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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
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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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