Frightened Rabbit manage, somehow, to strike a fine balance between combative resistance and crowd-pleasing jollity in their live shows. Preferring those at the front of the room to those at the back (who’re probably in the music industry, and therefore…
Category: Gigs
Live | Lisa Marie Presley, Ed Harcourt, Luke Sital-Singh, Polly Paulusma @ The Society of the Golden Slippers
It’s a quiet Monday night in Soho and we somehow find ourselves at what must surely be the most exclusive gig in town. We arrive in time for folk stalwart, Polly Paulusma, the small British girl with a southern American…
Live | Richard Lamy’s A Disgrace @ The Workshop
For Folk’s Sake’s Becky Varley Winter watched Du Bellows, Blushing Melons and Richard Lamy’s a Disgrace at The Workshop, London, and was amazed by various pleasantries including Austrian goth-folk, soulful folk blues and one incredible moustache. Read her review of this live show, which took place on 16th July 2012.
Live | JD McPherson @ Dingwalls, 11/07/12
After shaking Londoner’s awake following an infamous gig at the Wheelbarrow earlier this year, JD McPherson is set to play what is to be yet another awakening gig in Camden’s very own Dingwalls. On the first of what feel’s like…
Live | Lach: Up the Anti!
The title of Lach’s show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe embodies his philosophy not just towards music but arts and culture in their broadest sense: Up the Anti! The founder of The Fort, an early home to the ragtag bunch…
Festivals | Friday at the Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is officially the most chilled out festival we’ve ever been to, and certainly the only one where the entire crowd at the main stage sit down in the chairs they’ve brought themselves. With easy access, friendly…
Festivals | Thursday at the Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is not renowned for its sexiness. Beards? Yes. Beer bellies? Check. Family fun, funny hats and frolics in the mud. But sexiness? Not so much. So imagine my surprise when I arrived on Thursday afternoon to…
Live | Eugene McGuinness @ The Lexington, London, 26th June 2012
Eugene McGuinness had achieved lots of things before we came to know about him when ‘Lion’ was added to the 6Music playlists. Apologies for us being a little behind the times on this one, though it seems we’ve rocked up…
Festivals | Cambridge Folk Festival – Part Une
Thursday sees the equivalent of a religious holiday for the folk world kick off as the Cambridge Folk Festival opens for its 48th year. One of the longest-running in the UK, the CFF was first held in 1965 and featured…
Festival | No Direction Home 2012
For anyone who like End of the Road, the prospect was tantalising. A festival that had toilets, bands and comedy like End of the Road but also was smaller, by a lake, up North and in June. And we were…