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Andrew Curry
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Futurist in London. Pessimistic and sceptical. See my Just Two Things newsletter, plus a folk music sideline at Salut! Live. New here, so still learning.
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jdportes.bsky.social
Just a pathetic non-apology. If your intention is to talk about "controlled, well-managed immigration" you don't spout racist bullshit about "colonisation."
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
If Starmer is serious about a "reset" for Labour then one of the first things which needs to happen is that he boots Mahmood, and others, out of the cabinet and scraps his government's cruel and inhumane policies and rhetoric against migrants, and other marginalised groups. #r4today
nataliesedacca.bsky.social Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 AM
nextwavef.bsky.social
The annual #TransatlanticSessions roadshow is always a fabulous series of concerts. This year’s guest singers: Kathy Mattea, Karine Polwart, Darrell Scott, and Muireanne nic Amhlaoibh. My review of the Royal Festival Hall show is up on the Salut #Folk site.
salutfolk.com/2026/02/11/t...
Transatlantic Sessions keeps on rolling - Salut! Folk
Andrew Curry writes: Transatlantic Sessions is the road show that keeps on rolling. It’s a bit more than a decade since the last television series was
salutfolk.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
@theguardian.com I have a subscription, but your user interface won’t let me enter this anywhere. Terrible, terrible design.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
God forbid that Britain should be more like the Netherlands.
danlockton.com Dan Lockton @danlockton.com · 18d
Many thoughts about this, but as
@apiln.bsky.social has detailed so well over the years, "fury at X" has become the default pattern for what was once proper local journalism.

Also, imaginaries of real places as slogans/utopias/dystopias are fascinating to see in practice, from NL to Baltimore.
Screenshot of "EDP 24" (former Eastern Daily Press) Facebook feed item with photos of people and roadworks and the headline "'They are trying to make our country into the Netherlands' - fury at cycle lanes work". One person has a yellow top with the words BALTIMORE U.S.A. on it.
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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sundersays.bsky.social
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
Not a #folk song of course, and not really a #country song, despite some dreary country covers. But Me and Bobby McGee is a classic song — with more than a hint of it in Richard Thompson’s Beeswing. Janis’s version is the best. New post at Salut Folk.

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Me and Bobby McGee: Song of the day - Salut! Folk
Andrew Curry writes: In January 1971, Columbia Records released Janis Joplin’s version of Me and Bobby McGee, written by Kris Kristofferson. It quickly went
salutfolk.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.

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January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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samthielman.com
Yes, that’s exactly it. The whole reason they’re there is they want revenge for the George Floyd protests
apocalypticanow.bsky.social ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 18d
Utterly bizarre that the authorities keep responding to ICE murders by acting like protesters are smashing windows and burning police stations. They seem to be responding to the 2020 protests, not what's happening now
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d
O'Hara: "We ask everyone to remain calm and to please not destroy our own city"
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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salutsunderland.bsky.social
Happy new year from Salut!! Folk. Our last look at the Folk Album of the Year nominees
@nextwavef.bsky.social
@folkonfoot.com
@matthewbannister.bsky.social
@soundrootsuk.bsky.social

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Peggy Seeger, Joshua Burnside and Edith WeUtonga: faces of British and Irish folk and roots - Salut! Folk
Peggy Seeger’s final record, along with Joshua Burnside’s Teeth of Time and Edith WeUtonga’s Varipasi: the third in our three-part look at the Folk Albums of the Year.
salutfolk.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Andrew Curry’s epic coverage of the Folk Albums of the Year nominees continues with
@poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social @spaffordcampbell.bsky.social
#gracestewart-skinner

