Well... Someone sang "Somewhere over the rainbow" - a band called "The Last Straw" I think they were called. The female singer had a trained voice that sounded ridiculous in a folk club, though she was incredibly good.

The floor spots before that were mostly pubby folk, sort of American honky tonk silly bassline stuff, I don't know how to describe it really, I didn't know any of the songs!! Everyone had really nice guitars and didn't always do them justice - except one guy who was excellent and sang a song about the American thingy then forgot his words and left the stage!

Ummm... Maybe I'll go this Sunday as it's a singers night and a little less intimidating - I took my fiddle but I didn't play! And what's all this "Theme Night" stuff, I've not heard of that before!!

Generally I like much more traditional stuff, you know, jigs, reels, all the squeezy instruments... Then all the "contemporary folk" like Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Lenard Cohen, James Taylor, Kate Rusby... I hate cheesy basslines!!

My pal Jo gave me a lift down and I felt so awful cos this was her first folk experience and she tought it was funny! She has offered to drive to places outside of Reading though, so if you can think of anywhere that would be more in my line of thinking then let me know!

Maybe Readifolk will grow on me if I give it a chance.. Maybe...

TCW