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Where you will find me singing

Monday 16 November 2026: Attenborough Arts Centre, 1-2pm in the Salmon Gallery:

2022 Dec Melton Folk Festival. Photo taken by Paddy McCullough

Join us for free lunchtime concert, open to anybody who wants to sit back and enjoy live music.

All Soundbites Lunchtime Concerts are relaxed performances, so audiences are free to come and go during the performance, eat/drink, and enjoy the music in your own way.

Every Monday at 1:00pm – 2:00pm in the Salmon Gallery.

DateArtist & Music Type
9 November 2026Kevin Hewick – Singer/Songwriter (Folk, Rock, Poetry)
16 November 2026Sheila Mosley (Folk singer) and Alexander (Black Violin)
23 November 2026Paul Jenkins + UOL
30 November 2026Tim Sayers + Smoothie Crew
7 December 2026Les Hayden – Piano/Singer

*Please note performances maybe subject to change.

See also gigs with The Unruly Crew: https://theunrulycrew.org.uk/

Where you can find us

Friday 25 September 2026: feature slot in the singaround opening the Common Folk Leicester Festival, starts 7.30pm Regent Social Club, Regent Road, Leicester

Sat 17 October 2026 : Somerby Church

Sunday 1 November 2026: TABAC – The Unruly Crew will be the ‘featured artists’

during the singaround that starts 7.30pm at The Rose & Crown in Thurnby 45 Main St, Leicester LE7 9PJ 

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My Dad – 75 years a Methodist Minister

Updated 7 June 2026: Dad is 100 today – this cake marks his birth in Farnhill ,Yorkshire and his love of Africa following his time of service as a Methodist Missionary in Zimbabwe

20 March 2023: My dad, Rev Dr Albert Watson Mosley, has been a Methodist Minister for 75 years

On 19 March 2023 there was a service at Oadby Trinity Methodist Church to mark the occasion. Dad was invited to speak, and the following was filmed by my sister. He has given his permission for it to be out in the public arena.

This is what he said:

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Reviews

Many thanks to Rich Wakefield:

3 Sept 2025: Botheration @ Duffys Bar, Leicester:

Sheila Mosley… i like a huge range of music but my first loves remain folk music and the 1960’s greenwich village troubadour tradition… and Sheila sits perfectly into this area… beautiful voice and singer Sheila delivers a range of songs from those genres, ranging form the strongly political social comment… especially her rivetting performance of Peggy Seeger’s defence after an incident at Greenham Common… and the more gentle love songs and ballads. A lovely mix of high class mainly familiar material and as she did last sunday, had me groping for a tissue with her closing “Another Train”… a song that means so much…
Sheila is a no frills just top quality great performer.. totally committed and sincere in every aspect… if you dont know her work go see her when you can… superb!!

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Leicestershire Folk Diary

I am currently caretaker of the Leicestershire Folk Diary.

The Diary has two main sections; Events containing a day-to-day listing of “what’s on” and a Directory with an A to Z listing of the event organisers and venues. It is compiled using information supplied by event organisers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure its accuracy, it is not guaranteed. No responsibility will be accepted for errors, omissions or cancellations. If you want to be sure of an event contact the event organiser for confirmation. If you are an organiser and you would like to add an event to the diary please get in touch with us via the contact details below. Similarly, if you spot an error, please let us know and we will look into the matter.

This diary can be freely copied and distributed.

You will find the diary here: https://lfd.org.uk/

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August 2025 has been an amazing month for me

Please excuse the self indulgence but I’ve not had a month like this one, and want to record it somewhere. I’ve had lots of fun. Many many thanks to those who make live music happen.

This month started with playing two sets each day as part of the Melton Mowbray Folk Festival on the first weekend of August.

6 August, I sang at the Hiroshima memorial event organised by CND at the Peace Tree in Victoria Park, Leicester

We went to the Saltburn Folk Festival weekend 8-10 August 2025, and joined the amazing singarounds.

Photo courtesy of Jim Rolley, amazing soundman at Moira Festival

15 – 17 August 2025: on the Friday I opened the festival on the Neil Dawson stage of the MoiraFurnace Folk Festival, which was amazing.

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Start with Hope – Change will follow

Little Amal’s journey: https://www.walkwithamal.org/

Little Amal is a giant puppet who represents the journey of child refugees. Her walk began from the border of Syria/Turkey and will end on 3 November 2021 in Manchester with an outdoor event starting 7pm at Castlefield Bowl https://www.walkwithamal.org/events/when-the-birds-land/  : The arrival of Amal to Manchester marks the end of her epic journey. In the lead up to Amal’s arrival local schools, refugee communities and Manchester International Festival will be creating a giant flock of puppet birds. Her days in Manchester culminate in a spectacular finale event. Surrounded by the communities of the city, Amal understands that she has reached her final destination. She is now ready to begin her next even longer journey: creating a new life in a new home. 

You could perhaps make paper birds to put in your window,  or cover the Meeting House in them to greet Little Amal. There is an origami pattern here – these work really well to impress small children  : https://www.origamiway.com/easy-origami-bird.shtml

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Free Spirit: Penny Walker

Penny has been so active about making the world a more friendly, safe and inclusive place to be that her contribution to a future world of love and peace cannot be under-estimated.

Here are just a few articles about her life:

For those who knew Penny Walker, and those looking for inspiration: Loraine is from Penny’s inspirational Peace House in Coventry … the video ends with a poem PENNY WALKER by Loraine Masiya Mponela 20 June 2021:

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