The Goose Is Out!

June Singaround, The Goose Is Out! The Ivy House 40 Stuart Road SE15 3BE, Sunday 8 June. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open 7pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs. More info here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

May Singaround, The Goose Is Out! The Ivy House 40 Stuart Road SE15 3BE, Sunday 11 May. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open 7pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs. More info here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/thegooseisout JackDaw is an acoustic gathering of Rob Anderson, Gaby Szabo and Lyle Zimmerman. Sometimes joined by Charlie Austen and/or other friends, they play a combination of songs written by Rob, his old bandmate, cult 1970’s Oregon songwriter Wayne Drury, and beloved others. The 2023 release, ‘Ghost InThe Big House’, began as a lockdown project with Rob working out songs, emailing vocal and acoustic guitar tracks to Lyle, who sandpapered, waxed and weeded a band-and-a-half’s-worth of dusty twang and jangle from his home studio’s instrument menagerie. Drums from Jay Shaw and Dan Purtell and plush harmonies from Gaby, Charlie and Lizzy O’Connor, were added, ending up with an album that RnR magazine described as “Neil Young reworking the Rolling Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’”. Their intimate live performances strip the songs down and bring forward dusty roots and harmonies. RnR magazine... Four stars…dusty but lucid high desert stories” Americana-UK magazine November 2023 - “ A joyful confident album … a sage-like quality to the songs” https://fb.watch/y6ZNYnd2cI/ Steeped in myth and mystery Jack Harris's songs bring the narrative tradition of folk and blues music into the here and now. His debut album 'Broken Yellow' received great acclaim in song- writing circles. Influenced by the old country blues masters (and folk singers of the British Isles), his performances are a riveting display of soulful, smoky vocals and intricate, finger-style guitar playing. "Jack Harris is a priest of song who holds himself to a rigorous ancient code of beauty most of us have forgotten exists" - Anais Mitchell https://youtu.be/ZlyiriRai0U?si=GLzoWRX6dwJZSHKC Dan Raza has kindly agreed to replace Joe Wilkes who can no longer do the gig. Plucked while still a student to tour with Joan Armatrading, and championed by Neil Young on his ‘Living With War’ website, Dan Raza has spent the first chapter of his career weaving folk troubadour magic around the clubs and halls of the UK, America and Europe while quietly building a reputation as one of the UK’s best-kept musical secrets. ‘The real deal’ – Huey Morgan, BBC Radio 2 “Killer songs” -Tom Paxton “A writer who has matured into one of this country’s finest” – Country Music Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gznPmeFFD3U

We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open 7pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs. More info here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/thegooseisout We're delighted to have John returning to The Goose! Tonight will be the LONDON LAUNCH OF HIS NEW SHOW "200 YEARS OF THE SQUEEZEBOX"! "Folk music" as we think of it was the popular music of the people when those songs were originally written, and John will be highlighting the hits of the day from the time that squeezeboxes first appeared in the 1820s! Expect a fantastic variety of tunes and songs ranging way beyond John's usual "folk roots"! They will include themes from the classics, well-loved songs, dance music of all kinds and the occasional lugubrious hymn by way of contrast, all played in John's inimitable style on the Anglo Concertina, the Melodeon and the Button Accordion! https://youtu.be/8zSa1eElxNE?si=SWFc6ruUQT4ORGZa "Lucy & Hazel are surely the queens of the new vibe of British folk to be emerging from the radical activist left. Folk music just got very exciting!" - Sam Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3xB5CPOY4&t=21s Matt Milton sings traditional folk and blues songs, and plays guitar, fiddle and banjo. He has played in many folk clubs all over London, and has supported John Kirkpatrick, Andy Irvine and many other well known figures in the folk world. https://youtu.be/2sgCwf1YLgQ?si=oS11cMX9eUd4hhAV

