Tributes were paid to Joyce Cann, president of the Dartmoor Folk Festival and wife of the event founder, the late Bob Cann, at her funeral service held at St Andrew's Church in South Tawton.
Joyce was born in the parish of South Zeal, where she spent much of her life.
She was born Edna 'Joyce' Sampson on June 30, 1925 to Maria and William Sampson, one of three children, with an older sister called Dorothy, and a younger brother William.
She lived all her childhood at Addiscott, South Tawton, walking the two miles every day to school in South Zeal, and making the...
Top local and national artists will headline at the 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on August 5, 6 and 7 in 2016, it was announced at the annual meeting of the association which runs the annual three-day festival.
Jason Rice, chairman of the Dartmoor Folk Festival Association, spoke of the success of the 2015 festival, which included a packed programme of concerts, a ramble on Dartmoor, a ceilidh, folk service, craft displays, dances, a children's festival, a Dartmoor Fayre, music hall, pub sessions and music, song and dance workshops...
Next Friday 11th ignite your imagination with some 21st century travelogues; songs of beautiful and flawed humanity, love, death, desire and hope. Join us for a special night at Hope Hall Arts, Exeter on 11th December, 7.30pm. The Little Unsaid (solo), Tobias Ben Jacob + Jacob Riddall .
Devon-based Swedish/American singer-songwriter Rosa Rebecka returns to the Bike Shed to launch her latest EP Home with Folkstock records, a small but perfectly formed collection of emotionally charged alt-folk songs exploring love and belonging.
Known for her arresting acoustic performances, Rosa will use the Bike Shed’s intimate space to full effect,combining emotional intensity with vocal virtuosity, and using a host of instruments to create a journey for the listener, filled with joy, warmth and sorrow.
“a lyrical, sun-dappled and golden voice, tinged with a hint of...
Double Bill of Folk Music in association with Wren Music. Tickets
Lyrically evocative, sometimes moody and melancholic, Holland’s unadorned music has a flip side of songs of upbeat, wry humour but always acutely observed.
Cornish folk duo Jon & Alfie bring both original material and traditional folk tunes from all over the world. At once foot-stamping and unpredictable, their sound is experimental in its subtle questioning of folk music idioms.
Songs and ballads form a unique connection between the past and the world in which we now live. Engagement with popular songs, whether by singing or listening, is an important part of life today, just as it was in the past, and music forms a central element in the cultural legacy we leave for future generations. Work and play, war and peace, love and loss, crime and punishment – all these aspects of human existence are preserved in the songs people sang as part of their daily lives. This event offers a musical exploration of songs from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Come and join us...
Songs and ballads form a unique connection between the past and the world in which we now live. Engagement with popular songs, whether by singing or listening, is an important part of life today, just as it was in the past, and music forms a central element in the cultural legacy we leave for future generations. Work and play, war and peace, love and loss, crime and punishment – all these aspects of human existence are preserved in the songs people sang as part of their daily lives. This event offers a musical exploration of songs from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Come and join us...
Songs and ballads form a unique connection between the past and the world in which we now live. Engagement with popular songs, whether by singing or listening, is an important part of life today, just as it was in the past, and music forms a central element in the cultural legacy we leave for future generations. Work and play, war and peace, love and loss, crime and punishment – all these aspects of human existence are preserved in the songs people sang as part of their daily lives. This event offers a musical exploration of songs from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Come and join us...
