Sound Clips

Sound Clips

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2/8/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 2/8/2026. Another great night with some surprises so lets start with a classical tribute to Elgar followed by Richard Thompson's thoughts about the waltz. James sings about a fisherman jumper, Victoria tells of Jez Lowe's Northern Ireland town followed by Dave's poem that was inspired by that song. Deirdre follows with a poem by William Empson, Pete is off to Australia, Tony gets us all swinging and it's a welcome return to Ken and his dirty town followed by Alex and his arrangement of a familiar song at the club. We then have all four of the Barmy Penguins who are to have a guest night at the club but here we have each individually. Claire starts thinking about getting married, Mike tells of a dancing Molly, Richard plays one of his many pipes and Dave sings one of his many humorous songs and they say that he has plenty more where that came from. Andy and Dave start with a nice Scottish song and finish with a load of muck.

19/7/2026

Sorry no audio clips from the Singers Night on 19/7/2026.

5/7/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 5/7/2026. Uncle Pleb kick off the evening with a difficult journey to Robin Hoods Bay and end up in the unknown. James and Liz did a bit of weaving and Victoria asked us to hang around. Mike played an O'Carolan tune that if he listens carefully he might find that it sounds better than he remembered (!). Hannah told a true story, Phil had a Summery poem borrowing from a Ray Davies title and so he followed it with his ode to Ray.  Steven played some Jim tunes, Fi told how an Irish woman kept warm and Dave had a World cup song that did its job in helping England to beat Mexico later that evening. Andy sang 'Lately2' which is actually called 'Lately' but it distinguishes it from 'Lately' the Stevie Wonder song that he also sings. Is that clear? He then sends us home with a ticket.

21/6/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 21/6/2026. We will start at the beginning and end with the surprise ending at the end. So Uncle Pleb, after their break last time, came up with yet another new song this time about a military sailor followed by one about a more gentle water born craft. This was appropriate as next we had Mike who had arrived in Bollington on the canal and gave us the famous Lowry song. Victoria had a geese song to the tune of O'Carolan's 'Planxty Irwin', Tony gave us a famous Irish song, Ralph had the tune for a Sydney Carter song, and Fi had a Nic Jones song. Andy and Dave took us back to a sailing theme and finished with Egriega's circus musings but we had another duo. We had Janglebuddies who were better known to us as two of the Phil Cockerham Trio (Phil and Dicky) who had been guests at the club a couple of times with great success. They offered playing on black notes on a piano and finished by calling for bringing back hanging! Not really, but we look forward to seeing them back at the club soon.

7/6/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 7/6/2026. Our special guest host, Les Renshaw, started the evening along with John Stirling and his grandson Aston, with one of Johns song followed by a rocker from the fifties, each song giving Aston a chance to do some nice soloing. Victoria was joined by John for a song about a famous lake, Tony told a tale of marital strife, Ralph played an old Spinners tune, Phil marked Bob Dylan's 85th birthday, Steve played a tune for an old geezer, Helen sang of lions in Kendal's and Carl immortalised the move of a folk club in Stockport. Len sang of a special someone, Andy mused on three types of people and still ended up feeling blue.

17/5/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 17/5/2026. Uncle Pleb started by bidding us farewell followed by yet another new song, this time in memorium for a dog. We welcomed back Pete Jackson whose gamekeepers were still sleeping, followed by Fi who taught us about global economics. Tony has a new home, Dierdre told a W B Yates poem and then Louise who was down from the North East for the Bollington Festival, gave us a Geordie classic. Andy and Dave revisit an old Arthur Wakefield song before following it up with his own Bollington classic.

3/5/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 3/5/2026. With Uncle Pleb away enjoying themselves at a folk festival, Andy and Dave took up the reins by starting with one song about a poacher and another about a forester. John remembers hitch hiking and shows pride in his talented sister. Carl and Helen pay tribute to an old rugby player and then Jake Thackeray's bloody funny nun. We finish with Pieter who always brings a little bit of sunshine with him and then declares his love which is just as well as he is getting married in two days time. 

19/4/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Guest Night with Rik Roberts on 19/4/2026. Uncle Pleb have a nautical tale of a Cabin boy and Andy and Dave have an army tale about recruitment. With the sea and land offerings out of the way, we settle down for some exquisite playing from Rik. He promised a variety of styles so we start with the Stanley Myers classical hit from the 70's followed by a Northern Ireland folk classic and then another 70's offering but this time from the disco genre and we finish with a jazzy tune from local duo Hobson and Lees, the latter who actually hailed from Bollington.

5/4/2026

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 5/4/2026. We start with the regular songsters with their new song called Songsters followed by some fruit give away.. Mike lights the way next with some company provided by Tony. Phil has a quirky but seasonal poem and Diedre keeps to the correct season.  Victoria gives us a Huw Williams song, Lily recalls the West Midlands, Fi gets a bit wild while James and Liz hope for a bit of luck. Andy and Dave hark back to an old festival and even older river.