We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open 7pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs. More info here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Due to unforeseen circumstances this gig has been cancelled. We are sorry for any disappointment and we hope to see you at The Ivy House soon. Damien Barber is a stylish and distinctive singer, be it unaccompanied or alongside his guitar or concertina. Though he has now lived for some time in West Yorkshire, his roots remain firmly planted in his beloved East Anglia. Mike Wilson is the youngest member of the inimitable Wilson Family, the powerful Teesside singing siblings who have raised the rafters at many a festival and folk club event over the years. His musical heritage remains emphatically that of the North East – an evocative mixture of rural and industrial folk songs, both traditional and modern. Together, Damien and Mike have an incredibly rich shared repertoire of traditional songs from around the country, plus the work of modern folk writers such as Peter Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and Mike Waterson. They are two of the most powerful traditional voices in the UK today. Creeping Jane is/are Nyge and Sue, who have been running The Goose Is Out! since 2008. They sing unaccompanied in unison and harmony, mainly but not solely traditional folk songs from the UK. James Eagle is a past winner of Islington Folk Club's Trad2Mad competition. He is a regular at the Goose monthly singarounds, both as a wonderful singer and also often as a familiar face on the door! He also edits Folk London magazine!

This gig is now Sold Out . We Got Tickets are running a waiting list. If you have tickets which you can't now use, please contact We Got Tickets directly, and if they can resell your tickets to someone on the waiting list, they will refund you. Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Inspired by hearing Big Bill Broonzy and Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Wizz Jones learnt his guitar licks from the likes of Davy Graham and Long John Baldry whilst playing in the coffee bars of London's Soho in the late 1950's. He then followed the time-honoured buskers' trail from the streets of Paris to the markets of Marrakech during the early 1960's and returned to Britain with a unique acoustic guitar style, an eclectic repertoire and a 'right hand worthy of Broonzy'. Simeon Jones, Wizz's son, plays sax, flute and harmonica. https://youtu.be/oHozLnHppuI?si=IgjNSvfOiYiNHG1i https://youtu.be/eOV7OO4NhT4?si=_noU8u31Uot_qf7y Alfie Jones, Wizz's grandson, is following in Wizz's footsteps by playing guitar, and is an excellent musician in his own right. More information about Alfie coming soon! Robin Adams is a Glasgow based singer/songwriter. He has released 6 full length albums, from 2009's Down to Reverie to 2020's One Day, all of which have received critical acclaim. https://youtu.be/kC6fIRIgjRk?si=M1fhGnCs2APr2l19 Scottish-born, London-based fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter Sam Grassie is talented beyond his years - a young musician lending fresh energy to time-worn sounds, and a rising star in the world of trad folk. https://youtu.be/kvfWIA2bsbM?si=4BNZOlZ3hy7gQufV

We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open 7pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs. More info here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Tickets here: https://wegottickets.com/thegooseisout "The can play and sing, and they're fearless" - Martin Carthy Goblin Band have only been around a short time but the following they've gathered has been phenomenal. Their live shows are an amazing thing to witness! They grew from sessions in the Hobgoblin Musical Instrument shop in Rathbone Place where various band members worked, then also the Folk Of The Round Table sessions at the now sadly defunkt Matchstick Piehouse in Deptford. Folk London interview https://folklondon.co.uk/.../the-rise-and-rise-of-goblin.../ Tradfolk Interview https://tradfolk.co/music/music-interviews/goblin-band/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAHKG2jeF60 https://www.instagram.com/goblin.band/?hl=en-gb Holly Murphy is a singer and Harp player living in South London, performing solo and as a part of their band Elfshot, they interpret the folk songs of their native Scotland with enraptured and spellbound accompaniment. https://www.instagram.com/hollacemurphy/ Victoria Lynn is a Hastings born, folk singer living in London known for their captivating unaccompanied singing style that is simple, honest and timeless, through which they explore traditional English folk song.

