We are very excited to announce that the acts appearing this year will be:
Wendy Arrowsmith
Gerry Cooper and Phil Snell
The Hall Brothers
Two Black Sheep and a Stallion
Over The Yardarm
An International Dance Workshop with Belinda Gee
A whole host of dance display teams
Wendy Arrowsmith
"A voice that can stop you in your tracks"
R2
"like Joan Baez...only better"
Audience member, Davefest 2012
Wendy Arrowsmith offers a tasteful platter of traditional Scottish material and songs from the British Isles, alongside a generous helping of her own self-penned numbers, garnished with strong guitar-work. All washed down with her gentle humour, easy-going stage presence and just a hint of chocolate! Her third CD "Life, Love & Chocolate" came out in the summer of 2011 to excellent reviews and she will be releasing a new one later this year. Visit Wendy's website and sign up for her mailing list to make sure you're amongst the first to get a copy!
Wendy Arrowsmith Website
Wendy Arrowsmith on Myspace
Wendy Arrowsmith on Youtube
Gerry Cooper and Phil Snell
A late addition to the festival line-up this year, taking the place of Broken Ground. We're excited to hear the partnership of these two solo artists who according to their website "discovered that together they can make an intricate, great big sound".
GERRY COOPER AND PHIL SNELL _ what's the matter with the mill? from rob blake on Vimeo.
"Individually, these guys are fantastic. Together they are magical. Authentic roots sounds from two master-craftsmen. An inspiration."
Nick Hall
The Hall Brothers
Yorkshire-born brothers Nick and Duncan Hall have played music together for as long as they can remember. They first performed as The Hall Brothers in 1991. Since then they have played concerts and festivals throughout the UK and in Ireland and Holland. They have supported acts as diverse as Fairport Convention and The Wedding Present with their unique brand of folk/rock.
"...the finest singer-songwriters around".
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Two Black Sheep and a Stallion
Established in 2004, Two Black Sheep and a Stallion are a traditional English folk group based in York who sing unaccompanied traditional English, Shanties & working songs.
Wonderful harmonies and great songs.
A'cappella / Acoustic / Folk
Over The Yardarm
Over The Yardarm - La Ronde des Milloraines from Over The Yardarm on Vimeo.
Over The Yardarm will be kicking off the 2013 Malton and Norton Folk Festival by playing at the Meet and Greet session on the Friday night.
Over The Yardarm are a North Yorkshire based "folk jiggernaut" trio playing instrumental music from UK and Europe that you're encouraged to "dance or at least fidget along to".
The Minster Strays
Our repertoire includes elegant dances from the Cotswolds with complex sequences of galleys and capers together with wild, raucous frolics from the Welsh borders. The varied traditions are reflected in our kit; smart waistcoats for the Cotswold, multicoloured tattered jackets for the Border.
The Raving Maes
It's Morris dancing...but not as we know it!!!
Described in the local paper as a cross between Rocky Horror and traditional Morris Dancing (or S&M crossed with M&S!).
Beverley Garland
The team was formed in 1977 as Middleton Garland Dancers and Longsword Team. and became known as the Beverley Garland Dancers in 1986.
We perform a variety of garland and stick dances from Lancashire and Cheshire along with our members' self penned ones.
The Goathland Plough Stots
The Goathland Plough Stots is one of Yorkshires 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.
Jet Set Morris
Jet Set Morris were formed in 1999 with the intention of bringing traditional Border Morris to our area - the moors and coastline between Whitby and Saltburn - with a few minor changes.
Jet Set have adopted an Edwardian Gothic style of dress...tradition demands that Border Morris dancers should never reveal their identity whilst performing, so we always wear dark glasses for disguise.
Jet Set ran the Morris dancing workshop at the 2011 folk festival.
Other Dance Display Groups Performing
- Kitchen Taps
- Cricket on the Hearth
- Rackaback Morris