“I’m having such a lovely time I could almost cry,” Kate Rusby declared in the middle of her main stage set on Saturday evening. Looking around at the thousands-strong crowd in front of her, it seemed the feeling was mutual.…
Four hundred years ago, on the banks of the river Thames, entertainers used to tread the boards of a theatre called The Globe. This week, at a site a few hundred yards away from the original, entertainers are still treading…
Now in its 52nd year, the festival has completely sold out for the 23rd year in a row. While probably not the most famous festival in the UK’s summer line-up, it does have a long, rich history of stellar line-ups…
Nestled in an oft-forgotten corner of Kings Cross, St Pancras Old Church houses some of the more intimate and spellbinding concerts of London’s independent acoustic scene, and tonight’s show was no exception. The evening, marking the launch of ‘Burial’, the…
Singer-songwriter Holly Ann made good use of the many musicians that preceded her at Mississippi Studios in Portland, Oregon on Monday night. Along with Evan Way & the Only Light Band, Ann performed with a band of eight for the…
Hot on the heels of Lucinda’s early 2016 tour for recent double album (yes, another) The Ghosts of Highway 20 comes this pared-down version of the songs, performed at the Apostel Paulus Kirche in Berlin with half the band missing,…
Much is made of Hurray For The Riff Raff frontwoman Alyssa Lee Segarra’s unusual coming of age story. Leaving her Bronx home at 17, she freight-hopped her way to California and travelled around the USA playing music for several years…
In some ways, it’s hard to come up with superlatives to describe Laura Marling. She’s clearly a virtuosa… adept at playing the guitar, with an agile and capable voice that she controls well. Her lyrics are intelligent and versatile, flicking…
yMusic line up guard-of-honour style, awaiting the arrival of the man everyone is here to see. The classical chamber music sextet are the latest addition to the menagerie of Ben Folds’ collaborators. This Folds chap doesn’t like to play it…
Washington based Globelamp came across to the UK to play a few shows and we went along to the Servant Jazz Quarters to take a few photos. Globelamp’s new album, The Orange Glow, is out now. Pictures: Duncan…