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 →
One of the most popular series to appear at Salut! Live featured the songs and music of North-eastern England. It stretched to seven instalments but it was clear to me that there was scope for more. Bill Taylor, who like... 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 →
