15th March 2024- Megson at Wesley Centre, Maltby
After having multiple plans since we first got into folk music; the stars aligned in the sky and we finally had the opportunity to see Megson live (here at The Wesley Centre in Maltby). Warm and inviting, and pretty much firing on all cylinders since we last visited around Covid times, Nick Wilson’s curation of […]
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.
“Finding Folk” play – Sheffield University Drama Studio (5th August 2021) A Review
So after a pretty big hiatus for live events, we found ourselves trundling off to the Sheffield University Drama Studio to see the latest play “Finding Folk” by Phoebe Ophelia (http://www.phoebeophelia.com/finding.html). Centred on the life experiences of Ophelia (a young Lancashire woman who we find has suffered trauma within her family), the scene sets on […]