Colin Randall writes: Unlike the newspapers for which I have worked, on the staff or as a contributor, Salut! Live does not hold editorial conferences (nor, as you'll have noticed, does it publish a print edition). The three of us... Read more →
Bill Taylor writes: Is it ironic that some of the best antiwar songs hardly mention the word “war” at all? They certainly don’t have it in their titles, nor do they bludgeon the listener with the bluntness of their message.... Read more →
Bill Taylor writes: I have my old journalist friend Mike Sangiacomo in Ohio to thank for this long-overdue introduction to Bill Morrissey… “one of the most literate songwriters I’ve ever heard. He basically takes a short story and puts it... Read more →
Bill Taylor writes: Over the decades, the line has constantly been blurred between rock music, folk music and so-called folk-rock. For years, Roger McGuinn danced back and forth across that line and even tightrope-walked along it. And then he came... Read more →
Join the Salut! Live Facebook group. Visit this link now By Colin Randall Nick Clapham, someone I have met only electronically, posted this photo of his assembled collection of Christy Moore albums at the UK and Irish Folk Music 60s-80s... Read more →
Like me, Bill Taylor greatly admires Tom Paxton. A brief exchange at the Salut! Live Facebook group led to my suggestion that Bill should write about him. No birthday, happily nothing requiring an obit, just an acknowledgment of one outstanding... Read more →
