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The Magic Band | The Duchess, York | 14.03.12 I think there’s little doubt that Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band’s 1969 Trout Mask Replica is one of the genre changing albums of the twentieth century, created by one of the most challenging bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Captain was definitely
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Emitt Rhodes | Emitt Rhodes | Dunhill DS 50089 | 1970 This is actually the second album release by singer songwriter Emitt Rhodes, essentially a homemade album with Rhodes playing all of the instruments, which Dunhill released after Rhodes agreed to re-record the vocals to adhere to strict music union rules, that albums released on
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Brooks Williams | Cast Theatre, Doncaster | 04.03.21 I’ve always considered it odd, if not nigh on impossible, to review a live gig if you’re not actually there, yet in these wildly extraordinary times, this is precisely the way it goes. Under normal circumstances, just prior to a show, there would be the mandatory swift
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Steve Tilston and Reg Meuross | CAST Theatre, Doncaster | 22.01.20 Three things spring to mind when sitting before such a pairing as Steve Tilston and Reg Meuross, two highly accomplished British singer songwriters; first admiration, followed by satisfaction and then chronic envy. I have great admiration for these two musicians, first and foremost for
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Frank Carline | Roots Music Club, Doncaster | 11.01.19 With the last scraps of turkey (or your own particular veggie option) well and truly disposed of and the multitude of tree pines almost completely swept up, together with those resolutions made and broken within minutes of one another, we step tentatively into the New Year
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Martin Hayes Quartet | Howard Assembly Room, Leeds | 27.01.18 It was with a spot of unfortunate programming that I first experienced the gentle music of Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, which happened shortly after the debut appearance of the Afro Celt Sound System at the Cambridge Folk Festival back in 1997. With ill foresight,
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Normafest 2017 | Whitby Pavilion, Whitby | 07.01.17 A blanket of thick fog hovered above the meandering hillside road leading down to Whitby on Friday afternoon, giving the cliff top’s ancient Abbey an eerie atmosphere that its reputation very much deserves. The hazy Gothic silhouette majestically peered through the mist as the little seaside town
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The Pitmen Poets | Cast Theatre, Doncaster | 26.01.16 The Cast Theatre in Doncaster provided an ideal venue for this the thirteenth date of the Pitmen Poets’ current eighteen date UK tour, which brings together the combined songs, stories, poems and reminiscences of four noted singers and musicians from the North East of England. With
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Cahalen Morrison and Eli West | The Greystones, Sheffield | 24.01.15 For their Sheffield debut, the Seattle-based bluegrass/old time duo Cahalen Morrison and Eli West managed to attract a maximum capacity audience tonight, as an orderly queue gathered through the centre of the bar area at The Greystones. The completely sold-out Backroom venue had an
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The Dovetail Trio | The Wheelhouse, Wombwell | 13.01.14 The summer house at the bottom of the Jones family garden, known variously as the ‘Wheelhouse’ and sometimes the ‘Cabin’ but more often than not simply as ‘Hedley’s Shed’, tonight became the chosen venue for the first live appearance by the brand new English folk ensemble
MY NORTHERN SKIES 