In League With Paton

Festivals Round-Up AS is traditional, the last two weeks of June have been characterised chiefly by torrential rain. I have spent much of my...

New albums round-up Well, it's about time I rounded up all the records that have landed in my bag in the last few weeks. There are quite...

Strawberry Fair For me, the festival season began in earnest last Saturday with Strawberry Fair, a large free festival and the highlight of ...

The Union Of Wine Last Wednesday, Toronto's wonderful Hidden Cameras returned to London to play 'The Union of Wine' show, and I...

Authenticity There is a great deal of new music at the moment which might loosely be termed 'folk' or 'traditional' music, m...

Together or Alone A crazy long weekend has just come to pass in which I journeyed to Manchester to see Morrissey's first gig in his home...

This is the first post I've made in a while - so there's plenty to catch up on. In fact, the last couple of weeks have delivered the...

Magic and Accident The final date of the Matthew Herbert Big Band tour at London's Barbican Centre was a genuine spectacle. The Barbican...

Whilst the rest of the country debates the pressing issue of ID cards (which, by the way, I do have strong opinions about - but I'll sav...

I've had an adventurous week, finding familiar faces in exciting places, if not entirely unexpected ones. I've also been forging new...