Gig history - 2022

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• 2022-12-05
• - Chaplins Bar, Bournemouth
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Bunch of Charlies

Our first time in the legendary Chaplins Cellar Bar, but hopefully not the last. Local hero Conrad Barr had us headline his marvellous, marvellous Solid Air night, and jolly good it was too. Solo artistes James Haynes and Lloyd McGuigan set things up nicely, Sophie Avison did some magic on a multitude of instruments (including our favourite - the accordian), then we took to the stage at 11pm!! Way past our bedtimes, especially on a Monday! But there was still a great crowd of utter nutters dancing and cheering us on til the bitter end. What a venue, what a way to finish a great year for Ribble. Thank you Chaplins and 2022, you were beautiful



 


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• 2022-11-25
• - Railway Inn, Winchester - supporting Man the Lifeboats
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Sweat dripping from the ceiling...

A year and four days after our first time at the Railway Inn in Winchester, it was interesting to reflect on how far we'd come in 12 months. In November 2021 we were on the brink of the Omicron lockdown, so everything was a bit odd, but playing at a proper live music venue like the Railway felt like a significant step-up. It probably was, but we played well, people said very nice things about us, and we went on into 2022 and had a great year.

It's November 2022, England are playing USA in the World Cup but no-one cares. Ribble rock up in their posh suits (it is Winchester darling) and sound-check in 3 minutes like seasoned pros. The sound-man is in love with the sound of Pete's Faith guitar ("it sounds gorgeous from 20Hz to 20Khz, I don't need to tweak it on the desk at all") (and honestly he knew what he was doing) (and no he didn't say that to all the guitarists!) (and no he didn't comment on Adam's fiddle sound!!!).
Despite Pete having slight stool-trouble early on in the set (it's becoming a more frequent problem - he needs to be more demanding in his drum-stool rider request), Adam managed to entertain the soccer-agnostic crowd with a few quips and Pete-put-downs. As before, and as often happens after we've played, people took the time to come and tell us that they really enjoyed our set. That never gets old. We thoroughly enjoy what we do. The fact that other people seem to as well is just so... nice.
Anyway, all these niceties were happening whilst headline act Man The Lifeboats were doing their thing, and while we were happy with the reaction we got, blimey these guys had the ceiling dripping with sweat! People were going nuts like Covid had never happened. It was superb. Well done Lifeboats (or Man The, or whatever the people-in-the-know call you), well done Railway, well done Winchester, well done England (yawn), and well done humankind.

 



• 2022-11-11 - Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
• 2022-11-04 - George & Dragon, Salisbury

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• 2022-10-29
• - Purgatorium, Pewsey
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Just insane in the brain
This was not your typical gig for a beardy folk duo...
Scary monsters, chainsaw-wielding maniacs, fire-breathing beauties, and a lady who stapled playing cards to her thighs.





• 2022-10-22 - Shenanigans, Southampton
• 2022-10-15 - Ox Row, Salisbury - Oxtoberfest
• 2022-10-14 - Royal British Legion, Bridport
  


• 2022-10-07 - Belgium & Blues, Southampton
• 2022-10-02 - Rugby Club, Salisbury - Spitfest
• 2022-09-30 - Poole Hill Brewery, Bournemouth
• 2022-09-24 - Pembroke Arms, Wilton - Fera Fete Details
  


• 2022-09-23 - Winchester Gate, Salisbury - Ukraine Ago-Go! supporting the Acrustic Badger Band, Gambling Hearts and Gypsy Jukebox
• 2022-09-18 - Durrington - post-wedding party!
• 2022-09-17 - 7pm - Wig & Quill, Salisbury - Salisbury Live - very drunken footage
• 2022-09-17 - 12pm - Cholderton - wedding!
• 2022-09-13 - Wootton Bassett - private event for Wiltshire Music


• 2022-09-11 - Sturminster Newton - Cheese Festival
  


• 2022-09-03 - George & Dragon, Salisbury

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• 2022-08-28 - Countryman stage - Great Dorset Steam Fair
• 2022-08-27 - Countryman stage - Great Dorset Steam Fair
• 2022-08-26 - Michael Oliver stage - Great Dorset Steam Fair
• 2022-08-25 - Black Bull stage - Great Dorset Steam Fair

Wow Show write-up

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And I mean... wow. The Great Dorset Steam Fair is better than Great, they really need to rename it to The Ridiculously Good Steam Fair or something. It's bigger than Glastonbury, folks! And Ribble were all over the bill.
We played 7 gigs across the 4 days on 3 different stages and it was all brilliant. We also managed to enjoy lots of the fair: the traction engines, monster trucks, sheep-shearing, tractors, ferret-racing, the largest collection of fairground organs in the world (a hotly contested record that one), and of course the many food and drink retailers, and we finished the whole thing off with a go on the Magic Mouse rollercoaster - Pete nearly lost his lunch which would have been a shame because it was delicious.

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• 2022-08-19 - Dream Acres, Near Salisbury - supporting Acrustic Badger Band
• 2022-08-06 - Wilton House - Wessex Country Fair

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. And camel. Show write-up

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Another first for us, performing in the beautiful scorching sunshine to a few hundred happy people and one camel. Also on the bill were the legendary Wurzels! The Wessex Country Fair was a fantastic, well-run event that managed to raise a whopping £60,000 for the Salisbury Hospice charity. An honour to be involved!



