22 - 24 OCTOBER

THE SPA • BRIDLINGTON

Programme £3.50
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Welcome to Musicport 2010. We are delighted that the
involvement of Music4U has continued
In our 11th year we’re delighted to
to grow this year and that the
see so many of you returning but also
programme will feature several
many new faces amongst the audience
performances by groups of young
too. This has been a difficult year
people that they have helped develop
both globally and more locally and
through their work in the Humber
I think that in troubled times an event
region.
like this becomes even more
Many thanks to all the people who
important in bringing people together.
have helped in promoting this year’s
Such times emphasise the shared
event, particularly through social
values that music is so powerful in
networking sites and poster/flyer
helping underline.
distribution (in particular Kate
The disasters in Haiti and Pakistan
Longmate, Gail Cooke and The
in particular have highlighted the
Musicport Crew). In these difficult
need for worldwide cooperation to
times we need all the help we can to
solve problems and we are delighted
spread the word.
to have as our chosen cause this year
Thanks to our small but very
RedR who are very active in the area
hardworking team for helping pull
of disaster relief in these countries.
everything together this year and to
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Please support them in whatever way
the Arts Council for their ongoing
you can.
support and for the input of Andy
This year’s programme has been
Peers and Margaret Quinn of Love
one of the more difficult to organise
Enterprise and George Watts for
for many varied reasons but I hope
assisting us in our forward plans.
you’ll agree it lives up to the usual
You may have noticed we dropped
eclectic mix of high quality music
the world music tag from much of our
and performers international,
publicity… this is not due to a change
national, regional and local that you
of programming policy but rather that
have come to expect, with perhaps
we think it sometimes gets in the
a few new twists.
way… let us know what you think.
The late cancellations of Angelique
The dates for next year’s festival
Kidjo and Asere were unfortunate but
cannot be confirmed yet due to an
we have worked to ensure that the
unfortunate prior booking of The Spa
overall programme hasn’t suffered as
on our expected weekend. We plan to
a result. Angelique sent her heartfelt
make a decision before the New Year.
apologies but the cancellation of a
Make sure you get news at the earliest
festival in Poland made the whole tour
opportunity by ensuring you are on
unviable. Asere are hoping to
our mailing list before you leave this
reschedule this show for 2011. The
year’s event.
cost and technical difficulties in
Have a great weekend –
obtaining visas for artists based
we intend to!
outside the EU is something that the
UK government still needs to address. Jim McLaughlin ~ Festival Director
 .Dobet Gnahoré.
From the West African republic of Ivory Coast,
Dobet is widely acknowledged as the rising
star of African music. Having won the Radio 3
World Music Newcomers Award in 2006 at the
age of twenty-four, Dobet has continued from
her base on the French/Belgian border to
develop her music and her profile and as well
as putting on a storming performance at
WOMAD Charlton Park this year she won a
Grammy earlier in the year. Her warm
powerful voice is complemented by her skill
as a dancer and percussionist although she’ll
not be dancing tonight (for reasons that will
be apparent) and will be joined by a dancer
as well as her excellent band.
From Mandingue melodies to
Congolese rumba, from Ivory Coast
Ziglibiti to Cameroon Bikoutsi, from
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pan-African sensibility and comparisons to both Miriam Makeba and Angélique
Kidjo have been made. The sanza, the balafon, the calebasse and bongos are
brought in to support the guitar, the vocal backup and Dobet’s warm and
powerful voice.
We are really grateful to Dobet and the band for stepping in at short notice to
replace Angelique Kidjo on the bill and we know she will put on a great show…

.Norma Waterson.
Legendary matriarch of the first family of English
folk in a rare performance not far from her native
city of Hull and her home village of Robin Hood’s
Bay. Norma Waterson was awarded the MBE in
the New Year’s honours list of 2003 and, as a
consequence, achieved a lifetime ambition by
appearing on the front page of the Yorkshire Post. Her first solo album
collaboration with Richard Thompson (amongst many others) almost beat Pulp to
the Mercury prize that year and her subsequent collaborative and solo work has
reinforced her stature as the leading voice of folk music in England. Her most
recent album with her daughter Eliza Carthy, The Gift, shows an artist still at the
height of her powers and in as fine (if not finer) voice than ever.
Richard Hawley recently interviewed Norma in her front room for his critically
acclaimed BBC Radio 2 series, The Ocean, which he says was a life-changing
experience... enough said.
 .Jah Wobble’s Japanese Dub.
Following the success of his 2008
release, Chinese Dub, and a
show-stopping appearance
at Womad, Jah Wobble -
creatively adventurous
music-maker and master of
the cross-cultural
collaboration - turned his
attention to Japan. The recent
release of the album featuring
himself alongside our old friend
Joji Hirota (vocals, taiko drums),
Keiko Kitamura (vocals, shamisen, koto), Clive Bell (shakahatchi) and Robin
Thompson (hikaritchi, sho, shamisen) led to many excellent reviews* We believe
this performance will be a highlight of the weekend. They will be joined by very
special guest Keith Levene, founder member of The Clash & PiL.
* “This album with its simplicity and preciseness echoes admirably the
complicated aesthetic that much of Japanese art is based on and like shinto itself
6 Wobble has established a connection between the here and now and Japan's
ancient past” ~ bluesandsoul.com
Richard Hawley.
It’s a real pleasure to welcome to Musicport the
Yorkshireman from Sheffield who the Arctic
Monkeys dedicated their Mercury prize to (he
was widely tipped to win it that year for his
album Coles Corner) and the purveyor of some
of the most profound, beautiful and lyrical
popular music to have emerged in recent
years. From his early band, the Longpigs, to
his time with Pulp, his work with Jarvis Cocker
on Nancy Sinatra’s album and his involvement
in the seminal album by Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid, Hawley is the kind of
musician whose energy and enthusiasm is matched by his integrity and ability to
make music rooted in his birthplace and in a nostalgia for musical genres rooted
elsewhere. To top it all he has one of the great voices of popular music. With top
10 albums to his credit his latest album, Truelove’s Gutter, is now widely seen as
his masterpiece. One reviewer called it “his finest achievement yet - a work of art
with no precedent and no chance of ever being repeated, another landmark
etching of the heart’s geography from a soulful trailblazer”. Well known for his
(sometimes forthright) between-song banter this is rare chance to see him with
his excellent band... expect a performance that will long be remembered.
Marta Sebestyén.
Best known for her Oscar-winning
contribution to the soundtrack of The
English Patient, this wonderful Hungarian
singer has also won a Grammy for her
album with French band Deep Forest and
appeared on Peter Gabriel’s Big Blue Ball
album. She has performed for many world
celebrities including the Queen, the Japanese emperor and the
Spanish royal family.
I Can See the Gates of Heaven represents a major new shift in Marta's career,
singing religious and secular songs from the extensive Hungarian repertoire,
songs that have close personal resonance for her. Songs from the Carpathian
basin that have survived in the eastern part of Europe where Hungarians and
their neighbours have preserved a special European tradition, going back to
ancient times, which was long forgotten in the western part of the continent.
Marta with her two musicians started this project in Italy, as the world
première of this work was heard in the Redentore Church in Venice, and since
then live performances of the work have earned much critical acclaim around the
world, confirming her stature as one of the most artistically and commercially
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successful artists in world music.
Marta is flying in especially for Musicport and we are certain these
performances will rank amongst the most treasured memories that the festival
has provided over its 11 years
• Márta Sebestyén - voice, flute, tambourine • Balázs Szokolay Dongó - bagpipe,
flutes, saxophone • Mátyás Bolya - Moldavian lute, zither
Anxo Lorenzo Band.
Anxo is a musician for whom there are no musical
boundaries, fusing as he does the unadulterated
natural sound of the gaita (Galician bagpipes) with
a wide variety of styles such as flamenco chill-out
(Chambao), ska, rock and pop, converting the gaita
into an avant-garde instrument without giving up
its Celtic roots.
Born in Moaña, Galicia, he studied at the
Conservatorio Superior de Música in Vigo and started
playing aged 12 with traditional music groups. More recently he has performed
with the Chieftains, Kathryn Tickell, Celtas Cortos, the National Jazz Orchestra
and Lunasa. His experience covers such varied matters as music research,
teaching, concerts and tours throughout Spain, Ireland, Scotland, England, France
and the United States. As a musician, soloist and composer, Anxo continues with
his research into various fields of music. His performance at WOMAD Charlton
Park this year was astonishing – expect a high energy end to Saturday afternoon.
Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos.
Prepare for some brass driven smashing
Balkan funk-up from this young
sextet made up of travelling
musicians from various parts
of the globe (Argentina,
France, Greece, Portugal,
Slovakia, Italy) now
based in London who
bring together their
backgrounds and
experiences in a
celebration of music
with no regional
boundaries. Led by
Argentinian saxophonist
Alejandro Toledo, this high
energy band delivers the most exciting performances Balkanic ethnic music has
to offer. They recently won the Channel 4 Evo Rooms competition and come to us
highly rated by our eyes and ears in the capital. A great live act.
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The Imagined Village.

