Can't believe I've just bought a ticket for my first Christmas gig this year - Cara Dillon at the Tung in Liverpool in December. It'll soon be here.

Miles :  Decoy.

2 years before the great Tutu, and  equally amazing. Why have i waited so long to  get this.

Regarding BEAT, I thoroughly enjoyed it even though I’m unfamiliar with the music. Those guys blew me away, even though it was occasionally difficult to ascertain what the guitarists were doing (the music is so complex). Steve Vai grinned through the whole show, clearly soaking up the Crimson love coming from the audience.

Regarding the Pauls, I saw Macca and Simon both within the last year. Simon’s voice is holding up remarkably well, perhaps better now than a few years ago. He reconfigured his band to reduce the noise level on stage, which may be helping him sing better. McCartney’s voice is all over the place, and no one (including me) is bothered in the least while grooving to that songbook.

However, my voice is OK - I am, though, younger than Messrs Simon & McCartney!

David - I bought the BEAT album last year - they all sound and look fine to me. Vai's not trying to replicate Fripp, but he's darn good, IMO.

I've been getting videos of classical music guitarists on Instagram recently, all of them female for some reason. The latest is a Polish lass called Kasia Smolarek whose latest album Home Sessions I've downloaded from Bandcamp. It includes Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 1.

David was referring to a "Paul", so I guess either will suffice.

Art Garfunkel.

Jules

Is David talking about Paul Simon or Paul McCartney?

I don't think Macca is "struggling", I think his voice is exactly what you'd expect for a man of his age.

Maddy Prior in a week or 2.

Can't pass up  this one as  it is half a minute from  my  door,  and i've always liked Maddy and Steeleye.  Apart from the band i last saw her 80s or 90s with Rick Kemp.