Andrew Curry writes: This is the first time that the Siobhan Miller Band has been on tour, apparently. Salut! Live caught them at King’s Place in London—they’d played Liverpool the night before and were on the way to Manchester the... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Salut! Live has form when it comes to standing in fields in Scotland to listen to music. Two years ago we were at the Northern Meeting Park in Inverness for the Dandelion Festival. This month, we were... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: They were only there for a few minutes in the time we paused to listen. But the sound produced by Pearl-Natasha, an enormously gifted singer, and Rod Ramos, who briefly demonstrated his classically trained guitar pedigree, was... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The clock is running down on Show of Hands’ last tour. The 75 dates they started out on in the autumn has ticked down to just a handful, and the final show, give or take, is in... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The Irish bouzouki player and singer Daoirí Farrell comes with some strong recommendations. Christy Moore says that he has taken on the mantle of Luke Kelly. Donal Lunny calls him one of “the most important traditional singers”... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: The Glasgow-based trad band Ímar were at King’s Place in London as part of the venue’s successful Scotland Unwrapped season. The audience loved them. Ímar started their first set at high speed, and didn’t let up for... Read more →
