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DARTFORD FOLK CLUB TURNS 52!! TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2025 Old Spot Rowan Piggott & Joe Danks were introduced in 2021 and bonded over a shared passion for Old Time Appalachian music. An initial campsite session turned into living room jams, sharing lifts to sessions and ultimately the creation of a new old-time duo OLD SPOT. Expect Old Time Appalachian music made with modern audiences in mind: stomping fiddle tunes and lazy banjo backbeats giving way to close harmony singing. Old Spot sees two musicians from different traditional backgrounds exploring a shared musical love, creating new music that is bursting with joy and imagination. Rowan is a folk fiddler, traditional singer and tune collector who grew up in the foothills of the Burren on the west coast of Ireland. The author of three successful tunebooks, he is an experienced teacher and has also written articles for several magazines and led workshops at UK festivals. Rowan is best known for performing and writing with his folk trio, The Wilderness Yet. Joe is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and dancer based in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Despite being best known in the English folk scene, Joe grew up surrounded by the patchwork of American folk music played by his parents and found himself drawn home to these traditions. Five string banjo became Joe's place of solace and is now the beating heart of Old Spot, with his trademark rhythmic intensity and energy more present than ever. For further information, please E-mail: dartfordfolkclub@gmail.com |
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PAM & ALAN COLLS
| Founders of the Dartford Folk Club, Pam and Alan Colls ran the Club together for over 40 years, booking an amazing variety of artists within the Folk genre. Sadly both Pam and Alan have passed away but, at our 50th Birthday celebrations in October 2023, the team, guests and audience raised a glass to remember their friendship, achievements and amazing contributions to the music world. The Dartford Folk Club is now managed by a small team of original members in memory of and as a legacy to Pam & Alan's love for music. For further information, bookings and enquiries please E-mail: dartfordfolkclub@gmail.com | |||||||||