Closing our saturday evening
double -header concert is
Little Johnny England 
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Little Johnny England are five of the most gifted and widely-experienced musicians on the folk/rock circuit. They have pooled their collective talents to come up with a uniquely exciting ensemble.
In the last 10 years they have taken their traditionally-flavoured music to a wider audience and attracted significant praise from the mainstream National press along the way.
As anyone who has seen them will agree, they are simply one of the best live acts on the music scene, bringing a rarely-seen energy and dynamic to their performances ... “they put the rock back into folk rock”!
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Also headlining our saturday evening concert is
The Jackie Oates Band.
Winner, in 2009, of two BBC Folk Awards, Jackie Oates is a phenomenon in today's exploding folk-pop scene.
Jackie's unique treatment of English ballads and songs, and pure, haunting singing style has attracted increasing attention.
Mojo magazine listed Jackie's 2011 album 'Saturnine' as one of the top 10 folk albums of the year and she has just been nominated for the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in two of the most prestigious categories –
Album Of The Year
&
Folk Singer Of The Year
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Jackie Oates...
the singer and fiddle player described, by The Independent on Sunday, as
" the sweetest voice of her generation " |
Don't miss Clive Gregson
on Saturday afternoon 
"Marvellous voice...brilliant guitar playing"
Dirty Linen
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Described by the Daily Telegraph as
"A superb songwriter and fine guitarist, keyboards player and producer"
Clive Gregson
is our featured artist on saturday afternoon
His career began in 1980 with 'Any Trouble' and his '85-'92 partnership with Christine Collister was
called "the state of the art in British
folk-rock" by Rolling Stone.
His
songs, described by The Guardian as "Adult pop from one of the most emotionally literate songwriters around", have been recorded by many artists,
including Nanci Griffith ('I Love This Town'), Kim Carnes, Fairport
Convention, Norma Waterson, Claire Martin
&
Smokie.
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On Friday evening, join us in dancing the night away at our ceilidh with Ock'n'Dough.
Famed (or notorious) for their eclectic mixture of English, Latvian and American roots music, festival favourites Ock’n’Dough will play the music and give you all the help you need to enjoy the
dances.
This Northamptonshire quartet are deservedly rated amongst the best all-round folk bands in East Anglia.
"Loads of vitality....big tunes....great songs
.....honest, lively stuff with an edge to it.
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Raunds Community Choir
Our local community choir continues to go from strength to strength.
Sit back on saturday afternoon and enjoy a mixed programme ranging from folk tunes to gospel with tea and cakes afterwards.
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Other Artists To Be Confirmed
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