The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

Isambard Folk Award Colston Hall March 30th The Isambard Folk Awards, named after the fella who invented bridges, are a newc...

Tony Benn & Roy Bailey St George's Bristol 29 March I am guessing that one or two of the congregation at St Georges on...

Ron Kavana Cellar Upstairs Folk Club 17 March St Patricks night in the Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, hidden away in a back street near gl...

Martin Carthy  Kings Place London  16 March   He comes out onto the stage; peers out into the audience; says "Hello!"; pa...

Robb Johnson  Bristol Folk House  9th March   Just occasionally, I wonder if I might give up on the whole the geek thing; that maybe...

Folk Music – A Very Short Introduction by Mark Slobin In the movie "A Mighty Wind" the bland Weaver-esque Main Street S...

Laura Marling  Colston Hall  3 March    Dear God, I had forgotten how unpleasant mainstream audiences were. These aren't pe...

The Albion Band Colston Hall 2 April Vice of the People (CD)   We're left in no doubt as to what we've let ourselve...

Frome Folk Festival  18 -19 February Frome, pronounced Frome, is a picture-skew town between Bristol and Bath; small tea-rooms and qu...

Big Society Leeds City Varieties Feb 2nd Well, that’s a thing I never expected to see. Chumbawamba in panto. Okay, it isn’t actua...