Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Support

Very high profile support slot, this!  We’ve been asked to support folk icons Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick at the Milkmaid Folk Club on September 14th.  Hope we do ourselves proud!

Milkmaid Folk Club

On January 5th we were back at the Milkmaid Folk Club in Bury St Edmunds, where we supported Mary Humphreys and Anahata. The club is enjoying more and more support, and there was a great turn-out to hear these two very talented musicians.

Milkmaid Folk Club

Sound Tradition appeared at the Milkmaid Folk Club on Friday 20th October 2006, supporting Dana Robertson. This was a great night and well attended not least by our dear friend and webmaster Tim Morley. Thanks for your support Tim electronic and otherwise.

Terry Walden says:
“This was Sue and Dana’s second time at The Milkmaid and wow! they were fantastic. They are two really lovely people, hugely talented and extremely down to earth. We were their first gig on the tour but you wouldn’t have thought it. Their performance using guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin and wonderful singing belied the jet lag they were feeling. Their song ‘What Would Woody Do’ is fast becoming their anthem, great stuff.

photo half-inched from milkmaidfolkclub.com

“Sound Tradition are, I’m proud to say, members of The Milkmaid. They have done a lot of behind the scenes work to promote and keep the club going, for which all of us connected to folk music in Bury are extremely grateful. The performance they gave as support act was the best I have heard from them to date. Every time I see them they really do get better and better.”

Hawstead Summer Fête

This summer Sound Tradition headlined along with Make Do at the local Hawstead Summer Fête — a fun day for all the family. The event was to raise money for a new village hall.

We were performing on a hayrick in force 7 gales but it was all for a good cause. Windy but nice!

Headway Charity Fête

In August Linda and Dave sang at the Headway Charity fête along with Paddy Butcher (a great local folk artist and hurdy gurdy player – check out his band “Bof!“).

This was part of a drive to help raise £30,000 to save this very worthy service which helps brain injured Suffolk people.

Milkmaid Folk Club

Terry Walden says:
A great evening full of high octane energy from a really passionate and powerful performer. Kieran writes songs full of emotion and gets you thinking. He keeps your attention all through the evening with his songs and introductions. A most enjoyable evening, not many in but there you go.

Support was by ‘Sound Tradition’ who just get better and better. They are certainly going to leave a mark on the traditional folk scene in Suffolk and surrounding counties.

Milkmaid Folk Club

March 2006 saw the very first Sound Tradition gig at the Milkmaid Folk Club, which was then held at the British Royal Legion Club in Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds.

This was supporting Penni McLaren Walker who was playing with two of the founder members of Shave the Monkey: Bryan Causton and Carolyn Sheppard.