Living Tradition Issue 106

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Issue 106 is available to buy from our website now. It contains an article on English folk singer Si Barron, a feature on the much missed Irish singer Eithne Ni Uallachain, an interview with Scottish songwriter and ex-battlefield man Alan Reid, an obituary for Sheila Stewart, a case study of the Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival, a look at the Valley Folk Club in Pontardawe, a feature on a guitar repair by Roger Bucknall of Fylde Guitars, a look at some of the past winners of the Young Tradition Award, part 3 of Simon Haines' On The English Ceilidh Bandwagon series, Festival Listings, news, reviews and much, much more.

REVIEWS IN ISSUE 106

Skippers Alley - Skippers Alley
Kirsten Allstaff - Gallowglass
Phil Beer - Plays Guitar And Fiddle Sings A Bit
Jim Boyes - Sensations Of A Wound
Daire Bracken & Lorcan Mac Mathuna - Preab Meadar
David Bremner & Mark Redmond - The Spirit Of The Times
Tom & Barbara Brown - Just Another Day
Kate Crossan - Away
Cruinn - Storas
Dervish - A Celebration 1989-2014
Fat Dog - New Found Land
Aryeh Frankfurter - The Celtic Harp
Alison Frosdick & Jack Burnaby - Half Hands Round
Vin Garbutt - Synthetic Hues
David Grubb - High Rise
Johnny Handle - Gary Hogg's Fairly Truthful Tyneside Tales
Gilly Hewitt - Colraine To Galway
The Hotwells Howlers - Kiss Me Now Or Never
Andy Irvine - 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012
Ollie King - Gambit
Kings & Folk - Branching Out
Tom Kitching - Interloper
Kirsty Law - Shift
Jez Lowe - The Ballad Beyond
Allison Lupton - Half My Heart
Jim Malcolm - The Corncrake
The Morning Tree - The Morning Tree
The Moving Violations - Elasticity
Findlay Napier - VIP Very Interesting Persons
John O'Shea - Irish Guitar
Sean O hEanaigh - The Tides That Bind
Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Live At The Lake
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep In The Big Muddy And Other Love Songs
Snaarmaarwaar - B.L.O.C.K
Joe Topping - The Vagrant Kings
Treacherous Orchestra - Grind
Various Artists - Gaelic Scotland
Various Artists - Favourite Scottish Songs
Various Artists - Rhythms Of Labour
Various Artists - The Musical Heritage Of Douglas Town

Issue 106 Book Reviews

Tom Brown - A Sailor's Life
Paul Sartin - The Last Post Song Book Vol 1