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001-200 200 | Fairport Convention | Rosie | Island ILPS 9208 | 1973 Surprisingly, Rosie was the very first studio album by Fairport I bought after seeing the band at the Top Rank in Doncaster back in the early 1970s. I’d already bought the band’s double compilation set, the History of Fairport Convention, upon its…
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201-400 (See 001-200 Here) 382 | Van Morrison | Saint Dominic’s Preview | Warner Bros K 46172 | 1972 Who could possibly erase from their memory the edition of Top of the Pops, when some bright spark projected a picture of the deliriously smiling Scots darts player Jocky Wilson as a backdrop to Dexy’s Midnight…
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All interviews and photos by Allan Wilkinson (unless stated) Photo by Phil Carter Photo by Kev Boyd
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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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