 



• 2022-08-06 - private garden party, Porton
• 2022-08-05 - Winchester Gate, Salisbury - supporting Becoming Branches
• 2022-07-23 - Bridport Folk Festival

A game of two halvesShow write-up

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Ribble did a bit of a road trip out to the depths of the Dorset coast to take part in the Bridport festival for the second year running (despite Pete screwing up the admin again). We popped into The Woodman for a spot of lunch and ended up playing a 45 minute session that everyone really enjoyed and the landlord wanted us back later that evening! (Shame the summer hols were booked! But we'll do another road trip for him in the autumn)
The second half ie the actual gig we were booked for on the Dagger Stage was slightly underwhelming in comparison, technical difficulties with the PA meant that our sound was even more distorted than usual!



• 2022-07-17 - private event for Wiltshire Music, Warminster
• 2022-07-16 - private garden party, Salisbury
• 2022-07-09 - Salisbury Rugby Club - Joyfest in aid of Salisbury Hospice
• 2022-07-08 - Salisbury Arts Centre - BeerEx XL!

Ale-lellujah!Show write-up

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Is organising a beer exhibition in a (former) church more impressive than the proverbial p!ss up in a brewery? Well it is when you have arguably the finest instrumental acoustic folk duo in Salisbury playing not one but TWO sets of delicious jigs, reels, polkas and who knows what else. The ales varied from the sublime to the ridiculous, and the tunes ranged from gorgeous to banging.

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• 2022-06-25 - Chalke Valley History Festival - CVHF Insta vid
• 2022-06-25 - Chalke Valley History Festival - CVHF Insta vid
• 2022-06-16 5:00pm - Wig & Quill, Salisbury Live
• 2022-06-16 3:00pm - Winchester Gate, Salisbury
• 2022-06-16 12:30pm - Wessex Care (private event) , Salisbury Rugby Club
• 2022-05-19 - Black Horse, Salisbury, beer garden sunset session
• 2022-05-14 - NHS Fundraiser Family Fun Day , Salisbury Rugby Club Details
• 2022-06-04 - Ebblefest , Nunton Playing Field, Salisbury
• 2022-06-05 - Salisbury Market Square - Jubilee Celebration
• 23-04-2022 - Salisbury Arts Centre - Ukraine Fundraiser

Madder than RasputinShow write-up

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Another great night in the Ribble calendar - back to the hallowed arches of the Arts Centre for a spectacular two-stage effort packed with local and not-so-local bands in a fundraiser for Ukraine and all the situation that's going on out there. The sound was excellent in the lofty high-ceilinged hall - sadly our Zoom recorder was using compression to capture the sound so it didn't do it justice. But we had a great set with a very positive reaction from the generous audience who had made some quite hefty donations in exchange for their tickets! And in a slightly different guise Adam then took a turn on the other stage with Lump, to add some searing fiddle lines to Mr Holton's subtly political track "Madder Than Rasputin" which concluded with the by-now raucous crowd chanting along to the main hook "Get Out!! OUT!! OUT!! OUT!!"



• 02-04-2022 - various locations across SalisburyJigathon

Totally jiggeredShow write-up

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The covid-enforced rearranged Jigathon turned out be a great day and we raised a fair bit of money for Salisbury Hospice. We started in the sunshine outside Fisherton Mill (best coffee ever), then onto the Winnie Gate to open for up-and-coming hip-hop funk superstars Mellowmatic (they are awesome), then to Artisan Wines for a chilled session in the shop window, then a quick bus ride to Pembroke Arms and Nole pizza restaurant before finishing off in the Ox Row where people were dancing like loonies, clapping, cheering and chucking money in the bucket. Thank you all!
We raised a total of £361.65 for Salisbury Hospice which was way short of our initial target of £1000, but then we did it in one day rather than four.
Jigathon 2023 will be bigger, better and jiggier!

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• 01-04-2022 - Chapel, Salisbury with Mad Dog Mcrea

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Absolute privilege to support these guys on their rearranged date in Salisbury. What a nice bunch of people they are too, with lots of tales to tell in the green room! They also entertained a great crowd that packed the venue, singing along to black flies and dancing the night away like mad dogs!

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• 20-03-2022 (postponed - covid) - Winchester Gate, SalisburyJigathon
• 19-03-2022 (postponed - covid) - various locations across SalisburyJigathon
• 18-03-2022 (postponed - covid) - various locations across SalisburyJigathon
• 17-03-2022 (postponed - covid) - private St Patricks event, WarminsterJigathon
• 12-03-2022 - The Chapel - Salisbury Live Fundraiser!
• 22-01-2022 - Figheldean Social Club - Burns Night

Lovely set of pipesShow write-up

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A great night playing Scottish (and Irish and English and Welsh and Cornish and Breton and Americana) tunes for the good people of Figheldean in a really nice atmosphere.
A particular treat was the bagpipe introduction by a local legend!
We hope to be back next year for more neeps and tatties!