Kelso Folk & Live Music Club
FRIDAYS! Open Mic at the ACE CENTRE 7.30-10.30pm – Pub session at the Cobbles Inn 10.00pm-late

Chris Martin shot this video of Kelso’s David Kilpatrick singing another happy song at String Jam Club, end of May – Clive Carroll’s fantastic guitar skills being the real attraction, of course, with the usual support from several floor spots.

The small guitar is a Brook Bovey 21.5″ scale tuned to F#C#f#bc#f’# (DADGAD four frets up). The song is traditional with a strong influence on the guitar setting from Dáithí Sproule’s version as performed by Altan. See:

http://www.daithisproule.com/

for more info on one of Ireland’s best respected exports.

Due to the noise from Le Jardin’s refrigerators, recordings of song performance were not so successful on Friday June 5th. Here, though, is an instrument which can mask the sound of a humming fridge with ease – Ian Croall on Deger electronic smallpipes!

- DK

Kelso Folk and Live Music Club provided music for the opening night of the newly refurbished Ancrum Village Hall. The tightly programmed (and accommodated!) sextet consisted (as seen from the left in the line-up) of Peter Gillespie guitar & vocals, Ron Hastings g&v, Steve Dent percussion, Dave Mullen g&v and MC, David Kilpatrick g&v and viola, Ian Croall midi smallpipes.

Nicole Mullen shot some videos of the event – a difficult task given the lighting and the odd close-up balance created by the PA, it sounded better balanced back down the hall where the audience was.

The link to view all seven videos edited by Dave and Nicole, with sound mixed from recordings made by Nicole, Pete and David Kilpatrick, visit YouTube and search for ‘KelsoFolk’. We have removed the embedded link as it was slowing the site down.

The theme was a Scottish night by request.

On The Nickel

Here’s a YouTube video from club member Dave Mullen, who appeared in a solo performance on Friday July 11th 2008.

http://youtube.com/v/RHbNw7m09E8

KELSO Folk and Live Music Club has hit the national headlines after two members wrote to the ‘Southern Reporter’ complaining that George Formby classics performed by Roger Platfoot contained racist language. Keith and Cate Ryan have threatened to report the club to the Police Hate Crimes Unit if Roger plays the ‘Mr Wu’ songs (and others) again. (more…)

I AM testing a Canon 450D camera for the British Journal of Photography, and by coincidence a US (I think) magazine was looking for low-light shots of people taken on new Canon cameras. Canon had sent me a 35mm f1.4 lens which is a) expensive b) just right for no-flash, hand held pix in the Cobbles using the camera’s maximum sensitivity of ISO 1600. These are the pictures I liked, if anyone dislikes the idea of appearing anonymously in print in a pro photo magazine test report, let me know and I will discard the shot!

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 On Sunday April 6th, Kelso Folk and Live Music Club member and regular session participant Iain Petrie will preview his debut album I’ll Stay by You at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms. (more…)

Before the Cobbles was remodelled in February 2008, James Shepherd shot some pictures of the typical weekly Friday night sessions. Most of these showed slack-jawed yokels drooling over their guitars with eyes closed, because that’s what happens when you shoot singers and musicians after a couple of pints and mid-song. However, a few of us managed to stay reasonably sober-looking and composed.

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