Featuring many names
familiar to Musicport
audiences - Eliza Carthy,
Martin Carthy, Simon
Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi,
Sheema Mukerjee and
Andy Gangadeen to name
but a few and with the
excellent Chris Wood on main vocal duties. This fusion of traditional English
music with the influences of modern multicultural Britain creates something
compellingly original. The band have moved on dramatically from their Womad
showcase in 2007 with their recent Southbank performance garnering 4 star
reviews in the Guardian “They deserved their standing ovation” and Independent.
Their recent second album Empire & Love got the following review in The Times
“Three years ago this big, wild band challenged preconceptions of folk music, and
their return is another great ride. The folk hero Martin Carthy sings Come on Feel
the Noise, but here too is a haunting version of Scarborough Fair, which a young
Paul Simon once heard Carthy sing: you know the rest. The Napoleonic ballad My
Son John is brought chillingly up to date, and Sheema Mukherjee’s sitar and Andy
Gangadeen’s drums bring edge and movement to a joyous celebration of English
and global culture”.
 Guo Yue. Erik Mongrain.
Born In Beijing in the year of Mao’s Great Erik Mongrain has
Leap Forward ( Guo means Kingdom, Yue become an
means Leap Forward) his family lived in a international internet
traditional courtyard in the maze of old phenomenon with his
alleys known as the Hutongs, between the amazing guitar tapping.
beautiful Drum and Bell Towers and the His internet videos have
river where he played as a child. His now been seen by more
courtyard housed the families of five than 4 million people
traditional musicians, mostly from the around the world. There
countryside. Guo Yue is well known in the are blogs, forums, web
music world for the soaring beauty and pages and videos talking
descriptive poetry of his Chinese bamboo about Erik’s incredible
flutes and, in turn, is becoming well- guitar playing. It’s a truly
known as a specialist in authentic amazing guitar technique
Chinese cooking. His memoir Music, Food which Erik uses (lap tapping) which is gaining
& Love, with a Real World CD of the same him worldwide fame (having TV crews visit him from as far and wide as Japan). A
name, tells the story of a musical recent appearance on Later With Jools Holland further increased his profile in the
childhood. In his performances, Yue plays UK. You have to say you have seen this!
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sound that reaches beyond the earth. “I Xova.
have heard Guo Yue play his music, I have eaten his food, and can guarantee he A street reggae band out
delivers in a magical way” ~ Peter Gabriel. of Birmingham with
He'll be joined by our old friend David Moss on viola during his performances a unique ability to
here (although not for the cookery demonstration!) produce hard-
hitting reggae
John Cooper Clarke. that crosses over
John Cooper Clarke is also known as JCC, the Bard of Salford and the punk poet to R&B. The band
extraordinaire who captivates audiences with his unique wit and verbal is truly
dexterity. A semi-legendary figure he has multicultural
recently returned from years of reclusiveness and packed
to the delight of the legions of fans for whom with global
he was the spokesman of the punk generation touring, chart
and a regional voice who didn't compromise on hits and
his northern-ness or his use of language (you television
might wish to keep younger children otherwise experience.
occupied during these performances). The band also
With hit albums, major tours and his features the driving forces
Evidently Chickentown appearing in the last behind Apache Indian, Pato Banton and
episode of The Sopranos, JCC is now stretching Musical Youth. Where Xova differ from these
beyond his cult fanbase to new audiences and bands is by drawing on inspiration from life in an
generations including Alex Turner of Arctic urban city so that their tracks subsequently involve high-profile subjects such as
Monkeys who takes inspiration for lyrics from JCC's poems and apparently has his single parents, knife crime, drugs, immigration and living in poverty, to name but
name tatooed on his arm - I think that speaks volumes. a few – all delivered in a totally uplifting style.
Danto Aya.
This proud Tuareg refugee musician
originally from Ghat in Libya invites the
lonely desert spirits to come alive and
play together with his electrifying solo
drone-blues guitar picking and gently
rhythmic singing.
Danto Aya’s music comes both from
his early memories of the singing,
drumming and circling camel riders back
in his home village, and from his later life
as a young man with his first guitar,
performing in the city of Tripoli with his
friend the famous Tuareg artist Selamy.
Since 2009 Danto has been writing,
singing and playing his own songs.
He made his full performing debut in the
UK onstage at Manchester Town Hall as
part of the 2010 Exodus Festival of Refugee
Arts followed by an appearance at Wigan
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One World Festival, and is a regular member of Manchester’s Beat Jam Ensemble.

