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The Great British Rock and Blues Festival 2013 | Butlins, Skegness | 29.01.13 When we think about the Great British Rock and Blues Festival or the Great British Folk Festival for that matter, held a little over a month earlier, we may be tempted to think why on earth we should be attending music festivals
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The Magic Band | The Duchess, York | 14.04.12 The music of Don Van Vliet came to most listeners on this side of the Atlantic through John Peel’s late night pre-Teenage Kicks radio show, which was at first challenging to say the least, especially if you heard Captain Beefheart on lemonade rather than on acid.
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Martin Simpson | The Greystones, Sheffield | 19.01.11 With Martin Simpson just returning from a brief visit to LA over the weekend, apparently there for the single purpose of picking up a brand new guitar, which inevitably prompted a spot of sardonic heckling from Mrs Simpson – ‘you don’t have enough?’, Martin Simpson cheerfully rung
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Pamela Wyn Shannon | The Wheelhouse, Wombwell | 20.01.10 A certain name has appeared on publicity material for the Barnsley House Concerts for what seems like months now, as well as on a poster for last years’ hugely successful Wombwell Mad-Fest, but due to unforeseen circumstances, including visa problems and the cursed snow, fate has
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Arlo Guthrie | The Duchess, York | 01.02.09 Arlo Guthrie admits that the one question he is frequently asked wherever he goes and wherever he plays is ‘what was it like at Woodstock?’ to which he often has to reply with a series of half remembered memoirs and half elaborated upon mythologies. It probably doesn’t
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Jez Lowe | The Regent, Doncaster | 14.01.08 The Peter Pan of the British folk scene was back at the Monday Music Club at The Regent once again tonight, making his fourth appearance at one of these soirees in as many years. Jez Lowe looks no different today than when he was making appearances in
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Jim Page | The Rock, Maltby | 19.01.07 Tonight saw the preview of what might very well become the replacement for the Rock. The Rockingham Arms Folk Club has been running for over thirty years in the village of Wentworth near Rotherham and during that time has gained the reputation of being the premier acoustic
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Mundy Turner | The Salutation, Doncaster | 16.01.06 The Sal got off to a cracking start with Mundy Turner tonight, even though the club was still suffering from the cultural desert that is Doncaster. I can completely understand why the majority of the town’s population of 286,865 people living in 121,000 households in an area
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Rosie Doonan and Ben Murray | The Salutation, Doncaster | 18.07.05 This appearance in Doncaster by Rosie and Ben closes the first year of Bob’s current series of gigs and was a good one to go out on. The duo played at the Sprotbrough club back in February and they were so good, that a
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