Old fashioned songs in the 21st century
Posted in Gavin Atkin, Jeffries duet concertina, Julie Atkin on Sep 22nd, 2009
We’ve been learning some new songs ahead of a gig at Islington Folk Club on the 1st October – and this is one of them. Julie and I think it’s a hoot – Frank Loesser’s chords for Slow boat to China alone are wild and wonderful.
The splendid postcard of the liner United States is [...]
Posted in Gavin Atkin, Jeffries duet concertina, Julie Atkin, Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2009
Oxfordshire’s Towersey Festival is an almost overwhelming experience – colourful, crowded, exuberant and crammed with good music, singing, dancing and a range of other entertainments.
Gav was involved with several this year including a dance band booking with Florida and some workshops to lead. So on Sunday lunchtime we took the opportunity to drop into a [...]
Posted in Gavin Atkin, Jeffries duet concertina, Julie Atkin, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2009
Julie and Gav and friends address an age-old question!
This is a recording of Julie and Gavin Atkin at a session at the Bell & Jorrocks, Frittenden, Kent in mid-August 2009. It was made by fellow concertinist Brian Hawes of Hastings – many thanks Brian!
Informal old-fashioned music sessions at the pub take place regularly on the [...]
Posted in Gavin Atkin, Jeffries duet concertina, Julie Atkin, Uncategorized on May 15th, 2009
Our plan is to build a site here to promote the singing and playing of Julie and Gavin Atkin.
Julie is a superb singer who particularly enjoys singing old-fashioned popular songs, while Gavin plays the rarely seen Jeffries duet concertina. Here’s a sample of Julie and Gav performing I’m gonna sit right down and write myself [...]