Malinky.
Malinky have become
one of the most
distinctive and
accomplished
bands on the
Scottish folk
scene, with four
increasingly-
acclaimed albums
under their belt
and an ever-
expanding tour
roster across
the globe.
Malinky's hallmark song-based repertoire is performed by two superb lead
vocalists, and arrayed with tastefully inventive instrumentation.
“Scots music at its most evocative” ~ (Mojo). “It’s almost like getting several
bands for the price of one” ~ Living Tradition
• Steve Byrne (vocals/bouzoukis/guitar) • Fiona Hunter (vocals/cello)
• Mike Vass (fiddle/guitar/vocals) • David Wood (guitar/bouzouki/vocals)
LATE NEWS... Due to injury, guitarist David Wood is replaced by Matheu Watson.
 Hassan Erraji’s MorRoccan Rollers.
The internationally acclaimed blind
veteran master-musician from
Marrakech Hassan Erraji and his hot
new band of young jazzy
MoRoccan Rollers take to the road
to launch a set of sensational new
pieces featured on his long-
awaited landmark September
2010 album Awal Mara produced
by Dave Creffield (Kaiser Chiefs,
Embrace). Hassan has devoted
his musical career to exploring
the ripe potential for innovation
that lies within North Africa’s folk
traditions. He first rose to
prominence as part of the UK’s nascent
world music scene in the early 1980s, and
released a trio of seminal albums with his
14 then band Arabesque. Having played a highly
entertaining solo set at last year’s festival on the
North Sea Stage it’s a pleasure to welcome him and
his band to the Main Stage this year where this
pioneering musician will no doubt prove yet again why he is seen as one of the
most respected artists on the world music scene.
Soznak.
Referred to as multicultural
guerrillas, Soznak is a ten-piece
band with 95 per cent of their
songs stemming from original
material and has, over the years,
played in many ensembles.
Featuring wonderful Angolan
vocalist Beriso Lutonda their
music is the music of the North-
East of England’s multicultural
society and includes world influences from Iraq, Angola, Cuba and Spain, as is
evidenced in their band leader Paul Miskin’s ability to play a wide variety of
instruments from the trumpet, to the guitar, to the oud. We know it’s early in the
day but be prepared to be on your feet and dancing! You may remember them
playing as a street band in the café at the start of last year’s festival but we
wanted to give you the chance to see them on stage this time around.
Martha Tilston.
Martha Tilston is a captivating performer, an
enchanting singer/songwriter blessed with a
gloriously clear and seductively beautiful voice.
Tilston is a rare gem who has the power to draw an
audience into her world and create an intimate
space where her words and music dance and
delight, leaving all those present with a smile, a
warm feeling inside, and a few issues to ponder,
too. She has a fine musical pedigree (her father is
singer/songwriter Steve Tilston and step-mother is
singer Maggie Boyle).
Invisible System.
The Songlines world music award 2010
nominees, their album Made in Ethiopia has
gathered widespread critical acclaim.
Masterminded by Dan Harper the album
featured artists as diverse as Mamoud 15
Ahmed and Bahta Gebrehiwot
(Ethiopiques), Hilaire Shabby (Baba
Maal), Justin Adams, Martin Craddick
(Baka Beyond), Captain Sensible
(Dubulah, ex-Transglobal Underground), Perch (Zion Train) and Juldeh Camara and
Elmer Thudd (ex-Loop Guru). Their live show is a much more pared down
arrangement in terms of personnel, but still full-on and guaranteed to impress.
Sturdy Ethiopian vocals are matched against backing that veers from wailing
psychedelic rock to trance, trip-hop and dub; it's an impressive achievement and a
great way to start Saturday night on the Main Stage.
Lava.
An acclaimed Latino guitar blues
band that has roots stretching
back to 1998 (in fact we almost
booked them in our first or
second year). Formed by
Lancaster musician and composer
Howard Haigh, the name of the band
originates from a piece of music Howard wrote entitled Lava. Since 1998 the
group has gone on to amazing success across the globe. The regular line-up
includes Guy Morris on blues guitar, vocals and percussion, Dave Shooter on bass
guitar and Christof Lheureux on percussion, guitar and vocals. All reports say
they are a storming live outfit.
 Maalstroom & Jo Freya.
Maalstroom, ‘one of the best folk
bands in the Netherlands’ are a
four piece band with a solid live
reputation, who give a whole new
twist to Celtic folk music, with
influences from Irish, English and
Dutch folk traditions.
Jo Freya needs little
introduction, as she is familiar to
Musicport audiences (as main
stage compere. with her Lal
Waterson Project and the mighty
Blowzabella) and is a mainstay of
the British folk scene. Although
having been in the trade for 20 years,
this extraordinary performer has a
penchant for reinventing herself.
This collaboration came about as a
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year and today’s performance marks the
launch of their excellent new album Meet which includes many original tunes
and the occasional song… There is even a tune on the album called Musicport…
now that’s a way to win over the person writing the programme!
Fusion.
Fusion combine songs from
Thailand, Egypt, Zimbabwe,
Syria, 15th century Spain, Nova
Scotia, Japan, Ireland and the
Punjab, mixing melodies and
moods with their own
material, to forge a new highly
original sound. For each
performance their five musicians
draw from range of instruments –
from African and middle eastern
percussion, saxophone, flute, melodica,
mandolin and violin, to keyboards, folk and flamenco guitars, Irish whistle, bass
and electric guitar, cello and Arabic lute – the result is rather beautiful!
Describing their music, Fusion said: ‘We are inspired by music from the deserts
of the middle east, the flamenco dances of Andalucia, the love songs of Ireland
and the rhythms of Africa. We each bring our own style and sounds and as a
group of musicians we hope to share this blending live with the audience’.
Steve Phillips.
The Notting Hillbilly based near Robin
Hood’s Bay appears in a rare solo
performance, accompanied by a steel-
bodied resonator guitar and a choice of
traditional wood-bodied instruments,
including an epic sounding 12-string,
which allows Phillips to indulge in his
love of the Blind Willie McTell sound.
From his influence on Mark Knopfler with whom he’s worked for many years
through to his extensive recorded works, Steve is regarded as “the greatest
exponent of country blues in this country today”, “a national treasure” and “a
consummate guitarist”.
Fiona Katie Roberts.
A dynamic, jaw-dropping harpist
with a difference. Fiona Katie
plays, designs, builds and plays
her own harps, as well as 17
composing unique music using
influences from Celtic, flamenco
and Latin. She is self-taught and
plays by ear with a delicate and
innovative touch. She continues
to deliver time after time, giving show-stopping, foot-tapping performances at
concerts and festivals across the UK. A recent Radio 4 broadcast about a
Symphony For Yorkshire, which featured her (interviewed by Ian Clayton) made it
on to Pick of the Week.
Off the Grid.
Hull based band with many different influences from world music to electronica
to jazz to funk to prog rock. Vocalist Rebecca Robyns, a classically
trained vocalist, met Cuban born
Myztico Campo a multi-media
visionary surrealist, whilst
studying in New York where
they worked together on
various projects performing
eclectic jazz and they have
since teamed up with brothers
John and Pete Cox founding
members of Off the Grid. This is
music worth investigating.
 New Rope String Band.
One of our favourite acts, but
first time at the festival
for these three
talented musicians,
playing beautiful
and invigorating
acoustic music from
various traditions
around the world,
their show delights
all the senses,
except, perhaps,
smell. Expect exuberant theatrics, boundless energy and gorgeous music, all
executed with kindness. Many audiences have been known to double over with
laughter (fiddle tennis anyone?), and have brought their friends back to witness
the strange and wonderful spectacle that is the New Rope String Band.
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The Hut People.
The act that received an outstanding ovation at
Musicport 2009, started performing from their
small hut (studio) and have quickly gained a
reputation as one of the hottest acts to
come out of the Yorkshire folk scene
in a long while. Be prepared to be
taken on a voyage across the
globe by Sam Pirt and Gary
Hammond as they perform a
unique blend of home-grown
tunes mixed with British, Nordic
and European folk music,
perfectly formed and
embellished with the driving
accordion and a mind-boggling
array of exotic percussion.
Noche Flamenco.
The show features Mark Boden on guitar and
vocals and Venezuelan born Carla Soto, a
breathtaking Flamenco dancer. Also featured
is Phil Philo, guitar, and Kris McConnell with
his infectious percussion rhythms.
Amine & Hamza.
These two Tunisian
brothers travel and
dream of a
world where
frontiers and
geographical
barriers are
abolished.
Growing up
with Tunisian
and oriental
music, Amine
and Hamza developed an original sound based on the oriental music features of
maqam and improvisation. Their music is a perpetual quest of new sounds;
rhythmic and mingling of diverse musical cultural influences. Amine and Hamza
have played at many international events, but this is a rare UK visit and a
Musicport exclusive. Joined by a Swedish oud and quanun player/percussionist
and Polish accordion player.
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LATE NEWS... Due to visa problems, Amine and Hamza are reduced to a 3 piece.
Quinteto Mambo Jambo.
Led by Pete Jacks and Frankie Banham
this 6 piece (yes we know!) from Hull with
a heady and infectious mix of Afro-Cuban
salsa and samba styles that will engage
and get you on your feet. Long time
friends of the festival, it's great to give
them the opportunity to perform in their
big band format due to the late
cancellation of Asere.
Ironopolis Singers.
The Songs of Ironopolis (Middlesbrough), written and narrated
by Graeme Miles, will be performed by the Ironopolis Singers.
They represent a unique and extensive body of work
painstakingly composed and crafted over 22 years. Graeme
has made a major and unparalleled contribution to
contemporary folk music of the Teesside region and far
beyond. His songs are frequently sung at folk gatherings, and
this Teesside wordsmith and songwriter can truly be said to be
a bard of the people.
 Kwame D.
