“It’s difficult for me to get across to you all how joyous this is for all of us.” Matthew E. White, bedecked in a dark suit and with his flowing locks constrained in a bun, almost shyly leans into the…
Live | Spacebomb Revue @ The Barbican, London
Category: Gigs
Live | Lambchop @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Nashville’s Lambchop have morphed into an intriguing live prospect in the wake of last year’s critically-lauded Flotus album. Once a sprawling southern country-soul collective whose stage-presence stretched into double figures, tonight be-capped frontman Kurt Wagner is joined only by bassist…
Live | Indigo Girls @ Islington Assembly Hall
After a 10-year absence, the Indigo Girls returned to the UK this summer in a tour that included the Cambridge Folk Festival and ended on Sunday 30th July at the Islington Assembly Hall, London. Clearly their fans have kept the…
Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
Friday “This is a love song I wrote, and it’s called ‘The Worst’.” Mid-way through her Stage 1 Friday afternoon set, Tennessean country blues musician Amythyst Kiah gave words to folk music’s USP, and proceeded to sing a cheerful sounding…
Preview | Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
The annual Cambridge Folk Festival, now 53 years old, is Europe’s premier folk festival. A celebration of talent from all over the world, it’s a festival committed to giving stage time to up and comers as well as showcasing some…
Festival Review | Latitude Festival 2017
Henham Park hosted the 12th edition of Festival Republic’s Latitude Festival last weekend, and this writer was fortunate to be there for the 6th consecutive year. I don’t know quite what it is that keeps me coming back year upon…
Live | Darlingside @ Union Chapel, London
After making their international debut at the Cambridge Folk Festival last summer, Darlingside have now played in England more times than anywhere else in the past year, including their hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. This summer’s tour included a quick stop…
Live | Novo Amor @ Hoxton Hall, London
In advance of the release of his second EP Bathing Beach, Novo Amor returned to London’s beautiful Hoxton Hall. Opening the evening was singer-songwriter Blanco White, who wowed the audience with his delicately constructed songs. Having studied the Spanish guitar…
Live | Bob Dylan @ London Palladium
For someone who has been on the same tour since 1988, it seems strange that the London Palladium is a venue that Bob Dylan had never played before these three shows. Even in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Dylan said…
Live | Keston Cobblers Club – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
If Keston Cobblers Club are a name you are unfamiliar with, I strongly advise you to remedy this. One of the best unheralded acts in the UK in 2017, the 5 Kent based 5 piece (Matthew and Julia Lowe, Bethan…