Briana Corrigan in Cottingham , East Yorkshire tonight , mix of original / trad Irish influenced numbers , played acoustically - a bit different from her days in The Beautiful South

Two gigs this weekend - Merry Hell tonight in a tiny bar in Leamington, and then Oysterband at Shrewsbury on Sunday for what is currently their last ever UK gig. Could be emotional, although I have heard they may be back for one or two occasional shows.

This time of year my FB Memories fills up with BDs flashbacks.  

Mike Oldfield :  Tubular Bells II  (Record Store Day  LP, blue vinyl, 2022).

Picked this  up recently  cheap, and cripes I'd forgotten how good it is. Released in 1992 and i have a tape recording of it livevtwken from the radio.
I'd even say i like it better than the first TB.
And somehow someone managed to cut around a full hour of music  onto one LP- great sound, clean detailed and dynamic.

Rick Wakeman : 6 Wives  (LP).

Going to see the man in October and much looking forward to it.
 

I like both, but I know what you mean!

I have been immersing myself in the songs of the late Ron Hynes. If you don’t know the name, you know at least one of his songs-Sonny’s Dream. Such a great songwriter. Last night for the second time in as many months I watched this documentary, which covers not only his demons, but also captures the way his mind wrote so many lyrically beautiful songs-St John’s Waltz, The Boy From Old Perlican, Atlantic Blue, etc. Newfoundland is a big part of the story so it also makes it interesting to see a bit of that too. Recommended

https://youtu.be/Q4No7iLwwJE?si=KmKhB-nQHPfOkuwC

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm :

Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

I've been exploring my cavernous musical vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening from 9pm 'til 11pm.

The next show goes out tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm (after Express FM Country), featuring the following artists :

Walter Trout, Todd Sharpville, Bob Dylan, Martin Simpson, Joe Satriani, Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills & Nash, Dinosaur Jr, Mediaeval Baebes, Chrissy Johnson, Dyer Davis, Thea Gilmore, Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes, Lightnin' Hopkins, Rolling Stones and an uninterrupted musical tribute to the late, great Ozzy Osbourne...

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

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

Just back from Beautiful Days festival.

Quite sublime going back-to-back from Spell Songs to Sex Pistols to Mercury Rev I must say.

Great sets from Penguin Cafe, Julie Fowlis, Elephant Sessions, and Frank Turner. Absolutely blinding set from Justin Adams and Mohamed Errebbaa!

Very hot! Fortunately the site has plenty of spots of shade, and places like the Tiny Tea Tent, the Copse Bar and the Bimble Inn in which to seek respite.

Twenty years since we first went to this festival... Time flies!

Cheers

Nick  

Purbeck Folk Festival gave us several great gigs. One was the two-man bundle of joyous mayhem that is Ribble.

Then UFQ played much the same setlist as at Croppers but in the more intimate setting of a large barn, which was great.

Additionally The Zawose Queens were a fantastically lively and happy act. They are from Bagamoyo, Tanzania, comprising relatives Pendo and Leah Zawose. Their music incorporates traditional Wagogo styles and electronic production. Well worth a listen.