Celluloid Screams: Film Shorts (20 Oct)
For a change of pace from folk music reviews we decided to attend the Celluloid Screams horror festival in Sheffield. We needed to get some horror on while the spirit of Halloween was just around the corner, albeit sadly just for a day. There were many films, it was delightful blur of memorable pictures. We […]
Live Review: Burd Ellen, Carusias Arise!, and Aeourth (5th October)
Bishops House Recently we got a chance to revisit Bishops House for a gig. Bishops House is a venue close to heart as this where I got married last year. This was not the Bishops House I remembered though. True the building is still intact, the old wood looking regal under the dark sky, but […]
Derby Folk Weekend – 1 October 2023
On the final day of the Derby Folk Weekend after being buoyed by the proceedings thus far, we come to the final run of acts. We have enjoyed the variety and the different flavours of the folk world, and the final day continued this trend. Old Spot (www.oldspotmusic.com) Having already skirted (or dipped in an […]
Derby Folk Weekend – 30 September 2023
A post that collects writeups of all the musicians at the second day of the Derby Folk Weekend on 30 September 2023.
Derby Folk Weekend – 29 September 2023
A summary of music from the first night of the Derby Folk Weekend 2023.
Joshua Burnell – Glass Knight – Review – 14/08/23
A review of Joshua Burnell’s “Glass Knight” album 14/08/23
Miranda Sykes @ The Wesley Centre – 9th June 2023
We return to the Wesley Centre in Maltby after a hiatus to see what we have been missing out on. We haven’t been since Covid and are looking forward to a night of live music. The Wesley Centre is still a nice intimate venue with friendly serving staff and the all-important raffle to host the […]
Haunted – “Influential horror stories dug up and made fresh” – The University of Sheffield Drama Studio (1st April 2023)
A review of “Haunted”, a theatre show brought by LittleMighty and Enable Us on 01/04/23 at the University of Sheffield’s Drama Studio. The show gives us a BSL friendly performance of the stories, “The Upper Berth” (F. Marion Crawford), and “The Monkey’s Paw” (W.W. Jacobs)
Swift Wings and Lost Stones – Live Gig Review
University of Sheffield Drama Studio on 13 November 2022 Enable US Project https://performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/about-us/enable-us/ We had the pleasure of attending an event which marks the shimmering of the air and the slipstream of the horror season as we move from the month of Halloween and into the one of even darker nights and exploding lights. With […]
Lizabett Russo – “While I Sit and Watch This Tree” Volume 2
Still unique in her magical space between Scotland and Romania, Russo’s glass vocals strike an irresistable balance of mind and nature that encompasses an idiosyncratic, beautiful reflection of self. Release Date – 4th November 2022 Lizabett Russo returns with “While I sit and Watch This Tree Volume 2”, a continuation of her multiform presentation of […]