Thursday, 10 October 2024

Good Habits, Richard Trethewey and the Rheingans Sisters – three recent releases to help us recharge our batteries, harvest our plums and synchronise our swimming

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I’ve been following closely the musical trajectory of Pete and Bonnie, aka Good Habits , since their first album in 2020. Since then, I’ve e...
Sunday, 28 July 2024

Den Miller and Gabriel Moreno - two singer-songwriters that stand out from the crowd

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Den Miller's album 'Join All The Dots' This summer, for the third year in a row, I’ll be attending the Purbeck Valley Folk Festi...
Monday, 22 April 2024

Spring Flings, Tibetan skeleton dancers and a few songs at Captain's Bar

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Me tuning a borrowed guitar at Captain's Bar, Edinburgh I last visited Edinburgh in June 2021 which, I think I’m right in saying, was ar...
Thursday, 4 April 2024

From migratory birds to dream-folk - top music picks from Scandinavia

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Some of the most refreshing music of the last year or two has come from Scandinavia. Bands from Sweden like Kolonien, blended Swedish/Norweg...
Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Dorchester Dulcimer Weekend - Good Company and a Good Deal of It

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Tony Gillam on mountain dulcimer Photo courtesy of Ross Gooding I’ve just returned from a long weekend in Dorset where I took part in the fi...
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Friday, 9 February 2024

Accordions, self-made men and cloudheads

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If the Grammy Awards didn’t quite reflect your tastes in music, you’re not alone. So here’s the beginning of my very alternative take on som...
Thursday, 28 December 2023

Four seasons in one blog post

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I seem to have neglected my blog since the spring and now it’s nearly the end of the year. It’s not because I’ve had nothing to report. On t...
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