Category: music
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Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy: St George’s, Bristol
Slipped into Bristol last night after miss’ violin lesson to be entertained by these splendid fellows. Martin Carthy is a member of the Waterson:Carthy Clan and Dave Swarbrick was a founder member of Fairport Convention. Between them they seemed to have as much fun as we did. On a couple of occasions there were very loud…
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Bromyard Folk Festival
And the weather was great! Ahem. Earlier this year I thought that comment wouldn’t be so fervently applauded… But again this year we were in a tent and not the camper. This year miss brought her mate along and they (being sweet demure teenage girlies) got to use the nice secure, and warm, camper van…
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Fairport’s Fortieth Cropredy Convention
Where to start? It was good. [/understatement] The weather gods clearly took pity on us, and the Sun shone throughout the weekend (apart from a small fun by the Jester, who caused the Sunday tent packup (for those with tents, a-ha) to be a little damp). The festival was a sell-out, the first one ever…
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When’s the best time…?
… to realise that the stabbing back pain you’re suffering, have suffered since that hard, infexible, so unforgiving bed in the holiday apartment, is actually a cracked rib? When would be the very best time to realise that? Hmm? Just before the fortiest Cropredy Festival? A sell-out folk-rock weekend starring Jules Holland, The Strawbs, Wishbone…
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Druid Camp 2007ce
This year’s Druid Camp was different in so many ways to those of previous years. I suppose it always is really, so many different energies are brought out at Camp, and the focus shifts from one Camp to the next; Bardic, Ovatic, Druid… But this year both the venue and the weather were very, very…
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Priddy Folk Fayre
Just back from a smashing weekend at Priddy Folk Festival. The weather, though it continually threatened rain, remained blue-skied and sunny almost the whole time (ok, pedantic interlude… it didn’t remain sunny at night and the sky was generally black and star studded, ok?) The music was varied and I didn’t hear anything that was…
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Ah, that familiar smell of burning varnish…
Bugrit! I’ve just turned the Bass Amp on and it’s gorn a bit bang! Actually it’s gone a bit bang sufficiently to set off the smoke detector, we’re not talking a 5A fuse here. Ah me, it’s still under warranty. Luckily, when I bought it in February, I never got around to e-bay’ing the old amp……
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Buena Vista Social Club – Colston Hall, Bristol
Has to be concert of the year, perhaps the decade. What a buzz! Just goes to show the old ‘uns can still rock the house. Many of these guys are seventy plus, including the lady Miss estimated to be in her mid-thirties! Buena Vista Social Club, named after the club they played at, hit the world…
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Outings: Druidry, Cornwall and BJH(wLH)
Been a busy bish recently. The volunteer job with The Druid Network is ramping up nicely, and I spent an enjoyable working weekend in Wales at the AGM. Then we took the camper down to Cornwall, not to stay in but to meet up with friends in a marvellously equipped farmhouse near Padstow. We took…
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Albion Christmas Band, S.A.D. and Solstice
We nipped out for a pre-Solstice drink with friends last night, and saw the Albion Band (well I thought that was what we were going to see). It turned out to be the Albion Christmas Band which was slightly different. Unfortunately, even taking into account my own reservations when it comes to singing Christian Carols, the performance…
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