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Folk Phenomena’s – The Folk of 2016 – Award Post

24th January 201730th January 2017 blueestaiAward

Hi all, I have been threatening for a couple of months now to do an award post to celebrate (in my opinion) the best Folk of 2016. It is a cliche to say it was a fantastic year for folk music, so I won’t say that more than that once. But what I can honestly […]

Ani DiFranco – Play God (Video/Track Review)

19th October 201619th October 2016 blueestaiFolk Music

America’s presidential elections are big news. Whether you adore the red, white or blue in the form of stars and stripes or if you are more a rectangles kind of person; the outcome of the election will undoubtedly have some bearing on your life, and not just if you are a US citizen. Up until […]

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 to my radar since the weekend. There were many big names, there were some energetic new acts and a variety […]

About Me

My name is Peter Taranaski.
Based in Sheffield and travelling outward, I review folk music (and other) album releases and gigs, in my spare time.

I love whisky, myth and literature and the interaction between music and history

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