Sadly I neglected my blog somewhat last year, so I will try to be more attentive this year !!

I will start by posting a few tunes from some of the CDs I got for Christmas..........  It would be great to hear what anyone else got, music wise.

            

Will pop back tomorrow and add a few more

It's been almost a week since the Gate to Southwell folk festival,

 so I thought it time to post a few pics along with a taste of some of the music I enjoyed.

The weather was mixed, with Friday being a lovely sunny day,

Saturday it started out fine but then we had heavy rain and the site soon became a bit of a bog,

 but once the rain had finished out came the trusty volunteers with the bales of straw and with a bit of help from children and adults alike the site was soon easy to negotiate once again.

On the Sunday again we had mixed weather sunny most of the time though there was a pretty heavet thunderstorm mid afternoon.

As always with this great festival there was lots of great music to enjoy both and off site. My first set was in the beautiful Southwell Minster where I saw the Mischa Macpherson Trio, winners of this years BBC Radio Two Young Folk Award. Despite Mischa having the remnants of a bad cold a nice set of songs and tunes.

Later back on site it was Marquee 2 for me for most of the rest of the day. First up The Dovetail Trio once again 3 very talented young singers and musicians.

Next up was Caladh Nua (pronounced Coll-ah Noo-Ah) five accomplished musicians ans singers from Ireland. Playing a wide variety of instruments.

Around 3-30 in the afternoon onto the stage came festival favourite Martin Joseph who having not long arrived at the site was soon up and playing. Having recently put together an album of Bruce Springsteen covers, Martin played a full set from the album.

Next it was time for a break and some food, plenty to choose from as always.

I will continue posting another day. Hope you have enjoyed the music so far.

Not long to go before I will once again be going to The Gate to Southwell Folk Festival. 

There is a great preview on youtube of some of the artists appearing this year, why not take a look

Click on the big top and see

Following on from a previous post a few days back, I got to thinking about some of the great album titles in my collection and came up with a few i'd like to share. Back when we had the shop, one of our favourite bands to play in store was the Legendary Half Man Half Biscuit. The bands name itself is just epic, but album titles and indeed the album covers plus tracks are off the scale. Here are just a few gems from the HMHB catalogue.
     Trouble over Bridgwater   Track Mathematically safe    


 CSI Ambleside Track Blue badge abuser


Achtung Bono  Track Mate of the bloke                 
       Some call it Godcore Track  Friday night and the gates are low                                    

    Cammell Laird Social Club Track The light at the end of the tunnel                       
Saucy Haulage ballads Track I went to a wedding  

  Four lads who shook the Wirral  Track   Ready Steady Goa
                                           

    Voyage to the bottom of the road  Track Eno collaboration