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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Saturday, 29 April 2023

Graeme Armstrong, John Blek and Plu - new music from Scotland, Ireland and Wales

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Some great music has been coming out of the Celtic nations over the past twelve months. Of course, Ireland and Scotland are celebrated for a...
Sunday, 29 January 2023

The joys and perils of solo festival-going

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I write this in the short, overcast days of late January which seems like a very good time to look both backwards and forwards. Looking back...