Richard Grainger at East Coast Folk Club
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East Coast Folk Club meets the first Friday of the month to enjoy live acoustic music in many folk genres.
Usually there is a featured guest artist or group, and the first half of the programme is made up of "floorsingers" - a variety of performers who turn up on the night.
The guest this night is Richard Grainger.
Richard first performed in Teesside Folk Clubs in the 70’s and was a member of several local partnerships, including folk bands Pennyhedge, The Teesside Fettlers and briefly as part of a trio with Ron & Rita Angel. Since 1993 he is often accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Chris Parkinson. However, it’s as a solo performer he’s best known, touring throughout the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Born in Teesside, with his family background in the North York Moors, it followed that he was hugely inspired by his roots to become a prolific writer and songwriter.
Since recording his first album in 1984, he has produced 13 albums of original songs, many of which are connected to the region’s maritime heritage and its recent industrial past.
Among a large and varied repertoire are songs of Ironstone Miners (his great grandad was one), Whitby’s Whaling and Fishing days, Teesside’s steel industry, and local life, through good times and bad.
Richard’s songs are performed and recorded by many, including Flossie Malavialle , Kimbers Men, The Teesside Fettlers, The Wilson Family and Shanty Group Monkeys Fist . His songs have been broadcast widely over the radio at home and abroad. Recently played on BBC Radio3, he has also featured on Robson Green’s ‘Coastal Lives’ (ITV).
His latest production is a compilation album, ‘Blood of the Land’, released in 2021 and in the same year has re-released the CD of his folk -opera ‘Eye of the Wind’, produced in conjunction with the BBC in 2003 and Sir David Attenborough.
With a new studio album on the way, Richard is most definitely still rolling on.
More info www.richard-grainger.com
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