Jan 2022: better late than never. Had I thought of it sooner, there might have been a post yesterday to commemorate the birth of Robert Burns on Jan 25 1759. But then, Wikipedia helpfully states that Burns celebrations may be... Read more →
February 2021 update: in my quest to bring past delights to the attention of Salut! Live's expanding audience, even truer now than when this item appeared in 2017, I invite you to listen to Cara Dillon's version of a song... Read more →
Way, way back - well, all the way to 2000 - I was able to visit Newcastle University to write about its folk music course. The key contact was Richard Middleton, listed to this day as emeritus professor of music.... Read more →
June 2017 Update: this item on Jez Lowe appeared six years ago, and referred to a review from four years before that, but my admiration for the singer and his wonderful observations on life and events remains undiminished. Check out... Read more →
NB August 2017 update: no apologies for reposting this. Good banter, great singer and song ...... Updated November 7 2016 because the YouTube clip had lapsed and there's a new link from Salut! Sunderland It was only a matter of... Read more →
Photo: Ian S Trish O’Brien is a member of the Cork-Kerry-Darlington Sheehan family, close friends for an unmentionably long period of my life. After a globetrotting existence following her husband John, a ship's master who has performed a variety of... Read more →
October 2017 update: Another look at the archives. You can do the same simply by scrolling down the right-hand sidebar. There's lots there and feel free to yell if you come across a dead link. This interview with Martin Simpson... Read more →
