Acoustic or electric? What’s your preference when listening to live music? Well, last Thursday as far as seeing Twilight Hotel was concerned it wasn’t a case of either/or but both! Let me explain….. The duo, Brandy Zdan and Dave Quanbury, […]
HELLO CRUEL WORLD is the title of the latest album from Gretchen Peters and tonight she must have felt that that sentiment was a little too close to home as initially her microphone hadn’t been set up properly so as […]
Where do you start to review a six-day festival incorporating a conference with panels, interviews, mentor sessions and demo listenings; a trade show with special exhibits, and days and nights filled to the brim with official parties and music showcases? […]
Devonian twins Charlotte and Laura Carrivick are only in their early twenties but have already released their fourth album “From the Fields,” which has been garnering some wonderful reviews and quite rightly receiving national radio airplay. The pair’s hearts lie […]
Tonight’s opener, Chuck Prophet, dedicated his song The Left Hand and the Right Hand to brothers* – The Gallaghers, Ray and Dave, Dave and Phil, Phil and Don, and Gary and Mark. The latter pairing, co-founders of alt-country icons The […]
Paraphrasing the self-declared stoner folk musician Todd Snider during this one-off show at a sold-out Borderline he said ‘I might share some of my opinions with you over the course of the evening, I’m not gonna share them with you […]
‘This is unexpected’ said Ryan Boldt as the Deep Dark Woods took Brighton by storm on the second date of their first UK tour. Playing in a low ceilinged basement room, the Canadian roots collective from Saskatoon seemed genuinely surprised […]
If you think that libraries are boring and stuffy places where silence is the order of the day then think again! The reading room at Westminster was given over to a solo acoustic show by Anaïs Mitchell during which she […]
Having long been a highlight of the annual Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and of BBC4’s music programming schedule, in 2010 Transatlantic Sessions took to the road and found a warm and welcoming London home at the Royal Festival Hall. […]
You know that ticket sales have been brisk when this room above the pub has been cleared of furniture and the show is standing only. And so it was for the songstress from Seattle on the penultimate night of her […]
