She is playing the Gulbenkian theatre Canterbury Sat 3 May 7.45
Tickets £14
Munch

No she's not

Rachel blog

Sorry to bring bad news.

Diccus

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Thanks for that bit of info Diccus
Munch

I'm going to see them at The Westie on May 2nd

Went to see Rachel Unthank and the Winterset at The Round in Newcastle last night. A small venue, I got in sharp and had one of the best seats in the house literally 2 feet away from Rachel and sat next to her mum. Superb gig, hey Lontano you missed a treat when she was in Sydney. I was suprised that some of the most gorgeous songs were sung by Becky Unthank and not Rachel, particularly on Blackbird. They were good fun too taking the rise out of themselves with typical Geordie humour. They joked about the gig in Sydney where they were singing about Hexhamshire and that many of the crowd thought they were singing about Hexhamshaggers - well it is quite rural in that part of Northumberland

Part way through the gig Rachel announced she wanted some more water but no one obliged so I popped up to the bar and got them a bottle each (the Rider was non existent). Rachel thanked me and called me the watercarrier which was embarrassing but fun.

I had a lovely chat with mummy Unthank who herself was a folk singer in choirs and her husband was in a north East group called the Keelers. The girls were taken to folk clubs and festivals from a very young age and she said it was Rachel's ambition to be a famous folk singer from the age of four - she seems to have got there by the age of 30 Mum goes to many of the local gigs and missed them when they were in Australia and still played the records. She was very proud of her daughters.

A wonderful gig, good company and a name check - hey, not a bad Sunday night out. If you get a chance and can stretch yourself to a little Folk -The Unthanks are marvellous - oh and they did a little clog dancing too

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
oh and they did a little clog dancing too

When I saw them at the Fringe last summer the venue was so small they ended up 'clogging' in the aisle as they were afraid of falling off the stage! Even then it was tight - good gig.

Ian

Thanks for the write up Diccus62. I believe they were having an afternoon show as well. I was gutted that I would be missing all the dates on their current tour due to working away. Then I saw them due to play at the Moseley Folk Festival in August - tickets duly booked!!
There was quite a big article about them in yeterday's Sunday Express - good to see them exposed to a wider audience. The current Folk revival is great.

Mark

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I believe they were having an afternoon show as well

Yeah they did a matinee show which i was hoping to take my 10 year old to but he decided his first Scout Camp was more interesting

Kids, eh - who'd 'ave 'em??

Mark

Takin' four of them to GreenMan festival - not sure if it's sensible.

I really do not want to hear "dad I want a wee" in the middle of the National set

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
Takin' four of them to GreenMan festival - not sure if it's sensible.

I really do not want to hear "dad I want a wee" in the middle of the National set

Diccuss,
Have fun.
Its not just Dad i want a wee.
If you have four they all want to go NOW DAD and not all at the same time.
Enjoy.

I'll take a bucket