The girls in the band

The singer in The United Kingdom

Kim Logan heading her band

and the guitarist/keyboard player/vocals of Funeral for Bird.

Ren Harvieu

captured in a pensive moment during her concert.

Sink Ya Teeth

... and we did...

By now all of you who check out my blog know

Michele and Romeo from my previous posts and their regular slot at the Green Note

and Ren Harvieu, who usually joins them at some stage

but this time they invited John Moore, who I remember when he was in the Black Box Recorder, even though he was also in the Jesus and the Mary Chain, but I never really listened to them. 

Girls to the Front

with Miri, one of the organisers,

and RoseRed and her butterflies, the other organiser of the evening

Rotem, and the fabulous Canadian singer who came to sing with a couple of the acts at the night (but is shortly leaving London, so everybody was a bit sad on this great evening)

Anjana Vasan took some time off from acting and came to sing a set for us

Ny Oh from New Zealand did her bit

and Martha Hill (who was the only one to bring her whole band with her) brought the evening to the end (and I am happy to report that she commented that my photos were lush) 

Labour Live

 and a bit of politics with Jeremy Corbyn

and Owen Jones

a bit of politics/comedy by Eddie Izzard

a bit of politically critical spoken word by Potent Whisper

and a lot of music from Meave Mackinnon

Sam Fender and his band

Declan McKenna

She Drew the Gun

Nia Wyn

Robb Johnson

Rae Morris

and her jacket 

Reverend and the Makers

Glen Matlock

and of course the Magic Numbers (and a few more that I did not see)

Israel Nash

escaped his seclusion in Texas to enjoy the London wilderness for a while. 

One year on...

 ...and it hasn't got any easier for the people

nor has it got any easier for the fire fighters

but the people are there to remember

 and support

and give their love 

to all who need it

and we are determined to keep on marching ....

My brain

 is a bit muddled up

and it can be a very dark place, even on a sunny afternoon;

lately it has been playing a game where it is trying to trap my body in a small coffin like frame, so I can't move.

Two very different concerts on a lazy Saturday afternoon

Coltana at Acklam Village

and Matt Maltese at Rough Trade West. 

Back at the Monarch

with Miriam

Black Calavera

and The Indios.

David Rovics

 did his Names and Addresses song in the week leading up to the one year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. It was weird to think that the tragedy touched someone on the other side of the Atlantic enough to write a song about it, but that is what the world has become... a small place in which we are all connected, for better or for worse... 

 he was joined by some people from the Islington folk club

each doing a song, so there were too many of them to show you the photos of all of them here, but I am sure you can find them elsewhere... 

A very short

(or did he start early?) but sweet performance by an overly sensitive megalomaniac (his words, not mine)