Tonight saw the return of the inimitable Tony Parry as MC. He sang Brian Bedford’s “Wings”, recorded by many artists but probably most famously by the recently departed folk legend, Vin Garbutt. Tony then sang one of his own compositions … Continue reading →
TO NAME BUT ONE! MC Bob Long took control of the excited mob that had gathered at the Thomas Tripp for May Time celebrations and sang “You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back”, written by Will Shade … Continue reading →
MC Jon Ellis kicked off the evening with “England” by Ralph McTell (highly appropriate in the present world circumstances) and a Russian song, sang in Russian, with the English title “The Last Trolley Bus”. Following Jon was Ron Lakey. Although … Continue reading →
Our appreciative audience not only witnessed a splendid evening of mainly Irish music but also our first experience of being recorded live by New Forest Hospital Radio. MC Steve West introduced the evening’s first guest, Larry Callan, originally from Dublin. … Continue reading →
Sometimes words are not enough to describe an evening like this. If you weren’t there, you missed something special! I was MC for the evening and our first performer was Steve Moorhouse. He sang Amy MacDonald’s “This Is The Life”, … Continue reading →
MC Henry Campion got proceedings underway with Sting’s “Fields Of Gold”, “You Can Close Your Eyes” by James Taylor and Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released”. Next up was Steve Moorhouse. Steve sang his own “Sweet Rosemary”, Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You … Continue reading →