Updated pages on this site:

Some of the images on this site are for sale and any enquiries should be made to myself.

30th March

Photos added form the Gosport and Fareham Festival of Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Bella Hardy, Braebach, Chumbawumba, Flook, John Tams, Kathryn Tickell, Lau, Luka Bloom, Roy Bailey, Show of Hands, Spiers and Boden, The Men They Couldn`t Hang, Tim Edey, Wheeler Street, Young Coppers and The Oysterband - all can be seen from the Artists page.

9th March

Photos added of Steve Knightley and Jenna, find them from the artists page under Steve Knightley.

27th January

Wow! - so sorry for the lack of updates! - HAPPY NEW YEAR BTW!!!
Am now working with Welsh Singer Songwriter; Martyn Joseph and it`s taking up a lot of what little spare time I had! - But now i`m back on track with a few things, I aim to get some photos up on the site! - Watch this space!

11 October

Photos added of Allan Talyor and Tom McConville from the Davy Lamp Folk Club in Washington Tyne and Wear and photos of Fairport Convention in Morecambe at the Platform can be seen from the Artist page.

19th Sept

Photos added of Cardiff Bay in Wales and the World Water Ski-ing Championships - see them from the Landscapes page - and also, photos from Martyn Joseph`s album launch concert in Cardiff - see them from Martyn`s page in the artists section.

30 Aug

Well, here`s a list and a half for you - photos added from the shrewsbury Folk Festival - see the general photos from the festivals page and see the following from the artists page:
Pete Coe
Les Barker
4 Square
Acoustic Strawbs
Chris Wood
Crucible
Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman
Kate Rusby
Keith Donnelly
Lisa Knapp
Crooked Still
Megson
Paul Brady
Peatbog Faeries
Richard Shindell
Rod Picott
Roland Chadwick
Spikedrivers
Steve Tilston
Show of Hands
Wailin Jennies

There you go! enjoy!

5 August

Sorry for the lack of updates of late - just too busy, but unfortunately, not taking photos! - however, there are some new images from the Carus concert we promoted in Preston this year - see them from the artists page.

Also, more photos from the Dent festival of Lau, Kirsty McGee and Matt Martin, John McSherry`s "at first light" and Chris While and Julie Matthews.

26 June

Photos added from the Dent festival of Roy Bailey and Tony Benn and also some general images - more from the artists from this festival to be added soon.

20 June

At last!, tickets and details are now available for the BIG Show of Hands concert in Lancaster on Thursday 6th December.
Click here for details.

19 June

Photos added of Martyn Joseph in Brecon, Wales and also in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

12 June

Photos added of Brecon in Wales, Duncan Chisholm and Ivan Drever in Lancaster and Carus preforming in Preston.

14 May

Photos added of Steve Knightley and Jenna from their concert in Lancaster, photos added of James Keelaghan from his recent concert on the Wirral and more to follow in the next few days. See them from the artists page.

17 April

Photos of aly Bain and Phil Cunningham added - see them from the Phil Cunningham page.

12 April

Photos added of Show of Hands form their "warm up" gig at the Gosport and Fareham festival nad the "big gig" at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
See them from here.

27 March

Photos added of Martyn Joseph and Martin Sexton from their tour of the UK. See them from the artist page.

4 March

Photos added of our concert with Phil Beer, Miranda Sykes and Emily Sanders - view them here. Thanks to all who came and made it a wonderful evening.

11 February

NEW GIG ADDED!
Duncan Chisholm and Ivan Drever concert added to the concerts page

6 February 2007

Photos of Anna Massie,Seth Lakeman, Olaf Johansson, Mike and Ali Vass, Malinky, Lori Watson, Lau, Alyth MacCormack, Chumbawumba and Karine Polwart added.

24 January 2007

Well, it`s Happy New Year I suppose!
Thanks to the hundreds of you who look at my site each week, I still try to keep on top of my site with the updates.
As per usual, I`ve been looking forward to the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow - and so far, photos of:
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Bruce Cockburn
Darrell Scott
Dave Ferrard
Jim Lauderdale
Maeve O`Boyle
Richie Havens
The Duhks and Justin Currie

12 November

Sorry for the long time in leeting you know about updates!
You may have noticed some changes on the site - it`s currently undergoing a transformation - hopefully you will still find it easy to navigate around - new photos added of Xavier Rudd, Kelley Williams and Stewart Henderson - visit them from the artist page.

29 August

Photos added of Michael Franti and Spearhead form the Greenbelt festival in Cheltenham - see them form the artist page.
More to follow from Candi Staton, Daniel Bedingfield, Nzlopi, The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, Courtney Pine, Cara Dillon and more...

14 Aug

Sorry for the delay in getting any more updates on this site, but here are a good selection, from the artists page: Martyn Joseph, Jory Nash, Corb Lund, Great Lake Swimmers,Sarah Harmer, Sarah Borges, Dave Matheson, Mia Dyson, Aengus Finnan, Hootenanny Review, Luther Wright and general photos from the Hillside Festival in Ontario 2006.

10 July 2006

Photos added of Martyn Joseph from the MAC in Birmingham - see them frmo the Artists page.

