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Comment on Review – Ludovico Einaudi, 27 November 2010, Town Hall by theaardvark

theaardvark — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:15:19 +0000

I can’t see him as an artist I would want to go a see live. His tracks are for certain times of the day when I’m either relaxed and want to stay that way or wound up and need to relax. I listen to them a lot, but I don’t know if they’ve potentially become more of a mood altering tool than a recreational listen.

Top dollar tunes either way.

Comment on Laura J Martin + Duotone, 15 December 2011, Symphony Hall bar by Andy

Andy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:00:48 +0000

I have not heard of Laura J Martin or Duotone before, thanks very much for sharing, I love acoustic music.

Comment on Review – Tin Tin Chinese Restaurant, BrindleyPlace by se

se — Sun, 22 May 2011 09:39:39 +0000

Hate a horrible experience, staff was very rude to us had to wait very long for food. Will not be going here again

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Steve Elder

Steve Elder — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:57:20 +0000

Any movement on this Simon?

Cheers,
Steve

Comment on City centre news – 6 December, 2010 by John Marcus

John Marcus — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:40:17 +0000

So what happened to the proposal regarding £25 Million fame academy!! I haven’t seen any further information on this

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by simon gray

simon gray — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:07:19 +0000

hi peeps – yep, sorry for the lack of updates on this – i hope to finally get my bum into gear next week…

Comment on Review – Paradise Dreaming – a city fairytale, by hamfisted by Danny Smith ‘hates the community’

Danny Smith ‘hates the community’ — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:44:54 +0000

[...] on the flipside, there are too many instances such as the utterly dreadful Paradise Dreaming, by Hamfisted, which ticked just about every box of why community arts and experimental arts gets a bad [...]

Comment on Public Debate on Political Reform, 4th Feb 2011, 7pm, Birmingham and Midland Institute by Leicester Talk the Leicester Forum

Leicester Talk the Leicester Forum — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:41:36 +0000

Anything that gives people a fairer voice should be welcomed!

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Ian

Ian — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:14:29 +0000

Hello Anything happening with this yet?

Ian

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Ian

Ian — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:44:12 +0000

Hi ya

I am a mature guy that can bash out a tune on the mandolin from tab, not brilliant but learning all the time, I may be interested in your jam sessions.

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by nebolland

nebolland — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:14:04 +0000

Sounds good – only just remembered to fill out the form. Can do guitar or bass, pretty rusty at reading music but happy to give whatever a bash!

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Louise Derrick

Louise Derrick — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:33:16 +0000

Sounds great fun – wish I could contribute more than just enthusiasm! Violin or singing I am happy to have a go at, but it’s been a while.

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by pablo13

pablo13 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:11:31 +0000

Howdy, this sounds interesting! I haven’t played “proper” folk…more so “anti-folk”, really. but as louis armstrong said, “all music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song”. (Y)

Plus, i adhere to this school of musicality: http://www.halfjapanese.co.uk/how-to-play-guitar.php

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Gavin Wray

Gavin Wray — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:08:02 +0000

Sounds good; I’m interested and have filled out the form.

Been listening to Knopfler’s more recent takes on traditional Northumbrian music, and would be interested to try out something in this style. Good to try new stuff.

Can’t read music but can generally pick things up by ear.

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by simon gray

simon gray — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:37:51 +0000

Bring it along !

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by FionaC

FionaC — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:31:13 +0000

I have All American folk songbook Vol 2, if that helps, though it does contain some Dylan admittedly.

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by simon gray

simon gray — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:19:38 +0000

Hi Daz – it’d be fab to see you however sporadic!

In terms of learning new tunes, I’d be circulating the dots anyway, but for those who don’t read music I / we could teach aurally.

Comment on Anybody fancy a regular folk-jam? by Daz

Daz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:14:50 +0000

I might be interested on coming along on an occasional basis. It isn’t really my sort of music but it might be fun to learn different stuff.

Have you any idea how we would be able to learn songs we might never have heard before on quite disparate instruments? I’m not too great at picking things up by ear.

Comment on Review – Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, hmvinstitute, 20 September 2010 by P.H.P.

P.H.P. — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:43:13 +0000

Well, I don’t even know if I have misjudged your (or, if this is a wind-up, her) age yet, but I would have estimated that you/she are/was in your/her early 20s.

If I have got it spectularly wrong, I would like to say in my defence that I found the light show quite disorientating and was therefore unable to make a proper judgement (honest)!!!

Comment on Review – Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, hmvinstitute, 20 September 2010 by Octave

Octave — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:24:24 +0000

What age did you misjudge me as?