Songbook's Online Extra! is where you'll find the stuff we couldn't squeeze into the printed magazine's pages, no matter how we tried. Too good to waste, and too 'of the moment' to save for a future issue, it'll be right here for your added enjoyment...

Festival 2005: a look back at the 2005 festival season: all life under canvas to a glorious soundtrack, featuring... [PAGE 1] --- Oysterband Big Session: De Montfort Hall, Leicester 17th-19th June, 2005 Reviewed by Jeremy Searle / Glastonbury Festival: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset 24th-26th June, 2005 Reviewed by Richard Cooper [Page 2] --- Cambridge Folk Festival: Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge 28th-31st July, 2005 Review and photos by Jim Gillan [Page 3] --- Summer Sundae Weekender: De Montfort Hall, Leicester 12th-14th August, 2005 Reviewed by Jeremy Searle / Pontardawe Festival 20th August, 2005 Reviewed by Sandy Guthrie / Solfest: The Tarns, near Silloth, Cumbria 26th-28th August, 2005 Reviewed by Steve Caseman / On The Outside Festival: Armstrong Building, University, Newcastle upon Tyne 21st-23rd October, 2005 Reviewed by Mike Butler

Continental Drift Four Eddie Cooney searches out the choicest morsels of music currently being made outside the UK. Live Gig Reviews, featuring... Crosby, Stills & Nash: Manchester Evening News Arena 25th June, 2005 Reviewed by Andrew Darlington The Reverend Al Green: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 3rd July, 2005 Reviewed by David Innes The Everly Brothers: Carling Apollo, Manchester 18th November, 2005 Reviewed by Bob Groom Kate Campbell: The Buddle, Wallsend 9th April 2005 Reviewed by Maurice Hope Crosby + Nash: De Montfort Hall, Leicester - 20th February 2005 The Sage Gateshead - 24th February 2005 Reviewed by John Brindle The Wailin' Jennys: The Cluny, Byker 26th January 2005 Reviewed by Dave White

Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, Colne Now probably the premier British blues festival, and celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, Colne still proudly boasts 'Over 1,000 Artists over Four Days', in a wide range of venues and events covering and involving the whole town. Brian L Smith was there...

Oysterband + Friends' 'Big Session', Sheffield "Thundering down the M1, the CD Big Session Vol 1 blasting from the car speakers; our manic grins of enjoyment and anticipation scaring the bejasus out of other drivers," writes Jim Gillan, "Ros and I hit Sheffield City Centre at exactly the right time to get the last decent roadside parking space. An omen of what must surely be a right good night, or what..."

Continental Drift Three Eddie Cooney digs deep into more of the fine music currently being made outside the UK. SINGER-SONGWRITERS LIVE reviewed by Jim Gillan CHRIS SMITHER: The Academy, Manchester, 29th July 2004 TOM DOUGHTY AND WOODY MANN: The Met, Bury, 6th October 2004 EMILY DRUCE & STEVE JONES: New Roscoe, Leeds, 11th October 2004 PO' GIRL: Bluebell Inn, Saffron Walden, 2nd November 2004 "Four very good shows by quite exceptional artists. All of them singer-songwriters, all of them also fine interpreters of other people's material. And all deserving of a much wider audience."

Solfest 2004 Songbook's Steve Caseman went along to check out a new event on the 2004 music festival calendar - Solfest in Cumbria - and, like his fellow revellers, had a thoroughly good time. PLUS... OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW: Jumpin' Hot Club @ The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21st November 2004 AND SLAID CLEAVES: Jumpin' Hot Club, The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne, October 17th 2004 Reviewed by Maurice Hope

Jim Gillan talks Filth with Mary Gauthier With a fourth album on the way, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter is about to embark on a short series of dates in the UK and Ireland...	It's In The Mix Gurf Morlix is a guitarist, producer, session man and recording artist in his own right. Maurice Hope talks to Gurf and to songwriter and guitarist Jeff Plankenhorn...
The Graduate Songbook’s music scholar, Sandy Guthrie, attends the Cambridge Folk Festival and … so much music, so little time … passes the test with flying colours...	MORE LIVE REVIEWS... Mike Dowling - Blue Coconut Club Pulborough, West Sussex, 6th October 2003 Keith Emerson and The Nice – Corn Exchange, Cambridge 8th October, 2003 Eric Taylor - The Grey’s, Brighton, 12th October 2003 John Otway, Murray Torkildsen - Boat Race, Cambridge, 24 October 2003 Show Of Hands - Footlights, West Chiltington, West Sussex, November 2nd 2003