Ron Sexsmith says that he finds it stressful playing London but he shouldn’t have any worries on that score to judge from the receptions he receives in the city. Doors at 7pm. the ticket read and well before that there […]
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You know you’re at a Low Anthem show when the stage is set with an array of instruments (including amongst others, guitars, drums, clarinet, pump organ, double bass, glockenspiel, bowed saw, trumpets) and when the four-piece appear it remains in […]
An eight-year wait; two people, two guitars, one banjo, a harmonica or two, twenty-three songs, four standing ovations, three encores, an 1800 capacity crowd – yes it was the much anticipated first night of Gillian Welch’s 2011 UK tour. […]
Touring behind the recent release of his latest album WELDING BURNS Rod Picott, a regular and welcome visitor to Brighton over the years, opened with the title track in front of a warmly receptive audience. In the course of […]
The show was billed as ‘An Evening With Eric Taylor’, which for those of us who have seen him before knew this meant an evening of songs and stories. It turned out to be exactly that with the stories dominating […]
Award-winning folk singer Chris Wood appeared in Lewes as part of the four day Folk Festival during which various venues in the town act as hosts to the performers. This particular venue, known affectionately as ‘Elly’ is a 70 person […]
Years ago, long before I started writing reviews, I turned up for a Slaid Cleaves show at the Borderline in London having forgotten my ticket. As it was sold out there was no chance of buying another on the […]
The penultimate show of a demanding two month long tour of the UK and part of continental Europe saw Po’ Girl play in front of a sold out crowd in Lewes, East Sussex. The evening, promoted by the (local) Union […]
In 2010 BettySoo and Doug Cox met whilst teaching at a guitar camp in Alaska; realising that a common thread ran through their respective musical tastes and that they really enjoyed working together, they combined their talents to record an […]
In 2005 Bob Harris played Iron from Sam Baker’s 2004 debut MERCY, on his BBC Radio 2 programme, to much audience acclaim. That single act set in motion a turn of events, which at that time could never have been […]
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