If you went to folk clubs in the late 1960s or early 70s, you stood a good chance of hearing David Campbell's song Slightly Faded, From strange origins - apparently one man's sad story of taking second place to his... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Over at the Salut! Live Facebook group our artist of the week is Alan Hull, the guiding spirit behind Lindisfarne who wrote many of their songs. A lot of these were written in a vastly creative three... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: We’d meant to put up a Welsh Song of the Day on Friday, by way of marking St. David’s Day, but we messed up. So here, without further delay, is a track from one of the doyennes... Read more →
Martyn Bennett—the ‘techno piper’—died young of cancer. But before that his unique mix of Scottish traditional music and rave culture had taken Scots folk music by storm. Our Song of the Day, ‘Hallaig’, remembers Bennett on the anniversary of his death. Read more →
Dec 2023: another update to make this a useful companion to Andrew Curry's review of the tour. And I still haven't managed to renew contact with my old mate Geoff. July 2021 update: this appeared 10 years ago today. Geoff,... Read more →
Nov 2023: reposted because the grim state of the world leaves us in dire need of humour ... January 2022 update: this magical piece of northern humour made a remarkable ascent of the British pop charts in 1981, reaching the... Read more →
Another quick update, Oct 2023: Dave Swarbrick's widow Jill has firmly and correctly reminded me that the gorgeous music that so perfectly suits Richard Thompson's words for this song was composed by the mighty Swarb. Read her comment below, reproduced... Read more →
