For Folk’s Sake’s Becky Varley Winter watched Du Bellows, Blushing Melons and Richard Lamy’s a Disgrace at The Workshop, London, and was amazed by various pleasantries including Austrian goth-folk, soulful folk blues and one incredible moustache. Read her review of this live show, which took place on 16th July 2012.
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