You may well have more information, but a note of caution that it being on the Internet Archive is no real indication of it being legal. The IA is pretty much Napster dressed up in library clothing.

I’ll send an SAE…

Sally Barker or Marion Fleetwood (who i saw together in concert on Saturday?). Seems the right era for Sally at least, although neither are especially slippy in build.

I’m not sure that’s true as they worked together on two more albums.

Laura Cantrell is a wonderful country singer, her ‘Not the Trembling Kind’ being a gold-star classic. But, perhaps you were thinking of Laura Cannell, the left- field folk musician, who is also extremely good.

My friend Garth is an excellent writer that I think many here will enjoy: https://garthcartwright.substack.com/ His mate Nick is great too, writing all about the former-Yugoslavian countries, an area I’ve never […]

No one has to pay for a TV licence, although I understand why it is galling if you are someone who has a TV but doesn’t use the BBC. All I would say is that the BBC is bloody brilliant, so if you are paying for it […]

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but I imagine most of us here disapprove of illegally downloading the work of musicians and I don’t know why comedy should be different. The BBC (currently facing massive funding […]

For the record, I like all of the following so they are no longer contenders: A Groovy Kind of Love All Around My Hat All That She Wants Candle in the Wind 1997 Chasing Cars Crocodile Rock Dance into the […]

A quick list from me – three no-one else seems to have voted for yet: 1. Bush Gothic – What Pop People Folk This Popular 2. Gasper Nali – Chule Chule Iwe 3. Peggy Seeger – Teleology Merry Christmas all! Chris x

Never read the book, seen the film or even heard the Gigspanner project (despite being a massive Edgelarks fan), so I don’t have an emotional investment in the Salt Path drama. I read the Observer article and t […]

Cheers, I think I’m following you back. The thing with Substack is that it feels worthwhile just to have it ‘out there’ even if I only have five people seeing each post, rather than a poxy Tweet or FB post which […]

I’m on there (for free) and rather enjoying it, having spent the last 20 years telling people I’ll never do a blog! I’m sharing music stuff, digging out old articles from fRoots days, recommending gigs, using […]

Bridgwater. Uhmmmmm…

I rarely book ahead, and think all I’ve paid for so far is the Oysterband in Canterbury and Peggy Seeger in London, both on final tours (I’ve been to a lot of those of late – 2024 saw be attending them by Show of […]

Heemoon Lee @ the Purcell Room Chae Soo-jung @ the Korean Cultural Centre Bellowhead @ the Palladium Sean Kuti & Egypt 80 @ Koko Yazz Ahmed @ Grand Junction All very good and all within a week! I’m a lucky boy.

I know if it’s part of the London Jazz Festival there’s a pretty high chance it ain’t jazz. (Last night’s offering, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80.)

Yeah, I dunno how to do it. But it’s here: https://ibb.co/dgxS2c2 Just what came to mind. I’m already thinking wot no Bjork. Wot no Radiohead. etc.

More or less my commute to the office, on the rare occassion I go in.

Well, I really don’t need more CDs and got rid of a bunch of magazine comps when I moved recently, but I hate the idea of they getting chucked! If you find yourself heading into London at any point Metal Mickey…