{"performances":[{"event":"Wooden Horse","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/05/26/wooden-horse","date_range":"26 May 2013","description":"A welcome return to Wooden Horse and their driving rootsy music. Comprising the powerful vocals and guitar of Jamie Knight, and the bottleneck & finger picking skills of Ben Church, the duo use various instruments and arrangements to perform a mix of country blues, bluegrass, Americana and originals all filled with classic harmonies and great playing.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Live Band Night","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-oak/2013/05/29/live-band-night-hockley-heath-s-the-oak","date_range":"29 May 2013","description":"Live Band Night\r\n@ The Oak in Hockley Heath\r\nWednesday 29th May @ 7pm.\r\n**FREE ENTRY** \r\n**RAISING MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK**\r\n\r\nBands starring;\r\n-Damn the Weather\r\n-Winstons Big Brother\r\n-Dead End Dreams\r\n\r\nSolo Artists starring;\r\n-Summer Milan\r\n-Becca Lancina\r\n-Sam Brittain","venue":{"title":"The Warwick Brasserie","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-oak"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Micky Greaney Band","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/05/29/the-micky-greaney-band","date_range":"29 May 2013","description":"The Micky Greaney Band return to the Kitchen Garden playing a set full of exciting new material. The band are well into recording their hotly awaited album and songs like \"the beginning and head of time and the inner life\", \"Let The Magic Come\" and \"Playlist\" are wowing audiences just as much as already established songs such \"The Last Word\" and \"My Sweet Love\" . Support comes from LakeForest, the the introspective and sometimes melancholic folk music of Canadian singer and songwriter Will Whitwham, (The Wilderness of Manitoba).","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Ritchie-Parrish-Ritchie ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-red-lion/2013/05/29/ritchie-parrish-ritchie","date_range":"29 May 2013","description":"Raised near Owen Sound, Ontario on a hundred-acre farm that had been in the family since 1875, Steve grew up steeped in music. Dad sang bass, Mom was a music teacher and choir director, and choral music was a permanent feature of life.\r\n","venue":{"title":"The Red Lion","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-red-lion"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Joyce the Librarian, Jack Hartley","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/05/30/joyce-the-librarian-jack-hartley","date_range":"30 May 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Organic Lawn Management ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/artrix/2013/06/01/the-organic-lawn-management","date_range":" 1 Jun 2013","description":"The four-piece folk-rock outfit began life in a dusty barn, covering electric and acoustic songs, and over the ensuing years has worked its way through several self-recorded EPs and a demo studio album.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Artrix ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/artrix"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Irish Music","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-spotted-dog/2013/06/03/traditional-irish-music","date_range":" 3 Jun 2013","description":"Birmingham\u2019s biggest and best Traditional Irish Jam Session\r\n","venue":{"title":"The Spotted Dog","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-spotted-dog"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Impact","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-bulls-head/2013/06/04/impact","date_range":" 4 Jun 2013","description":"Moseley and folk music fit together like summer and love. Two local folk outfits creating searchingly beautiful music combine for one evening. Oh Stockholm! weave gentle tales of childhood, hope and nostalgia with a rare pathos and fragility. Lead singer Mike Hutchinson's weathered-pure vocal perfectly accompanied by the four-piece's sensitive, understated playing.\r\n\r\nMatt Sheehan has rightly been garnering a host of plaudits for his EP The Alder Tree. This talented young singer-songwriter's introspective, emotional playing and stunning falsetto will leave an awed hush over any audience. \r\n","venue":{"title":"The Bulls Head","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-bulls-head"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Steve Knightley ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-red-lion/2013/06/05/steve-knightley","date_range":" 5 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"The Red Lion","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-red-lion"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Song Session","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/06/06/traditional-song-session","date_range":" 6 Jun 2013","description":"First Thursday of each month at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA map\r\n\r\nTraditional music sessions take place in pubs all over the city but traditional singing is also alive and well. Here's a chance to sing and listen to traditional songs in a friendly and informal environment. ","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Liz Lawrence, Steve Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/06/06/liz-lawrence-steve-folk","date_range":" 6 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Night Watch: Musical History Tour","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/palace-theatre/2013/06/07/the-night-watch-musical-history-tour","date_range":" 7 Jun 2013","description":"What does it mean to be \u201cin love up to the elbows\u201d? Why is the earliest known English secular song complaining about the weather? How could Henry VIII write such a beautiful love song while being so vile to his wives? And why didn\u2019t he write Greensleeves? Which 16th century tune was so popular it was recycled under three different titles for dozens of sets of words? Why was flatulence so popular in the 17th century?