John has been a music obsessive since he first heard 'Love Me Do' seeping out of the family radio in 1962. he spent a career in the rail industry before turning back to his first love of music. He plays bass guitar and melodeon, loves folk/rock and lives in Warwick.
At The Barrier favourites Barbara ride into Masham on a wet and windy Friday, accompanied by a large posse of eager Barbarettes. And if that isn’t a cue for an evening of fun, frolics and phantasmagoria then, quite frankly, I don’t know what is! And, this time around, they’ve got an album to promote…
The complete works of the first incarnation of the British Nirvana, plus a plethora of outtakes, rarities and later works on a mammoth 12-CD set.
Debut album from Scottish-American duo DUG takes influences from the great American singer-songwriters and from Irish and Scottish tradition and blends them into a thoroughly compelling whole.
Stunning, intimate and heartwarming are just a few of the superlatives that can be aimed at What Love Is, the long-awaited third album from East Yorkshire songstress Katie Spencer.
Exciting times for Three Idle Women – the trio celebrate their shared love of our Waterways heritage with another intriguing project.
Piers Faccini & Ballake Sissoko arrive at London’s Union Chapel to launch Our Calling, the duo’s stunning tribute to migration in all its forms. Ana Silvera & Saied Silbak, the lineup for an evening of blissful, contemplative music.
Whether the medium was folk, jazz, rock or straight-ahead pop music, Danny Thompson was, for so very many, the double bassist of choice.
Canadian trio Absolute Losers follow their instincts and delve into sixties-influenced melodic pop for second album, In The Crowd.
A second celebration of reggae’s golden 1970-1975 period from Doctor Bird Records. 50 Reggae Hits picks up where 2021 compilation, The Best Of Reggae left off.
3rd album from British-born, Paris-based Ala.Ni mixes the warm, relaxed vibe of the Caribbean into a heady blend of calypso, jazz and bossa nova.
Scustin venerate Ireland’s pub culture in funk, disco, rock and spoken word. It’s hard-hitting, hilarious and hits out at targets way beyond the sanctity of the pub.
Conceived and recorded on a narrowboat on the River Thames in Rural Oxfordshire, Cast Through The Mistletoe Tree transports the listener far away from the tribulations of the modern world.
Previews of forthcoming album, Make That Sound, continue. Goodbye Charlie takes on a retro sound. A song of parting, with a sense of contentment.
We’ve been chatting to a variety of people who were involved in the Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2025 to gather their views and recollections. Here’s what they’ve had to say:
At The Barrier faves Barbara kick off their 2025 ‘Dazzling Debut Album Tour’ on Thursday 18th September in Southampton – and they’re sure to be coming to a venue near you. Don’t miss one of the best live bands around!
