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…

May 23, 2017 / Sophie Parkes / Live reviews

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…