FIRSTLY, apologies for the gig information in last week's column – due to illness, neither of the main guests featured were able to make their dates.
No such problems this week as Easter, which was at one time a most vibrant time on the folk scene with lots of festivals starting the season and big guests around the clubs, has now become one of the quietest times of the year.
However the main feature of the week is at the Guitar Bar, Hotel Deux, Clumber Avenue, Sherwood Rise, which tonight presents Nottingham songwriter Andy Whittle (pictured).
Andy made his presence known a few years back with his debut album Old Fashioned Dream which was closely followed by the excellent A Songmaker's Tale before he surprised us all with the more rock-influenced Moon Enough To See and then reverting to the acoustic field with his most recent offering Reflections Of An Illusion.
We are promised that this year should see some new material and tonight might just be the opportunity to experience this.
Also tonight there will be a singers' and performers' night at Second Time Around, Star Inn, Middle Street, Beeston, while the Brewtown Folk Club holds a singaround at the Old Cottage Tavern, Burton.
Mansfield Folk Club at the Black Bull in Woodhouse Road will have a singers' night on Monday, as will both Belper Folk Club at the Old King's Head, Days Lane, and the Vernon Arms in Locko Road, Spondon, on Tuesday.
Singers' nights again on Wednesday at Ilkeston Folk Club, The Stute, Rugby Club, Hallam Fields Road, and at Carrington Triangle, The Gladstone, Loscoe Road, Carrington.
