One of the best things about turning up reasonably early to a gig is discovering a new act who is playing the support slot for the artist you came to see. Less than a year after seeing her play ahead […]
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I first came across Worry Dolls when they supported Tim O’Brien at Nell’s in West London about a year ago today. The two young women – Zoe Nichol and Rosie Jones – who comprise the group, sing and play a […]
If the standard of live music for the year to come is indicated by the first gig then 2017 is going to be very special indeed. Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton, founders of the Be Good Tanyas, got back together […]
“Play the hits, Simone” yelled a member of the audience at Simone Felice as he tuned up before the third of his encores. The star of the show his supporting cast and the audience burst out laughing. Then he played […]
Video from New Zealand’s finest exponents of whatever that is. Shades of plenty of good aspects of “Americana” and a lot more besides.
Union Chapel at the top of Islington’s Upper Street, near to Highbury Corner in North London, is a working Unitarian chapel as well as being one of London’s finest music venues. On a long June evening where the weather has […]
Touring the new Heartbreak Pass album with a cracking band. Video courtesy ARTE.
The full show from Calexico’s performance at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on 27 April 2015. Features the mighty Amparo Sanchez on several tunes. I watched this live and saw them in London the next evening. This is a great […]
I wrote a short piece for the old ND site about the magazine “Fantastic Expedition” now in its 9th isssue and focused on the early 1970s country rock scene. The guy that runs it is also pretty imaginative regarding distribution […]
It’s been interesting to see the growth in the number of performers whose music I like using crowd funding as a means of financing recording costs. In practice it’s a combination of a pre-sale and a one-off virtual merch table; […]
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