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Web Editor's Note / apology: I have been having excessive problems editing the website since an update of my computor software in November resulted in my loosing the Editing software that has been used for the tigerfolk site in all the time it has been up and running.

The only software currently available on my computer is not really compatable with the design of the site and is full of bugs. Just at the moment I can't seem to format any text or paste material from other documents - i.e the January newsletter. I've bodged it up thus far and work is continuing. That's also why the 2012 programme material is still in a rudimentary stage.

This is the 2012 programme of guests so far booked to appear at TATT.

At the time of writing, the programme isn't complete.

Past experience shows that there may be additions and changes as the year progresses; the page will be updated as soon as humanly possible when these occur.

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The names in the programme list link to notes further down the page and, where they exist, I have hyperlinked the artist's names to their websites so you can find out more about them there, if you don't already know them. This leaves me free to ramble on in an entirely personal manner here!

Benny Graham Benny was at the Tiger for it's inaugaural sessions, in company with the late, great Pete Elliott. Sadly, we can't ask Pete back to help us celebrate our 21st Birthday but we can ask Benny. So we did. And we're really looking forward to it. What more is there to say? If you don't already know enough about Benny to bring you hurtling towards the Stumble Inn at top speed then it's about time you came and found out what you've been missing ... early, to make sure there's room left amongst those who are grabbing the best seats as the doors open.
Brian Dawson Hiding behind an impossibly large accordian, Brian Dawson is possibly East England's best kept secret - or at least, that's how it seemed the first time he was booked at the club I'm-not-sure-how-many years ago. He is the country's greatest expert bar none on Percy Grainger's collecting exploits in Lincolnshire, on the singers who sang to Grainger, their descendants and their songs and every time I hear him talk on the subject it seems he comes up with a different series of stories. Brian spent many years giving talks around the Village Halls and Women's Institutes of his native county and the feedback from these has led him to further discoveries and added more stories to his fund. We're a;ways pleased when Brian drops in on one of our guest nights and fely a full night was long overdue. I've watched  asBrian has sung the songs and told the stories to select gatherings from Aberdeen to Dorset since that first time at TATT, as it was then and I'm looking forward to my next portion in March, knowing full well that there will still be plenty more left where those came from.
The Askew Sisters    The girl’s reputation is growing and growing by the year.  Emily and Hazel are well known for their excellent melodeon, fiddle and cello playing as well as for Hazels fine interpretations of songs. Apart from performing together, you can see Emily perform with, amongst others, the Prince and Pauper Consort, The Artisans and Meridian.  Hazel has to fit into her schedule appearances with Lady Maisery.  As can be seem from the above, it is not just on the folk song and dance scene that Emily and Hazel excel; Mediaeval and Baroque music, composing and tutoring are also part of their busy lives. From that you might justly surmise that they are multi-instrumentalists, playing, amongst others recorder(s), bagpipes and shawm. Not just pretty faces these girls, powerful singing and well crafted playing on who knows what instruments and what musical delights await us. You would be a fool to miss them at Tigerfolk on April 1st.
Jim giving a talk in Inishowen about his mother and other influences.	Jerry O'Reilly & Jim MacFarland Jerry and Jim last toured here together in 2007 - in fact, it was tigerfolk what did it (brought them over together, that is) and so successful was their appearance that it was voted best night of the year. Now Peta Webb has organised a return and of course, the club couldn't miss out on that. back in '07, Jerry & Jim were both in Dublin and both organisers of the Goilin Singers Club there (see the links page). Since that time, Jim has moved back to his native Derry; it wasn't long after that move before he had started up  - of course - a singing circle in that city. We've been lucky enough to have Jerry back in the club in September of last year, as part of the informal visit of a group of friends from Dublin who contributed to making our officially low-key September Sing, Play & Tell into one of the most packed - and most enjoyable - nights of 2011. Jim we haven't seen around here for much longer - I'm not sure now when he last crossed the Irish Sea in fact.  So this is going to be a pretty special night, taking one thing with another.
Gordan Tyrrel I've known Gordan Tyrell apologise for playing his guitar in a ballad session, thinking that a bunch of unaccompanied singers would regard this as some sort of intrusion; I tell thatjust to illustrate what an unassuming sort of a guy he is - trust me, no-one was about to complain when it comes to telling stories in song few musicians can blend accompanyment and words into such a sensative whole. You have to wrench your attention away from the mesmeric singing to even notice how brilliant the guitar playing is. Then he plays the flute as well ... It's been far too long since we had Gordan a guest; roll on May!

Barry & Ingrid Temple with Brian Watson It would be heresy to suggest that we would invite that lovely couple, Barry and Ingrid, down to Long Eaton just so we could get their reclusive, rarely travelled Tynseside compatriot, Brian Watson, down here with them. Of course not! the very thought! We are overjoyed at the thought of hearing their singing and generally enjoying their company (and Brian's own songs, amongst others); but by heavens, we are pleased as punch at the thought that Brian, one of the greatest singers of Tyneside dialect songs, will be coming too. Even if possibly only Dave Sutherland will understand every word he sings ...

Will Noble & John Cocking John Cocking announced last year that he was retiring from singing; at least, if it involved travelling away from home in Marsden; but, he said, that didn't include Tigerfolk; he'd always be happy to come down to sing for us - whew! How could we possible celebrate such a significant Birthday Year without Will and John? They represent everything that this club is about, in my humble opinion, and have always been amongst our most popular guests. So, to round off the summer season we are very happy to present Yorkshire's finest, ex-Holme Valley Tradition, with songs and recitations to send you all off on your holidays to far-flung foreign parts with a reminder of what the English tradition is all about.

Matt Green and Andy Turner

Grace Toland and Brian Doyle  I can't remember how many years it is since Grace was first booked for a Whitby folk week, and brought her husband Brian and the two kids with her for a week at the seaside. For many years, the family lived south of Dublin where Grace could be heard regularly at the Goilin Singers Club, where Brian regularly recorded guest nights and would burn these onto CDs for you if you asked nicely - thanks for that, Brian! These days, Grace works for the Traditional Music Archive in Dublin, but spends much more time up in Donegal; she is a native of the Inishowen peninsular in Donegal, celebrated for its wonderful heritage of singers and songs not only historically, but into the present day. The tradition was rescued from dying out almost single handedly through the efforts of Jimmy Macbride, who founded the Inishowen Singers Circle which continues to meet monthly, and then the Singing Weekend in March which brings enthusiasts (including myself) from both sides of the Atlantic to celebrate the local  traditions and singers. Grace and Brian are leading figures in the youngr generation of singers who have taken over  the organisation of this weekend and are encouraging the contining development of new young singers into the third and fourth generation- the hyperlink is to the Inishowen site. Once, Brian could only be heard contributing songs at small gatherings but these days he frequently supports Grace and when Peta Webb organised a brief tour for the couple we jumped at t chance of welcoming them to the East Midlands for the first time. Grace, Jim Macfarland and Brian in Dorset in 2002. None of the three have aged since then, trust me! Martin Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop The Christmas meeting has to be something special, doesn't it? So, for the last night of our 21st Birthday year, we're bringing you that master of traditions as varied as Sussex and South Australia, Mr Winding Road himself; his mastrerful guitar accompanied these days by that mistress of the free read, Iris Bishop. You've seen them at every festival going - well if you didn't here's your chance; come and celebrate the end of 2012 at The Stumble Inn, and a Happy New Year to you all!