Friday 1st October

I couldn't get to see Lancaster's Wisemen, but I've enjoyed the duo several times before. The lead voice has a sky-blue purity, brought out to the full by their acoustic-only instruments, which equip them to explore the rich seams of country, blues and folk that they clearly love. Their banjo-picking, harp-blowing, mandolin-tickling lead guitarist is now singing backup too. The Wisemen do great contemporary pop, so see them as a matter of urgency. "She made me feel glad to be a man".

Less pure were the electric four-piece Day Job,with schoolboyish rudeness lacing their rock based set.But the music was loud, entertaining and sometimes touching , especially on the second guitarist's "we all need somebody to love". The lead man's statement of intent to extend a number with a ten-minute guitar solo caused some nervous laughter, but again the electric becomes a hard-to-beat mode of expression and even his bandmates didn't seem to begrudge him. Day Job have a humorously titled EP and will no doubt return to the venue.

DNWH.