Andrew Curry writes: Ralph McTell turns 80 today, and it strikes me that for someone who took a while to decide to become a full-time musician, he has a decent claim to being the most successful English folk musician of... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: To mark St Andrew’s Day Colin Randall and I have put together a list of 12 songs by Scots singers and bands that we like. This is not an all time best or an attempt to be... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: Sociograss, it says on the tin, are a band from Edinburgh playing American roots, bluegrass and old-time music. And that is what you get. The new album Made It All Up is bursting with compelling musicianship and... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: When I saw that Linda Thompson, one of the finest folk-rock singers the world has known, had written about Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall, I knew I’d be begging for permission to reproduce her words... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: There are widespread reports that Dylan’s three performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London this month could be his last ever, and at the age of 83 that might not be a complete surprise, despite his... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: This is the first time that the Siobhan Miller Band has been on tour, apparently. Salut! Live caught them at King’s Place in London—they’d played Liverpool the night before and were on the way to Manchester the... Read more →
Johnny Duhan, an accomplished and charismatic Irish singer-songwriter whose music and personality have made a profound impact on many, has died while taking a regular swim in the Atlantic off the coast of Galway. He was 74. Duhan, whose musical... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Salut! Live has been to a few ‘final tour’ gigs already this year: Show of Hands in May, Oysterband in October. But none of them were anything like Nitework’s final concert in London—part of a modest five... Read more →
