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Harp and a Monkey Folk experimentalists Harp and a Monkey sing songs about cuckolded mole catchers, a lone English oak tree that grows at Gallipoli, care in the community and medieval pilgrims.
This harp 'n' banjo driven electro-folk-storytelling trio is imbued with a deep Lancashire sensibility that shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance.
Friends for decades, Martin Purdy (Vocals, Glockenspiel, Accordion), Simon Jones (Guitar, Harp, Fiddle) and Andy Smith (Banjo,Effects), enjoy a fantastic rapport with their audiences and are proud to have never played anywhere and not been invited back. They first played for Grayshott Folk Club in March 2018 and went down so well with the audience, so they've invited them back too! Their third album, War Stories, came out in July 2016 and was labelled "bold and brilliant" by the likes of The Sunday Observer. A firm favourite of Mike Harding, who gave them their first BBC airplay, the band has since appeared in-session on the 'Beeb' with Mark Radcliffe and Clare Balding.
Their reputation as a quality live act, has meant that they have twice been invited to appear at the annual international showcase (The English Folk Expo) that highlights the best English folk acts on the circuit. This time around, Harp And A Monkey will be performing a specially created Victorian-themed Folk night.
Mighty Ian W. Brown. The real Ian W. Brown is coming to play for Grayshott Folk Club. The actor Daniel Mays plays a better-looking version of Ian in the "Fisherman's Friends" film and Gregor Fisher's downtrodden manager character in 2003's film "Love Actually" may have been based on how Ian transported an ex-prog rocker to the top of the Christmas charts in real life in 2001, but now Folk's favourite former pig farmer and secret hit maker Ian W. Brown is back, playing live shows.
Over the last two decades, Ian has managed artists, co-produced films, released records, co-written a number one single and the lead song in a West End hit, toured the UK, played Glastonbury, won friends and influenced people. And now he's writing a book! This spring, the incredible true story of how Ian signed and managed the Fisherman's Friends to a £1 million major label record deal and how they achieved a top ten album in 2010, has been turned into a heart-warming film that is already the feel good hit of the year. What's more, Ian still manages and is very much friends with the fishermen.
Tickets £14.
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