Green Note
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Serious Sam Barrett/Martyn Roper
Bluegrass
- Critics' choice
Revolutions Brewing Company are releasing a limited edition cask ale named after this Yorkshire blues and bluesgrass man, who echoes the style of Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell and The Carter Family in his own arrangements of traditional songs on 12-string...
- Fri May 24
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £7 adv
Gypsy Nights
World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
Balkan, gypsy, African and Middle Eastern sounds combine in this globetrotting live jam session.
- Sun May 26
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £8
Auriyga + Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp
Folk
Six classical musicians play dance tunes from around the British Isles in the headline slot. In support, the winner of the folk club's 2012 Trad2Mad competition, Mancunian Smyth, has a repertoire rich in antiquated gems – as you'd expect from someone...
- Mon May 27
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £8 adv
Green Note Open Mic
Categories, Music
One of the best open-mics in the city (and the most popular – acts queue for half an hour to bag a slot), taking place on the last Tuesday of every month with sign-up from 7pm.
- Tue May 28
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £2 (free to performers)
Sean Taylor
Pop and rock, World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
Acoustic blues and protest songs from this young singer-songwriter, playing from fifth album 'Love Against Death', which drew comparisons to John Martyn and Chris Isaak.
- Wed May 29
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £5
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
An Indian classical influence lends a hypnotic edge to the sparse bluesy arrangements of this excellent slide guitar, lap steel and harmonica vs fiddle and banjo duo, who specialise in slow, spine-tingling versions of traditionals and released their debut...
- Thu May 30
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £7, £5 concs
Hank Wangford and Bad Breath + Spanner Robinson
Blues, roots and country
Brilliantly-named country 'n' western troubadour Wangford walks a sure-footed line between heartfelt and dude-ish, tear-stained tuneage and wry humour. Here he's supported by female vocalist Robinson, who sings with Wangford in The Lost Cowboys as well...
- Fri May 31
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £12.50
Congo Faith Healers
World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
Led Zeppelin and Tom Waits-inspired gypsy-blues swamp-stompers with a surprisingly mainstream application (they've supported Razorlight and KT Tunstall among others).
- Sat Jun 1
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £7
Ewan McLennan
World, Folk
- Critics' choice
A clear and sturdy, vibrato-ripened burr is the distinguishing mark of this young Scottish folkie and former BBC Folk Awards 'Horizon Award' nominee. His debut album 'Rags and Robes' impressed folk circles in 2010, and was followed last year by 'The Last...
- Mon Jun 3
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- adv £10
Hillfolk Noir
World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
Idahoan 'junkerdash' trio (that's their indie update on the jugband tradition) play hillbilly ragtime on double bass, guitar and the kitchen sink.
- Wed Jun 5
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- adv £10
The Amalgamation Project
Categories, World
- Fri Jun 7
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN
- £10 adv
John Crampton
World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
- Free
Gravel-voiced blues man on harmonica, stomp-box and National Steel guitar.
- Sat Jun 8
- Green Note 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN















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