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27/60 – Old Oak Inn, Arlington. 9th Feb 2024.
Back once again in our local. There was a good crowd when we got there including some of our neighbours and friends form Bluebell Roots, and most people...
26 /60 – Frontier Bar, Eastbourne. February 7th, 2024.
This event was organised as a Your Stories In Song event (our first one) with Compass Community Arts. They had wanted to hold the event as part of Eastbourne...
22 – 25 of 60 – Bluebell Roots sessions
I had managed to miss out the Bluebell Roots monthly sessions in my earlier ’60 by 60’ write ups so am going back to October, November of 2023 and January of...
21/60 E.L.F Battle – Abbey Hotel
Part 5 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. The previous duo were still playing when we arrived at the final venue, the Abbey Hotel. And then...
20/60 E.L.F Battle – Sarah’s Cellar
Part 4 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. The next venue, a bit further down the High Street and down a sideway, was Sarah’s Cellar which was...
19/60 E.L.F Battle – The Bull
Part 3 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. Next up was The Bull, right opposite the Taproom. It did take quite a while to cross the road though...
18/60 E.L.F Battle – King’s Head
Part 2 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. We finished the previous gig on time, got packed up quick, and we’re into the next venue with a...
17/60 E.L.F Battle – Brewery Taproom
Friday 26th January 2024 We had been in conversation with Darren Watson about playing at E.L.F in Battle in April. Every Last Friday is a mini music marathon...
Pausing Patreon
We have decided to pause our Patreon page for now and concentrate on sending special stuff to those on our mailing list. So make sure you sign up here: Sign...
16/60 Bluebell Roots
16/60 Bluebell Roots24 Dec 202317/12/23 Christmas Special in ArlingtonWe have written before about the wonder that is Bluebell Roots. For the Christmas...
15/60 – Live at Thornsett Road. 16/12/2023
VIDEO - https://youtu.be/6QZzOeiU4Hc?si=bvfKRozYtqJn-SmU House Concert in Penge When we first started performing we looked at the gigs that artist friends...
14/60 – Bodiam Castle. 09/12/23
What better to do on a day of heavy rain and floods than go and play music in a castle!? We'd been invited, after recommendation from a friend who volunteers...
13/60- Under Ground Theatre, Eastbourne. 2/12/23
This event was a double header with us and Terry Lees & Natasha Norodien. The night was extremely cold with a freezing fog so we were amazed to have any...
12/60 – The Grove, Eastbourne. 23/11/23
Notes Home at The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne The idea for this event morphed a couple of times before we got to the planning stage. First we had an idea to...
11/60 The Stag, Hastings. 12/11/23
We had one of our best gigs ever on Sunday. Neither of us could stop grinning. We’ve played here before but never had such the enthusiastic response we had...
17th Feb, Selmeston
Interactive Songwriting session with Milton Hide aimed at experienced and aspiring songwriters. Providing motivation and advice on how to proceed with ideas...
10/60 – Old Oak Inn, Arlington. 03/11/23
The Old Oak Inn is our local - we can actually walk here when we haven't got a load of PA gear to cart about! Owners Paul and Kate (really friendly people)...
Notes Home
NOTES HOME Memories left behind, plans for the future, reflections on a theme - Notes Home Thursday 23rd November 2023, The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne. 7.30pm...
9/60 – Tenterden Folk Festival – The Saddlery. 8/10/23
Our final gig of the weekend was a bit of a surprise. We honestly thought we would be lucky to get one person at the 'Meet the Guests' event. Partly because...
8/60 – Tenterden Folk Festival – Free Stage – 8/10/23
We had played the free stage in 2022 and really enjoyed it so were really pleased to be playing again. Sunday morning, just before lunchtime was a good time...
8a/60 – Tenterden Folk Festival – Ancient Boro. 6/10/23
by Josie Hm, well, not all gigs work out. This one just wasn't right for us so I'm not including it in the 60 performances, just giving it a nominal 8a...
7/60 – Tenterden Folk Festival – Afternoon Concert. 6/10/23
Our first appearance at 2023 Tenterden Folk Festival was mid-afternoon on the first day of the event. We were both very excited as we were booked to open the...
6/60 -Bentley Wood Fair. 17/09/2023
When our boys were little we used to regularly go to the Weald Wood Fair at Bentley but we heard that the motor museum and the wildfowl centre had closed down...
5/60 – The Albion, Hastings – 16/09/2023
We had been warned that there might not be many people in the Albion because the gig clashed with the Seafood and Wine Festival down the road and that most...
Sussex duo release fine new album
"The songs here form like jewels or dew drops on blades of grass, bright, resonant and beautifully fashioned". ...
4/60 – An Evening With Milton Hide. 13/09/2023
As part of the annual Hailsham Festival (of Arts & Culture) we put on a special evening event at The Bluebell Kitchen in Arlington. This is our regular...
3/60 -Cranfest. Larkin’s Alehouse, 9/9/23
We’d not spent any time in Cranbrook before but it is one of the prettiest towns, with white weatherboarded houses lining the streets. Being a scorcher of a...
2/60 – The Royal Oak, Tunbridge Wells. 8/9/23
We decided to make a couple of days of it as we were playing in Cranbrook the following evening, so we hitched up Michelle (Eriba caravan), stuck the canoe on...
1/60 – Faversham Folk Club 6/9/23
This was the first gig of our attempted 60 gigs before we hit 60 (13 months). And we forgot to take any photos! We liked the centre of Faversham a lot - some...
Songwriting Weekend – 5th and 6th Aug 2023
In August we will be running our first ever Songwriting Weekend at Pickhams in Wilmington, East Sussex. If you or somebody you know is interested in...
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