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As usual we went to a lot of gigs. Here are some photos. As I said in the Home Page, we saw a lot of "Farewell Shows". Roy Harper was amazing in London at 84, helped out by his son Nick, who played fabulous guitar on "Same Old Rock". Ashley Hutchings likewise was helped by his son Blair Dunlop - lovely to hear some of those old Fairport songs again at his 80th Birthday Bash, and also old Albion Band songs sung by John Tams. Al Stewart at 80 was completely in command, and said he wanted to retire before he needed a teleprompter. We also saw Peggy Seeger at 90 - still amazing.
Mike Heron was another who needed a bit of help from his daughter - we saw him at a show called "Songs of the Incredible String Band" at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Lovely to see him again.
Prize for the most gigs was Lady Maisery - we saw them twice as themselves and once with the Awake Arise band. All three were brilliant and memorable concerts.
Most of the gigs were people we knew already - old favourites like Lucy Farrell, Richard Thompson etc, but we saw Tarren for the first time - who were great at the Black Fen Folk Club (a proper folk club). The Songs of the Incredible String Band show was a bit of a revelation too - there were loads of young artists who we'd never even heard of, singing tremendous versions of many of our favourite ISB songs. Heart-warming.
Another first was seeing Laura Jurd, the jazz trumpeter. She came to Cambridge with a stunning band of bass, drums and viola. Really exciting to see!
The year ended, as so often before, with Kate Rusby's Christmas Show at the Corn Exchange.
Roy Harper's Farewell Tour - London Palladium
Jim Moray at Storeys Field, Eddington
Rachel Newton, Stapleford Granary. Great to see her solo.
Martin Simpson at Cambridge Junction
Spiers and Boden - Milton Keynes Stables
McGoldrick McCusker and Doyle - Cambridge Junction
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Karine Polwart & Julie Fowlis, Brum
The line up for Ashley Hutching's 80th Birthday Bash
The "Morris On" band at Ashley Hutching's 80th Birthday
Lady Maisery at Stapleford Granary
Richard Thompson at Harpenden
Grace Petrie at the Apex
Jack Rutter at the Black Fen Folk Club
Lucy Farrell and Catherine Maclellan at Green Note, London
Michael McGoldrick and Tim Edey.
Peggy Seeger's Final Farewell Tour, King's Place
Awake Fire Summer show. Lady Maisery, Sid Goldsmith and Jimmy Aldridge. Wonderful!
Janice Burns and Jon Doran, Folk By The Oak
Kate Rusby at Folk By The Oak
As You Like It. Shakespeare in the college gardens.
The annual Mad Professors Ceilidh at Royal Holloway
Katherine Priddy at the free Cambridge Folk "event"
Tarren at The Black Fen Folk Club. First time to see them.
Songs of the Incredible String Band - a whole load of artists nearly all new to us. A wonderful evening. Mike Heron 6th from left.
Vikingur Olaffson's piano at Saffron Hall
Beethoven's Fifth at the BBC Proms
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony at the BBC Proms, The Royal Albert Hall
Al Stewart Farewell Tour, Cambridge Corn Exchange
Orchestra of the Swan, Saffron Hall
Lady Maisery again!
Laura Jurd and her band. Brilliant!
Andy Cutting and Gudrun Walther, Stapleford Granary
RANT at Stapleford Granary
Janice Burns and Jon Doran Christmas show
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, LTYLR
Hannah Rarity and Anna Massie, LTYLR
Kate Rusby Christmas Show - Corn Exchange
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