Musicians & Guests
On this page you will find who has said that
they'll be attending.
More will be added when more is known. Please know that the list may be subject
to change.
| Name | Picture | Info | Website | Friday | Saturday |
| Sound Engineer; | |||||
| Peter Rice |  |
Peter Rice has worked as a sound engineer for many years. He is the one who recorded Nick's demos those many years back and also made a recording of a live performance by Nick. Peter also plays several instruments, among which the violin. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Musicians; | |||||
| Fraser Anderson |  |
Fraser Anderson is from Perth and plays guitar and piano. He's been writing and performing his songs for almost 10 years. He cut his teath playing in Scotlands rich tradition of folk clubs. He was introduced to Nick Drake's music by a dear friend one night in Dunkeld on a winters night by the fire. It made the fire feel a wee bit warmer! | Yes |
Yes |
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| Mark Atherton |  |
Mark Atherton is probably one of the most well known faces by now, as he has attented all gatherings since 2003. He is actually the one who came up with the first idea of it back then! Mark’s songs have reached people at many different venues around the UK and overseas. He’s recorded three well-received albums and had tracks and live sessions featured on the radio. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Anthony Blakeney |  |
Anthony has just recorded a version of Smoking too long (from time of no reply) with the songs author, Robin Frederick. It will be "released" at the gathering. Anthony is also a jewellery designer! | No |
Yes |
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| Gareth Bidder |  |
Nottingham based musician / singer songwriter finding his feet on the gigging circuit. Desperate to find a band of like minded musicians! | Yes |
No |
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| Jamie Boyer |  |
Jamie Boyer is a songwriter from Nottingham who plays guitar and sings. He makes albums for friends, family and whoever else will listen. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Emil Brynge |  |
Emil is a singer/songwriter from Sweden. He has a very nice mellow sound in his music and he is still looking for more gigs to play in the UK while he's over! So if you know any; email him or visit his MySpace profile! | Yes |
Yes |
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| Ben Calvert |  |
Ben Calvert's post-folk paints a world of eternal Autumn, a world of limbo and change. "A strange Syd Barrett/Roy Harper hybrid is Ben
Calvert. Lovely, melodic, melancholia. This is music and words for the
disenchanted and is as good as a big bag of really good things."
- Get Rhythm. |
Yes |
No |
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| James Edge |  |
James is 24 years old and comes from London. He has just started to gig and record solo regularly having given up on the whole band idea. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Facing The Sun |  |
A band formed with the intention of writing meaningful songs using an array of acoustic instruments such as Cello, Violin, Guitars and Flute to hopefully give a unique and warm sound. The band are also involved in local promotion work for other musicians, both nationally and internationally. | Yes |
No |
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| Joe Gardiner |  |
Joe Gardiner comes from herefordshire he plays guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and sings with Beth Prior and Peta Yap who will be performing with him, this is his first time to perform at the gathering, became a full-time fan about a year and a half ago. | Yes |
No |
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| James Newman Gray |  |
James is a very nice guy, who loves music and makes low tech movies (check them out on MySpace!). He plays the guitar and would love to play, but he is not quite sure whether he should this year already. | Maybe |
No |
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| Nick Hughes & Martin Loynes |  |
Nick and Martin have been playing at the gathering last year as well. They are a great combination of voice and guitar. Nick Hughes is also going to be part of this year's Guitar Workshop. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Keith James |  |
Keith James is a well established singer/songwriter. He is mostly known among the Nick Drake music lovers as the person who tours with his 'Songs Of Nick Drake'. Keith will play as part of the lecture given by Trevor Dann. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Paul Johnson |  |
Paul (better known as Sunset Johnson) has played at the last two tribute events. He has an original take on Nick's material, and also writes his own. He's recording his debut album this year. You can keep up with progress by bookmarking his website. | No |
Yes |
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| Timothy Parkes |  |
His songs come from the very pit of his belly and soul. He has generated some very serious interest from a number of agents and labels, and recently played two private showcases at the Knitting Factory in New York, which were set up by Gary Lucas, co-writer for Jeff Buckley, and musical genius...He is inspired by Edgar Alan Poe, by the macarbre. By spooky girls and beautiful poetry, passion moves him as it moves you. | Yes |
No |
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| Daniel Pianesi |  |
Daniel has lived and studied in Cambridge for quite some time, but has recently gone to Italy for a while. He's originally from Argentina, but fell in love with Nick's music and has been a loyal attendant ever since 2004. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Marina Del Ray |  |
Marina Del Ray is a pop group from Birmingham. They play electric instruments most of the time, and acoustic things when they feel like it. Guitars, basses, mandolins, drums, harmonicas, organ and pianos. Reviews here. |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Alexander Reilly |  |
Alex has been playing the guitar for about 17 years now and is still learning
everyday. He also plays bass guitar, electric guitar, drums, harmonica and
so forth... |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Riverman |  |
Riverman is a UK-based act who perform the songs of Nick Drake. It consists of Mike Bethel and Paul Witcomb, who are two Birmingham-based musicians - both with long and varied histories of music-making! Being both keen Nick Drake fans, they formed Riverman early in 2005 as a response to a growing demand to hear Nick Drake's music.Riverman only perform Nick Drake songs or occasionally, songs that were covered by him. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Pamela Wyn Shannon |  |
Pamela is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who lives in America. She is a very lovely lady, who enjoys Nature and even makes her own hats! (check them out at her website!). She attended the gathering once before already in 2004. | Yes |
No |
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| Stuart Villarroel & Susie Frankland |  |
Stuart is part of the band The High Planets where he does the vocals, guitars and some other things. He also was part of the gathering in 2004. Susie is a friend of his and she will be singing at the Saturday performance. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Allan Wilkinson |  |
As a solo performer, Allan likes to sing and play an even balance of self-penned material as well as paying tribute to some of the musicians who have influenced him over the past four decades, most notably Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch, Jonathan Kelly, Ray Davies, Guy Clark, Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell, Ryan Adams, The Beatles and The Band. Allan has been a regular member of the folk and acoustic scene in South Yorkshire for over twenty years, playing in various bands and combos. Allan has also been involved in helping to run various acoustic music clubs in Doncaster, but now has hung up his organiser cap for good. | Yes |
Yes |
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| Steve Wilkinson |  |
Steve has just started to play again under the name of Maybeyesno. He
has always enjoyed how Nick Drake's songs and words can be sung and interpreted
in many different ways. |
No |
Yes |
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| Paul Martin | Extra percussionist. It is not sure whether he will play yet as it is not known yet whether pecussion will be there and/or needed. | Maybe |
No |
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| Guests; | |||||
| Trevor Dann |  |
Trevor is the writer of the newly published biography about Nick Drake, entitled 'Darker Than The Deepest sea'. | No |
Yes |
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