitten By The Bug
After more than fifteen years off the road folk comedian Mike Harding, once dubbed ” the grandfather of Alternative Comedy” is taking to the road again on a twenty night tour of small theatres, village halls and arts centres.… Read more
#Traditions within traditions at The Straw Bear
By Bryony Griffith
On the weekend following Plough Monday, The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place. Basically, it involves a man dressed in a straw outfit, led by his keeper, dancing around the streets and pubs of Whittlesey.… Read more
New Year’s Eve with Mike Wilson and #Bellowhead
These days I tend to shy away from the masses on New Year’s Eve preferring small numbers of good friends, a medium number of hot caffeinated drinks and infinite amounts of cheese, cold-meats and pickles.… Read more
Time Gentlemen Please! Dates confirmed
2 dates for The Demon Barbers’ theatre show ‘Time Gentlemen Please!’ have been confirmed for June 2011.
24th June – Wakefield Theatre Royal
26th The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
Tickets will be on sale in the New Year and we advise early booking as these shows are likely to sell out.… Read more
Bureaucrats to axe BBC Radio Derby’s ‘Folkwaves’
Mick Peat and Lester Simpson have, over the last 25 years, given so much support to the folk genre through their internationally renowned Folkwaves programme, a show which is now destined to be broadcast for the last time on December 27th.… Read more
