The ubiquitous Wizz Jones

Andrew Curry writes: We noticed a while back that the guitarist and singer Wizz Jones had celebrated his 85th birthday this year, and we mentioned it on our Facebook group. But we realised that we’d never written about him properly... Read more →


Dirty Old Town: enduring fascination with - and debate on - Ewan MacColl's song, now 75 years old

When Bill Taylor compared very different versions of Dirty Old Town - the song about Salford that Ewan MacColl wrote for a play in 1949 - in our Cover Story series, there was lively if modest interest. Bill's piece first... Read more →


Linda Thompson and her proxy voices

Andrew Curry writes: Following on from Colin’s piece yesterday on the Artist of the Week slot at our Facebook group, we’re sharing a version of the AOTW Facebook post that celebrated Linda Thompson. This was partly to mark her latest... Read more →


When people take notice: the Artist of the Week series so far

Colin Randall writes: Unlike the newspapers for which I have worked, on the staff or as a contributor, Salut! Live does not hold editorial conferences (nor, as you'll have noticed, does it publish a print edition). The three of us... Read more →


Serendipity: More than just an 11-letter word

Bill Taylor writes: It’s amazing what you can find when you’re not looking for anything in particular. I was wandering aimlessly around YouTube and stumbled across something that sparked my interest. And that led to something else and something else... Read more →