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colin randall
London/France
Salut! Live reflects my passion for folk and related music - I'm a journalist and lifelong Sunderland supporter, based in France and London, from where I write about most things under the sun and the rain
Interests: film, football, france, badminton, folk music
Recent Activity
Cover Story: (69) Bay of Fundy by the Unthanks, its composer Gordon Bok or Someone Else
Posted May 5, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Frankie Gavin: a colossus of Irish music, in need of life-or-death help
Posted Apr 26, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Imany wows Sainte-Maxime, which promptly goes out and votes Le Pen. Expliquez-vous Sainte-Maxime!
Posted Apr 25, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Cover Story: (67) Death Comes Easy. Harvey Andrews, Ian Campbell and a superior anti-war song
Posted Apr 14, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Cats on Trees: seriously good French music
Posted Apr 12, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Remembering John Prine: London assembles family and star friends
Posted Apr 1, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Doreen Henderson RIP: the sad loss of a fixture of the the Elliotts of Birtley
Posted Mar 26, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Reporting the Troubles and sneakily catching some wonderful Irish music
Posted Mar 9, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Ukraine, Tom Paxton, Eric Bogle and songs of war
Time will tell whether Putin's evil aggression in Ukraine, and perhaps beyond if observers are right about his further ambitions, produces great songs of war. Conflict and adversity often do inspire musicians and composers as well as artists, writers and,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (8) which LPs to pack for France. McGarrigles, June Tabor and Nanci Griffith in, Cream and Chopin out
Posted Feb 26, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (7) a further embarrassment of Steeleye Span riches (and rogues)
Posted Feb 16, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (6) Stefan Grossman and Kenny Ball
Posted Feb 14, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (5) Steeleye Span and an embarrassment of riches
Posted Feb 11, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Cover Story: (68) Mary from Dungloe. The Johnstons, Christy Moore and Daniel O'Donnell or A N Other
Posted Feb 9, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Norma Waterson: further thoughts on the passing of a great folk character
Posted Feb 3, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Norma Waterson: a distinctive voice of English folk
Posted Jan 31, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Norma Waterson RIP: the passing of a towering figure of folk music
Posted Jan 31, 2022 at Salut! Live
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The Trimdon Grange Disaster: the deadly cost of coalmining and a fitting musical testament
Posted Jan 29, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (4) Clannad and a night, drive and band to remember
Posted Jan 21, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (2) how Moving Hearts moved hearts
Posted Jan 13, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Loft vinyl: (1) wartime boogie woogie from Albert Ammons
Posted Jan 9, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Byrd song: when California dreaming embraced Britfolk
Posted Jan 3, 2022 at Salut! Live
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Salut! Live's Christmas message, enriched by Amelia Coburn's Perfect Storm
Posted Dec 25, 2021 at Salut! Live
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Folk: a dirty four-letter word?
Posted Dec 16, 2021 at Salut! Live
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Best Christmas songs? Dylan just Must Be Santa and Fairytale doesn't have to be the Pogues
Posted Dec 13, 2021 at Salut! Live
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