Jackie Oates & James Dumbleton 22/9/09

A local gig sponsored by Centre Stage which means that really good artists are seen in small local village venues. Jackie had a pure, sweet, folky voice and played fiddle and James accompanied on guitar and some droney sub-accordion from the sub continent. I do like drones. They should be mandatory in every band. The songs were both old and new but all in the English folk tradition. They deserved an audience bigger than the thirty or so who crammed into the cellar bar.