From an old folk PR friend, Claire Horton, comes news of Kate Rusby's plans to stream her album of pop covers, Hand Me Down No, the Eurythmics' 1983 smash hit is not among the 12 tracks on Kate's most successful... Read more →
Live music may still be a distant dream but from a battered and bruised sector some of us regard as vital to humanity has come a stream of virtual events to ease the pain of Covid-driven deprivation. I am luckier... Read more →
Feb 15 2021 update: WEFT-FM's Valentine playlist can be found here https://spinitron.com/WEFT/show/116412/Celtic-Music-Go-Bragh-Go-Bragh. It's a two-hour programme so the list is long but expect to run, for example, into Siucra (as described below), Altan, Karen Matheson, the Tannahill Weavers and, um,... Read more →
Apologies to Bill Taylor who knows why publication of this offering, suggested by me in self-flagellatory fashion several days ago, has been delayed. The reason, which I cannot go into here, persists and will do for days to come. This... Read more →
Glen Hansard by Niccolò Caranti A woman giving her name as Claire, commenting at YouTube on a clip of one of stars of The Commitments, Glen Hansard, and band performing The Auld Triangle at Chicago's Lollapalooza festival had something of... Read more →
David Denny: 'with our faithful Ericka La Roja at Uchos where the new bridge across the Marañon was being constructed. You can't see it but we are about 1,000m below where road enters the canyon' Every now and then, the... Read more →
