According to yesterday’s Quietus article, they are divorced. https://thequietus.com/articles/28020-rachel-unthank-interview-favourite-music

Bugger! Fell at the final fence. Only one Q. Duke Duke & the Dukes were my favourite local band when I was at University. They were exactly the kind of band I’d liked to have been in. They went up to London and […]

I’ve just seen this, and hadn’t spotted it anywhere else despite being a fairly avid interweb browser. I have a little home studio and I record and produce CDs for local folkies or acoustic acts. My current one is […]

I don’t think they’ve got beyond K since Met Office and Met Éireann started their naming programme. Rory would unlikely to come the bench

Live: looks like I’m the only person so far who went to a gig! I saw 2 as it happens. First was an Arts Council grant-aided performance piece consisting of a singer/lyricist/narrator, a pianist/composer and Visual […]

The only new releases I bought this year, in each case because I enjoyed the artist in concert. Except for Wookalily who I didn’t see in 2019, but I crowdfunded their album some while back. I was a long time in […]

Any takers for Giri / Haji? I thought it was terrific

Back in 1980 I lived for about 6 months in St Neots, near Bedford. One day I got chatting to the bloke next door who told me he worked for a record company, namely A&M, who of course were riding high with The […]

I’m detecting a general swing to the right here

Gigs: 2 at my local folk club. The Peterloo show by Pete Coe, Brian Peters & Laura Smith didn’t do it for me at all. I put that one down to “supporting the club”. […]

Single: I’m pretty sure it was Daydream by The Lovin’ Spoonful, which I bought at a second hand stall in Smithfield Market in Belfast. The B-side was an instrumental called Night Owl Blues that was my first […]

Live

I made my first visit to Shrewsbury Folk Festival and was very impressed. Having said that the weather was fantastic and I found myself a few times thinking that it would be a different story it is was […]

I was left wondering how I’d never previously heard of Ledisi. I thought she was fantastic and made it look very easy

Prior to joining the Doobies as a dep during regular bassist’s ill-health John Cowan had his own bluegrass band who were big on the bluegrass circuit. I saw him many times at Merlefest in the noughties. He played […]

For me July means Summertyne at The Sage Gatehead. I try to go every year with a few of my oldest friends, and always enjoy the whole experience. Highlights this year were: kd lang performing Ingenue. Absolutely […]

Apropos of not very much, I told a mate of mine that Mrs B and I had done the Beatles Homes Tour and had greatly enjoyed it. He’s the kind of guy who knows lots of random stuff and he told me that Menlove Avenue […]

I was front table centre for this! Who knew there were 2 Afterworders in the house 🙂 I’ve seen them 5 times and this was the best. The new material sounded very strong IMHO

Like many I have been impressed with his CV and his pitch for the top job. The problem is that he voted Remain, which I suspect means he has no chance whatsoever.

Mrs B and I have been front row first night patrons at our local am dram (Summerseat Players in Ramsbottom) for about 27 years. It’s currently producing very good work and getting very good houses too. I got […]

Hey nick

Good to see you back. I still regularly cook one of your Word recipes: Chicken & Prune Splat, correctly described by your good self as Super easy, super tasty

About time. In 19 days time it’ll be June, which is like, er, summer! Spring seems to have passed me by somehow