One of the most popular series to appear at Salut! Live featured the songs and music of North-eastern England. It stretched to seven instalments but it was clear to me that there was scope for more. Bill Taylor, who like... Read more →
Here is some good news, and a piece of even better news, for lovers of superior English folk music. In glorious defiance of the wretched impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on music, Bellowhead and the duo formed by its founder members,... Read more →
July 2021 update: the song has been debated here already. But this is a post, featured in a Song of the Day series, that cries out for another outing. It is a wonderful piece of music and many other artists... Read more →
July 2021 update: today, I listened for the first time in many years to Eliza Carthy's Mr Magnifico, to which I had been alerted by great friend - and occasional Salut! Live contributor - Pete Sixsmith. I had forgotten just... Read more →
July 2021 update: my regular readers will know I am refreshing and tidying old entries in the vast Salut! Live archive. This is an item I can think of no way of enhancing beyond maybe adding an image and correcting... Read more →
July 2021 update: this appeared 10 years ago today. Geoff, once a good friend and I was best man at his wedding, have drifted apart over the years. I would love to make contact agaan and wonder if he remembers... Read more →
June 2021 update: re-reading this item in Salut! Live's Song of the Day series from just short of 10 years ago, I am struck by a phrase I used to describe the why the rationale for the Northern Ireland peace... Read more →
June 2021 update: This is a song - from the late 1960s at a guess - that I really enjoyed performing in my folk club "floor singer" days. Whether or not the listeners also enjoyed the experience is, perhaps fortunately,... Read more →
