Song of the Day – Folk Special.

Seeing as how it actually feels like summer now, festival season is definitely here, and I’m cursing the days I have to be at work when I should be outside, here is a folk playlist for you all! It was too hard to pick but one song, so there’s plenty to choose from. I did [...]

Song Of The Day#28

The Chieftains – Raggle Taggle Gypsy There’s a potential this song has been done to death, but it’s the whole “trad-arr” thing, so oh well, here it is again. And I know I’ve already done a song of the day post today, but it’s my blog, so have another. And I think, given the diversity [...]

Song Of The Day – #1.

This is an absolute “choon” – I feel it can’t really be called this as it’s hugely folky and, unless it’s folk rock, it can’t really fall under the ‘choon’ category, but it’s still epic. Using lyrics taken from a Robert Burns poem of 1791, this Scottish folk song tells of the signing of the [...]

Mezzo Forte – Seth Lakeman.

Or – Seth “I’ve got freaking awesome guns” Lakeman. Playing at The Brook in Southampton on the 15th April, it was finally my first experience of live Seth. I’ve been wanting to see him for ages, and I have no idea why it took me so bloody long as he always seems to be touring. [...]