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Friday 24th July 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

David Berkeley (Santa Fe, US)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
24th July 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
The Blood And The Wine
Wait For The Rain
Setting Sail
Lost In Madrid
The Line Between
The Hedges Are High
Jefferson/A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Part) (Dylan)

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/HILARY/DAVID

Set 2
The Faded Red And Blue
When The World Sits Still
Cobbler’s Hill
Wolves In The Wings
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Lion’s Paw
This Be Dear To Me

CLOSURE

Friday 17th July 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

The Little Unsaid (John Elliott solo ) (UK)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
17th July 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Imagined Hymn
Music
Road
Dolly
Melt Down The Moon
Blood Line (New Song)
Some Miracle (New Song)
Human

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/HILARY/JOHN

Set 2
Willow
Second Circle
Half Alive (New Song)
Bug In Amber (New Song)
This Door Is A Door (New Song)
To My Lordless Sons
Day Is Golden
Chain

CLOSURE

Friday 10th July 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

Zoe And Cloyd (US)
(Fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist John Cloyd Miller)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
10th July 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Underground Railway
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Goodbye Girl
Neighbor
Rising Waters
Hoffman’s Hora/David’s Frailach (klezmer instrumentals)
The Past Keeps Getting In The Way
Running On Empty

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/HILARY/JOHN AND NATALYA

Set 2
Zisa Meydele
The Mean Old Rambling Blues(LOSS OF INTERNET)
Where Do You Stand?
The Old Country Baptizing
Lazy Man Blues
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (Acapela)
Paper Crowns
The Only Game In Town

CLOSURE

Little Unsaid Video

Friday 3rd July 2020

Photo by Gillian Harrison, set list by Keith Belcher

Fantastic show by Elles Bailey last night, accompanied by Joe Wilkes on some scintillating guitar. A sheer joy!

Elles Bailey with Joe Wilkins (UK)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
3rd July 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Wildfire
Walk On Water
Little Piece Of Heaven
Walk Away
Perfect Storm
Road I Call Home

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/HILARY/ELLES

Set 2
Wild Wild West
Help Somebody
Halfway House
Miss Me When I’m Gone
Howlin’ Wolf
Medicine Man

CLOSURE

Friday 26th June 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

Dirk Powell with Amelia Powell & Rainy Eyes (US)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
26th June 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Liza Jane
Balfa Waltz/Vieux Wagon
Everything Is Alright
The Worst (Amethyst Kiah)
Old Time Fiddle Tune – Title Not Known
Meet Me On The Mountain
Way Down The River Away

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/ HILARY/ DIRK

Set 2
I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly
Bon Soir Moreau
Rainy Eyes Slavery Song – Unknown Title
Sourwood Mountain
Red Bird Road
Madeleine (Cajun Tune?)

CLOSURE

Friday 19th June 8pm

Set list by Keith Belcher

Absolute blinder of a set from Martin, as ever. Great songs, great playing great voice. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and gave us our biggest crowd so far. Sorry if we didn’t get to your questions, but Martin had a few technical issues during the interview, so we let him get back to the music, which was sublime. See you all again!

Martin Harley (UK, HERTS)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
19th June 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
Automatic Life
One For The Road
Trouble
Summer Shadows
Roll With The Punches (soon to be released digitally)
Brother
Dancing On The Rocks
Cowboy in Hawaii (world exclusive)

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/ HILARY/ MARTIN

Set 2
One Horse Town
Winter Coat
Feet Don’t Fail Me
Cardboard King
Chocolate Jesus (Tom Waits)
Goodnight Irene
Can’t Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters)
Love In The Afternoon
It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson)

CLOSURE

As you know, in common with all music venues, we are currently closed, with no indication of when we will be able to reopen.

However, this does not mean that we are inactive. We are still operating, albeit in a ‘virtual’ environment, presenting a weekly programme of streamed live shows from artist’s homes. All ticket money is split between the artists and The Live Room, which is helping both to stay afloat while the entire industry is in lockdown. We are very grateful for your support during this incredibly difficult and worrying time.

We know that not all of you have the necessary or best equipment for accessing these live streams, so apologies if you can’t get them. If you can access them but are having difficulties, below you’ll find some tips for getting the best results.