Kwame D performs a rich variety of
soulful material, infused with the
infectious stylings of reggae, R&B
and world music. In this sound,
Africa and the UK come together to
form a joyful blend. Kwame’s voice
has an incredible range which is
matched by his strong and
idiosyncratic guitar style. Partnered
with Jeff Willacy and his use of
percussive instruments such as the
djembe (originally from Gambia and
Senegal), the Moroccan clay bongos, the
dolak from India, the dabourka, congas and many more, set the seal on Kwame's
self-developed percussive guitar style, creating a joyous blend. Old friends of the
festival it's always good to see back them again.
Maia.
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This 4 piece band originating
from somewhere Ilkley way put
on a great show in Whitby for us
earlier in the year (in a double
bill with The Hut People). With a
charismatic front man and an
unusual line-up that includes
trumpet, banjo and ukulele their
music is original in its both its
vision and execution - We think
you’ll like them. • Tom Clegg - ukulele, guitar, piano & voice • Simon Robinson -
guitar, banjo mandolin & vocal • Will Fletcher - various drums & percussion • Joe
Haig - trumpet, melodica, organ & keys
Forro Porro.
Forro Porro are four musicians who you might recognise as the combined forces
of The Hut People and Mambo
Jambo coming together to
specialise in South American
fiesta sounds - Brazilian Forró and
Colombian Vallenato and Cumbia
– driving accordion and drum
music that raises the spirits and
fills up dancefloors right across
the continent.
Joe Solo.
An untraditional folk singer/songwriter from
Scarborough, whose outspoken disgust of the rise of
fascism in the UK can be heard in his latest album
Forwards is Just Backwards in Reverse. Joe, an ex
punk singer, has written about everything he has
seen over his lifetime - the poverty, the erosion of
industry, the narcissism, the BNP, war, family, faith
and hope, and perhaps above all the refusal to curl
up and die. Joe did a brilliant set for us in a house
concert early this year, be prepared to be moved and
entertained in equal measure.
Jessica Lawson.
Based here in the East Riding Jessica is
a songwriter performing songs on the
autoharp and acoustic guitar. Jessica's
delicate yet powerful songs reflect her
background in folk music crossed with
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her love of Americana. With an ever
expanding calendar of shows, Jessica
is rapidly establishing herself as a
name to be reckoned with.
Castles Made Of Sand.
Young Bridlington band whose stage
professionalism belies their age.
With a great blues/rock repertoire (Hendrix Experience/Stevie Ray Vaughan/Cream
etc) they are heading
for a rest period
after this
performance as
guitarist Jordan
Faerie heads to London's prestigious Academy of Contemporary Music.
Bon Appétit
Jack Glover and Maggi Stratford - aka Jacques le Gantier and
Maguy du Gue, play a fantastic variety of French music, from
the hauntingly familiar Edith Piaf and breathtaking poetry
of Jacques Brel to the beautiful piano music of Eric Satie
and Messiaen. They perform chansons, musettes, a little
jazz and French piano music. Come and spend an
enjoyable afternoon soiree in the company of the best
known and best loved of French chansons – bon appétit!
 Surahata Susso.
Surahata Susso is a young composer, virtuoso kora
player and percussionist from The Gambia.
From the well-known Susso griot family, a
truly natural performer, he sings in his
mother tongue Mandinka. He plays as part Programme subject to change
of the wonderful Seckou Keita quintet as
well as having played with Rokia Traore. His FRIDAY Stage Artist Page
continuing drive to explore a contemporary 5.45 - 6.30 Concourse Wholesome Fish p28
slant on Afro Manding music is expressed 6.30 - 7.00 South Sea Danto Aya p13
through a sensitive unique style. 6.15 - 7.00 North Sea Castles Made of Sand p21
7.00 - Midnight Cloudbase DJs p26
7.00 Main Official Opening with Ian Clayton p42
7.05 - 7.15 Main Annapurna Dance p22
7.20 - 7.45 Main Samay + students of Headlands School p34
7.50 - 8.30 North Sea Steve Phillips p17
7.45 - 8.15 South Sea Jim Eldon p31
8.15 - 9.15 Main Xova p11
22 8.45 - 9.30 South Sea Alun Parry p30
23
9.30 - 10.10 Main Norma Waterson p4
10.00 - 10.45 North Sea Tim O’Connor Trio p20
Dances from the.
10.10 - 10.45 South Sea Holly Taymar p30
Distant Lands. 10.45 - Midnight Main Richard Hawley p6
The magical Annapurna Indian dancers 12 - 2am N Sea/Late Night Club Wholesome Fish & Surahata Susso p28/23
present a vibrant traditional opening 12 - 2am Cloudbase Cloudbase p33
dance with stunning costumes and
sharing the true spirit of India with the FILMS See pages 35, 37 & 38 for full details
audience. (Funded by ACE) Film Room on the 1st
friday floor, accessed by
Midnight - 1.30 Exit Through the Gift Shop 15 cert lift/stairs from north
Robert Maseko. saturday end of the balcony
Our patron 11.10 - 12.40 Wanderers in the Desert no cert
and one of 15.00 - 16.30 Waiting for Happiness U cert Cloudbase DJS
the finest 18.00 - 18.40 Documentary Mim Suleiman in Zanzibar no cert Go to page 26 for
ambassadors of African music in the UK. Maseko’s 19.00 - 20.40 In the Mood for Love PG cert who’s on when
music displays a refusal to limit itself to boundaries 21.00 - 22.40 La Nuite De La Verité 18 cert
and follow conventions. He has chosen, through Midnight - 1.20 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars no cert
Workshops
his music, to educate people by addressing issues sunday Go to page 26 for
that are still affecting every-day people. As a music 12.45 - 14.00 Black Gold no cert details of the
scientist, he continues to experiment and drive his 14.15 - 16.45 Amandla 12A cert workshop
music forwards. Here he’ll be joined in a big band 17.00 - 17.30 Kate & Anna McGarrigle no cert programme
set up by his favourite musicians to end this year’s 18.30 - 20.30 Only Yesterday PG cert
festival on an upbeat and joyous note.
 SATURDAY Stage Artist Page SUNDAY Stage Artist Page
9.30 - 10.30 South Sea Flying Chilli Breakfast with Jamie Renton p31 9.30 - 10.30 South Sea Mr Tooley’s Travelling Gospel Jukebox
10.30 - 11.00 South Sea Amine & Hamza p19 10.30 - 11.30 Main Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir p33
10.00 - 10.30 Main (Floor) Wiggle & Jiggle Kids Workshop p26 11.30 - 12.00 South Sea Guo Yue p11
11.00 - 11.30 Main (Floor) Annapurna Dance Bollywood Workshop p22/26 11.30 - 12.15 North Sea Noche Flamenco p18
11.15 - 12.00 South Sea Surahata Susso p22 12.00 - 1.00 Main Amine & Hamza p19
11.45 - 12.45 Main Soznak p14 12.30 - 12.45 Concourse The Goathland Plough Stots p29
12.00 - 1.00 North Sea Kwame D p20 1.00 - 1.45 Theatre Marta Sebestyen p7
12.45 - 1.45 Theatre Fusion p16 1.10 - 1.45 Main (Floor) Wiggle & Jiggle Kids Workshop p26
12.50 - 1.10 Main (Floor) Music4U Steel Band p34 1.00 - 2.00 North Sea The Hut People p18
1.10 - 2.00 North Sea Emma & The Professor p30 1.40 - 2.40 Main New Rope String Band p18
1.30 - 2.30 Main Maalstroom & Jo Freya p16 1.45 - 2.30 South Sea Kwame D p20
2.30 - 3.15 Theatre Erik Mongrain p11 2.45 - 3.30 Theatre Marta Sebestyen p7
3.00 - 4.00 South Sea Charlie White p33 2.45 - 3.30 North Sea Bon Appetit p21
2.30 - 3.10 North Sea Joe Solo p21 3.00 - 3.15 Concourse The Goathland Plough Stots p29
3.00 - 4.00 Main Hassan Erraji's MoRoccan Rollers p14 3.30 - 4.15 Main Quinteto Mambo Jambo p19
4.00 - 4.45 South Sea Jessica Lawson p21 4.00 - 4.45 South Sea Headlands School Showcase p33
24 4.15 - 5.00 North Sea Off the Grid p17 4.00 - 5.00 North Sea Ironopolis Singers p19 25
4.30 - 4.50 Main (Floor) Music4U Samba Procession p34 4.15 - 5.15 Theatre Malinky p13
4.15 - 5.00 Theatre Erik Mongrain p11 5.00 - 6.20 Main Jah Wobble’s Japanese Dub p6
5.00 - 6.00 Main Anxo Lorenzo Band p7 6.30 - 7.30 Theatre Martha Tilston p15
6.00 - 7.00 North Sea Albert Ross & the Otters p35 6.35 - 6.45 Main (Floor) County Dance p33
6.00 - 6.45 South Sea Glenn Coggin p28 7.00 - 12.00 Cloudbase p26
6.30 - 7.15 Theatre John Cooper Clarke p10 7.00 - 8.00 Main Lava p15
6.00 - 6.45 Main (Floor) World & Belly Dance Taster with Zehara p26 6.30 - 7.15 North Sea Emma & The Professor p30
6.45 - 7.15 Main (Floor) Forro Porro p20 8.00 - 8.15 Main (Floor) Scratch Choir p39
7.00 - 12.00 Cloudbase DJs p26 8.00 - 8.45 Theatre Guo Yue p11
7.00 - 7.20 South Sea Music4U African Drumming p34 8.00 - 8.40 North Sea 3ft Ninja p31
7.15 - 8.00 North Sea Danto Aya p13 8.20 - 9.00 Main (Floor) to Beach Samba Procession with lanterns
7.45 - 8.45 Main Invisible System p15 9.00 - 10.30 Main The Imagined Village p9
8.30 - 9.30 North Sea Maia p20 10.30 - 11.00 North Sea Musicport Crew p47
8.30 - 9.15 Theatre John Cooper Clarke p10 11.00 - 12.00 Main Robert Maseko Big Band p22
8.45 - 9.15 South Sea Tim O’Connor Trio p28
9.15 - 10.15 Main Alejandro & the Magic Tombolinos p9 Cloudbase DJS Workshops Children’s Festival
10.15 - 11.15 Theatre Fiona Katie Roberts p17 Go to page 26 for Go to page 26 for details of Go to page 27 for the
10.00 - 10.45 North Sea Pete Bolton’s Whiskey Dogs p29 who’s on when the workshop programme children’s programme
10.15 - 10.35 Main (Floor) Claudio Kron p41 Remember if you want to see acts on the smaller stages, attend
10.50 - Midnight Main Dobet Gnahoré p4 workshops, or watch films, make sure you get there in good time as
12.00 Cloudbase Flying Chilli Beats p31 we cannot guarantee there will be space.
12.00 - 1.45 North Sea Zagros Band & Anxo Lorenzo p31 & p7
 cloudbase The cloudbase room is used during the day for workshops. From CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
7.00pm each evening it hosts local djs & producers playing a mix of their own and
more familiar fare – guaranteed to have you dancing into the wee small hours. Children’s events are all free (except*)
friday Responsibility for the supervision of children attending in any capacity lies with
7.00 till 8.30 Mickcloudbase >> chilled beats and rhythms parents/guardians/carers who should ensure that their children are accompanied
8.30 till 10.00 Suspects >> dubstep, dnb, reggae and supervised by responsible adults acting on their behalf at all times.
10.30 till 11.15 Dj Ascent >> beats and breaks
Lively storyteller Adrian Spendlow will be coordinating a whole host of exciting
11.15 till 12.30 StefM >> dubby breaks and swingstep
12.30 till 2.00 Mickcloudbase & Lizcloudbase >> eclectic grooves to make you move activities in the “The Gullery”, entrance from the balcony in the Main Hall.
saturday friday
7.00 till 10.00 A smorgasbord of music from all the crew 6.00 - 7.00 Facepainting with Ade the Face-Painting Fairy Chill Art room
