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INOTICE that many of the local folk clubs are devoting this week's events to their own resident and local singers, which usually means a warm, friendly and more informal night's entertainment for everyone, plus a chance to hear some different performers strut their stuff.

Meanwhile, folk music is also branching out into some different venues around the region. Hartlepool's Studio, for example, has one of its occasional acoustic roots nights tomorrow night, with celebrated local fiddler Tom McConville and his band as the featured artists. You'll get another chance to hear Tom on Saturday at Washington's Davy Lamp. Saturday also sees The Doonan Family at Hexham's Queen's Hall Arts Centre, while on Sunday there's a double bill of Brother Crow and Acoustica at The Old Cannon in Gateshead, another venue that's new to me. Tuesday night at Byker's Cumberland Arms promises to be quite an event with award-winning Celtic Band Lau making a rare local appearance, at one of the area's most popular music spots. It was described to me as a groovy place' by a young fiddle-player the other day. I hadn't heard that word for quite a while, and certainly not being applied to folk music.

Finally, there's another ceilidh dance on Friday at Yarm's Fellowship Hall, and a bunch of Easter Folk festivals around the country, marking the start of another huge festival season. I'm off to one in Devon in fact, but can be contacted at Jezfolk@aol.com for all the scam and scuttlebutt from the folk music scene.

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