• Use Google Chrome or Firefox as your default browser
• Clear your cache – if you don’t know how to, just Google how to clear my cache in [whichever browser you are using] 
• Check your broadband speed – this can be done by going to www.broadbandspeedtest.org.uk, www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk or there are a number of others. You do not need very high download speeds, but you do need a solid connection so the next two points are important
• Wifi should be fine for watching streams, but if your wifi is not great and there are a number of other devices connected to it, turn them off if possible 
• If you connection is still not good , if possible, connect directly to one of your router ethernet ports, using a CAT 5 or above network cable Male RJ45/Male RJ45. If you haven’t got one, you can buy one of varying lengths online pretty cheaply 
• When you get to the stream page, you can select the full screen option in the bottom right hand corner of the stream window

Casting to your smart TV via cable

• When watching on your pc or laptop, your listening experience will be enhanced by having some speakers attached. It may also be possible to stream on your smart TV using an HDMI cable. For Windows, read this article to enable this method. For Apple devices, read this

Casting wirelessly

• You may also be able to connect your laptop, tablet or even mobile phone to your TV wirelessly.
• For Windows devices, use the TV remote and select the source to Screen mirroring. It will show a screen with the TV name. On the laptop, press the Windows button and type in ‘Settings’. Then go to ‘Connected devices’ and click on the ‘Add device’ option at the top. The drop down menu will list all the devices you can mirror to. Select your TV and the laptop screen will start mirroring to the TV. The TV name also gets saved in the connected devices list, so connecting the laptop to the TV in the future is easy.
• For Apple devices, watch this YouTube video

Friday 12th June 8pm

Set list by Keith Belcher

Thanks to Mark for a fabulous streamed performance from his home in Massachusetts. A wonderful singer, songwriter and musician, we’ve had great feedback from our audience and we’ll definitely bring him along to TLR once we get the other side of this pandemic. Thank you to everyone who tuned in from home and abroad!

Mark Erelli (USA)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
12th June 2020

INTRO-RON/HILARY

Set 1
Oklahoma
A Little Kindness
The River Always Wins
Blindsided
River Road
Charlottsville
Stranger’s Eyes

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/ HILARY/ MARK

Set 2
Delivered
Kingdom Come
Rose-Colored Rearview
By Degrees
Her Town Now
Ophelia (The Band)
Abraham

Friday 5th June 2020

Set list by Keith Belcher

Curtis Eller (USA)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
5th June 2020

INTRO-HILARY/RON

Set 1
After The Soil Fails
Last Flight Of The Pigeon Club
Old Time Religion
Alaska
The Heart That Forgave Richard Nixon
Busby Berkeley Funeral

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/ HILARY/ CURTIS including a version of God Damn That Bird

Set 2
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)
Sugar For The Horses
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbing Along (Harry M Woods -Sung by Al Jolson)
After The Riot
Save Me Joe Louis
Sugar In My Coffin
Buster Keaton

CLOSURE

Friday 29th May 202 8pm

Set list by Keith Belcher

Some great songs, clawhammer banjo, step dance and body percussion from this Oakland, California-based couple. Wonderful entertainment and some great insight into what drives and inspires them. It’s a difficult time in the USA at the moment but they are still looking for the good in the hearts of their fellow citizens.

Evie Ladin & Keith Terry (USA)
Virtual Stage At The Live Room, Saltaire
29th May 2020

About the current situation: “I Think Its Only Less Stress If You’ve Got A Roof Over Your Head And Food In Your Larder” (comment made by Evie after Let Me Lay Down)

INTRO-HILARY/RON
Set 1
Dance All Night & Give The Fiddler A Dram
Jump Up & Go
Under The Waterline
News Cyclone
In The Shadow Of The Pines (Carter Family)
Have It All
Jump The Fire
Glory
Mistreated Mama/Yew Piney Mountain (Doc Boggs)

CHAT & QUESTIONS RON/ HILARY/ EVIE & KEITH

Set 2
The Storm (Lotus Dickie) Evie Solo
Dime Store Glasses/Body Music & Dancing
Slip Sliding Away (Paul Simon)
Tumbleweed
Gone Again/Trad Rascal Songs
Lonesome John (John Salyer)
Precious Days
Let Me Lay Down
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl)
Ease On Down
People Are You Ready

CLOSURE