The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

(from Private Eye) Show of Hands 29 Nov 2010 Colston Hall "At every trough you stop to feed..." sings Steve Knightley. "W...

Bellowhead Bristol Old Vic 10 November Bellowhead are quite good and a bit over the top, in the same way that the Pope is quite religi...

Tom Paxton St George's Hall, Bristol 8 Nov 2010 Confession time. Although I am reliably informed that Tom Paxton is a living legend...

Martin Simpson 7 Nov Colston Hall, Bristol And then there are evenings which you can't even try to review: evenings when the singer ...

Waterson : Carthy Chapel Arts, Bath Nov 4th Norma Waterson looks like your granny. Eliza Carthy looks pregnant. Sitting at the back of the ...

Show of Hands Wells Cathedral Oct 23 Regular readers may recall that I can't quite make up my mind about Show of Hands. Having now seen...

Robin Williamson Green Note Cafe, Camden Town Oct 28 Have the salad, with a choice of five mini-portions of tapas. Or have the special: Lou...

Bob Fox Landsdown Pub, Bristol 9 Oct It's not even that good a song. I first encountered it as a nursery rhyme. It's repetitive. No-...

Andy Irvine Jazz@FutureInns Bristol 22 Sep Andy Irvine ended his first set with his own version of that old poem about the Highwayman (you ...