We welcome everybody to our Singaround, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or in a duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening, we don't use mics and we don't use the stage .First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at the ticket table. Everybody gets one song then if there's time we start again. This time we will intersperse songs from individuals with carols and seasonal songs that everyone can join in with. There will be mince pies. Door opens at 7.00pm, singing starts at 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only. More about our Singarounds here https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage. First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs only. You'll find more info about the Singarounds here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Jon Wilks is a prominent fingerpicking guitarist and singer who performs traditional English folk songs and broadside ballads. He has a keen eye and ear for storytelling. During his live shows, he mixes entertaining folk song performances with fascinating tidbits about the original singers and collectors that he has unearthed during his extensive research on traditional folk music in the UK. "Jon Wilks is a rather special performer with an authentic and abiding love of traditional song." Folk Radio “Jon Wilks is the real deal” - Martin Simpson https://youtu.be/5N5q6JV9M_o?si=-09st1iHr4WMhENq https://youtu.be/2Rr5Jd-sPJs?si=UMXwmAwBFEjQQKjg https://youtu.be/zTuMN5gIRLc?si=oGUziqm-tByctQcD Duncan McTaggart is a composer, singer-songwriter and interpreter of traditional folk songs. He can often be found at the Folk of the Round Table sessions in Peckham. Some of you will remember him from his lovely singing at our Goose Singarounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6S2s42yF1s Nick Edward Harris is a fine singer-songwriter based in South London. His music has been met with acclaim and support from Clash Music, Q Magazine (Calm Your Demons - Track of the Day) and BBC6 Music, amongst others. "Nick Edward Harris commands a timeless voice and enviable storytelling songwriting" - Raw Meat. "Beautifully etched music, as endearingly pastoral as it is emotionally gripping" - Clash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZLtBAZNNs

https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout The trio have been heralded for their lively performances and skilled delivery of traditional material, playing with verve, energy and their own inimitable style. Though grounded in tradition, they are keen to push new boundaries by exploring fresh approaches and writing their own compositions. In October 2021, they released their latest album, The Brickfields, an instrumental collection that sees them reach new heights both as performers and composers. Described by Folk Radio as “one of the most exciting and accomplished English folk acts on the scene right now”, this outstanding trio can hold audiences in the palm of their hand. “Their high-octane take on English folk has brought a whole new audience to the genre” - The Irish Times “Great tunes, great energy, great arrangements, great stuff!” - Jon Boden “A superb folk trio” - RNR Magazine “Traditional folk music taken far beyond its parameters” - Tykes News Rob Quo & Pearl Fish are a captivating contemporary roots duo. Rob is from the rural midlands and Pearl originally from Peckham. They met on London’s burgeoning Folk scene. A mutual respect was quickly formed, and they soon began sitting with one another, developing a musical chemistry that would form the foundation of their sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhaZ-UHMktk Trista Selous is a wonderful singer of traditional songs in English and French plus some great songs of her own. She has been a keen attendee of the Goose Is Out Singarounds and also runs one of her own locally.

We welcome everybody to our Singarounds to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied solo or duo or more, any genre. It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage First to sign up first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song and if there's time we start again. Doors open at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt. £5 on the door cash or BACs only. You'll find more info about the Singarounds here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 8 September 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 11 August 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

We are delighted to be welcoming Phil Beer back to the Goose! Phil Beer "plays guitar and fiddle and sings a bit". These are his words, not ours! He has been doing this extremely well for over 45 years as a solo artist, a collaborator, and as part of the highly successful Show of Hands. Phil first began to play fiddle, guitar and mandolin whilst still at school in Teignmouth, Devon. This passion for acoustic music was especially stirred by the Davy (later known as Davey) Graham album Folk, Blues and Beyond. "A Phil Beer gig is one spent in the company of a true craftsman, a master musician and a consummate performer" - Spiral Earth (and who are we to disagree?!) https://youtu.be/xCikocuaEe4?si=w5lNqG5NMdNoBPTj https://youtu.be/6bgY7nK98B8?si=-ZkUSf-vHr-vizFY James is an unaccompanied singer on the London club scene, as well as editor of Folk London magazine.This, his first album, is a collection of favourites old and new: working life, war, love, loss and jealousy. https://folklondon.bandcamp.com/album/after-so-many-gone Creeping Jane are Nygel & Sue, who started The Goose Is Out! In 2008 and have been running it ever since. They sing unaccompanied, both in unison and in harmony, mainly songs from the UK. At The Ivy House, London’s first community-owned pub. Tickets are £16 advance, £18 on the door (cash or BACS only) Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm and finishes 11pm. This concert will be half seated, half standing, so come early if you want to be sure of a seat! Please be aware that whilst our events are held in The Ivy House's beautiful Grade 2 listed ballroom, this is a pub, so there may be some background noise from adjoining bars, although we and the pub management have done our best to minimise this.

