The thoughts of Christy Moore are invariably worth a look or a listen. Those he has shared with me are no exception. A man I have known for more than half a century will be fully aware of the limited... Read more →
Photo: Ana Bloom There are two pieces of good news, in my little campaign to bring the French duo Cats on Treses to wider attention: * My old acquaintance Eddie Barcan, manager of the Cambridge folk festival and once a... Read more →
An account* of a leisurely lunch in Marseille followed by a slightly rushed meeting with an intriguing band ... In the time it took to finish off a plate of spaghetti alle vongole on the Vieux Port, Marseille's famous waterfront... Read more →
Salut! Live breaks its long recent silence, on which can be blamed a fraught move between Abu Dhabi, the UK and southern France, to spring back into action with an account of John Jones's decision to walk the 175 miles... Read more →
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE BBC FOLK AWARDS Well, you've had the substance of the Salut! Live interviews with Ed Pickford. He has turned out, much as expected, to be an absorbing, intelligent and thought-provoking subject and I am grateful for... Read more →
So we already know that Ed Pickford has a passion for songwriting, and that this passion somehow grew stronger still after he learnt that he had a life-threatening disease. When he complained to me that painting and decorating chores were... Read more →
Farewell Durham, Yorkshire too Nottingham the same to you Scotland, South Wales say "Adieu" Farewell Johnny Miner With the four-line chorus quoted above, and the verses either side of it, Ed Pickford summed up in the starkest terms the impact... Read more →
