Folk royalty, that’s what Loudon Wainwright III is. As the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche and former husband of the late folksinger Kate McGarrigle, he has musical pedigree. Like Red Rum with a banjo.…
In that special late October lull when the days gather a brooding scowl, the evenings swell and the landscape outside of town waits with electric expectation for the spectral touch of Halloween, a cold breeze skits the fallen leaves and…
On Monday 24 October, the Islington Assembly Hall welcomed Lisa Hannigan and her band, touring to promote her long-awaited new album At Swim. By 8pm, the hall was already filling up. First on stage was Portland singer/songwriter Heather Woods Broderick,…
Space, place, and time clearly matter to Tom Brosseau. That is why the Albion Beatnik was a fitting space for his thoughtful and gentle performance on the 22nd of October. The Oxford bookstore describes itself as “enthusiastic” and “eclectic”, and…
Ahead of the release of their debut album early next year, welcome to the second instalment of a five-part confessional from members of Patch & The Giant as they admit to past crimes of the light-fingered variety, and offer up…
A lot of you will know Musical Charis, the Sacramento group who have graced these pages multiple times with their whimsical records packed full of ideas. The band’s lead vocalist and keyboard player Jessie Abbey is now poised to deliver…