The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

Remember:  The King died and then the Queen died - History The King died and then the Queen died of grief - Story No one knew why the Q...

Ernie: I am going to do Singin' in the Rain... Eric: Gene Kelly did that very well. Ernie: Yes, but I'm going to do it j...

DOES DC COMICS APPALLING OPPORTUNISTIC CORPORATE PIECE-OF-SHIT MONEY-GRABBING WATCHMEN RIP-OFF REALLY MATTER? a series of essays by Andre...

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...

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