Tag Archives: English folk rock

Steeleye Span’s Storm Force Ten, and Live At Last!

It’s hard to remember so long ago, but back in 1978, eight years must have seemed like a pretty decent lifetime for a band. Nowadays, it’s becoming increasingly common for groups to have anniversaries marking several decades of existence; indeed … Continue reading

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Dave Swarbrick’s Live at Jacksons Lane

This reviewer would not lightly claim that anyone is “a legend in his own lifetime.” In Dave Swarbrick‘s case, however, it is justified: in 1999, a zealous staffer on the London Daily Telegraph got a little carried away by news … Continue reading

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Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson & Kenny Malone’s Live in NC

Take three musicians, each one a virtuoso on his instrument, plus one of them who is no mean singer; record them live in a couple of great sessions entertaining an audience. The adrenalin starts to pump and brings out that … Continue reading

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Last Night’s Fun’s Tempered

To my knowledge, Chris Sherburn and Denny Bartley have graced the guest list for my local Folk Festival more times than I have changed the strings on my guitar over the past 10 years, and now joined with Nick Scott … Continue reading

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Fiddlestix: An interview with Michael Hunter, ca. 2002

Editor’s note: Michael Hunter is a Green Man staffer and the Editor of Fiddlestix, the Australian fanzine for the band Fairport Convention. He was interviewed for Green Man by Debbie Skolnik. GMR: Michael, how did Fiddlestix get started? Michael Hunter: … Continue reading

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Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol’s Another Fine Mess: Live In New York ’84  

After nearly twenty years, Swarbrick and Nicol have begun touring the UK folk clubs as an acoustic duo again. The first time around, it was as one of the spinoffs resulting from Fairport Convention’s early-80s hiatus, with a couple of … Continue reading

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Dave Swarbrick’s Lift The Lid And Listen, Dave Swarbrick & Friends’ The Ceilidh Album, and Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol’s In The Club

These three very worthy albums fill in a noticeable gap in the issue of Dave Swarbrick’s work on CD. Recent years have seen the reissue of albums from most aspects of his long and hugely influential career in English folk, … Continue reading

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Shave the Monkey’s Good Luck Mr Gorsky

This is the fourth CD by Shave the Monkey, four years after its predecessor Mad Arthur, which I reviewed along with their first two recordings here. The lineup is the same, but this time they have left the traditional tunes … Continue reading

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Shave the Monkey’s Dragonfly, Mad Arthur, and The Unseelie Court

Shave the Monkey is a six-member English group. They started out in 1988 as a five-piece, but added a drummer after their first CD. Since that time they’ve kept up a surprisingly stable membership consisting of Bryan Causton on various … Continue reading

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An interview with Nick Burbridge of McDermott’s Two Hours and other endeavors

Nick Burbridge, vocalist and tunesmith with McDermott’s Two Hours, joins me in the Green Man Pub for a conversation about him, his music, and his views on a number of political subjects. I first encountered his band when reading George … Continue reading

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