10.00 till 11.00 Lizcloudbase >> genre hopping grooves
saturday
11.00 till 12.30 Dj Phylta >> space disco and house
12.30 till 2.00 Flying Chilli Beats >> premier global grooves 10.00 - 10.30 Wiggle & Jiggle for under 5s with Richard Coaten Main Hall floor
sunday 10.30 - 12.30 Facepainting with Ade the Face-Painting Fairy off the Balcony
7.00 till 8.30 Mickcloudbase >> chilled grooves and rhythms 11.00 - 12.30 Circus Skills with Cathie Sprague The Gullery
8.30 till 9.30 Tooley >> hipshaking funk and soul and boogaloo 45s
12.00 - 2.30 Banner Making with Buzz Chill Art room
9.30 till 10.30 Suspects >> dubstep, dnb, reggae
10.30 till 12.00 Dj Ascent >>psytrance 1.30 - 2.30 Facepainting with Ade the Face-Painting Fairy off the Balcony
1.30 - 3.00 *Make a Gingerbread Treasure Chest or Pirate Boat
26 with Liz Druce, and a story by Adrian Spendlow with live music from Jeff and 27
WORKSHOPS See pages 39 - 43 for further details of these workshops Steve (*£4 charge for ingredients) The Gullery
friday
7.30 - 8.30 Willow Weaving (max. 8) ~ Joann Eisenberg North Foyer 2.30 - 4.00 (drop in) Make a flowery headband ~ Kirsty Burgoyne Chill Art room
8.00 - 9.00 Scratch Choir ~ Rebecca Gross Theatre 3.00 - 4.00 Introduction to Samba with Claudio Kron The Gullery
9.30 - 10.30 African Drumming ~ Simba Theatre 4.00 - 5.00 Music session with Sorrel Harty The Gullery
saturday
10.00 - 11.00 Yoga ~ Sarah Priestley Cloudbase 5.00 - 6.00 Adrian’s story menu The Gullery
10.30 - 11.30 African Drumming ~ Simba Theatre sunday
12.00 - 1.00 RedR talk Cloudbase 10.30 - 12.30 Facepainting with Ade the Face-Painting Fairy off the Balcony
1.00 - 2.00 Meet the Author ~ Craig Ferguson Cloudbase
11.00 - 12.30 Circus Skills with Cathie Sprague The Gullery
2.00 - 3.00 Songwriting ~ Tim O'Connor Cloudbase
2.00 - 3.00 Cookery ~ Mim Suleiman Seasalt & Passion 12.30 - 1.45 Zeus and the Stone Join in with storyteller Adrian Spendlow for
3.00 - 4.00 Meet the Artists ~ Amine & Hamza Cloudbase an adventure through the tales of The Greek Myths, from creation to the spiting
4.00 - 5.00 Natural Voice ~ Biomusica Cloudbase of us all! Following the success of last year’s stories from his Viking album
4.00 - 5.00 Willow Weaving (max. 8) ~ Joann Eisenberg North Foyer Adrian brings us tales from his latest CD The Gullery
5.00 - 6.00 Scratch Choir ~ Rebecca Gross Cloudbase 1.00 - 2.30 Samba family workshop with Claudio Kron Cloudbase
sunday 1.10 - 1.35 Wiggle & Jiggle for under 5s with Richard Coaten Main Hall floor
11.0 - 12.00 African Drumming ~ Simba Theatre
1.30 - 2.30 Facepainting with Ade the Face-Painting Fairy off the Balcony
11.30 - 12.30 Meet the Author ~ Ian Clayton Cloudbase
12.00 - 1.00 Scratch Choir ~ Rebecca Gross Cloudbase 1.45 - 2.45 The Gullery will be closed - a chance to watch the New Rope String
2.00 - 3.00 Samba Drumming ~ Claudio Kron Cloudbase Band on the main stage!
2.00 - 3.00 Chinese Cookery ~ Guo Yue Seasalt & Passion 3.00 - 3.45 Music Tots rhythm and songs with Rebecca and Marc Gross
2.30 - 3.30 Willow Weaving (max. 8) ~ Joann Eisenberg North Foyer 3.00 - 4.30 (drop in) Make a flowery headband ~ Kirsty Burgoyne Chill Art room
3.00 - 4.00 Salsa Cloudbase
4.00 - 5.00 Overtone Chanting ~ David Moss Cloudbase 4.00 - 5.00 Ahoy there pirates! Make a boat to float, with Liz Druce The Gullery
5.00 - 6.00 Meet the Artist ~ Marta Sebestyen Cloudbase 5.00 - 5.30 A story from China with Guo Yue The Gullery
 Wholesome Fish.
Spreading dance-floor mayhem
wherever they go, Nottingham’s
(and Withernsea’s) Wholesome
Fish are a life-enhancing
experience for anyone who hears
them. Comprising four great
singer/songwriters and
accompanied by a host of traditional
instruments, ranging from the
harmonica to the guitar, Wholesome
Fish create their own distinctive and
powerful sound. The Fish draw their
influences from Celtic and gypsy-
rooted folk through to Cajun,
bluegrass, boogie-blues and punk.
Tim O’Connor.
28 Tim O’Connor is a rare
singer/songwriter who truly lives his
songs which are full of emotion,
poetry, observation and wit. Tim
started on the Manchester music
scene, becoming the lead
singer/songwriter with band Citizen
Swing, who at the time Folkroots magazine called “England’s best live roots
band”. Since those days, Tim has performed all over the world and played with
some very fine musicians. He draws on many influences but has always found his
own style.
Now based in France where he runs songwriting courses of which you can get
a taste on Saturday afternoon. Tim played the festival several years ago and it’s a
pleasure to welcome him back with his trio which
includes Paul Daly and David Thom.
Glenn Coggin.
A well known singer/songwriter based in
Scarborough, he has received recognition on
the local music scene and has lately been
travelling further afield. In 2004, after
attending a song-writing course in France,
Glenn took to writing and performing more of his
own songs and recently released his first CD. He will
be joined by Phil Harty and Paul Tilley
Albert Ross and the Otters.
A fine Leeds band who defy
categorisation. Their beautiful songs
flutter between Bruce Springsteen,
Nick Cave and Elton John, creating a
unique and eclectic blend of pop and
glam. With such a wide spectrum
coupled with Albert Ross’s voice and
the majesty of his band’s
arrangements, this is a band we think
you’ll fall in love with.
• Albert Ross on guitars, main vocal
and the old Johanna • Laura Haughey on vocals, Hammond organ, melodicas and
sampler • David O’Donnell on various keys, lead guitar and vocals • Rob Julian on
bass, horns and some keys • Kerry Harrison on all things percussive, drum kit etc.
Whiskey Dogs.
Pete Bolton’s Whiskey Dogs play authentic, early
Americana and come from about 200 yards down 29
the road. Their material includes the crazy, wild
repertoire of the jug bands, the catchy melodies
and tight instrumentals of the string bands and
beautiful, haunting old-time mountain ballads.
Pete Bolton is joined by Brian Swinton, much
respected on the acoustic circuit for playing wild
and bluesy mandolin, shuffling, funky fiddle and low
vocal harmonies, and by Janey, slapping, plucking and bowing the bull-fiddle
(double bass). They never fail to deliver and Bridlington is very lucky to have
them as musical ambassadors for the town.
The Goathland Plough Stots.
The Goathland Plough Stots is one of Yorkshire’s
oldest traditional long sword teams, if not the
oldest still dancing their own dance as performed
as far back as the early 19th century. The Plough
Stots were revived by Frank. W. Dowson in 1922
with the help of his good friend Cecil Sharp after
a lapse of 40yrs. Their uniform: pink and blue
tunics tied with a white sash and grey trousers
with red stripes. The tunic colours of pink and blue
were chosen to placate the political parties of the
19th century, (the Whigs and Tories), whilst the red
stripe on the trousers is a remnant of the Crimean war.
 Holly Taymar.
Singer/songwriter from Yorkshire, Holly’s music sits
comfortably between jazz and folk. Her strong
voice and natural stage charm will leave you
bewildered that somebody so young can
perform music with such maturity. She has even
received recognition for her song-writing skills
from the BBC's New Talent initiative.
Alun Parry.
Political songwriter
from Liverpool
where he runs
clubs and
community
festivals. In the run up to becoming
European Capital Of Culture the Liverpool
Echo named him as one of the top 30
30 reasons why Liverpool was culturally great.
“Powerful stuff. There is something
essentially Liverpool about the songs and
the sound. Songs that address the world we live in now.” Roy Bailey.
“The Liverpudlian songwriter packs more weight in the punch of his folk songs
than most acoustic musicians do in a lifetime.”
We might all have politics on our minds with the spending cuts fresh off the
press so no doubt what he sings about will hit a chord with many.
Emma & The Professor.
Shropshire based duo of Emma Heath-
guitar, vocals formerly of The Hedgerows
(with Benji Kirkpatrick of Bellowhead)
and Mark Davies - bodhran, cajon and
Udu. Their daring reinterpretations of
traditional material have led to high
praise in many quarters including this
quote from Both Side The Tweed
Festival “It is an organiser’s dream to
happen upon relatively unknowns who
blow you away. Mark is pushing the
bodhran across all musical boundaries
and Emma, well we're simply
gobsmacked. The best new female voice
we've heard this year”.
Three Foot Ninja.
Three Foot Ninja are one of the youngest
indie/punk bands to be based in the wilds of
the North York Moors. Formed in 2004, they’ve
steadily built up a reputation for being one of
the region’s most exciting and talented outfits
– with unique vocals, catchy hook lines and
melodies, and plenty of driving energy. Their
tight live shows are played with an ability and
professionalism way beyond their years, and
for that they have always received a fantastic
reaction from the audience.
Flying Chilli Beats.
On the decks: the Flying Chillis aka Alex (Flying
Carpet) Stewart and Jamie (Chilli Fried) Renton will
cater for all your global musical needs. They
regularly provide some of the most friendly live 31
music nights in London and if their previous
Musicport appearances are anything to go by, this
set will be finely judged and very dance oriented
and a great way to finish Saturday night.
Zagros Band.
Excellent Hull-based world music band
featuring Iraqi violinist Nahro Zagros
alongside three fine musicians including
Gary of The Hut People. Apart from
traditional Klezmer and Balkan gypsy
music, the band also plays original and
other works. Nahro has recently
completed a PhD in Ethnomusicology at
The University Of York.
• Andy Swift: double bass • Nahro Zagros: violin
• David Gawthorpe: guitar • Gary Hammond: percussion
Jim Eldon.
This wonderful and enigmatic fiddle player describes his
Yorkshire influenced music as “stray dance, wired-up
quirky folk.” Jim’s a compere on the South Sea Stage
throughout the weekend.
Charlie White.
Lancastrian bluesman playing Dobro and using open tuning
with slide and a regular guitar with harmonica/vocals - mainly
original with some chosen covers based on a country blues
style. MC at the renowned Colne Blues Festival t'boot.
Cloudbase.
Based in North
Yorkshire, Cloudbase
are a collective of
visual artists, film-
makers, musicians and
DJs. Having worked together for 11
years, creating enticing and
excellent performance spaces, they
are back again this year to make a
major contribution to the festival decor as they have done since year 1 as well
as creating an exciting club room for dancing until late.

Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir. 33

Winners of the 2008 Radio 3 choir of the
year award. Led by Susan Hollingworth,
the choir has been established for more
than 80 years, consisting of choristers
aged from 10 to 20. The choir took part
in the BBC Proms 2009 performing
Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert
Hall. The choir has taken part in the
Sainsbury's “Choir of the Year”
competition on a number of occasions. In 2000, they sang at the opening of the
Millennium Dome and travelled to Australia to take part in the 2000 Summer
Olympics in Sydney. In 2001, they won the BBC's “Look North” Community Choir
competition, and in 2008 featured in the CBBC television programme Take a Bow.
There will be 80 young people onstage for this performance which will be one
of the most memorable of the weekend
East Riding Youth Dance.
East Riding Youth Dance is pleased to introduce its County Company. ERYDCC as it
is known is now in its 4th year and works with young talented people from across
the region. Tonight the Company presents a dance piece from its repertory.
Headlands School Showcase.
Featuring teenagers Harry Draper, Luke Sharples and Will Wiffen who all appear
regularly at Bridlington's Acoustic Club at Sewerby. With influences from Rodrigo
y Gabriela to flamenco, reggae and Americana they are very talented!
 Music4U @ Musicport. Films.
◆ Samay with students of Headlands School, Bridlington
Exit Through The Giftshop
◆ Steel the Rhythm Steel Pan from Cleethorpes
◆ West African drumming and singing group from Hull Jaimie D’Cruz UK 2010
◆ Samba Procession Group from Goole A brutal and revealing account of what
happens when fame, money and
Musicport is working with Music4U – the vandalism collide… a modern day
Humber Region Action Zone – for the fairytale with bolt cutters about the
third year running to provide music “art” of renowned British stencil artist
making opportunities for young Banksy and with a soundtrack
people in the Humber region. featuring The Streets Are Ours by
Supported by Humberside Police, this Richard Hawley. “A hugely
initiative provides an opportunity for young entertaining movie” ~ The Times
people to showcase their work as part of
Musicport 2010.
This year a group of 35 GCSE and ‘A’ level
students from Headlands School and Wanderers In The Desert
Community Science College in Nacer Khemir Tunisia 1986
Bridlington will be working with Set in Tunisia, Nacer Khemir creates an exotic
34 musicians from Samay (pictured world when a young teacher arrives to take over a 35
left) whose village school isolated in the shimmering desert.
musical style Khemir shows how legend, tradition and fate
mixes Indian, hang heavily over this community, aided by
samba, flamenco, superb use of colour and shows sun-scorched
jazz and funk. landscapes in which nothing is quite what it
They will work seems, like the marvellous moment when
together along everyone gathers around a ship that has
with support from Leeds College of Music students, during the mysteriously washed up in the desert sand.
week leading up to Musicport and will rehearse three songs,
which will be performed on the main stage on Friday 22 October
at 7pm.
There will also be an opportunity to hear world music
Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono)
performances from local community groups throughout the
Abderrahmane Sissako, France/Mauritania 2002
day on Saturday 23 October including 'Steel the Rhythm'
A film about exile and displacement, based to some
Steel Pan group from North East Lincolnshire, a samba
extent on Sissako's own life experiences. Yet what
procession group from Goole, and a West African drumming
makes it so remarkable is the way in which the
and singing group from Hull.
director translates the psychological aspect of
This year’s project is supported by Humberside Police and
these issues to screen. It is a poetic, timeless gem
their ‘Not Just Noise’ initiative, which encourages young
and proof of Sissako's genius in the art of
people to engage in positive activities across the Humber region.
pure cinema.
This is one of a number of successful initiatives run in
conjunction with Humberside Police aimed at reducing anti-
social behaviour in the community.
More information is available from www.ncem.co.uk/music4u
and www.notjustnoise.ning.com
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong 2000
Elegant, subtle, beautiful, a poetic tale of
suppressed feelings, forced to bow down to
peer-pressure. Masterful storytelling,
accompanied by vivid and inspired photography,
a superb soundtrack, expressive costumes and
poignant acting.
La Nuit De
La Verité
Fanta Régina
Nacro/Burkina
Faso 2004
Powerful African
drama set in an
imaginary state
where civil war
and genocide reign. Nacro has no qualms about
portraying the violence enclosed by the story
37
while leading to an unexpected bid for peace.

