And speaking of tribute bands, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (Winnipeg's Lennon/McCartney) have rebranded themselves as "The Guess Who" after an out-of-court settlement with Jim Kale and Garry Peterson, and will tour under that name in 2026. So far, no other alumni are in the fold.

Having missed my opportunity to see the fully reformed band in 2000-2003, I will seize this chance. I've seen them both on their own, and the songs really hold up. I can't wait for this one, and I'm liable to hit several stops next year!

American Woman, Undun, These Eyes, Share the Land, Laughing, Hand Me Down World, Guns, Guns, Guns, Albert Flasher, Runnin' Back to Saskatoon, Sour Suite, plus Burton solo tunes (I'm Scared, Break it to them Gently, Stand Tall) and Bachman Turner Overdrive classics (Takin' Care of Business, Let it Ride, Hey You, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet). Yay!!!!!

They've just released a few more tickets for the Barbican if anyone was looking for them....previously sold out.  

In general I'm with you on this, but when tribute bands (Australian Pink Floyd etc etc) charge the full whack themselves I guess the blurred lines like here don't really matter quite as much perhaps?  But overall, yep, madness....

“Foreigner” and “Lynyrd Skynyrd” have announced a joint tour in 2026, and I could not be less interested. This version of Foreigner has no members from the band’s 1970s-1980s heyday. This version of Lynyrd Skynyrd has (1) Johnny Van Zandt (joined 1987) and Rickey Medlocke (left circa 1971 and rejoined sometime in the 1990s). The bands have become franchises, or juke boxes, or tribute bands, but they’re charging full price and playing sheds as though they’re the real deal.

OTOH, Carl Palmer’s virtual ELP experience is coming around next year, and I’m very interested. He’s got an excellent excuse for not having E or L in the band.

And before anyone else notices, I am aware Lynyrd Skynyrd’s original members have all passed away and thus are unavailable for touring. Nevertheless, I feel the continued tours are borderline fraudulent.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1 pint heavy glass tankards

1 x 26th 1990 Greene King
1 x 27th 1991 Greene King
2 x 28th 1992 Abbot Ale
2 x 29th 1993 Abbot Ale
1 x 32nd 1996 Charles Wells

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First radio show I've recorded in a while. Most of the tracks are from the last ten years with three oldies at the end. So on the playlist are...

Ralph McTell, Ross Ainslie, Steeleye Span, Sarah Deere-Jones, The McCalmans, The Rails, The Young 'Uns, The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, Bellowhead, Banter, Charlotte Carrivick, Katherine Priddy, Neil Young, Phil Ochs and Joni Mitchell

Tune in at 1pm or 8pm on https://www.internet-radio.com/station/gingerfeatherfm/

N'Faly Kouyate in Stroud last night. Playing his new album Finishing in full, albeit not in the same order as on the CD.

No Afro Celt material, but I did buy a copy of their latest (last?) CD OVA.

N'Faly and band very happy to sign stuff and chat.

Big shout to support band Echo Town. 2 brothers originally from Yorkshire now based in Cornwall. Multi-instrumentalist
and vocals, drums and vocals. Would be even better for/at a standing gig or outdoor event

Good - I've certainly often wanted him to...

I saw Steve Knightley and the Winter Yard Band at the Empire in Coventry last week. He'd made a few pleas on Facebook for more ticket sales, which must have worked as it seemed fairly full in the end.

And it was amazing. The band are fantastic and the support act, True Foxes, were also very good indeed. They sang on the last record SK did so came on and sang with the band.

Steve is also a fellow Coventry Polyversity graduate and setup his first folk club in the city!

I used to see Show of Hands regularly with a group of friends, so sort of drifted away a bit (Kids came along, time and money for gigs was scarce! I wasn't too keen on the last few LPs they did. After Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed I felt it was all getting a bit to same-y).

This lineup, featuring electric guitar, really works well. I've always thought SK wanted to rock out a bit.

To be honest i don't much mind missing this one. And the others look just a bit too niche for me.