Salut! Live is sad to bring news of a serious fall that has forced Richard Thompson to pull out of a top-of-the-bill appearance at a Nottinghamshire festival and, presumably, other forthcoming dates. He was due to headline the Friday night... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: not to be confused with variété française, an entertaining but often corny French musical form, chanson française is a generic term for a vast body of songs of rich lyrical power and impassioned delivery. Think Piaf, Gainsbourg,... Read more →
Bill Taylor writes: If folk music is the music of the people, by the people, writing about the things they knew and experienced, then — spurious as it may sound — I would argue that the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The song Tom Paine’s Bones is only 30 years old, but it has been covered widely enough since Roy Bailey and Dick Gaughan recorded their versions to have become an established part of the folk repertoire. There... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: Our North America editor, Steve Peck, drew a lot of interest and praise for his exceptional recent account of a pilgrimage to the birthplace in Buffalo, New York State of the late Jackson C Frank, coinciding with... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: last Saturday, as deputy editor Andrew Curry reported here that morning, he and I took time off from Salut! Live duties to join 82,000 people at Wembley to watch our team Sunderland win a thrilling Championship playoff... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: It’s Bob Dylan’s birthday today, and two-thirds of the Salut! Live editorial team are off to Wembley, more in hope than expectation, to watch Sunderland play in the so-called ‘250 million pound match’[1]—the play-off decider that sees... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Despite its progressive sensibilities, folk music isn’t that diverse. Unlike the blues, there are not a lot of non-white folk musicians around. Angeline Morrison is a rare exception, born to a Jamaican mother and a Hebridean father,... Read more →
