Strange this, G and R came to our local club last year but I was very underwhelmed (each to their own)   Last week they returned but we didn't go. I didn't find much of their own penned songs very inspiring. Was it me?!

John Bramwell in Thornton Hough yesterday afternoon.

Exactly as he always is - engaging, fun, moving and utterly bloody brilliant (hugely underrated acoustic guitarist)

On this week's Off The Beaten Tracks show on Ginger Feather FM you can hear music by...

Show of Hands, ATFK, The Unthanks, Billy Bragg and The Blokes, Kathryn Roberts, Belshazzar's Feast, The Haar, The Chair, The Alt, Skipinnish, Ewen McLennan, Richard Thompson, Bonnie Raitt and Tom Waits

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

The great Mike Westbrook,    British jazz musician and  composer.

His 70s albums were partly responsible for my getting into jazz in my  teens.

Afternoon gig in a few hours.  Wouldn't it be better if ALL gigs were matinees?

It's the wonderful John Bramwell (I am Kloot) on the Wirral....

Also brilliant in Lytham tonight. Great to hear Chris playing more fiddle than in recent years, have missed the twin fiddle attack. Lovely arrangement of Fotheringay and really enjoyed hearing Flowers of the Forest flyer so long. Good to catch up with Peggy again.

Gilmore and Roberts at Ascott Under Wychwood Saturday night. Wychwood Folk and Music Club continue to host amazingly good artists in a lovely venue. Really looking forward to seeing Kat and Jamie in such a great venue. Tickets available if you are near enough (on the door or cheaper through Mark, see website).

An hour programme on radio 4  this evening  about Mr. Bowie's  time in Berlin.

May well have been on before,  but  of interest anyway.

Now that one really is s**t.

Jules

Fairport were outstanding in Harrogate, the other night. We had a slightly different setlist to other nights on the tour, with Banbury Fair being dropped in favour of Moondust & Solitude which was aired as a tribute to the Artemis space flight. Didn't mind too much. I like both songs.

Other highlights included Ye Mariners All, Spring Song, Claudy Banks, Flowers Of The Forest and, of course, Sloth, which continues to go from strength to strength. If fairness though, the setlist was strong thoughout & the band was in top form.