Boxcar Aldous Huxley and The Dust Busters - Benjamin Perry Scout Hut, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 28th June 2011
It's a rare luxury to get out to see music locally nowadays, and especially rare that something comes along which grabs my attention quite like this did. Picked up via a brief mention on the Fence Records beefboard, this show was billed "A Night of the New Old Time". Beautiful...
The Kernow Voyager
Posted in Railways on 25th June 2011
It seems like a while since I was heading for a railtour, and this week kicked off a series of three, all of which mostly focus on what I consider to be fairly local haunts. Today though was an annual event - Spitfire Railtours' dash to Penzance for Mazey Day....
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou - Quality First Last & Forever
Posted in SHOFT on 24th June 2011
Folk music. Love it or otherwise, it's everywhere lately. With even the biggest acts keen to break out the banjo and brush up their authenticity by referencing traditional music of various strains, it would be easy to get cynical about the way it's become so marketable in recent times. However,...