December 2021: season two of Music from North Eastern England had its origins in this post from Bill Taylor, published in August. Now that I have reposted, with minor updates, all seven instalments of the original series, it is time... Read more →
October 2021 update: when Salut! Live ran a mini-series to celebrate the life and work on Nanci Griffith, who died in August, one of the articles featured her partnership with the Chieftains to produce a gorgeous version of her song... Read more →
Today, as we have relentlessly and quite rightly been reminded, is Bob Dylan's 80th birthday. A woman he once loved, Joan Baez, passed the same milestone in January and a British singer and musician from whom he learned a little,... Read more →
