Join us for a series of intimate folk concerts at Cullercoats Watch House, a unique and quirky venue in the heart of Cullercoats.

Adam Holden, Rosie Anderson, Eric Sharp, Miggins Fiddle

A song and music circle, bringing together award-winning songwriters and folk composers to share songs and music rooted in the traditions of the North East, the UK and beyond.

Adam Holden

Adam Holden is a songwriter and over the last decade or so, he’s written approximately seventy songs in a range of styles and with different audiences or contexts in mind. These touch on immediate social, domestic and natural landscapes but are also rooted in a love of political ideas. He usually writes alone but has written music for words (by Cohen, James and Frost) and words for music (by Bley, Souter). His song “Nobody to hear it but the singer” was in the final of 2019 Folklub songwriter of the year competition. Adam’s solo EP of songs about political life, “Playtime for Everyone” is available here.

Rosie Anderson

Rosie Anderson is a singer-songwriter living in the North East of England. In 2020 Rosie’s song Sally Smith’s Lament was joint winner of the Newcastle Folklub Songwriter of the Year and in 2022, winner of both the Rothbury and Morpeth Gatherings. In 2021 Rosie performed an original song in the production of Food & Feuds presented by November Club at Hexham Abbey. For more details, visit https://rosieanderson.bandcamp.com/.

Eric Sharp

Eric’s songwriting builds on his mastery of traditional songs, but with modern topics. He has studied songwriting with Leon Rosselson, Karine Polwart, Dave Wilson, Boo Hewerdine, Darden Smith and Beth Nielsen Chapman among others. 

For more detail, visit http://www.ericsharp.co.uk/.

Miggins Fiddle

Miggins Fiddle are fiddle player Marina Dodgson and guitarist Maurice Condie. They perform traditional folk tunes and songs alongside their own tune compositions. Marina has won a number of awards at the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering as a composer, and together with Maurice, has been involved in several creative projects to write tunes in celebration of people, places, occasions…and beer! You can find out more here: https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/artists/miggins-fiddle/.