Andrew Curry writes: We had the Scots fiddler Duncan Chisholm as our Artist of the Week over at Salut! Live’s Facebook group recently, and the reason was by way of noting his 55th birthday—which happens to be today. (Duncan Chisholm.... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: when I first met Christy Moore in the late 1960s, he was a hard-drinking, argumentative troubadour who nonetheless never failed in my experience to put on a wonderful show. Decades later, decades sober too, he is a... Read more →
Further update: Oct 24 2024. Today, Colin Randall declares the Grehan Sisters to be his Artists of the Week "in honour of the small but important part they played in my formative years as a folk music enthusiast - and... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: I like Oysterband well enough. I think I first heard them playing Liberty Hall on a compilation called Square Roots, from Folk Roots magazine, which I bought from Rough Trade in around 1987, when they were still... Read more →
What could lure both the editor and deputy editor of Salut! Live to a fairly unappealing part of London on the same Saturday evening? Answer: the penultimate performance of one the most rewarding collaborations in folk and folk-rock history, Oysterband... Read more →
Colin Randall writes in Oct 2024: a sudden flow of visitors to Salut! Live followed a mention of this piece at https://www.expectingrain.com Andrew Curry writes: It’s Bob Dylan’s birthday tomorrow, and that seems like a good reason to share some... Read more →
