a change of tune

Last Thursday of the month generally means folk'n'jazz night.

Folk'n'jazz is a very loose title as it's often not very folky or jazzy but it is always acoustic and there is a good proportion of traditional music and sometimes dance. Audiences are small, usually about 30 to 40  ( that's not bad in folk club terms I suppose), but there is a nice atmosphere and a growing involvement of French musicians as well.

We do not have a large set of English friends here, most of our friends are French associated with our Occitan music and dance interests. We have not sought out to mix with the usual expat crowd but those we do have we have met through Folk'n'jazz and although Trevor is never short of opportunities to play music he does enjoy the chance to sing too.

Eric

Tonight our table will, as always, be the French one as friends of ours are coming to sing ,play and listen.  Eric plays the recorder and enjoys accompanying Trevor, Edwige and Alain sing all sorts - last month Edwige left everyone open mouthed with her first appearance rendering of Santa Lucia ( I did say anything goes!) she has a wonderful voice and loves to be able sing to an audience so she's coming back tonight.

Edwige

As with every folk club I have ever known folk'n'jazz has had it's share of stroppy prima donnas and infantile throwing of teddies out of the pram despite the fact that we have resisted having a formal committee for anyone to resign from! For me though its about the music, anything involving folk music will always fall short of mass appeal - probably why I like it - but as long as the audience outnumbers the audience it seems fine to me. We don't need to worry about covering costs as there are none, the hall in Verfeil is provided free of charge and all the musicians are unpaid.

Tonight promises to be a good evening - there is a strong line up of performers.







And tomorrow?
Good news for me - a change of tune - Trevor will start practising for next month