Senior Citizens

Two of my favourite character actors and my favourite band intersect on David Barry's Imaginarium show on Channel Radio. (Listen again here)

Double neat.

"I love bootlegs"

Channeling Jim Morrison as much as Bert Jansch, the prodigious Ryley Walker at Bush Hall.

Show some patience toward the dreamer

An early 2016 pleasure - discovering the Rotary Connection.

A much-needed spiritual pick-me-up.

Fitting

What a great show this was all round.

The Prettiest Star

And just 21. (Via Meet the Beatles For Real blog.)

A bright find in a very bleak week.

Fill your heart with love today

2015: The Stables, Wavendon (various)

This venue, a convenient 20 minute drive away, feels increasingly like a home from home: big enough to attract decent names but cosy enough that performers will routinely mill around before, during and after their shows, happy to sign an autograph, take a pic or pitch their merch and feel utterly unharrassed.

This year I've seen a handful of gigs there (Fotheringay, The Korgis, Focus, Wishbone Ash, Albert Lee) and the trend will no doubt continue into 2016.

Gig of  the year may well have been (today, anyway) Albert Lee in June. Standing room only and a quite astonishing display of virtuosity. At the end Lee announced he was taking a break from touring; am confident (hopeful) it won't be permanent. My expression throughout is replicated here on the face of Dave Edmunds...