BY TEJA GERKEN / Excerpted from the March 2007 Issue of Acoustic Guitar; reprinted in the September/October 2020 issue of AG. In the history of the fingerstyle genre, John Renbourn is perhaps the most influential guitarist still actively performing. Whether as a solo artist, playing duets (most famously with Bert Jansch in the 1960s and later with Stefan…
Two days left until ‘Drumming and Strumming for Shanklin Theatre’
This virtual benefit concert features John Challis, Doctor and the Medics and Blair Dunlop. Watch on YouTube and Facebook
There are only two days to go until Drumming and Strumming for Shanklin Theatre, a virtual benefit concert organised by teenagers from the Isle of Wight who are completing their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
Only Fools and Horses’ actor, John ‘Boycie’ Challis, 1980s hitmakers, Doctor and the Medics and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner Blair Dunlop are some of names on the lineup for Drumming and Strumming for Shanklin Theatre.
What to expect
By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor
Drumming and Strumming organisers Jake Curran and Tilly Grimshaw will welcome BBC antiques expert David Harper and actor John Challis to the Shanklin Theatre virtual benefit gig. There are only two days to go until Drumming and Strumming for Shanklin Theatre, a virtual benefit concert organised by teenagers from the Isle of Wight who are completing their Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Only Fools and Horses’ actor, John “Boycie” Challis, 1980s hitmakers, Doctor and the Medics and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner Blair Dunlop are among the names lining up to take part.
It will premiere on Facebook and YouTube at 7pm on Thursday (April 22)