15 June

Sorry for the long time since the last update, but I`ve hopefully made up for the delay with the images:

James Keelaghan (Chester)
Martyn Joseph (York)
Show of Hands (Lancaster and Exeter)

22 May

Photos now added of Martyn Joseph and James Keelaghan, see them frmo the artists page.

10 May

Photos added from the Wath Festival of The Battlefield Band, The Oysterband, Martyn Joseph, Bernard Wrigley, Eleanor McEvoy, Dargon and Gill, Duncan Chisholm and Ivan Drever, Ruth and Gary Wells, Steve Butler, Rosie Doonan and Ben Murray, Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby, Quicksilver and Ray Hearne. See them from the artists page.

17 April

Photos added of Julie Fowlis and Emily Smith, see them from the Artists page.
Photos also added of Martyn Joseph and Stewart Henderson from their concerts in Cardiff and Kentisbeare.

14th April

Photos added from my recent trip to New York and of Runrig, who I saw perform in Times Square.

16th March

Photos added of Eivør Pálsdóttir and Bill Bourne, see them from the artists page.

12 th March

Photos have been added to the Martyn Joseph section from his current tour with Stewart Henderson.
A huge thank you to all who came to the concert - what a night and sorry to those who were unable to get a ticket - we`ll let you knowabout the next gig we host.

5 February

It`s taken a short while to add these, but i`m sure when you see the list to follow, you`ll understand why!
Photos added of:
Eric Bogle
Mary Black
Altan
Phil Cunningham
Anna Massie
Archie Fisher
Benji Kirkpatrick
Brian McNeill
Daniel Lapp
Dick Gaughan
Dochas
Doris Rougvie
Fiddlers Bid
Gibb Todd
Gretchen Peters
Hans Theessink
Hayseed Dixie
Mary Hillbillies
Ian MacDonald
Jillian Isbister
Jim Malcolm
John McCusker
J.P. Cormier
Julie Fowlis
Kathryn Tickell
Margaret Bennett
Michael Marra
Annie Grace
Cathy Anne MacPhee
Corrina Hewat
Elspeth Cowie
Ishbel McAskill
Karine Polwart
Maggie MacInnes

See them from the artists page.

And, there`s a few more still to come!

18 January

Photos added from Celtic Connections 2006, they are:
Liz Carroll and John Doyle
Men of Steel
Martin Green
Aly Bain
Phil Cunningham
Alle Moller
Gibb Todd
Le Vent Du Nord
Brian McNeill
Les Yeux Noirs
Fiddlers Bid
Troy McGillivrey
Lori Watson
Ian Macdonald
Karen Tweed

10 January 2006

Happy New Year

Sorry for the lack of updats in recent weeks, mainly due to a problem with the computer, however, hopefully in the next few weeks, I should make up for that, with a few visits to Celtic Connections festival!

In the meantime, photos of Martyn Joseph have been added from his recent concerts at Newcastle, Worcester, Lancaster and Bristol. See them from the artists page.

27 November

Photos added of Howden Jones and Duncan MacFarlane, see them from the Artist page.

20 November

Photos added of Bellowhead, see them from the artist list.

13 November

Sorry for the quietness lately, but you will find new images of Show of Hands from Salford, Martyn Joseph from Toronto, some photos from Ontario and a couple of revised pages.

6 Oct

Photos added of Chuck Brodsky, Coyote Run, Curly Boy Stubbs and Tracy Grammer

25 Sep

Photos added from the Fylde Folk Festival of John McCusker, James Keelaghan, Bernard Wrigley, Dangerous Curves, Eileen McGann,Ken Nicholl,John Wright, Niamh Parsons, Strawhead and Trio Threlfall see them from the artists list.
Also, photos added of a trip to Spain, see them from the landscapes page.

7 Aug

Photos added onto the Motors page as well as a few more images from Live 8 of Peter Kay, the Corrs, Bono, Travis and Will Young, see them from the artists page.

4 Aug

Photos added of North Uist and Live 8. See them from the Landscapes page and artists page respectively.

24 July

New photos added of Annie Lennox, The Sugababes, Beverley Knight, Bob Geldof and Natasha Bedingfield

12 July

Photos added of Ronan Keating and Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet) from the Live 8 concert in Murrayfield. see them from the artists page.

11 July

Photos added from the Live 8 Murrayfield concert on the 6thJuly 2005
See them from the Live 8 page.

4 July

Photos added from the Live 8 Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on July 2nd 2005.See them from the artists page under Live 8

20 June

Photos added of the Barbon Hill Climb, see them from the motors page.

16 June

Photos added of Martyn Joseph from Hereford in 2005, see them from the artists page.

31 May

Photos added of Martin Carthy, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman and London. See them from the photos page and then the artists page and landscapes page respectively.

22 May

New photos added of John Wright from the Citadel in St Helens, see them from the artists page.

15 May

New photos added from The Barbon Hill Climb, view them from the motors page.

9 May

Photos added of Show of Hands in Lancaster and photos also added of Jez Lowe and Bob Fox from the Wath Festival in May 2005, see them from the artists page.

