I'm just back from a concert by two fine musicians whose combined age comes to 35. It was a blast. Tom Moore is still at school and Matt Quinn is on the Traditional Music course at Newcastle. So you might say they are not yet "in the business" but they certainly are "the business" (if you follow). Supporting from the floor, musicians included Tom Paley, Pete Morton, Mai Hernon and Andy Turner. OK, Andy does have a day job but who could dispute that these are some of the finest in the industry. The musbiz is a business and tonight was simply a good and typical music night in London. Musicians are making a living, though sadly not a sufficiently good one in many cases. The fault lies with crap venues and archaic pricing policies.
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