Salut Gigs

Songs political and person: Paul Brady live at Bush Hall

Andrew Curry writes: Paul Brady is on a short tour of London, Dublin, and Donegal to promote his Archive, a collection of songs from his six-decade career that includes “demos, rare acoustic versions of his work, collaborations and live recordings”—as... 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 →


Bill Taylor on being with the band (and The Band's Garth Hudson)

June 2024 update Bill made Greg Quill his Artist of the Week at the Salut! Live Facebook group ... Join the Salut! Live Facebook group. Visit this link now Prepare to meet a bar with as bad a name as... Read more →


Hammersmith bound: T with the Maggies, four astonishing female Irish talents

On St Patrick’s night, I was privileged to be present (as Gerry Logue's guest) at an excellent and enthusiastically received performance by Three Men and a Dog at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, west London. There is more on... Read more →


Celtic Connections: Duncan Chisholm gives musical life to Scottish hills

Andrew Curry is a neglectful music website editor's dream. He comes up with ideas for which gigs he should review, pays his own way there and into the venue and files his articles as promptly, cleanly and engagingly as if... Read more →