Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Review

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Folk Music – A Very Short Introduction by Mark Slobin In the movie "A Mighty Wind" the bland Weaver-esque Main Street S...
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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Don't Shoot The Support Act, He's Doing His Best

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Laura Marling  Colston Hall  3 March    Dear God, I had forgotten how unpleasant mainstream audiences were. These aren't pe...
Friday, March 02, 2012

The Boy Bands Have Quite Definitely Not Won

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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...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Frome Wasn't Built in a Day

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Frome Folk Festival  18 -19 February Frome, pronounced Frome, is a picture-skew town between Bristol and Bath; small tea-rooms and qu...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Five Anarchists Singing About the Good Old Days

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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...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

P.S Top five pigeon themed folk songs not involving brass bands

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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

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for those who care, and frankly that's a pretty small demographic, my predictions for the UKs second most prestigious folk awards are a...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

THE "WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING WITH NOMINATIONS WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAY 'CARTHY'?" AWARD

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THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE MONTPELIER STATION AWARD FOR THE JUDGES OVER ALL FAVORITE ACT OF 2011 ARE AS FOLLOWS Chumbawamba   Boff chang...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

ETERNAL CIRCLE AWARD

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THE NOMINATION FOR THE MONTPELIER STATION AWARD FOR THE BEST LIVE GIG OF 2011 ARE AS FOLLOWS: Chris Wood  at Colston Hall, Bristol, O...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

SPECIAL AWARDS

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THE META-AWARD FOR PERSON MOST CERTAIN TO BE MADE FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR AT THE RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS The award goes to Jon Boden, ...
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