More closing time in honour of John Prine . . .

 Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi - Angel From Montgomery

Bonnie Raitt & Susan Tedeschi 5/2/25 “Angel From Montgomery” 

at Sun, Sand & Soul in Miramar Beach,FL

on Bonnie’s birthday

Bonnie Raitt, Ann Arbor Folk Festival 1972 

Bonnie Lass

ADVERT BREAK II | KATE RUSBY - THE WREN and new Christmas double album . . . if you’re quick!

 

Hello lovelies, ✨💛 I’m absolutely thrilled to tell you that today is the day! My brand-new single “The Wren” is out now and fluttering its way into the world. I’m sooooooo EXCITED!!!!!! 🎉🐦‍⬛💫 Taken from the forthcoming new album, I’m so excited for you to hear it as it’s one of my favourite songs passed on from my parents. 💕 It’s a really gentle, cosy little version — stripped right back so the song can breathe — with brilliant hubby Damien adding his beautiful lush guitars 🎸 and our fabulous Duncan Lyall sprinkling gorgeous Rhodes Piano throughout 🎹. I hope it brings a bit of early winter warmth your way. ❄️✨ You can download “The Wren” to own and keep on iTunes, on my Bandcamp page, and of course it’s on all other major digital platforms. Here’s the handy smartlink for you: 👉 https://PureRecords.lnk.to/TheWren And that’s not all, WHOOP WHOOP!!!! 🎄🎉✨ Pre-Orders and Pre-Saves are now live for the new album, 20 Christmas Is Merry!!!!! 👉 https://PureRecords.lnk.to/20ChristmasIsMerry   It’s coming out on December 5th and is so special to me as it's a celebration of 20 years of our Christmas tours 🎄❤️, featuring 17 live tracks from over the years, plus 5 brand-new ‘Christmas Chill’ reworkings (Singy Songy Session Style) of some of my favourite festive songs. I’ve loved revisiting these in a quieter, more reflective, intimate style. ✨🌙 The double CD 💿 is a special limited run, and only available from our own Pure Records shop, on our 🎄 Christmas Is Merry Tour 🎄 and my Bandcamp page so pre-order now to secure your copy!!  Also available to download and stream from all major platforms. ✨ It’s also packed full of brilliant photos from over the years, like this below — so many fabulous memories!! 🎞️💖 📸 Kevin Johnson And speaking of getting giddy… ONLY 4 WEEKS TO GO until the tour begins!!!! 🎉🎄🤩 It’s going to be extra magical marking twenty years of these shows — twenty years of sparkles ✨, baubles 🎀, singalongs 🎶, and all of you lovely souls who come and make it feel like the cosiest party of the year. 🥰 Tickets are selling fast (thank you! 🙏), and I truly just can’t wait to see you all out on the tour for this special anniversary tour. 💛🎄 Right, it’s over and out for now. Lots of love, Kate xxx 💕✨

BOB DYLAN Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK 7th Nov 2025

 Last Night in Brighton (by Jack Walters)

2025-11-07, Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK

RAY PADGETT NOV 8

Dylan in Cologne a few nights earlier. Photo by Monika Falkenberg.

Last night, Bob Dylan played Brighton for the first time since 2002 (with Nick Cave spotted in the audience!). Jack Walters reports in:

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At 84, Bob Dylan has lived a thousand lives and has worn more masks than a Venetian masquerade ball, putting the lecherous Byron to shame. And yet he is still on the road; his Coyote spirit alive. One gets the impression that Dylan has, somehow, performed in Solomon’s Temple, aboard the Arbella, with Bob Wills at one of Burt “Foreman” Phillips’ County Barn Dances, and at the March on Washington—well he did. But you get the point: Dylan seems to contain all these references. Wherever and in whatever century, Dylan performs. And we, the audience, are a station to his Calvary or, prosaically, witnesses to his journey, meeting and leaving him in shadows, wondering if performing, at its most dignified, truthful, sublime, is, paradoxically, best rendered in distance—if possible, absence.

When Dylan last performed at the 4500-cap, Brutalist-designed Brighton Centre in 2002, he opened with “I Am the Man, Thomas,” a jaunty bluegrass number about Thomas the Apostle, bringing Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas to life with light, drama, beauty. Anyway, that was then (when Dylan was a cowpoke), this is now (when Dylan is half-hidden).

read on here . . . .

Bob Dylan- UPGRADED - I Am The Man Thomas - 04.05. 2002 Brighton

ADVERT BREAK| MUIREANN BRADLEY | NEW EP and Ticket OFFER!

 

Hi Andy, My new EP ‘Rose Dogs’ is out now! 🌹 LISTEN The songs on this EP mean a lot to me, from writing and releasing my first original track 'No Name Blues' to reimagining some of my favourite folk songs in my own way and having a go at some of my favourite old Blues. A huge thank you to my amazing team for making this possible, and to @engineroom for helping me bring these songs to life. For ‘No Name Blues’, I wanted to make something visual that felt personal. We had some fun messing around with collage like kids in play school, so this was a fun way to bring the song to life. 💚 The visualiser is live now on my YouTube channel! WATCH NOW

It’s hard to put into words how special these past few weeks in the US have been. From the night at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in LA to sharing the stage at Harvest Moon: A Gathering with Neil Young, Beck, Lana Del Rey, Tyler Ramsey and Masanga, it’s been a real honour. Huge thanks to everyone who came out, sang along, and made each night unforgettable. It’s always amazing to play for such kind and generous audiences, and to be part of events that do so much good, like raising funds for @thepaintedturtlecamp and @bridgeschool_vip. Now I can’t wait to bring it all back home — UK & Ireland, you’re up next! Tickets are on sale now — grab yours and I’ll see you very soon. UK & IRELAND TICKETS

I’ll be joining AMBLE in Belfast and Dublin soon — if you’re in the UK or Ireland, you could win a pair of tickets to the shows! Enter your details below before midnight (GMT) on Sunday 30th November 2025 to be in with a chance of winning pair of tickets to: 4th Dec - Dublin - 3Arena 10th Dec - Belfast - SSE Arena ENTER HERE UK & Ireland residents only. Entrants must be over 18 to enter. Travel & Accommodation costs not included. Maximum two entries per person. Two prizes available to be won. One prize per person. Terms & Conditions apply.

Kathryn Williams - Thoughts of My Own (Mystery Park)

 This from IMHO Kathryn’s best album to date . . . . . 

So glad I found this . . . .I woke thinking I had dreamt it!

The Sun Shines Down

Another from TWILIGHTZONE

The Tikiyaki Orchestra - Mai Tais on the Moon OFFICIAL VIDEO 

dedicated to my old pal John Connell-Hinckes guitarist extraordinaire ( he can play ANYTHING and frequently does!)

The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride | GUESS I’M DUMB

The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride (1987)

Tallulah gets some criticism for its production, but it’s still an LP that I really love, with some great songs, including this one which is one of Grant McClennan’s best. Amanda Brown’s oboe adds wonderful flavoring.

You take your shoes and go outside
Stride over stride.
Walk to that tide because
The door is open wide.