Famous Customers
Nearly every week it seems a celebrity turns up in one of our shops and can't resist leaving with one of our instruments. In a shameless attempt to impress you, we have listed some of them here!
Sir Paul McCartney
Billy Connolly
John Paul Jones
Jimmy Page
Ian Anderson
Bill Bailey
Charles Dance
Richard Durrant
Richard Stilgoe
Mike Harding
John Kirkpatrick
Jackie Daly
Four Men and a Dog
Liza Carthy
Christy O' Leary
Hugh Laurie
The Oyster Band
Aziz (Stone Roses)
Travis
Billy Bragg
Paul Weller
David Baddiel
Beth Orton
Tom McRae
David Grey
Stomp
Jonathan Ross
Catatonia
Jennifer Saunders
Bill Oddie
Graham Garden
Finlay Quaye
Suggs
Michael Franti
Ojos De Brujo
Eddie Martin
Donal Lunny
Martin Taylor
Mark Radcliff
Eric Clapton
Gary Kemp
And many more so famous we forgot about them!
Artists and Bands
Nearly all our staff are actively involved in gigging, playing
for dance, or dancing. Please support our bands and dance sides, and book
these acts!!
Sarah Mallinson &
Debbie Warren Sarah is an accomplished and versatile singer, and works
in Hobgoblin Music Leeds shop.
Blackthorn
Sussex based Irish Music Band, featuring Pete and Mannie McClelland, Hobgoblin's
founders.
ThingumaJig
Sussex, Kent & Surrey based Ceilidh and Barn Dance Band, featuring Pete
& Mannie McClelland.
Malarchy - an East European duo featuring Cris Pierssené from
our Bristol branch.
"high energy hybrid of Klezmer
and East European violin styles with guitar accompaniment inspired by Django
Reinhardts's gypsy jazz".
Email malarchy@lycos.co.uk
Pinalou - Funky/World/Jazz band in Bristol featuring Cris, Dom and Lou from the Bristol branch.
Northern Celts London based traditional Irish, Scottish and English band featuring Jacky Hynes occasionally of our London branch.
Hot Punch Band - West Yorkshire based ceilidh band featuring Russell
Flemming from the Leeds shop. 01422 378 075
Tykes band - West Yorkshire based ceilidh band featuring Russell Flemming
from the Leeds shop. 01274 874749
Kin'sha - Hybrid trad/urban band, of which Mark McCabe in our Birmingham branch is a member.
The Father Teds - Lively pop/ Irish party band. Mark McCabe, Birmingham manager, plays Accordion.
Trio Gitano - Jamie Fekete from our Birmingham
branch is part of this trio, who perform Jazz, Latin and Flamenco music.
Just Plain Myrtle - Cornwall band with Eddy Mayhew from Hobgoblin Wadebridge.
Charlie and Adrian Button - Nottingham Due, with Adrian from Hobgoblin in Nottingham, and his daughter Charlie.
Scanners - Successful Indie pop band featuring Amina Gramy previously of our London shop staff.
Celtic Knot - Irish Ceilidh band featuring Alex Percy (repairs and festivals) and Phil Wilcox (Leeds staff), Sarah Mooney (Hobgoblin Family) and Tess Livingstone (Festivals)
Hobgoblin Sponsored Events
National
Sidmouth Folkweek 2005 and 2006 - 1st week of August
Radio Britfolk - Britain's first Folk internet radio station
Hands on Music - Concertinas, Melodeons etc. at Witney - Youth places provided by Hobgoblin.
Song Links - Anglo Australian folk song project.
The Folk Directory - Searchable database
of clubs, sessions and festivals in the UK
Crawley
SEFAN The South East England Folk Arts Organisation
Adur Festival
Tenterden Folk Festival 2005
Crawley Folk Festival
Crawley Irish Festival
Bristol
Folk Around Bristol - Bristol Ceilidh Series
Kushti Session - Bristol based session supported by Hobgoblin in Bristol, featuring East European, Balkan, Klezmer & Gypsy tunes.
Wadebridge
Wadebridge Folk Festival - Cornwall youth music competition, and mandolin workshop
Padstow Shoestring Festival
Fiddles at Fowey
Cornish Bluegrass Festival - Hendra Park, Newquay.
Wadebridge Wave-Aid
Lowender Peran which is the main Celtic festival featuring performers from all
over the Celtic world including Brittany and The Isle of Man.
St Ives Festival Cornwall
Cornwall Festival of Dance at the Royal Cornwall Show
Bodmin Folk Club (programme production)
Birmingham
The Hobgoblin Festival in Birmingham
Leeds
Cleckheaton Folk Festival
Leeds School of Music Folk Festival - February 2006, Maggie Boyle concert & workshop.
London
Return to Camden Town
Festival of Traditional Irish Music - Hobgoblin are main sponsors ofthe Noel Hill concert.
Events Organised by Hobgoblin
The Hobgoblin Stage at Sidmouth Folkweek 2005 - Every afternoon at the Ham Arena Marquee: Acts include Whapweasel, Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn, Last Night's Fun, Reinhardt Project, Harvey Andrews and others.
The Hobgoblin Festival in Birmingham, July
The Reinhardt Project UK Tour 2005. The family of Django Reinhart are bringing gypsy jazz to the UK in 2005, sporting Gitane guitars, gigs to take place in Bristol and London (details soon), and at the Sidmouth Folkweek.
Lessons & Workshops
Sarah Mallinson - Singing, Piano
Hobgoblin Birmingham - various instruments taught in shop
Hobgoblin Nottingham - various instruments taught in shop
Hobgoblin Milton Keynes - Workshops and Demos held in shop
Fred Dunn - Canterbury based Accordion Teacher.
Hobgoblin Instrument Teachers List
Hands on Music Excellent workshop series run by Dave Townsend at Witney - Sponsored by Hobgoblin Music
The University of Stirling's Summer School Programme Not much info on the site, but a good range of musical activities appear to be covered.
The Folkworks Unofficial page
The Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music Based in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
The Hobgoblin Teachers List - A large number of people from all over the country who have asked to be added to our teachers list
Our Dance Sides
Broken Ankles Appalachian Dancers, featuring Chris Rudd our warehouse manager, and Matt French the Crawley repairman.
Persephone West Yorkshire women's side. Sarah Mallinson plays and dances.
Spen Valley Longsword - Traditional Yorkshire longsword team featuring Leeds' Russ Flemming (since 1974!)
Fleur-De-Lys Guildford based female Stave side. Ian Miller from Crawley accompanies on melodeon.
Wreckers Morris With Eddy Mayhew from Hobgoblin Wadebridge
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