{"id":793,"date":"2025-06-24T14:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=793"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:16:31","slug":"jonny-coppin","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/?tribe_events=jonny-coppin","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Coppin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/?attachment_id=796\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"744,869\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Johnny Coppin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin-257x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin-257x300.jpeg 257w, https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Johnny-Coppin.jpeg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Long-awaited return of Johnny Coppin to Deal Folk Club!\u00a0 Johnny\u2019s gorgeous and seemingly effortless vocals have graced the acoustic scene since the emergence of the band Decameron in the early 1970s. In 2026 he marks the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of his solo career with concerts throughout the UK.\u00a0 He is a talented singer and songwriter, playing both piano and guitar, and has over fourteen albums to his name, including <em>The Winding Stair<\/em>, <em>Borderland<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>Edge of Day<\/em> with writer Laurie Lee, and his most recent album<em>River of Dreams<\/em>.\u00a0 His songs are essentially English, and always melodic and evocative.\u00a0 Over the years, Johnny has also played duo gigs with Mike Silver, with Phil Beer (ex Show of Hands), with Paul Burgess (Old Swan Band), and every December he tours with his \u2018All on a Winter\u2019s Night\u2019 show.<\/h6>\n<p><em>\u201cA gifted songwriter\u201d-<\/em><strong> Daily Telegraph<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cUnquestionably at the top of his game\u201d<\/em><strong> &#8211; Acoustic magazine\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cRiver of Dreams is a fantastic record&#8230;it showcases Johnny\u2019s evocative and expressive vocalsand the songwriting is simply stunning\u201d \u2013\u00a0<\/em><strong>Fatea magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHis ear for melody is remarkable, his musicianship outstanding and his vocal performances give each song wings<\/em>.\u201d- <strong>Mike Silver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cJohnny is an amazing songwriter with one of the best voices I\u2019ve heard.\u201d \u00a0&#8211; <\/em><strong>Paul Metsers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cHis songwriting brings joy and moves my heart beyond\u00a0words. Here&#8217;s to many more songs and beautiful musical stories from your pen and voice.\u201d- <\/em><strong>Karen Tweed<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-awaited return of Johnny Coppin to Deal Folk Club!\u00a0 Johnny\u2019s gorgeous and seemingly effortless vocals have graced the acoustic scene since the emergence of the band Decameron in the early &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/?tribe_events=jonny-coppin\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Johnny Coppin<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-793","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/793\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=793"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dealfolkclub.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}