THE Bermuda Folk Club scored a music coup with two top-notch performances in a month. The second leg of its June show featured Allan Taylor. The local contingent was comprised of Chris Broadhurst, Mike Cacy and the duo known as Broken Lights.

Chris will need no introduction to most of you. One of Bermuda's best known entertainers, he's been playing venues throughout the Island forth last 20 years. He's probably best known for his involvement with the Not The Um Um Show, but not one to be pigeon holed, Chris has made several inroads as a solo artist.

His four song set covered a lot of musical territory including a Broadhurst original entitled Carpenter's Hand. This brilliant crafted song leaves one with a lump in ones throat and this offering was far from being word weary.

The next local performer who has amassed a loyal following at the BFC was none other than Mike Cacy. His five song set was a cornucopia of finely crafted tunes ranging from Townes Van Zandt to Tom Moore's Ode To Nea, which was penned in the late 17th century. To have performers such as Broadhurst and Cacy grace the stage at the same event was worth the price of admission as they made their repeat performance at the BFC.

The final local offering for the evening was the duo named Broke Lights, led by frontman Ralph Gonzalez. This duo has constantly pushed the envelope in delivering a tight polished product. Little is known about this duo but since turning up the radar they have added a new dimension to folk music.

Allan Taylor has been able to convey with such eloquence life's experiences through music. Since Taylor's first visit in 1977, his songs have been written from decades of travelling. Resembling the observer passing through the proverbial time stream, each song is a poignant vignette of life.

More than a 100 other performers of various nationalities have recorded his songs (there are more than 60 cover versions of his song, It's Good to See You, in ten different languages).

For having 30-plus years of performing experience, he has been considered as the consummate performer and his music repertoire proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt. His performance of "New York in the 70s, the Merlin Cafe and the Mission Hotel, were just a few of the Taylor's perfect construction and were performed without nary a hitch.

His album The Traveller, won the Grand Prix du Disque de Montreaux for the best European album, and his CD Colour to the Moon (released in 2001) represents the work of an artist at his peak. Hotels and Dreamers (which was awarded "CD of the Year" in Germany), adds to a superb back catalogue of great songs. New Roads (released in July 2007) a completely solo CD with voice and guitar, and voice and piano has introduced some of his classic older songs (such as The Morning Lies Heavy) to a new audience and has already gained complimentary plaudits from both the media and the music lovers at heart.

His latest performance marked his fifth visit to the island and rest assured it would be a matter of time before he pens another masterpiece reflecting on his local experiences. One song that was written during one of his memorable stays in Bermuda was a song called Frenchtown. This song had a Delta blues feel about it as Taylor used a slide to give the song that rich fullness one expects when hearing an Allan Taylor song.

Back To You was dedicated to his wife but it had that appeal the ladies in the audience readily identified with and Taylor capped off a fantastic evening of entertainment with Sweet Cheery Wine and I Dream For You.

Th BFC will be hosting its BBQ and Jam night tomorrow, where aspiring musicians can bring their instruments and jam with both old and new friends. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. at the Spanish Point Boat Club.