Colin Randall delights in a new album from Simon Care’s band, Banter. The 2021 Sidmouth festival. Photo: Kyle Baker Along with all the admiration and affection expressed here for Irish music, amply merited, Salut! Live tries not to lose sight... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: continuing with the Irish theme, Cara Dillion was playing in London recent to showcase her current record Coming Home. The songs on it are a celebration of her Irish family and the culture that she grew up... Read more →
Two things seemed inevitable when Salut! Live posted its fantasy compilation of Irish music to mark St Paddy’s Day. We’d be rebuked for at least one of our chosen tracks and told in no uncertain terms what we had overlooked.... Read more →
Sunday is St Patrick's Day and, much of the world over, parades, concerts and serious drinking will mark Ireland's special day, Salut! Live's editorial team - Colin Randall and Andrew Curry - have known each other electronically for years, a... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: musicians and presumably other touring artists still face appalling bureaucracy if they have the gall to want to play in EU countries. Even that arch-Leaver Roger Daltry moaned about it enough to sign a petition. It’s what... Read more →
No apologies for all the attention paid to Fairport Convention by Salut! Live these past few days, says Colin Randall. The last but one gig in a 30-date tour, at the Union Chapel in north London, has rightly been acclaimed... Read more →
