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Rogue's Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
Featuring Baby Gramps, Martha Wainwright, David Thomas, Gavin Friday, Ralph Steadman, Robyn Hitchcock, Norma Waterson, Teddy Thompson, Martin Carthy, Julie Fowlis, Eliza Carthy, Pete Doherty & more
28 July 2008 / 19:30
Barbican Hall
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Between the opening of the Electric Proms, Sandra Bernhard and last night's Plauge Songs I think I have seen or sat with just about every member of the British entertainment industry worth mentioning.

Mark Ronson opening the Electric Proms last Wednesday was unexpectedly much more brilliant than I had anticipated and although the likes of Lily ( Read more... )

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I've been thinking a lot about music lately and this partially has a lot to do with the Cowboy Junkies gig I saw last Wednesday night. They were performing The Trinity Session in its entirety as part of the Don't Look Back series. I've been lucky enough to see Cat Power performing The Covers Album as part of this series previously. The Wednesday ( Read more... )

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