live reviews – Folk Witness

January 23, 2019 / markdishman / Live reviews

Eliza Carthy, Lisa Knapp, The Oldham Tinkers: Cecil Sharp House, London, January 22 2019

Topic Records is 80! Almost certainly the world’s oldest independent record label marked its auspicious…

November 20, 2018 / markdishman / Live reviews

First conceived as a DIY community theatre project by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell in 2006, Hadestown,…

August 7, 2018 / markdishman / Live reviews

Stick in the Wheel singer Nicola Keary’s on-stage chat is the deadest deadpan you’ve ever…

April 26, 2018 / markdishman / Live reviews

Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar’s opening tune set, Warwick Road, showcases a rare instrumental chemistry.…

February 17, 2018 / markdishman / Album reviews

Although ‘psych-folk’ contains the magical four-letter f-word, the late 1960s and early 1970s period of…

December 11, 2017 / markdishman / Live reviews

December feels an appropriate time for Eliza Carthy to take the massed ranks of the…

September 6, 2017 / Sophie Parkes / Live reviews

This year marked the 15th anniversary of Green Man Festival and, accordingly, there was an extra…

There’s an indescribable feeling in the air when the audience is excited about a support…

May 11, 2017 / markdishman / Live reviews

With apologies for mentioning them in the first sentence, can you believe it’s been a…

March 26, 2017 / markdishman / Live reviews

Fans of Emily Portman will be used to seeing and hearing her work with long-time…