April 2021 update: Alan Stivell is now 77. We've all got older; indeed this item first appeared when I was 10 years younger. Stivell has been a remarkable force in, to borrow the title of an 1971 instrumental album of... Read more →
Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Albion Band, Dave Swarbrick, Dervish, Damien Dempsey, Eliza Carthy, Tony Capstick, High Level Ranters, Doonan Family Band, Jez lowe and the Bad Pennies, Republica, Capercaillie, Show of Hands, Jackson C Frank, Simon Mayor and Hilary James,... Read more →
Song of the Day is on tour again, this time to Salut! Sunderland. Salut! Live's small if recently growing band of faithful readers may feel this is a very wise logistical decision since today's choice has absolutely nothing to do... Read more →
For my last choice this week in the Song of the Day series, I turn to the beautiful singing of Karen Matheson, of the Scottish band Capercaillie. The notes accompanying the YouTube clip helpfully inform us that the song, The... Read more →
Show of Hands - Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, these days found in the excellent company of Miranda Sykes - have cornered an important rural market: championing the countrydwelling people of Britain who so often feel stripped of an effective... Read more →
The journey from Nice, east along the Riviera to Le Lavandou can be mostly pleasant, provided you dont mind an awful lot of company on the Corniche, the cliff-hugging road made famous by Edward Fox in The Day of the... Read more →