25 April

Photos added of Midge Ure and Stephen fearing, see them from the artists page.

20 April

Photos added of Mike McGoldrick from Kendal and the Feast of Fiddles, also from Kendal, see them from the artists page.

3 April

Photos added of Martyn Joseph and Steve Knightley in Worcester along with some unusual shots (for me) of Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers from Old Trafford (2nd April 2005).

17 March

A few updates on the site, some larger and more noticeable than others, but new photos added of The Phil Beer Band, Alistair Fraser and Natalie Haas among others.
I must say a huge thank you to all who visit this site - there have been over 62,000 visits to the site in the first 2 years of it`s existence.
Keep visiting and I`ll keep taking the photos! - please sign the guestbook as well.

Thanks, Martin

20 February

There have been a few changes to the site, noteably the new artist drop down menus, which now include, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Juliet Turner, John Spillane, Alison Brown and Eddi Reader among others. Visit them from the artist page.
Also, new photos added from a recent trip to California, see them from the Landscapes page.

23 January 2005

Photos added of Eddi Reader, Alistair Fraser and Natalie Haas,Daniel Lapp trio, Unkle Bob, Alyth McCormack and Hougaard and Hoirup - all from the Celtic Connections festival 2005. See them from the Artists page.

22 January 2005

Photos added of Michael McGoldrick and his band - see them from the new revised artists page.

17 January 2005 HAPPY NEW YEAR

Photos added of Gordie Sampson from Celtic Connections in Glasgow - a lot more to follow - keep popping back! view them from the artists page.

5 December

Photos added of Show of Hands and Martyn Joseph. See them from the artists page.

15 November

Photos added of Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, The Eamonn Coyne Band, David Francey with Shane Simpson. See them from the Artist page.

3 November

Photos of Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Maurice Dickson,Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby have been added - see them from the artists page.

26 October

Photos just added of Jackson Browne - see the artists page.

Also, it is with with sadness that I found out of the death of Jack Shea, who was instrumental in the organising of the 81st Birthday celebrations of Jack Kerouac in Edinburgh last year - my sincere best wishes go out to his family and friends.

19 October

Some photos added of Peggy Seeger and the Chicago Music Explosion (Convulsions (the) and Scottish McMillan) - these can be viewed from the artists page.

27 September

Photos added of Janis Ian from the Lowry, Salford. see them from the Artists page.

25 September

More photos added from the Fylde Folk Festival of Cloudstreet, Colcannon, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan,Hoover the Dog, The Strawheads and the Old Rope String Band as well as photos of allan Taylor and John Wright and Terry Tufts. All of these can be found from the artists page.

9 September

Sorry for the recent delay in new additions, but keep popping by as I have a number of new artist to add - some have already been added such as David Francey, Ron Sexsmith and Jamelia.
In addition, more photos have been added of Martyn Joseph and
Show of Hands.

3 August

Photos added of the support duo of Glenn Tilbrook and also photos of the Bike Hillclimb at Barbon along with photos of an E Type Jaguar and a Ferrari 348tb which are both for sale.

24 July

Photos added of Glen Tilbrook of Squeeze fame. See them from the Artist page

20 June

Photos added from the Barbon Speed Hill Climb - see them from the Motors page.

14 June

Photos added of Brian Kennedy, see them from the Artists list.

5 June

Photos finally added from the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute concert ni Hughs room, Toronto. see the from the artists section under:
David Matheson,Bob Snider, Laura Smith, Aengus Finnan, Jory Nash,
Terry Tufts and Mad Violet.

2 June

Photos added under the artists section of Midge Ure and Kristina Olsen.

1 June

Can I just say a HUGE thank you to all who have visited my site in the last year or so. Since the site was created on May 9th 2003 there have been in excess of 32,000 visits. Thank You.
I will try and keep the site updated and fresh, however if you have any new ideas, other artists you would like to see etc, mail me.

28 May

Photos added of Martyn Joseph at Bedford and Bob Geldof in Morecambe - see them from the Artists Page.

17 May

Photos added from the Barbon Hill Climb - view them from the Motors page under the photos section

10 May

Photos added to the Europe Landscape page from our recent trip to Brussels and Paris

11 April

Photos added to the Library page and the Motors page- see them from the Photos page.

4 April

Photos added of Show of Hands and Dean Owens, see them from the Artists page

29 March

More Billy Bragg Pictures added, find them from the Artists page.

27 March

Photos added of Martyn Joseph - see them from the artists page.

23 March

Photos added of Martyn Joseph can be found from the artists page.

22 March

Photos added of Capercaillie - see them from the Artists page.

20 Feb

Photos updated of Kate Howden and Paul Jones, and Martyn Joseph and Steve Knightley - see them from the artists page

8 Feb

Photos added from Tin Gods - see them from the Artists page

28 Jan

New pictures added on the Martyn Joseph page and the Blues Band page - see them from the Artists page

21 Jan

New pictures added to the North America Landscape page.

30 Dec

Server Activity Averages since May 9th

Total Sessions Served 15271

Thank you! - I will try and keep the site interesting and updated regularly