Author Archives: Richard

Lucy Porter

By Richard |

Let Yourself Go! Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go – in every sense. Whether that means embracing your wrinkles and love handles whilst living in a slanket, or having a couple of babychams and dancing like nobody’s watching (and if you’re a middle aged woman, […]

Greg Coulson

By Richard |

Greg Coulson is a British musical powerhouse – an expressive singer-songwriter and dynamic performer who blends soul and classic rock with the groove of blues, funk and jazz. Known for his mesmerising stage presence and unique sound, Greg has quickly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting and versatile musicians. In 2018, Greg […]

Sax on Sunday – Feb 2026

By Richard |

The Snake Davis and Gareth Moulton duo is an established act now not just an occasional thing anymore.. The pair reckon Ropery Hall is the ideal venue for them. Mellow music infused with pop, rock, jazz and soul. Gareth Moulton, the Manchester born singer-songwriter-guitarist, is Snake’s long-time friend and collaborator in the Classic Sax Solos […]

Blackbeard’s Tea Party

By Richard |

Folk-rock rebels Blackbeard’s Tea Party celebrate 10 years of their seminal album ‘Reprobates’, a collection of stories about wrong’uns from history. They debuted material from the album during their now legendary appearance at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, and it was the album that earned them thousands of new fans. Mixing sounds of traditional folk and classic […]

Luke Daniels Band

By Richard |

The Luke Daniels Band is a bold force on today’s folk scene — a boundary-pushing collective led by visionary multi-instrumentalist, Luke Daniels. A former BBC Radio 2 Young Trad Award winner and global touring artist with Riverdance, Cara Dillon, De Dannan and Jethro Tull. Luke is reimagining what folk music can be — from his […]

Hal Cruttenden

By Richard |

Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2025/2026 with a show that promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as long as ‘The Man’ doesn’t stick it back to him. With his trademark hard-hitting ‘take no prisoners’ comedy (this is what Hal told me […]

Just Dickens!

By Richard |

Other Lives Productions presents Just Dickens! To herald the Christmas Season, a gallimaufry of readings, snippets, anecdotes, factoids and semi-dramatisations from “the man who invented Christmas”. Thia performance is part of our Members’ 241 Offer. Please ask for details.

Janice Burns & Jon Doran

By Richard |

Festive Tour Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. Their songs tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world. Janice & Jon’s ‘clever and uncluttered musical storytelling’ (Songlines) comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and […]

Winter Wonderband

By Richard |

Winter Wonderband is a chamber folk quartet with Saul Rose on melodeon (Faustus, War Horse, Waterson Carthy) and Maclaine Colston on hammered dulcimer (Pressgang, Kings of Calicutt) who are joined by Beth Porter (SpellSongs, Bookshop Band) on cello and Jennifer Crook (Broken Road, Cythara) on harp and guitar. With this beautiful combination of instruments, varied […]

Knight & Spiers

By Richard |

“An extraordinary collaboration between two musicians at the absolute top of their game. This is an adventure that takes in musical detours you’d be mad to ignore” Tradfolk “A beautiful snapshot of two musicians at the pinnacle of their craft. Listeners will find themselves lost in something magical; anyone will struggle to find something as […]

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