Bridgend Farmhouse BIG opening party. March 2018

 This weekend, Saturday 24th March 2018 to be precise, Portnawak greatly enjoyed playing the garden stage for the grand opening of Bridgend Farmhouse.

This is an excellent project, where a group of folk have tirelessly been working for 7 years to bring it into fruition.  Bridgend Farmhouse has been renovated from it's dilapidated state into a community owned initiative, with cafe, garden, workshops and volunteers.  The emphasis is placed on community and good eating.

 Go and visit, get involved!
http://www.bridgendfarmhouse.org.uk/

Do you know Black Nettle?

This is some of Black Nettle... they were performing in Edinburgh during the festival this year (2014).  Portnawak & The Woo played with them at the Forest Cafe.  Anyways, their music is fine, fine, fine!  If you see them busking on your street corner, or you have a contact for them please get in touch through the contact page.

Ah yeah!!!!


Love and Woo

Bobok!

There is this new Edinburgh band, Bobok!

They are very good. Russian brass skango, they say.

Listen to their music!

Lemmings and Jellyspoons, 

Presenting! 

for your listening pleasure, 

Mr Leon Redbone!

Every single aspect of this is amazing, Enjoy.....

Roots of the Woo

It is always difficult for us answering the question: What are your musical inspirations. We are all interested in different kind of styles and bands, however some bands are in fact a great source of inspiration. I would like here to introduce a band that is quite well known in France for the 70's lovers, but maybe less known in the UK: Malicorne. This band was using old songs, poems or melodys from the medieval age, and turned them into marvelous music with their own style. Extremely talented musicians and singers, they keep surprising you with great interpretations. Going from accapella to electric guitars backing up an ancient psycheldelic instrument, their approach of the medieval music is unique. Although the beautiful lyrics are obviously french, I still think that anyone can enjoy the beauty of the songs without understanding. Judge by yourself with this track from one of my favourite album from them: Branle la peronelle.