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 14 July 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq Our Singaround THIS SUNDAY 14 July may be in a different room of The Ivy House, depending on whether the Euro finals are screened at the pub. If you can't find us, please ask one of the bar staff!

T We are delighted to be welcoming Martin Simpson back to the Goose! Universally acclaimed as one of the finest ever acoustic and slide guitar players, and a fine banjo-picker to boot, Martin's solo shows bear witness to an artist at the very top of his game. Whether interpreting material from tradition or singing his own potent songs (such as "Never any Good", about his father), he is a remarkable storyteller: captivating and profoundly moving. https://martinsimpson.com/ https://youtu.be/Xh6eWlr7hYM?si=FBpfLUNX1ITe4whD https://youtu.be/HJsnZu3_Yug?si=IWRtsnITiMu9HcBi Rob Anderson, who hails originally from Oregon USA, is a fine songwriter. Apart from his own songs, in recent years he has been committed to keeping the songs of his old songwriting partner Wayne Drury in circulation, in both The Wayne Drury project and most recently with Jackdaw. https://folking.com/tag/jackdaw/ Maverick Magazine says of Rob he has “…an authentic feeling of Willie Nelson or Waylon Jennings”. Jackdaw's recent album has been receiving rave reviews from everybody who has reviewed it. Hailing from Kent, Steve Hewitt is an emerging singer songwriter with a strong Americana influence who is pushing the boundaries of folk-roots. Ticket link here: https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout https://www.thegooseisout.com/

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 9 June 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq Local film-maker Tom Garmeson will be filming at this Singaround. If you don't wish to be filmed please speak with Tom or ourselves. Here is a short statement from Tom. "I'm making a short observational documentary about the Ivy House which will celebrate the pub as a place for the local community to come together. My plan is for the film to play out almost as a day in the life of the pub - we'll see the huge variety of events which go on each week, the comings and goings of regulars, and the day to day processes involved in running a vibrant London pub. Ultimately I want the film to serve as a reminder that in modern Britain, where it's increasingly common to feel disconnected from one's local community, it's more important than ever to preserve physical spaces where everyone is welcome."

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 12 May 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Thomas comes from a long line of singers who have kept the tradition of singing strong within the Irish Traveller community. He knows over a thousand songs, and since 2001 he has set about collating a repertoire of this fabulous part of Traveller heritage. He was named the Traditional Singer of the Year in the Gradam Ceoil Awards 2019. https://www.thomasmccarthyfolk.com/ Ann Shrieves is a singer of mainly traditional Irish ballads. She is a natural storyteller, and a regular visitor to our singarounds. Ian & Sarah are known to many around SE15. They are wonderful singers who came to our very first singaround in 2010. There singing is loved by many. Tickets here: https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout More info about The Goose Is Out here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/

The Goose Is Out! Singaround, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, Sunday 14 April 7pm. We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen. Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn't an open mic evening - we don't use mics and we don't use the stage . First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there's time we start again. Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry. You can find out more info about the Singarounds here. https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq

Alan & Dave are both veterans of the British blues scene. Dave is an award winning guitarist. Alan is known for playing harmonica with the Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero and Little Axe, plus his own band The Barcodes. Fran & Mike started playing folk, roots and blues venues in the 70s. They are much loved on the roots music scene and are compelling performers, having spent years honing their craft. Simon & Wendy play an exciting mix of ragtime, jazz, blues and swing. Simon has been involved in the British blues scene since the 0s and Wendy came to folk via cabaret and musical theatre. Alan & Glen https://youtu.be/znK8Fdb_Zs?=NbxVYZGC11qhA4 Fran & Mike https://www.franmike.com Simon & Wendy https://www.simonprager.com/ Tickets here:: https://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Info about our other events here: https://www.thegooseisout.com/