markdishman – Page 8 – Folk Witness

December 30, 2014 / markdishman / Album reviews

Martin & Eliza Carthy: The Moral of the Elephant – Folk Witness album of the year 2014

It’s remarkable to think that, for all their work together in family band Waterson:Carthy, Martin…

November 8, 2014 / markdishman / Live reviews

The first night of a mini-series of London gigs curated by Eliza Carthy “celebrating the…

October 8, 2014 / markdishman / Album reviews

Swimmings of the Head, as Kate Young reveals in our interview, below, is a phrase…

September 7, 2014 / markdishman / Live reviews

One hundred years on from the start of the First World War, and still the…

August 28, 2014 / markdishman / Album reviews

You’ve probably seen Rachel Newton play. The Scots harpist, viola player, pianist and singer is…

July 5, 2014 / markdishman / Album reviews

Steve Elston is a Brighton-based Devonian singer-songwriter and guitarist with a modest collection of EPs…

May 24, 2014 / markdishman / Live reviews

Last week, Folk Witness snapper Simon and I went to the Ropetackle Centre to see…

May 10, 2014 / markdishman / Album reviews

Megson’s new album In a Box starts off on a sombre note. It’s a canny…

March 30, 2014 / markdishman / Live reviews

Although she describes herself and her band as “a bunch of London scruffs”, there’s nothing…

March 23, 2014 / markdishman / Live reviews

It must have been quite a week. The Elizabethan Session follows similar song projects –…