You can listen to the CDs, you can watch the videos, you can hear selected tracks played on the radio but you really hope that one day you’ll get the opportunity to attend a live performance…when that first time beckons, […]
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John Fullbright is… …twenty-five years old in a couple of weeks time…a shy, unassuming personality off stage…a young man with a commanding presence on stage…making waves across both sides of the Atlantic…a GRAMMY nominee…playing London for the second time in […]
‘Oh, I cut my hair?’ questioned Ron Sexsmith during his first headlining appearance at this prestigious venue, but a fan had actually shouted out to him ‘I’m glad you’re here!’ That summed up perfectly the sentiments of the rest of […]
Oh the stories she told…Caroline Herring’s latest album CAMILLA draws much of its inspiration from the Civil Rights movement and focuses on the prejudice and hardships experienced by those using non violence and civil disobedience in their fight for equality. […]
What do you do on Saturday afternoons? Me, I often go to Union Music in Lewes and listen to the musicians who are playing an in-store. Today, ahead of a sold out evening show in the town, Annabelle Chvostek pitched […]
Never let it be said that Anaïs Mitchell is one to rest on her laurels! She followed the release of her folk-rooted debut and sophomore albums with the ambitious folk opera HADESTOWN, she then took on the persona of a YOUNG MAN […]
Richard Thompson, one of British folk’s national treasures, has recently released an album titled ELECTRIC which has been so well received that many are saying that it is his best one for years! Taking it out on the road, accompanied […]
Those who know me or read my reviews will be used to seeing me write up my impressions of live shows attended. You will also be aware that I travel quite some distance to see my favourite musicians perform. The […]
Four years ago, a friend, Gerry, from TwickFolk, invited me to a birthday celebration to see Transatlantic Sessions in London at the Royal Festival Hall. For many years the collective had/has been a highlight of the annual Celtic Connections festival […]
In 2006 I saw Jeffrey Foucault at a house concert during which he sang a song that was unknown to me (I’ve been a fan from way back when he released his first album, 2001’s MILES FROM THE LIGHTNING so […]
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