The BBC Concert Orchestra brings the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to the South West for the party of the year, with special guest Seth Lakeman. Great music with some BBC Concert Orchestra favourites, from the magical Sorcerer’s Apprentice, to a medley of the very best James Bond hits. A rousing Pomp and Circumstance March by Elgar and music from Carousel. Seth Lakeman brings you a fresh new take on some of his most popular tracks. Then, families from Devon and Cornwall unite to form the 200-strong Devon and Cornwall Family Orchestra & Chorus! Based on folk tunes close to the hearts of its members, the Family Orchestra’s will perform a brand new piece with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Join the party, book your tickets now! £10 For more information visit website>

Both former members of the award winning female acoustic group Waking the Witch, Patsy and Becky combine traditional and contemporary folk, acoustic blues, R & B, jazz and rock, with intricate vocal harmonies, natural chemistry, and an engaging charm and humour. The sound they create has been called "painting by song" (Leith FM). Greatly respected within the folk world and with a dedicated following, their "honeycomb vocals" and "plaintive guitar" (Halifax Courier) make for a spellbinding evening of music.

To book, call 01395 568521 or visit the craft shop in the mill building - website>
All concerts take place in the intimate setting of the Mill’s restaurant situated within the historic Mill buildings, and music-goers can enjoy a fabulous meal from 6pm - 7.30pm. Music starts at 8pm. (Note: ticket prices shown cover music only).
Otterton Mill is located between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth on the River Otter. It features a one thousand-year-old working watermill, award-winning café-restaurant and food shop, gallery and artist studio, artisan bakery, and music venue. Opening hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm daily (plus from 6:00pm on Thursday for Music & Food nights). Tel: 01395 568521.

2012 is a major landmark year for The Dubliners. It marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the band in O’Donoghues Pub on Merrion Row in Dublin’s fair city…

That day in 1962 when Barney McKenna, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly & Ciaran Bourke finally decided to “give it a go” as a real band rather than just play in pubs for “porter and balls of malt” and invited young fiddle player John Sheahan and guitarist Bob Lynch to join their ranks has to be seen as one of the best accidents ever to happen in the world of music.

After spending their first few months as the Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, and even one show advertised as The Ronnie Drew Ballet Group, the lads decided to call themselves after the James Joyce book Luke was reading at the time...Dubliners. It was as simple as that. The Dubliners were born.

Since then the band have entertained, sang, thrilled, amazed, travelled, drank, slept, travelled some more, had another drink or three, recorded some great songs and amazing albums; Whiskey In The Jar, Dirty Old Town, The Irish Rover, and played with just about everyone; U2, Rory Gallagher, Christy Moore, Billy Connolly, Imelda May, Damien Dempsey, Glen Hansard, The Pogues. They have endured tragedies; first Bob Lynch, then Luke Kelly, Ciaran Bourke and Ronnie Drew all passed on. Jim McCann’s health problems meant he had to retire, but over the years Barney and John have played on. The Dubliners always go on, with Sean Cannon joining them over 30 years ago, Eamonn Campbell more than 25 years ago and now “new boy” Patsy Watchorn.

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Sometimes the accordionist-clown from the New Rope String Band is let out on his own. Dare you join him for a romp through his wild imagination? Not only will you voyage into the hilarious world of miserable kings, tortured jesters and the search for the happiest man alive, but you shall be tickled pink by his funky music and soaring songs.

In the first half of the evening’s entertainment, Tim performs The Unhappy King. Adrian Mealing of UK Touring describes it as ‘a fairy story and morality play bristling with ingenuity, invention and lingering pictures. Tim combines his mastery of song, piano accordion, puppets, vacuum cleaners and pitchforks in a tale of imagination whose audience whooped and swooned and gasped!’ The second half is a kaleidoscope of music that has been described as ‘Jake Thackray meets Billy Smart’s Circus and runs away with the cash register and the clowns. Tim’s choice and treatment of contemporary songs by poets Ivor Cutler, Julia Darling and Louis MacNeice, and from his own canon, pinned us to our pants with merriment, joy and awe. The man’s gay abandon swept the room like an escaped Hoover’.

This will be the third visit to the George by Belfast’s finest - each year cramming in a larger, enthusiastic audience into The George. It promises to be another compelling celebration of Irish music and song. This exciting acoustic four-piece takes a refreshing un-pretentious and uncommonly skilled run at some of the greatest music in the world. Craobh Rua (pronounced Crave Ru-ah – the Red Branch) play Irish Traditional Music from the heart. This is traditional Celtic fare at its finest, mixing rousing jigs, reels and polkas with tender ballads and airs. Theirs is a music driven by uillean pipes, fiddle, whistles and the exciting banjo and mandolin playing of group founder Brian Connolly with passionate vocals from Jim.

For more information Telelephone 01769 572514 - or visit website>
Tickets also available from website>

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James keeping the beat and sometimes showing off with the Irish drum, the Bodhram, and singing appropriate songs with his Irish gravel voice. It will be a night to remember.