\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019ve ever wondered about these questions \u2013 and, let\u2019s face it, you probably haven\u2019t \u2013 then you can find the answers to these and other questions you\u2019ve never considered in The Night Watch\u2019s show, Musical History Tour. Taking you on a journey from the 12th to the early 18th century, their whistle-stop tour of musical history stops only to pick up their period instruments. Between them, Andy Casserley and Ian Pittaway sing and play recorders, lutes, shawms, gittern, rebec, oud, crumhorn, cittern, pipe and tabor, 4 course guitar, bagpipes, cornamuse, orpharion, gemshorn, simfony, and percussion. Between pieces, The Night Watch will tell you a bit about the songs, tunes, history and instruments, and there\u2019ll be a chance to have a closer look at historical instruments you never knew you wanted to play\r\n\r\n\r\n","venue":{"title":"Palace Theatre","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/palace-theatre"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Performer's Night ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/red-lion-shirley/2013/06/07/performer-s-night","date_range":" 7 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Red Lion - Shirley","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/red-lion-shirley"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Martha, Delay, Spoonboy","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/06/12/martha-delay-spoonboy","date_range":"12 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Moseley Village Band","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/st-columba-united-reformed-church/2013/06/13/moseley-village-band","date_range":"13 Jun 2013","description":"The band meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month to make music together and explore the style and repetoire of the English Village music tradition.\r\n\r\nAll musicians welcome. \u00a33 per session. First session free.","venue":{"title":"St Columba United Reformed Church","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/st-columba-united-reformed-church"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Daisy Chapman, Micky Greaney","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/06/15/daisy-chapman-micky-greaney","date_range":"15 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Music Session","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/prince-of-wales/2013/06/16/traditional-music-session","date_range":"16 Jun 2013","description":"Enjoy listening to English, Scottish & Irish folk music and song.\r\n\r\nENTRANCE FREE","venue":{"title":"Prince of Wales","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/prince-of-wales"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Irish Music","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-spotted-dog/2013/06/17/traditional-irish-music","date_range":"17 Jun 2013","description":"Birmingham\u2019s biggest and best Traditional Irish Jam Session\r\n","venue":{"title":"The Spotted Dog","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-spotted-dog"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Cara Luft","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/06/18/cara-luft","date_range":"18 Jun 2013","description":"Singer/songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire Cara Luft is that rare artist steeped in folk and traditional roots music almost from birth yet willing to alter that fabric, stretch the boundaries, not afraid to bend genres, styles and integrate what others might regard as a disparate set of influences. ","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Music Session","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/prince-of-wales/2013/06/19/traditional-music-session","date_range":"19 Jun 2013","description":"Sessions are informal gatherings at which people play traditional music together - normally someone starts a tune, and those who know it join in.  Every session has its own character - ours feature English, Scottish and Irish folk music and song - and all are welcome, to play or to listen.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Prince of Wales","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/prince-of-wales"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Performer's Night ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/red-lion-shirley/2013/06/21/performer-s-night","date_range":"21 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Red Lion - Shirley","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/red-lion-shirley"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Luke Jackson","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/hare-and-hounds/2013/06/23/luke-jackson","date_range":"23 Jun 2013","description":"Luke is a rising 18 year old Roots singer/songwriter from Canterbury, Kent and 2013 sees him nominated for both the Horizon Award for Best Emerging Talent and the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.\r\n\r\nWith a bold, show stopping voice and honed guitar skills, Luke is a confident and captivating performer demonstrating an astonishing maturity. He has been making ripples on the live acoustic scene supporting such luminaries as Show of Hands, Paul Brady, Chris Wood, Steve Knightley, Lucy Ward and Boo Hewerdine and playing Sidmouth, Bristol and Trowbridge festivals.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Hare & Hounds","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/hare-and-hounds"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Blue Mosquitoes","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/06/23/the-blue-mosquitoes","date_range":"23 Jun 2013","description":"The Blue Mosquitoes have an energetic, vibrant sound rooted deeply in folk music, with an undeniably Australian character. They have a growing reputation in the Australian and British music scene as an exciting band with a big future and are returning to the uk this year for a 26 date tour to launch their new \u201cLive\u201d album \u201cFloat Fall Fly\u201d. The band have written and performed with the legendary Eric Bogle, performed with Dougie Maclean, and supported Peggy Seeger and The Saw Doctors.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Folk For Free: Wooden Horse","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/symphony-hall/2013/06/27/folk-for-free-wooden-horse","date_range":"27 Jun 2013","description":"West Midlands based duo Wooden Horse visit with their mix of Americana and country blues, laced with harmonies, slide guitar, stomp box, banjo and harmonica.","venue":{"title":"Symphony Hall","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/symphony-hall"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Moseley Village Band","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/st-columba-united-reformed-church/2013/06/27/moseley-village-band","date_range":"27 Jun 2013","description":"The band meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month to make music together and explore the style and repetoire of the English Village music tradition.