Tom McConville and David Newey

Before I for­get, I should say that the Black Swan has Skipton Brewery’s Cop­per Dragon on tap — deli­cious golden stuff.

Tom McCon­ville is an Iriish Geordie, which takes the more extreme edges off both cari­ca­tures and ends up with a really warm humor­ous present­a­tion.  He plays a won­der­ful lively fiddle and sings some great songs — a won­der­ful ver­sion of “Beeswing” sticks in the aural memory par­tic­u­larly.  A pity the room wasn’t as packed as it was for Chris Wood last week; to my mind Tom is just as good.  David Newey must be 40 years younger than Tom.  He plays a very unas­sum­ing gui­tar, respect­ful of what Tom’s up to, and with some accom­plished solos.