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Editor: Pete McClelland    Contributors: Nicola McClelland, Dave Benton, Sarah Mallinson

Hobgoblin Live!

Nearly all our staff are actively involved in gigging, teaching, playing for dance, or dancing. Please support our bands and dance sides, and book these acts!!


Sarah Mallinson & Debbie Warren Sarah is an accomplished and versatile singer, and works in Hobgoblin Music Leeds shop.
Blackthorn Sussex based Irish Music Band, featuring Pete and Mannie McClelland, Hobgoblin's founders.
ThingumaJig Sussex, Kent & Surrey based Ceilidh and Barn Dance Band, featuring Pete & Mannie McClelland.
Montana Rain Sussex, Kent & Surrey based Americana band with Pete and Mannie McClelland and Nicola Rain from Hobgoblin head office.

Malarchy - an East European duo featuring Cris Pierssené from our Bristol branch. "high energy hybrid of Klezmer and East European violin styles with guitar accompaniment inspired by Django Reinhardts's gypsy jazz". Email malarchy@lycos.co.uk
Pinalou - Funky/World/Jazz band in Bristol featuring Cris, Dom and Lou from the Bristol branch.
Northern Celts London based traditional Irish, Scottish and English band featuring Jacky Hynes occasionally of our London branch.
Hot Punch Band - West Yorkshire based ceilidh band featuring Russell Flemming from the Leeds shop. 01422 378 075
Tykes band - West Yorkshire based ceilidh band featuring Russell Flemming from the Leeds shop. 01274 874749
Kin'sha - Hybrid trad/urban band, of which Mark McCabe in our Birmingham branch is a member.
The Father Teds - Lively pop/ Irish party band. Mark McCabe, Birmingham manager, plays Accordion.
Trio Gitano - Jamie Fekete from our Birmingham branch is part of this trio, who perform Jazz, Latin and Flamenco music.
Just Plain Myrtle - Cornwall band with Eddy Mayhew from Hobgoblin Wadebridge.
Charlie and Adrian Button - Nottingham Due, with Adrian from Hobgoblin in Nottingham, and his daughter Charlie.
Scanners - Successful Indie pop band featuring Amina Gramy previously of our London shop staff.
Celtic Knot - Irish Ceilidh band featuring Alex Percy (repairs and festivals) and Phil Wilcox (Leeds staff), Sarah Mooney (Hobgoblin Family) and Tess Livingstone (Festivals)

Lessons & Workshops

Sarah Mallinson - Singing, Piano
Hobgoblin Birmingham - various instruments taught in shop
Hobgoblin Nottingham - various instruments taught in shop
Hobgoblin Milton Keynes - Workshops and Demos held in shop

Our Dance Sides

Broken Ankles Appalachian Dancers, featuring Chris Rudd our warehouse manager, and Matt French the Crawley repairman.
Persephone West Yorkshire women's side. Sarah Mallinson plays and dances.

Spen Valley Longsword - Traditional Yorkshire longsword team featuring Leeds' Russ Flemming (since 1974!)
Fleur-De-Lys Guildford based female Stave side. Ian Miller from Crawley accompanies on melodeon.
Wreckers Morris With Eddy Mayhew from Hobgoblin Wadebridge

Releases on the Hobgoblin Label

Get more info on these and forthcoming releases at www.hobgoblinrecords.com
25th Anniversary compilation - Tykes News: “you will find yourself plucking it down to pick out certain tracks over and over again” Pay The Reckoning: “get your hands on a copy of this belter of a CD” Box and Fiddle: “You get that "one big family" feeling from this recording and I enjoyed it immensely.” fROOTS: “I doubt many firms could put together such a listenable CD by their employees.” Folk News Kernow: “What a fascinating bag of treasures! Dig in!”
Far From Home - Blackthorn Band - BBC Radio Scotland's "Reel Blend" CD of the week. Surrey Folk News “run out and buy it today..sheer enthusiasm.' Folk London "extremely accomplished." Fiddle On Magazine '..an excellent CD... played with a vigour that is infectious. The Folk Mag "Musicianship of such a standard deserves recognition and success" Folknews Kernow "The whole CD is a delight." fROOTS: “a commendable musical collective”
Ceilidh Party - ThingumaJig - Sing Out!:"you'll enjoy the energy and superb musicianship of this album" Greenmanreview.com: "spirited, with plenty of bounce and energy" Folknews Kernow: “Nip down to Hobs and get one” Shreds & Patches: "Altogether a good idea by a good band of musicians" Surrey Folk News: "a delightful treat for the mere listener too." Around Kent Folk: "It is very difficult to keep still whilst listening, very infectious"
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Definition: North Indian Classical instrument. The sitar has 7 plucked strings (the upper few of which can be fretted), and around 13 sympathetic strings below the frets which resonate along with the plucked strings.

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