Review Date: January 17 – February 3, 2013 Review By: Paul Kerr Location: Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall It was 20 years ago that Celtic Connections was conceived, allegedly as a way of filling up dead time in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall in the dreary dark days, following the Christmas period. A truly Celtic festival at …
Review Date: August 24 – 27, 2012 Review By: Jeremy Searle Location: Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Folk Festival goes from strength to strength, selling out earlier each year; something that’s as much about the non-musical side as it is about the bill. A big site where you can park next to your tent, superb food, excellent beer …
Review Date: March 24, 2013 Review By: John Roffey Location: The Centre Stage, Bournemouth Somewhat unknown in these parts, Kim Edgar was embarking on her first solo UK tour but despite admission prices being slashed, only a handful of diehards turned out on a bitterly cold evening. Those that made the effort were rewarded with …
A film by Sara Terry Sara Terry, the producer/director of FOLK, is an award winning journalist-in print, public radio, and photojournalism. FOLK is her second documentary. The project web site describes FOLK as “a verite character study, part music documentary, part road trip movie-a multi-layered examination of three artists at dramatically different points in their …
