The Sound of Music

I want a night out. The wife and I still haven't managed to find much time for us recently and we love live music, the best gigs being the small, intimate ones. Like a wet bank holiday afternoon in a small bar serving good wine, with about a dozen other people and two guys on their guitars. On holiday in Scotland a couple of years ago we came across a fantastic folk trio, they had us humming the tunes for a fortnight. Folk is best in that sort of small, cosy pub but I was gutted to find out that Kate Rusby is on at the new Sage next week but has sold out. As has James Blunt. David Gray has a new album out but I can't really afford it at the moment and he isn't coming anywhere near here on his tour anyway. Rumour has it that Juliet Turner is touring early next year and she tends to play smaller venues. We saw her last year and that was fantastic (saw Norah Jones that same week and there is no comparison - she was just dull). I can't get to our CDs either, they're buried in the spare room while the decorating is being done so it's just iTunes and a rather limited library after Radio 2 goes a bit strange at this time of night!