Click the crab to go back Folk Music at the Robert Gillow 64 Market Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HP. Tel: 01524 36092 Every Thursday The Robert Gillow brings you the very best in folk and blues from all over the country Music starts around 9pm Free admission   Thursday folk nights Thursday 17 May                Phil Saunders Phil is a solid, stonkin’ bluesman who will entertain and delight you.  He plays guitar and harmonica and sings, and whether he is playing his own material or rejuvenating classic blues numbers by the likes of Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, T-bone Walker or Jimmy Reed his music is down to earth, genuine and heartfelt.  He is a favourite at local festivals such as Solfest, Brampton Live and Sedbergh and says “I have developed a fingerpicking style of guitar playing because I often drop plectrums and can’t be bothered to pick them up”.    www.reverbnation.com/philsaunders   Thursday 24 May            Simon Booth and Richard Robinson Two-thirds of the ceilidh band Moorgate, Simon Booth and Richard Robinson present an evening of traditional music from Great Britain, Europe and Scandinavia.  Simon is the North-West’s leading melodeon player (and a graduate of the acclaimed Leeds University School of Music – he can make instruments as well as play them!) and Richard is a unique folk-clarinettist (and also responsible for the amazing folk music website TuneBook Live!).  Don’t miss it! http://richardrobinson.tunebook.org.uk/   Thursday 31 May                Hard Times Hard Times comprises Geoff Wilkinson (bass), Gordon Johnston (banjo, mandolin, guitar) and Laurie Johnston (everything) – all superb musicians playing a mixture of traditional and modern tunes and songs from the UK, the USA and Europe.  They are some of the finest acoustic musicians around.  No further explanation is necessary, the band is simply brilliant.