The Coal Porters

Here is the Coal Porters’ version of Paul Weller and The Style Council’s immortal song Walls Come Tumbling Down as performed by the CPs in Birmingham, Guildford, London and then Brighton.

These videos of three songs give you the vibe of the first shows The Coal Porters have performed live for audiences in four years; Two great audiences in both Birmingham and Guildford, twin 🎻🎻fiddles,...

After five long years apart THE COAL PORTERS, inventors of ‘alt-bluegrass’, are climbing back in the saddle to perform concerts in April. Led by ex-Long Ryder Sid Griffin and co-helmed by Neil Bob Herd,...

After writing Everywhere, a song covered by Billy Bragg amongst others, Sid Griffin sat down to write a song with his longtime friend the late great Greg Trooper…

Here is a wonderful clip of the Coal Porters rehearsing at their B&B in Madrid, Spain, in March 2018 before their sold-out, well-received, wonderful gig at The Fun House. The line up is Neil...

Continuing our series of Sid So Low here is the ex-Long Ryder doing a song by his old ‘alt-bluegrass’ band, the Coal Porters. The original full band version appears on the Prima Records release,...