@matthewbannister.bsky.social
@folkonfoot.com
@soundrootsuk.bsky.social
@nextwavef.bsky.social

salutfolk.com/2025/12/29/g...
Goth folk, folk noir and a portrait of a village. Folk Album of the Year, Part 2 - Salut! Folk
Part 2 of our review of the nine albums short-listed for Folk Album of the Year includes Poor Creature’s Goth folk, Spafford Campbell’s folk-noir, and Grace Stewart-Skinner’s portrait of her home vill...
salutfolk.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Salut! Folk features @cynefinmusic.bsky.social
Gigspanner Big Band & Barry Kerr in the first of three looks at the Folk Albums of the Year nominees
@nextwavef.bsky.social
@johnspiers.bsky.social
@folkonfoot.com
@soundrootsuk.bsky.social

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@cynefinmusic.bsky.social
Listening to the 2025 Folk Albums of the year contenders (Part 1) - Salut! Folk
The 2025 Folk Albums of the Years Awards are a new venture to showcase the best new folk music from Britain and Ireland. We’re going to showcase the nine records on the shortlist, starting with Cynefi...
salutfolk.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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@matthewbannister.bsky.social you may like to know that Salut! Folk has published the first of three pieces showcasing the Folk Album of the Year nominees

@nextwavef.bsky.social
@soundrootsuk.bsky.social
@folkonfoot.com

salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2...
Listening to the 2025 Folk Albums of the year contenders (Part 1) - Salut! Folk
The 2025 Folk Albums of the Years Awards are a new venture to showcase the best new folk music from Britain and Ireland. We’re going to showcase the nine records on the shortlist, starting with Cynefi...
salutfolk.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
My Salut #Folk colleague Steve Peck writes at the blog on Natalie Wildgoose-“a mysterious and evocative artist who has since turned my musical world upside down. She’s not quite like anything I’ve heard before.”

salutfolk.com/2025/12/19/n...
From the North: The Quiet Songs of Natalie Wildgoose - Salut! Folk
Steve Peck writes: A fleeting tip put me on the trail of North Yorkshire and London-based folk eccentric Natalie Wildgoose. Little did I know I would stumble
salutfolk.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Be right back, just off to lick the crown jewels clean

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Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
@theguardian.com If I have a subscription—and you know I have a subscription—I should be able to use my subscription number to sign in, rather than you trawling for email addresses. Shockingly poor UI. Please fix it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Not quite the ultimate accolade but the wonder that is @katherinepriddy.bsky.social has the Song of the Day at Salut! Folk.
@nextwavef.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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It’s crazy that there’s no limit on how much an individual can donate to a political party in a single year. I just signed ‪@electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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At the small and imperfectly formed Salut! Folk site, Maggie Holland’s classic and classy compilation Bones is Album of the Month. Please share

@maggieholland.bsky.social
@nextwavef.bsky.social

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Album of the month: Bones by Maggie Holland - Salut! Folk
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
nextwavef.bsky.social
@gregsargent.bsky.social I used to work as a broadcast journalist in the UK, including for the BBC, where I was trained. As soon as you say the word “most”, as in Rutger Bregman’s script, there is a libel risk. If he had said “one of the most”, or “an openly corrupt President”, it’s defendable.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
In which I discover that @microsoft.com has locked together in Word ‘suggest’ mode and Copilot. Result. Have downloaded a competitor. @microsoft.com may be desperate to get a return from its AI investment (fat chance) but I don’t need to help. #Enshittification
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
nextwavef.bsky.social
“Like a pair of large and powerful planets revolving in entirely separate solar systems, Bob #Dylan and Sam Shepard had slowly been gravitating towards each other.” They met on the Rolling Thunder Revue, and it all fell apart. New post at Salut #Folk.
salutfolk.com/2025/11/07/b...
Bob Dylan, Sam Shepard, and the chaos of Rolling Thunder Revue – Salut! Folk
salutfolk.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Tribute to a great figure of Scottish folk music . RIP Archie Fisher @nextwavef.bsky.social

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November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
nextwavef.bsky.social
John Martyn’s classic album Grace and Danger was released 45 years old this month, after a year’s delay. It’s our Album of the Month at the new look Salut #Folk site on Wordpress. I like a lot of Martyn’s records, but I think this is probably his masterpiece.

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Album of the month: the story of John Martyn’s Grace and Danger – Salut! Folk
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October 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM