Colin Randall remembers Ron Kavana …. Saturday night out in Belfast. It was easy to work out from looking at the dance floor that the audience for Ron Kavana's band was predominantly from nationalist areas of the city. Young men... Read more →
We mentioned on our Facebook group the death of Gerry Conway, best remembered as the drummer of the later-period Fairport Convention, and of course we should pay our respects here as well. Andrew Curry remembers a fine musician …. (Source:... Read more →
In most discussion of Steeleye Span, Bob Johnson could be overlooked or at least overshadowed. Steeleye was/is Maddy Prior, Maddy is/was Steeleye. isn't that the case? Look more closely and you see how important others were in the band’s great... Read more →
As years go by, acquaintance with death is unavoidable. Friends, relatives, former colleagues and people you know a little or a lot succumb to nature's way of doing things. The certainty of mortality hardly makes it easier when loved or... Read more →
Late update: news of Judith’s death has been followed with wretched haste by an announcement that another Australian (albeit UK-born) star, Olivia Newton-John, has also died. She was 73. RIP Olivia I am also sorry to have to add that... Read more →
It was impossible to grow up in the North East of England, love folk music and not know of the immense role of the Elliotts of Birtley in performing, nurturing and spreading that musical form. To my immense regret, I... Read more →
