“You know what we need for our wedding? Some original-written songs about heartbreak and betrayal…
Take a break from the doom scrolling and look at this.

https://skirky.blogspot.com/2026/03/who-knew.html

As it's Bandcamp Friday I've made a couple of purchases. Outsider by Findlay Napier and Conversations We've Had Before by the Eliza Carthy Trio which I'm currently listening to.

If you don't know about Bandcamp Friday you can read all about it here - https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays

Just booked - The Guess Who (Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman, together again) at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, August!

I've seen them separately, but never together, and never as "The Guess Who." I bought the Meet-and-Greet so I can personally express my gratitude to my neighbors to the north!

Grateful   Dead   : From the Mars Hotel  (Rhino  50th Anniversary LP, black vinyl).

This wasn't my entry point with the Dead,  but it strikes me it could be tor some people. Great collection of songs, well recorded .  Forget about  Anthem of the Sun  :-)

Now 13 - I just remembered that Lindisfarne are playing in Exmouth next month too!

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

All-female Artists Special Edition 2026 !

The next show goes out tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm (after Express FM Country), and this week's show features some of the finest female artists on the planet, including :

Kirsty MacColl, Bonnie Raitt, Chloe Josephine Music, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Lucy Ward, Laura Veirs, KT Tunstall, Olivia Stevens & Co., Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Pearl Charles, Dar Williams, Katie Spencer, Amba Tremain, Jo Harman, Judie Tzuke, Danni Nicholls, Alice Russell, Kate Bush...

Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Portsmouth's Express FM, on DAB and online here :

https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/

Fish's performance live at Cropredy 2018 (his second appearance), having discovered that there is a bonus DVD of it with his The Last Straw live album, using the live feed from the cameras.  They seem to have done a good job of editing it to not show his backside after he burst a haemerrhoid during the performance (he hadn't had an accident in his jeans as it looked at the time!).

Just loads of fun , even the ending ...much better than a gentle fade out

Very catchy!

Blackbeard's Tea Party on Saturday, and Sound of the Sirens the next Friday.

I have also just booked to see The Unthanks in Bude, closing out the Literary Festival there.

I currently have 12 acts I'd like to see or have already booked for in the next 12 weeks. The problem is deciding which ones NOT to go to!