AMERICAN KID is Patty Griffin’s first album of new material in six years. Honouring her late father, the songs are personal, visceral, passionate, emotional and all the more so for being sung live in the atmospheric Victorian gothic surroundings of […]
If Josh Ritter could be prescribed on the National Health Service then he’d be a ‘happy pill’ – his enthusiasm for his music and his unalloyed joy when playing are so infectious that everyone leaves his shows feeling uplifted and […]
Promoters Melting Vinyl who have been bringing live music to Brighton for over a decade, once again pitched it perfectly by staging Ron Sexsmith in the hallowed surroundings of St George’s Church. The venue, with its wonderful acoustics and seating […]
I hate large stadium arenas but I adore Bruce Springsteen. I’m with the purists who argue that shows in such venues are much less satisfying than in smaller, intimate venues but, but, but….Springsteen is one of those artists who make […]
Really, all is need to tellyou is that for the second encore Billy Bragg played the whole of his debut album LIFE’S A RIOT WITH SPY VS SPY for you to understand what an amazing show this was! In thirty […]
Chris Wood’s previous album HANDMADE LIFE won accolades for his intelligent portraits focusing on the personal musings of a happily married man (My Darling’s Downsized, Asparagus) but extending the topic matter to provide hard hitting political commentary none more damming […]
As I walked in to the venue, I happened to spot what looked like a set list perched upon the sound desk and asked if I might take a photograph of it – much to my delight the sound engineer […]
I’ve always wanted to turn up to a live music event and be able to say ‘I’m with the band!’ and tonight at Stackridge’s show I was able to do just that because my brother-in-law needed an extra pair of […]
Best Duo nominees in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and Spiral Earth Awards, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts played the Turners Hill House Concert series – this is one of my favourite venues in which to listen to live […]
Birds of Chicago is a collective brought together under the guiding hands of J T Nero (J T & the Clouds) and Allison Russell (Po’ Girl). Tonight the four piece ensemble was made up of our two protagonists accompanied by […]
