June Tabor

Our gigs of the year, 2024

Andrew Curry writes: Following on from our two conversations about the records we’ve been listening to, today Colin and I are talking about our highlights in terms of concerts. You can read about the records here and here. There are... Read more →


French festive corn: (1) joyeux Noël from Connemara's lakes to la Macarena

For part two visit this link Colin Randall writes: Today, Salut! Live offers its traditional festive cheer to all readers new and old as finally, after months of shops advertising it, Christmas Day arrives, My invaluable deputy editor Andrew Curry,... Read more →


Loft vinyl: Folk Roots’s compilation Square Roots

Andrew Curry writes: When I was doing some research here for my recent review of Oysterband’s Barbican concert, I realised that the first time that I had heard the band was on a compilation record released by Folk Roots magazine... Read more →


Farewell to Oysterband (2) - and to June Tabor

Andrew Curry writes: I like Oysterband well enough. I think I first heard them playing Liberty Hall on a compilation called Square Roots, from Folk Roots magazine, which I bought from Rough Trade in around 1987, when they were still... Read more →


When people take notice: the Artist of the Week series so far

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 →