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Robert Lane – Only a Flight Away – Review

29th September 201829th September 2018 blueestaiAlbum/EP Reviews

Released 27th April 2018 With “Only a Flight Away” there is a gear change from the “Country Lane” to the “Highway Lane”. Working and skillfully taking influences from all round this is an artist who[…]

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Bella Gaffney- Heaven Knows – Album Review

8th January 20188th January 2018 blueestaiAcoustic

Album: Heaven Knows With:  Bella Gaffney (Vocals and guitars, concertina, and more)              Lauren Deakin Davies (Bass guitar, keys and percussion)              Nick Hall (Backing vocals and lead guitar)              Tim Spencer (Drums)              Chris[…]

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Merrymaker at Village Folk, Chellaston 28th January 2017

20th February 2017 blueestaiAcoustic

During a brief  hiatus to the excessively cold weather last month,  I had the pleasure of heading down to Chellaston in Derbyshire for a gig at the Lawns Hotel to see Merrymaker. High over the[…]

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Look Back: Saskia G-M “Gentle Heart” (review)

8th December 2016 blueestaiAcoustic

This is a “Look Back” post, one that brings an older review (from shedancesinthemind.blogspot.com) here to my new website. Since my writing in early 2016, Saskia Griffiths-Moore has continued to grow with a series of[…]

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EP Post #3 Melanie Crew and James Black

6th December 20166th December 2016 blueestaiAcoustic

As the veil of winter is beginning to fall, I continue to bring news of some Autumn EP releases which I have given some time to listen to. For my third EP roundup post I[…]

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Steve Pledger’s – “Somewhere Between” Album Review

5th December 20165th December 2016 blueestaiAcoustic

A self-assured album from Pledger, whose writing has clearly grown in skill. The lyrics are pleasingly concise, yet emotive and manage to capture other people’s viewpoints very well. It always persuades, but sometimes astonishes.  […]

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EP Post Autumn 2016 #1: Steve Grozier (Take My Leave)

2nd November 20163rd November 2016 blueestaiAlbum/EP Reviews

Hi all, I have had some interesting things coming through the mailbox in recent weeks (several in some cases). I have finally had a chance to listen to it all and wanted to share the[…]

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Derby Folk Festival 2016 – Some of the Happenings – Megapost

5th October 201622nd February 2017 blueestaiFestival

Hi all. Derby Folk Festival has been a really good event, I have seen some great acts over the three folk-filled days and wanted to give a rundown of the bands that have come on[…]

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Support Merrymaker’s charity single “Nobody here wants a war”

28th September 201628th September 2016 blueestaiFolk Music

Nobody Here Wants A War- Charity Single Launch – 26/09/16   Pushing their best foot forward with all the sensibilities of protest folk, the band Merrymaker come at us with a new single “Nobody here[…]

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South Yorkshire FRW Music Festival – Sep 2016: Lucy Marshall

19th September 201619th September 2016 blueestaiBritish

Later in the day I was able to catch Lucy Marshall, a Hull-based acoustic artist with three EPs and experience of touring across festivals such as Cambridge Rock and Blues, and Cornucopia, her website is[…]

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