As we recoil in horror from the evil of Moscow’s war on Ukraine, and feel disgust at the hard-of-thinking whataboutery of Putin apologists in the UK, let us not forget conflict at home. Even what Mo Mowlam called, when Secretary... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: Did I jinx the Cambridge Folk Festival when writing in The Times about it being one event that was weathering the storm threatening the futures of so many? A strangely worded statement today talks of the festival's... Read more →
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 →
When Bill Taylor compared very different versions of Dirty Old Town - the song about Salford that Ewan MacColl wrote for a play in 1949 - in our Cover Story series, there was lively if modest interest. Bill's piece first... Read more →
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 →
Colin Randall writes; Some years have passed since I wrote about folk music for The Daily Telegraph. My role as the paper's folk bloke - "right column wrong newspper," to quote Ian Anderson, blues musician and founding editor of the... Read more →
l Colin Randall writes: Kate Rusby and family have announced tbat their Underneath the Stars festival has reached the end of the road. This year’s event, at Cinderhill Farm, Cawthorne, near Barnsley will be the last. i will have more... Read more →
