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Salut! Live is an offshoot of Salut!, a blog launched by Colin Randall in the autumn of 2006 after he was told he was being made redundant to bring an end to 29 years on The Daily Telegraph, working as district reporter (South West England/South Wales), head office reporter, chief reporter, executive news editor and Paris correspondent.

This site followed Salut! in May 2007 and deals predominantly with folk music and related forms - folk-rock, the blues, roots and some of what is called indie music - but strays from time to time into pop, rock and other territory.

Colin Randall is the owner and editor but receives invaluable help in the form of contributions from others who so far (October 2021) include Bill Taylor, Pete Sixsmith, Sue Nicholson and Mick Goulding. Roger Liptrot allows me to reproduce photographs from his superb folkimages site.

You can contact Colin Randall at this e-mail address. If on a laptop or desktop, you can explore the vast archives of Salut! Live by using the search function or scrolling down the sidebar you see on the right and using the links it contains.

On mobile phones (well, on mine), you have to scroll down through the featured introductions to recent posts before you reach the search box and links. Feedback is always welcome.

Often, with older posts, there is a formatting problem that makes all the text run together without paragraph break. When time allows, and especially when updating or re-promoting items from the past, I make the necessary changes to make the posts easier on the eye.

Salut! Live is free to browse and, I hope, interest or entertain. It takes a lot of time and some money to maintain and if you feel like making a donation, you will see when looking to your right or scrolling down how to do so.

Equally, new contributors are always welcome. Contact me via the e-mail link above if you wish to write for Salut! Live or offer illustrations. But please bear in mind this is essentially a labour of love and it is not possible for me to pay for such offerings.

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Cover Story

  • Champion at Keeping Them Rolling. Ewan MacColl, Bob Fox, Dubliners
  • Rag Doll. Four Seasons or Steeleye Span
  • Here's the Tender Coming: Mighty Doonans, Unthanks, Dave Burland, Frankie Armsteong,
  • Hard Times of Old England: Steeleye Span, the Copper Family, Band of Hope or Billy Bragg & Imagine Village
  • Me and My Uncle: Grateful Dead, Judy Collins or John Phillips
  • Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Sandy Denny, Judy Collins, Nina Simone and many more
  • The Apprentice's Song. Ian Campbell Folk Group or the Johnstons
  • The Curragh of Kildare: but who to choose among many
  • Sweet Thames, Flow Softly: Christy Moore & Sinead O'Connor, Martha & Rufus Wainwright, MacColl & Seeger
  • Hit the Road Jack: Ray Charles or Richard Anthony

Categories

  • A Song That Changed My Life (3)
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  • Film (1)
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  • Ian Campbell Folk Group (3)
  • Instruments of pleasure (7)
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  • Lockdown sounds, (11)
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Salut! World

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Swarb Remembered

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  • Fairport Convention: so British, so conventional (2)
  • Fairport Convention: so British, so conventional (1)
  • fiddler exemplaire. Gone before his time, gone now. Rest easy, Swarb
  • Glories of Liege and Lief
  • On the road 14 years after the Telegraph obituary
  • Song of the Day: Byker Hill
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  • The litte giant of British folk-rock

Salut! Greats

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Salut! Lives

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Treasures rediscovered

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  • The Poozies: Hey How My Johnny Lad
  • The Johnstons: Tunnel Tigers
  • Oysterband: Blackwaterside
  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs: All I Need Is You
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  • Vin Garbutt: Valley of Tees
  • Ronnie Drew & Eleanor Shanley: Boots of Spanish Leather

Song of the Day

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Salut! Listens

  • Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs

    Little Love Affairs
    Nanci Griffith: Little Love Affairs

  • Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers

    The Last Of The True Believers
    Nanci Griffith: The Last Of The True Believers

  • Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Other Rooms

    Other Voices Other Rooms
    Nanci Griffith: Other Voices Other Rooms

  • Nanci Griffith - From Clare to Here (CD Single)

    From Clare to Here (CD Single)
    Nanci Griffith: From Clare to Here (CD Single)

  • Dylan, Bob - Blonde On Blonde [VINYL]

    Blonde On Blonde [VINYL]
    Dylan, Bob: Blonde On Blonde [VINYL]

  • Baez, Joan - Any Day Now

    Any Day Now
    Baez, Joan: Any Day Now

  • Hart, Tim - Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice
    Hart, Tim: Summer Solstice

  • Christy Moore - Voyage

    Voyage
    Christy Moore: Voyage

  • Steeleye Span - Sails of Silver

    Sails of Silver
    Steeleye Span: Sails of Silver

  • Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson - Thro' The Recent Years

    Thro' The Recent Years
    Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson: Thro' The Recent Years

  • Simon Jeffes - Piano Music

    Piano Music
    Simon Jeffes: Piano Music

  • Kate Rusby - Hand Me Down

    Hand Me Down
    Kate Rusby: Hand Me Down

  • Moving Hearts - The Storm

    The Storm
    Moving Hearts: The Storm

  • Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention: Fairport Convention

  • Charles, Ray -

    Charles, Ray: The Very Best Of Ray Charles

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