Music… and my favourite gigs

Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisFebruary 19, 2017

Nothing like a little live music…

Blue Sky

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisFebruary 17, 2017February 17, 2017

North Shore

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisFebruary 16, 2017

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJanuary 25, 2017December 23, 2016

Legend of the lagerphone,

Thinking back to a moment of serendipity… It was another of those moments of serendipity which created one of the greatest Celtic music legends of… the small Somerset village of Uphill. My children were young and I was at home with them when late one evening my husband Bari sauntered the couple of hundred yards […]

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJanuary 1, 2017

The one…

January 1st… this was being performed in our pub, the Dolphin last night by our favourite bar person, cook, and singer… and how true it is!

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisDecember 27, 2016

If I could make a wish…

The mavericks… Raul Malo…

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisDecember 26, 2016

Feliz Navidad

Raul Malo… Feliz Navidad – with Michael Guerra and the Trishas

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisDecember 25, 2016

Pretty paper…

Raul sings Willie Nelson… Pretty Paper is the self-composed title track of a 1979 album of the same name by Willie Nelson. It was a hit Christmas song in 1963 by Roy Orbison. It appeared on Raul’s Christmas album, Marshmallow World: 1. Marshmallow World 2. Not So Merry Christmas 3. Jingle Bells […]

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisDecember 23, 2016

San Antonio Baby

Bits and pieces by LoisDecember 20, 2016

Wah!

I love bookshops and I love cafés so it’s great when the two are combined. I had some Christmas cards to address and post, and decided to sit and have a coffee or two while I organised my post. The café and the bookshop were very busy, and there was a bustle of noise and […]