'A sound mixed, mashed and finely honed through years of live gigs' – ROCK ‘N’ REEL MAGAZINE

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Recording his first album ‘Sweet England’ while still studying classical composition at Birmingham Conservatoire in the day and playing drums in power-pop bands by night, Jim Moray emerged onto the UK folk scene seemingly fully formed in 2003. His imaginative reimagining of English traditional music blended with orchestral flourishes, guitars and electronics soon found him awarded the unprecedented combination of ‘Best Newcomer’ and ‘Best Album’ at the 2004 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. After notching up a live reputation with performances at Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival and WOMAD, and alongside Richard Thompson and Oysterband, Jim followed this with 2006’s ‘Jim Moray’ and ‘Low Culture’ in 2008. Awarded the prestigious fRoots critics poll prize for best album and Mojo magazine Folk Album Of The Year, Moray assembled an all-star band including Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Eliza Carthy Band) and William Bowerman (La Roux) to headline summer festivals through 2009. He most recently broke with convention, giving his fourth album ‘In Modern History’ away on the cover of Songlines magazine before releasing a deluxe two disc version in June 2010.

“Self-styled folk pioneer Jim Moray fuses rock guitars, spoken-word and synths with traditional folk to great effect” – GUITARIST MAGAZINE

“One of the folk scene's great originals” – THE GUARDIAN

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For more information visit website> or telephone 01392 667080

Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby have an undisputed musical pedigree, having worked with The Righteous Brothers, Mary Hopkin, Joe Brown, The Strawbs and Nanci Griffith. Drawing on a wealth of different musical styles and history, their duo sound is best described as "Anglicised Americana", and combines Cathryn's soaring vocals with Brian's sublime guitar playing. Cathryn and Brian share stories from their careers among simply outstanding songs, to create a magical and memorable night.

To book, call 01395 568521 or visit the craft shop in the mill building - website>
All concerts take place in the intimate setting of the Mill’s restaurant situated within the historic Mill buildings, and music-goers can enjoy a fabulous meal from 6pm - 7.30pm. Music starts at 8pm. (Note: ticket prices shown cover music only).
Otterton Mill is located between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth on the River Otter. It features a one thousand-year-old working watermill, award-winning café-restaurant and food shop, gallery and artist studio, artisan bakery, and music venue. Opening hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm daily (plus from 6:00pm on Thursday for Music & Food nights). Tel: 01395 568521.

Since she began her legendary residency at Boston's famed Club 47 and her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable - marching on the front line of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King, singing on the first Amnesty International tour, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park.

Her earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular, before she unselfconsciously introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963 and focused awareness on songwriters ranging from Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richard Farina and Tim Hardin, to Kris Kristofferson and Mickey Newbury, to Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, Steve Earle and may more.

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The ticket price is £7.50 and will be available from Maggie on 07770 80 60 83 or you could pop into the museum and buy a ticket. We are also offering online ticketing from website>

Seat numbers at the museum are limited so please book early.

Inspired by life, love and family, Mark and Matt create a modern twist on the best traditions of blues, soul and R'n'B. An ex-England batsman, Mark's debut album "Songs from the Sunhouse" received wide critical acclaim from, among others, Eric Clapton, who described it as "great stuff". Mark has guested with the likes of: Bill Wyman, Albert Lee, John Etheridge, and dueted with Sarah Brightman. Duo partner Matt is a highly respected guitarist, who has performed with Sam Brown, Boy George, Suggs, Mica Paris, Tony Christie, and Paul Young. Mark says, "music is about making you feel good," and together, this duo promise to do just that.

To book, call 01395 568521 or visit the craft shop in the mill building - website>
All concerts take place in the intimate setting of the Mill’s restaurant situated within the historic Mill buildings, and music-goers can enjoy a fabulous meal from 6pm - 7.30pm. Music starts at 8pm. (Note: ticket prices shown cover music only).
Otterton Mill is located between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth on the River Otter. It features a one thousand-year-old working watermill, award-winning café-restaurant and food shop, gallery and artist studio, artisan bakery, and music venue. Opening hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm daily (plus from 6:00pm on Thursday for Music & Food nights). Tel: 01395 568521.

“Amazing instrumentals… subtlety and imagination… a memorable and enjoyable album.” - ‘What’s Afoot Magazine.“A journey down the Dart that brings in all the skill of serious musicianship. This album is a delight of variety… a triumph!” — Maddy Prior

With a potent brew of American roots music creating a perfect blend of strings, voices and musical styles, these four guys mix blues, country, jazz, ragtime, bluegrass and their own writing, providing an inspired take on American roots music. Appalachia’s original arrangements use finely-crafted fourpart harmonies, with guitar, slide, dobro, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, harmonica and double bass, delivering a foot-stomping, feel-good sound. They’ve created a real stir on the Bristol and Somerset acoustic music scene, going down a storm at Priddy Folk Festival and Didmarton Bluegrass festival, resulting in immediate repeat bookings at both. “They to put a smile on your face & a rhythm in your feet – do NOT miss these guys!”

Tickets from Shammick Acoustic or The George Hotel or website>

For more information visit website> or telephone 01271 882366