Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick (above) are headlining a memorial concert for the late Diz Disley at the Half Moon in Putney on Wednesday May 26th. Also on the bill are Dick Laurie’s Elastic Band, the Hot Club de Londres, the City Ramblers Revival with ChasMcDevitt, Denny Purssord and Bobby Clarke. TICKETS HERE . And here’s Peter Vacher’s Guardian obituary , eloquently describing a life of ups and downs.