Category: Music

  • GWFest 2010 โ€“ Help for Heroes

    GWFest 2010 – Help for Heroes

    Back in the mists of time, I went to GWFest 2010, and took a few hundred photos. Today, I happened to wonder whether YouTube still had the videos from that event posted, and they’re still there.

  • A Flamenco Night

    Towards the end of last month, Matt Hernandez dropped me an e-mail enquiring whether I’d be interested in showing up at Cox’s Yard for an evening of Flamenco/Celtic fusion, featuring the Street Shepherd Band with Ana Garcia, and supported by Katie Dove-Dixon. I knew I was on call, but said that Iโ€™d like to show…

  • Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub โ€“ part 3

    Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub – part 3

    Sunday afternoon saw me returning to the Great Western pub for the Americana / blues bands they were hosting.  This time I carried my green chair with me, as the prospect of spending another 8 hours sitting on the wooden benches at the pub was not very enticing.  Acts included the Dustbowl String Band (featuring…

  • Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub โ€“ part 2

    Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub – part 2

    Having rolled home around 00:45 on Saturday (Oysterband ran long due to encores), I slept in a bit.  Decided to wander over to the Festival around 11:30 A.M., and looked for lunch.  Fortune smiled, and there was a Caribbean food stand offering curried mutton, saltfish fritters, jerk chicken and more.  Enquired after the curried mutton,…

  • Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub โ€“ part 1

    Warwick Folk Festival, and the Great Western Pub – part 1

    It was the Warwick Folk Festival over the weekend just gone, and I decided that I should enjoy summer while itโ€™s here.  Nipped down to the ticket office on Friday afternoon, purchased a ticket for the entire weekend, and then zipped home after work to grab the D80, lenses, flash, and battery packs.  Hopped on…