About two songs into The Carrivick Sisters set, on the first of Downend Folk & Roots Saturday lunch time shows, a tiny pair of feet storms forward, dashing headlong towards the stage. They are caught. Scooped up. Returned to safety. For about 30 seconds. Ant Miles, head honcho at Downend, is determined to broaden the scopeContinue reading “Carrivick Sisters – Downend Folk & Root – March”
Category Archives: Bluegrass
Pokey LaFarge – The Fleece – April 2023
Talk about a gathering of the tribes. There are Rockabilly quiffs mixing with dreads, polka dot dresses with biker boots, Motorhead tee shirts with old fellas in anoraks. This is eclectic stuff, but why are this lot in the same room at the same time? Simple. They are all here to worship at the altarContinue reading “Pokey LaFarge – The Fleece – April 2023”
Noble Jacks – Lost Horizon – April 2023
Should you be able to have this much fun on Good Friday? Is there some sort of moral or philosophical law against smiling and manically jumping up and down two days before Easter Sunday? If there is a big chap sitting on a cloud up there, did he look down as Noble Jacks whirled LostContinue reading “Noble Jacks – Lost Horizon – April 2023”
Slocan Ramblers – Folk House – September 2022
If the very best authors can conjure a sense of place with a beautifully descriptive turn of phrase so the very best bands can do it too. The Slocan Ramblers are a Canadian Bluegrass band and with the merest pick of a banjo string or pluck of a double bass they lift you up, whizzContinue reading “Slocan Ramblers – Folk House – September 2022”
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