April 22nd: Tom Lewis

$16/14/8

Tom Lewis is a 25-year veteran of Her Majesty's Royal Navy, although now he's comfortably located on dry land in British Columbia. Tom's repertoire-from traditional shanties to songs fashioned out of his own seafaring background-recruits his audience for a voyage by turns reflective, dramatic and humorous. Tom was born in Northern Ireland and that Celtic heritage is obvious in his clear, strong voice, evoking quiet sorrow for a fisherman lost to the sea just as honestly as it powers out a shanty "to be heard above the gales." With songs that have become folk standards; known and sung wherever great choruses ring out; Tom accompanies himself on button accordion and ukulele-but it's that powerful vocal style and infectious humour-that quality of entertaining-which keeps audiences coming back again and again. If you like songs and stories of the sea, new and old, you'll certainly enjoy Tom's singing, his stories and his recordings

The Mariposa Folk Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Flying Cloud Folk Club in its twenty-seventh year.