"Welcome, fool. You have come of your own free will to the appointed place."

This is the blog of Steve Hunt the male lump of Corncrow, a folk duo, and founder of Barley Folk in Cornwall, UK.

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting The Slak Bar in Cheltenham, to catch up with the very wonderful Jason Steel, who was playing a short, but hazily-perfect gig there.

Jason's music is available from Rif Mountain Records, and is unhesitatingly recommended.

This evening, I will be ensconced in a village hall in darkest Devon, in the delightful company of Jackie Oates and her merry band. Her latest album, Saturnine, is truly a thing of beauty.

Here we are, back in June, at The Square and Compass in Dorset. Yoinks, what merry larks!