Folking About "Doon The Cellar" Magic in progress... |
Cajun accordion? No that's Harry Potter working his keyboard magic. We're back "Doon the Cellar" listening to a track we'll call "Sitting on My Front Porch" - it's the one we mentioned in our first re...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:27:00 PST |
Matters of some gravity |
There are some people in this life who are akin to the great planet Jupiter.They exist in our solar system and orbit the same sun, yet their lives seem to us to be so far removed from our's that we th...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:20:00 PST |
An Evening With David Sylvian - Manchester Bridgewater Hall - 14/9/2007 |
It was hard to believe, but it was finally happening. We walked into the foyer at the Bridgewater, tickets in hand, and yes, sure enough - it WAS happening. After 27 years, I was indeed going to witne...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:47:00 PST |
Folking About |
There's at least one name missing from the credits listed on the album sleeve of "On the Cobbles". James Hooker no less, a keyboard player and singer who "has a very famous history in his own right" a...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:33:00 PST |
Folking About "Doon The Cellar" - Saved! |
Ireland is the setting for the next tale from our visit to "Doon The Cellar" and illustrates the trials of recording and getting that all important track down: SnugL had the studio set up in Theresa's...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:12:00 PST |
Folking About "Doon The Cellar" - The Prophet in the Church With One Bell. |
Not long into our visit to "Doon the Cellar" in Birkenhead, producer SnugL underlined his policy on sound recording - "I try to record what's there - I go for the purity" he said, and later we would g...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:35:00 PST |
Danny Thompson lights a fire at Cropredy? |
A lovely, warm summer's day and the audience at Fairport Cropredy Convention are gathering for a third and final day of this 40th anniversary celebration. The sound crew have relented from playing the...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:59:00 PST |
John Martyn & John Smith at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool - 1/6/2007 |
It was always going to be a good night - the last date of the tour, in Liverpool on the first day of flaming June. It proved to be a very good night - meeting a couple of very old friends, making new ...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:44:00 PST |
The Cafe with the best view in the country - The search is on! |
For some years, it has been a strongly held view in my head at least, that the cafe at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall has the best view in the country - with a fantastic cove, blue or stormy sea, seal...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:42:00 PST |
The Isle of Skye Music Festival 2007 - Day 3 |
The second day of the festival was brighter and less wet, and with a lunchtime start following a 4am-ish finish the night before, we arrived to find a fairly subdued crowd, many probably recovering fr...
Posted by FolkingAbout on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST |