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Zach Niles & Banker White 2005
A documentary film about the musical band of the same
name composed entirely of refugees from Freetown
displaced to Guinea during the civil war of Sierra Leone.
The film follows the band as they are relocated between
various refugee camps in Guinea, and concludes with
their return to Freetown and the recording of their first
studio album, Living Like A Refugee.

Black Gold Marc Francis & Nick Francis 2007

Wake up and smell the coffee. As westerners revel in designer lattes and
cappuccinos, impoverished
Ethiopian coffee growers suffer
the bitter taste of injustice. In this
eye-opening expose of the multi-
billion dollar coffee industry, Black
Gold traces one man’s fight for a
fair price. This is one of the most
important films around Coffee,
Fairtrade and Starbucks.
 Amandla Workshops. No need to sign up except*
Lee Hirsch 2002
The stirring account of the struggle against African Drumming with Simba
racial oppression in South Africa cannot be Zimbabwean Simba Mugadza, founder member of Simba Arts and experienced
told without the role of music in that struggle, workshop leader, will facilitate these sessions and provide the instruments.
and that's the context and subject matter of There is something about drumming that unites and connects and with the
this highly praised documentary film. djembe in particular you can learn the basics fairly quickly before developing
and refining your skills.
Scratch Choir
If you’ve a passion for singing, or have an ambition to become a Musicport
performer, here’s your chance… the Musicport 2010 Festival Scratch Choir!
Under the expert tuition of Rebecca Gross, music professional and vocal leader,
the choir will form for three practices, learn three songs and perform on Sunday
evening. No experience needed, all abilities welcome - whether gospel, folk or
swing is your thing… come and join in!
Willow Weaving* max 8 per session, sign up at Hannah Glass stall near main bar.
We want a group of people to help create a large willow seagull that will lead the
Kate & Anna McGarrigle samba procession on Sunday night. Led by Joann Eisenberg. Learn how to use
38 willow and help create something very special. 39
Caroline Leaf 1981
Very rare quirky documentary about the Canadian singing sisters – they Meet The Artist ~ Márta Sebestyén (see p7)
memorably performed at Musicport in 2005 and sadly Kate passed away this year. Hosted by Tom Coxhead
Includes footage of the very young Martha and Rufus Wainwright.
Meet The Artist ~ Amine & Hamza (see p19)
hosted by Tom Coxhead
Only Yesterday Isao Takahata 1991
Beautiful animated (Anime) story of a 27 Biomusica
year old girl Taeko, who takes a 10 day Practice games, fun activities, and simple exercises bring together the body and
vacation to safflower fields in Japan’s voice by accumulating and distributing energy to the different systems of the
countryside. On her journey, she recalls body. The body is then balanced with relaxation techniques or visualizations and
the memories of her childhood when she by sharing food the work is digested. Biomusica is an integrative music therapy
lived with her parents and two elder which helps to improve health and vitality among participants. This is a
sisters in a city. The film runs back and technique new to the UK so come and be among the first to learn about it from
forth in time showing Taeko's rather Carol Eves who has been a festival regular for many years.
painful past as a child and the woman
Overtone Chanting
she is today. The music of Márta
Singing a note while sounding the harmonics above it, is an ancient meditative
Sebestyén with Muzsikás is used in
and healing technique. This technique just utilizes the throat, tongue, and skull
several scenes.
to separate out the different frequencies within your voice, not unlike light going
through a prism. Your voice is like the light and the throat and head are like a
prism creating "Audible light". Many cultures use this technique - the Mongolians
and the Inuits in particular - but as you will witness in the Márta Sebestyén
performance it is also part of the Hungarian tradition. Here our old friend David
Moss (who uses it with his Lightgarden project) will show you how it’s done… we
look forward to an overtone choir at a future festival!
RedR Talk (see page 45 for more information about RedR)
Are you thinking about a new career direction? Or simply interested in learning
more about working in the humanitarian sector? Learn more about the extensive
work of this international organisation with Justine Tordoff (HR & Recruitment
Services Director) and Anne Durrant (Fundraising and Communications Director).

Tribal Bellydance ~ Urban Gypsies

Get in the mood for dancing the rest of the day
with our favourite dance troupe guaranteed to
loosen you up and put a smile on your face.
They'll be performing at various points over the
weekend inside and outside the building.

Samba Drumming with Claudio Kron

Come and play those carnival rhythms and
help contribute to our Sunday evening
parade. Claudio will teach you the basics if
you haven’t played before but if you have you
can help develop a great performance.
Claudio Kron do Brazil is a percussionist, 41
dancer, poet and songwriter from Bahia in
Brazil who has devoted himself to music since
the age of 9 when his mother gave him his
very own berimbau! Based in the UK since
1996, he celebrates the force of percussion with music derived from the music of
slaves and slave owners, music that encompasses traditional African and Afro
Brazilian themes blended with the indigenous Brazilian sound. He performs and
runs percussion workshops all over the world, and has set up Samba schools in
Ghana and Bulgaria. Here Claudio who many of you may remember was a main
stage compere several years ago will be running a Samba workshop which we
hope will involve as many of you as possible as it will lead to a performance in the
main hall on Sunday night.

