Friday 21st
January 2011: Special Concert.
A chance for Hinckley
ACT fans to enjoy a very special evening with one of
the most popular performers ever to appear at the venue. With
special guest Bob Tibbetts. 
Gordon
Giltrap - a special concert evening at the Hinckley ACT in
Leicestershire
He has
released 25 original studio albums, plus numerous live albums and
compilations. There is currently no sign of Gordon hanging up his
guitars, and he still performs dozens of concerts a year around the
country, earning the respect of fans and fellow musicians alike.
Gordon has been a keen supporter of arthritis and leukaemia
charities. His contribution was recognised in 2000, when he was
inducted into the oldest showbusiness charity in history, The Grand
Order of Water Rats. His first performance DVD – Live At Huntingdon
Hall – was released in 2003, and reveals the ample skill and charm
of one of this country’s national treasures. In 2005, Gordon staged
a special concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall, performing his own
compositions as a solo artist, with guest musicians from
contrasting disciplines, and with the Sheffield Philharmonic
Orchestra. Other more recent projects include “Three Parts Guitar”
with John Etheridge and Ray Burley, which performed a series of
concerts in 2009. 2010 will see the inclusion of Clive Carroll in
this supergroup and an album is expected in the spring.
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Dave Swarbrick - the Fairport Convention stalwart is unable to appear at the Hinckley ACT Festival of Music 2011
Dave Swarbrick was due to be one of a number of high profile artists scheduled to appear at what promises to be one of the Midland’s leading musical events of 2011. More announcements about guest artists will appear shortly.
Since then he has played in a series of smaller, acoustic units and engaged in solo projects which have maintained a massive output of recordings, a significant profile and have made a major contribution to the interpretation of traditional British music.
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Pete Berryman, due to appear at the Hinckley ACT in Leicestershire on the 10th November 2010, has announced the release of his long-awaited album “The Ghosts of May”.
Details can be found on his web site.
Pete will be appearing with Hinckley ACT favourite Steve Hicks on the second Wednesday in November. Tickets for this concert special can be obtained from the Hinckley ACT web site.
Pete (pictured above left) arrived on the acoustic music scene in the 60′s with the Famous Jug Band which also featured Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band. At this time he also recorded with Ralph McTell, Wizz Jones and Al Stewart and in 1971 his influential LP with John James , Sky In My Pie, was released. Since then he has collaborated with many notable musicians, worked in theatre and film, and played as far afield as Hokitika and Abidjan.
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