That Shane MacGowan, who died today, lived to be 65 was in some ways a surprise. His lifestyle, certainly when younger, was not conducive to longevity. It remains a sadly early age at which he should lose his life and... Read more →
Saturday Nov 4. If you've been following or dipped into Salut! Live's series, you may know that was the day on which a special concert was staged on London's South Bank to celebrate the life of Bert Jansch, the immensely... Read more →
Nov 2023: reposted because the grim state of the world leaves us in dire need of humour ... January 2022 update: this magical piece of northern humour made a remarkable ascent of the British pop charts in 1981, reaching the... Read more →
Nov 13 2023: reposted because of renewed interest after I linked to it at Facebook - Ed March 2021 update. Colin Randall writes: in a recent post about the Steeleye Span album Sails of Silver, which has been known to... Read more →
Like me, Bill Taylor greatly admires Tom Paxton. A brief exchange at the Salut! Live Facebook group led to my suggestion that Bill should write about him. No birthday, happily nothing requiring an obit, just an acknowledgment of one outstanding... Read more →
To be truthful, the late Bert Jansch - who would have been 80 yesterday - appears only fleetingly in this piece. But the writer, Ian Evans, added these priceless memories when participating in Salut! Live's series marking the date of... Read more →