World Cookery
Learn Tanzanian cooking with the ebullient and
delightful Mim from Zanzibar (now resident in
Sheffield) who will teach you the delights of
Tanzanian cooking. You might recognise Mim from
appearances with Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara &
Rafiki Jazz last year and no doubt she’ll feel moved
to sing you a song or two during her cookery
demonstration. …a feast for all the senses.
Learn Chinese Cookery with the highly skilled Guo
Yue (see page 10) Hosted by Gail and Peter at Seasalt
& Passion Café (on West Street - about 150 yards from The Spa)
 Songwriting ~ Tim O'Connor (see page 28) Salsa
Tim specialises in running songwriting and singing workshops and has helped to Are you thinking about learning to Salsa, but you've never danced before, or think
inspire many different types of people to write songs and develop their natural you have two left feet? Don't think, do it! Ray and Claudia will teach you just
singing voice and musical ear. Tim’s workshops are run in an open, friendly and what you need to get started. We take absolute beginners through the basics of
creative way and he uses many techniques to help stimulate and inspire the learning to Salsa at their own pace. No pressure, just pleasure. You'll be
musical imagination. surprised how easy it is. We just want you to enjoy dancing. Give it a go then you
can put it into practice with Quinteto Mambo Jambo
Yoga
Yoga derives from the Sanskrit word 'yuga' meaning to join. We suggest you
might like to join this session to help get your Saturday off to the best possible
David Owen – Artist.
start with the ancient discipline that is suitable for people of all ages. It’s Having recently curated the highly
excellent way to get back into exercise and helps combat the effects of stress. successful 5000 Morris Dancers event at
With Sarah Priestley an experienced teacher from Scarborough. London’s Southbank Centre we are
delighted to welcome Whitby-based David
Meet the author ~ Craig Ferguson and his highly distinctive artwork to the
The history of pop music in Yorkshire is a mixed bag of major festival.Having designed our poster
success, near misses and some glorious failures. Craig has graphics for the last two years he will be
entertainingly uncovered 50 years of pop pioneers, unsung displaying some of the graphics used at The
heroes and one hit wonders through to the current crop of Southbank alongside his other work much
Yorkshire success stories including, of course, Richard of which has been featured in FRoots
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Hawley. Hosted by Dave Longmate of Folk Devils, here’s a magazine over the last couple of years
chance to get the low-down on some of those names...
from Joe Cocker to Jarvis Cocker, Def Leppard to The
Human League to The Beautiful South...
I'll Go To T'Foot Of Our Stage: The Story Of Yorkshire
Pop Music, by Craig Ferguson, is published by yfppublishing.com

Meet the author ~ Ian Clayton

Ian is a jobbing writer, story teller and broadcaster. He loves
books, films and music. He is a traveller, a collector, a gatherer
and is passionate about finding the voice of the common
people. He still lives in the Yorkshire town where he was
born and lists his hobbies as tap-room conversation and
gentle subversion. Amongst other things he is a recognised
authority on the life and works of Billie Holiday, has a
fondness for the comedy songs of George Formby and
aspires to play blues harmonica like Jimmy Reed. He is
also a good friend of Richard Hawley.
Many of you will remember the session we ran last year where
he discussed his brilliant book about life and music Bringing It All Back Home.
Since then his new book Our Billie (Penguin Books) has been published to great
critical acclaim. It deals with, in the most touching and heartfelt way, the tragedy
that struck his family during a holiday in Wales. Ian will talk about the book as
well as opening the festival for us this year and we are delighted to welcome him
back. Hosted by Karen Atkinson, Director of Scarborough Literature Festival.
RedR – our chosen cause for 2010.
Each year millions of people around the world are affected by natural disaster
and conflict. RedR is an international charity that improves the effectiveness of
disaster relief by ensuring the
right people with the right skills
are available to respond to global
emergencies, to help save and
rebuild more lives.
RedR’s programmes deliver
essential technical and
humanitarian training and support to aid agencies and their staff, in the UK and
overseas in countries such as Haiti, Pakistan and Sudan. They also provide skilled
professionals such as engineers, logisticians and other aid workers to
humanitarian programmes around the globe.
Please help us today by making a donation or getting involved. We run several
events throughout the year, our most important ones being our annual Wear Red
for RedR campaign, the Virgin London Marathon and the Bupa Great North Run.
In addition to taking part in one of our events you can also support us by setting
up a direct debit, giving through your payroll, leaving a legacy or organising your
own event. Please visit our website for further details:
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www.redr.org.uk/getinvolved or call us on +44 (0)20 7840 6000.
 Our wonderful compères.
Jo Freya & Kate Longmate (Main stage), Jon Harvison (Spa Theatre), Dave Boardman
(North Sea Stage), Jim Eldon (South Sea Stage) and Adrian Spendlow (The Gullery)
Local Sponsors - a big thank you to:.
Wold Top Brewery for festival beer and support of the artists’ hospitality area,
Masala Restaurant for support of the artists’ hospitality area.
SeaSalt and Passion Café for hosting the world food events
Sally Baird & the Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership for marketing
support across the region
The Port Hole for year-round support from all the staff
Media Partners.
Songlines, Bridlington Free Press
Musicport Board.
John McEachen, Lee Taylor, Dave Barry
Musicport staff.
Jim McLaughlin, Sue McLaughlin, Sarah Asquith, Karen Aitchison, Jonathan Walker
Festival Crew.
46 Stage Managers: Vic Cutting & Rob Lloyd (Royal Hall); Jon Harvison & Wendy Woodford
(Theatre); Rachel Crackett & Andrea Bell (North Sea Stage); Phil Simpson (South Sea Stage)
Sound: HPSS Hull (Royal Hall); Paul Whittaker, Jack Hogarth, Tom Pickering, Dave
Crabtree, Tom Coxhead (North & South Sea stages), Spa technical team (Theatre)
Artists’ Reception: Annie Latham
Artists’ Liaison: Abi Norman, Hannah Myers
Press Liaison: Gail Cooke
Green Room: Sue Longmate, Ruth Evans and team
Stewards’ Co-ordinator: Sue Pickering
Team leaders: Peter Slavid, Robin McIlroy, Richard Wilson, Jenny Harper,
Lewis Blofeld, Graham Durrant
Workshops co-ordinator: Ray Williams
Audience Research: Chris Wade
Films shown courtesy of Scarborough Film Society: Tony Davison, Nick Rasle
Festival Graphic: David Owen www.theinkcorporation.co.uk
Programme Design: Andy Thursfield – see his paintings: www.andy-thursfield.com
Stewards.
All our stewards and team leaders are volunteers – they are here to help and
although some are local many come from far afield to be here (so please be patient
if they don’t know too much about Bridlington). We’d like to thank them for giving
their time and energy to maintaining the special Musicport atmosphere.
Thanks!.
In the strange and difficult times we’re living in, the help and support of many
individuals and organisations is vital to sustaining an event such as this.
Musicport is a unique event, but it is the coming together of a particular blend of
ingredients that makes it so – everyone has their part to play whether a
performer or audience member, organiser or volunteer, investor or stakeholder.
The support of the Arts Council Yorkshire, Key Fund Yorkshire, Welcome To
Yorkshire, the Performing Right Society Foundation and East Riding County
Council, as well as Watts Associates and Love Enterprise has been vital to
sustaining and developing this event, as is the help and advice given by the
management and staff here at the Spa.
Thanks to Ian Clayton for kindly agreeing to open this year’s festival, for his
excellent books and helpful suggestions, to Gary and Andy (the Naughty Pirates)
for all their help around Bridlington and to Sue Wells for filming and editing the
Musicport promo video so brilliantly.
Jim and Sue would like to extend personal thanks to all those who have gone
out of their way to help us this year, whether in carrying out their professional
roles or as volunteers and supporters. We all want to preserve Musicport as a
feature of the cultural calendar here in Yorkshire, and it will be by collaboration
and cooperation that this will be possible.
To our families and friends it must seem that the demands of Musicport
take precedence over just about everything else… thank you for your tolerance
and patience.
We’re delighted to have you all at this wonderful weekend party – have a great
time, please come again and please invite all your friends!
Join us as we embark on the
next leg of our voyage through
the music of the world…
Cabin Class:
M usicport is now 11 years old and we are
delighted that you, our audience have stayed
with us on this voyage. If you came aboard in 2000
•Early bird ticket rate for Members all year round
•Quarterly newsletter
or joined us for the first time in Bridlington we •A free programme for the festival
hope you are enjoying the musical adventure and •Special members event in April held in Whitby
we invite you to get more involved as we navigate •Meet the Artist events at the festival
our future by becoming part of the Musicport Crew. •Offers and discounts with partner organisations
Musicport Crew has two levels: Cabin Class (just The Captain’s Table:
£30 a year) and The Captain’s Table (just £50 a year) all of the above, plus:
giving Members a variety of benefits and offers •Festival Green Room Access at specified times
throughout the year as well as at the festival. •A special festival Sunday VIP reception
Musicport relies on grant funding & sponsorship to bring you diverse and high profile artistes.
The Musicport Crew will support the programming of the festival bringing us closer to you our audience.
Jump aboard! Pick up a leaflet at the festival,
phone 01947 605089 or email crew@musicportfestival.com
www.musicportfestival.com