I saw John Jorgenson and his quartet play Hot Club jazz during my first visit to Merlefest in 2005. His quitar playing was clearly top notch. Then about half way through the set he took up a clarinet and romped […]

The 2 things I have always found odd about the referendum are that firstly they made it first past the post, whereas if you wanted to change the constitution of your Tennis Club you’d probably need a much higher […]

Gigs: a lot. Mrs B and I went to our 4th Costa Del Folk Portugal and had a whale of a time. Good sets from Edward II, Jim Boyes & Maarten Decombel, Daoiri Farrell, Merry Hell, Worry Dolls, Edgelarks, Gigspanner […]

As it happens I’ve just presented an Americana Song Session at the Edgworth Folk Festival, about 200 yards from my house. Initially I thought it was going to be more of a workshop, and my co-presenter and I spent […]

“I was Joni Mitchell’s girlfriend”. There’s not a lot of men who can say that 😉 I’m pretty sure Max was in the LA Express when I saw them at the CSNY gig at Wembley Stadium in 1974

We get Radio Times delivered, generally arrived on Tuesday of the week before broadcasting starts . I learned a good while ago not to look at previews of shows I like unless I’m absolutely up to date with them as […]

Stingray is a fabulous album with top vocalising from Joe and a wonderful restrained groove from the band which includes Steve Gadd, Chuck Rainey, Cornell Dupree and the great Richard Tee

The Beverley Festival did something similar earlier this year. No refunds to the people who bought advance tickets, and my understanding is that they were selling tickets right up to the minute they cancelled the […]

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I’ve just quit BT after a “you couldn’t make it up” saga, except you probably could based on the above thread. My house is about 100 metres away from where a big lightning strike occurred on 1st June, causing […]

That video in the OP is just fantastic, isn’t it? No miming there!

Funnily enough I was listening to this song yesterday before I’d seen this thread. I’ve always thought this is a disconcerting lyric disguised by a sweet tune and performance. It changes perspective regularly and […]

Going somewhat off-topic, but still T-shirt related, I saw a girl the other day wearing a T-shirt displaying “Sorry I’m Late. I didn’t want to come”

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I’ve been out and about more than usual this month. I was in Bedford early on and saw local hero Luke Tuchscherer play a hometown gig promoting his new CD. He was once drummer with The Whybirds but these […]

She was great when I saw her about 10 days ago at Gateshead Sage in a double bill with Emily Barker, who was also very good, Kelly had a trio who had played on her noo album, including an excellent band leader […]

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I watched the doc. Unless I dropped off, there didn’t appear to be any mention of Delaney & Bonnie

Mrs B and I each did Lasting Power of Attorney, both types, earlier this year. It’s easy enough to do, but just requires thought and concentration. The Office of the Public Guardian website allows you to do it as […]

I can also say that the organisation was very good during my tenure. Gigs started on time, and the sound was always of a very high quality

Steve, it’s a long time since I’ve been so I can’t give definitive advice. I was lucky to get in from the start (2008) when they were still trying to build the brand. Once the word got out they were able to jack […]

I first saw Doc Watson when I went to my first Merlefest in April 2005 when he was 82. He was a phenomenal guitar player, by any standards let alone a blind octogenarian. I went back another 5 times, and for the […]