\r\n\r\nAll musicians welcome. \u00a33 per session. First session free.","venue":{"title":"St Columba United Reformed Church","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/st-columba-united-reformed-church"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Will McNicol, KC McKanzie","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/06/27/will-mcnicol-kc-mckanzie","date_range":"27 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Claude Bourbon","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/palace-theatre/2013/06/28/claude-bourbon","date_range":"28 Jun 2013","description":"Born in France in the early 60\u2019s, Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland, where he was classically trained. This finger picking guitarist has performed and studied all over the world; he has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz, with ethereal Eastern influences, Spanish and Latin elements with strains of Western folk.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Palace Theatre","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/palace-theatre"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Phlox of Pink, Torn Sail","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/06/29/phlox-of-pink-torn-sail","date_range":"29 Jun 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Irish Music","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-spotted-dog/2013/07/01/traditional-irish-music","date_range":" 1 Jul 2013","description":"Birmingham\u2019s biggest and best Traditional Irish Jam Session\r\n","venue":{"title":"The Spotted Dog","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-spotted-dog"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Hut People ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/07/02/the-hut-people","date_range":" 2 Jul 2013","description":"Champions of the standing ovation, The Hut People are rapidly gaining more and more of reputation as one of the hottest & most entertaining world/folk acts touring today. Taking the audience on a voyage across the globe with their material, they perform a high-octane unique blend of home-grown tunes mixed with British, Nordic and European folk music, perfectly formed & embellished with the driving accordion and a mind-boggling array of exotic percussion.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Impact","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/the-bulls-head/2013/07/02/impact","date_range":" 2 Jul 2013","description":"Big sounds. Big performances. Every flavour of Birmingham's music culture celebrated in one night.\r\n\r\n","venue":{"title":"The Bulls Head","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-bulls-head"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Tales and Ales","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/prince-of-wales/2013/07/03/tales-and-ales","date_range":" 3 Jul 2013","description":"Do you think you would enjoy listening to stories?\r\n\r\nWould you like to learn more about storytelling?\r\n\r\nAre you a storyteller at heart, looking for an audience?\r\n\r\nAnyone interested in cultivating the traditional art storytelling is invited to an informal gathering of storytellers and lovers of a good story. Both experienced storytellers and newcomers are welcome. Just want to listen? Then come along! \r\n\r\nTales and Ales runs from 8:00 till 10:00 in a cosy and secluded back room at one of Moseley\u2019s great pubs.","venue":{"title":"Prince of Wales","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/prince-of-wales"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Metamorphic ","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/07/03/metamorphic","date_range":" 3 Jul 2013","description":"","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Traditional Song Session","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/kitchen-garden-cafe/2013/07/04/traditional-song-session","date_range":" 4 Jul 2013","description":"First Thursday of each month at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA map\r\n\r\nTraditional music sessions take place in pubs all over the city but traditional singing is also alive and well. Here's a chance to sing and listen to traditional songs in a friendly and informal environment. ","venue":{"title":"Kitchen Garden Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/kitchen-garden-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"Performer's Night","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/red-lion-shirley/2013/07/05/performer-s-night","date_range":" 5 Jul 2013","description":"All performers are welcome on performer's nights. We usually allocate two song spots on a first come first served basis. Featured artists have a 30 minute spot with the rest of the evening being allocated as two song spots to performers, again, on a first come first served basis. Admission to performer's nights is \u00a32.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Red Lion - Shirley","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/red-lion-shirley"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."},{"event":"The Matchsellers, Tom Lenthall & Tom Lingard","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/ort-cafe/2013/07/06/the-matchsellers-tom-lenthall-tom-lingard","date_range":" 6 Jul 2013","description":"The Matchsellers are Andrew Morris, Julie Bates and Kevin Schmidt. The project began when Morris (Warsaw, Indiana) and Bates (Kansas City, MO) met in Leipzig, Germany. While working as teachers, the duo began musically reanalyzing the folk forms of their homeland in the decaying buildings of East Germany. In this environment, they developed what may be best described as \u201cNorthern Hoosier Style\u201d Bluegrass. The music is stuck somewhere between the electric blues of Chicago and the bluegrass of Kentucky, and has acquired the filth and abandonment of post-communist, ex-patriot life. Beginning in 2013, Kevin Schmidt (Gera, Germany) joined the group playing Dobro, expanding the group\u2019s sound and connecting it more closely to the the East German identity. The group also collaborated on Morris\u2019 third solo album, the 2012 release Mathew Wallace\u2019s Journal, and is currently based in Leipzig, Germany.\r\n","venue":{"title":"Ort Cafe","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/venues/ort-cafe"},"genre":{"title":"Folk","url":"http://livebrum.co.uk/genres/folk"},"copyight":"All data copyright livebrum.co.uk. Republish with permission only please."}]}