Live: Ramblin’ Man Fair Festival 2017
Ramblin’ Man Fair, the festival run by Spirit Of Rock that celebrates the best in classic rock, prog, blues and country is now in its third year. Whilst Download has strayed into pop punk territory and Bloodstock books bands with comical names (Infected Dead, anyone?)...
Kendal Calling 2017 | In Those Beautiful Fields
A music festival nestled in the Cumbrian hills, sounds idyllic and it certainly is, although you’d struggle to actually see the hills and mountains other than the moment you park your car at the edge of the site. Then there’s that nice trek up a hill armed with all...
Live: Afropunk Fest London, Landing Firmly
As the wet weather continues throughout the UK, Afropunk Fest London lands and with improvements to boot. This year they took over new event space Printworks in Canada Water, London with two music stages, two marketplaces, a food court and various art installations. A...
Live: Truck Festival 2017
One of the UK’s finest small festivals, Truck, has just had its twentieth birthday – and the site at Hill Farm, near the Oxfordshire village of Steventon celebrated in style with a guest list that belied the ‘small’ festival moniker. Boasting headliners Franz...
LIVE: Blink-182 @ O2 Arena, London. Whats My Age Again?
Recently one of my Facebook friends posted an article about the appropriate age when you should stop clubbing. In wider context the appropriate age when you should abandon the dance floor or concert hall for the benefit of early nights in with kids and pyjamas. The...
Live: Slaves @ Tunbridge Wells Forum
Idly scrolling through my Facebook feed on Monday I saw a notification from local band Lady Bird that they were playing on Thursday night supporting Slaves at The Forum, an intimate 250 capacity venue on the edge of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Ticket was by lottery,...
Live: The Robert Glasper Experience @ Somerset House
‘Our gigs are open air and go ahead come rain or shine’ is a statement on the Somerset House website and the recent heatwave that blessed the UK ended abruptly, bringing the kind of rain that told you it was here to stay. This run of thirteen concerts of the Summer...
Live: bluedot Festival @ Jodrell Bank Observatory
Hosted at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Macclesfield near the M6 between Manchester and Birmingham, the second incarnation of the bluedot festival took place last weekend and drew crowds from all over the country. Bluedot is a very special festival in that it is as...
Sound Premiere: M1LDL1FE, How You Forget
How You Forget is a new song from the band M1LDL1FE (pronounced Mildlife) about how we treat memories of the people we love. The track is a slow burner where the instrumental parts meet almost David Sylvian-esque vocals. Pulsing to a steady beat, the song is driven...
LIVE: Christina Martin @ The Sound Lounge
Nova Scotia singer and songwriter Christina Martin recently released her new single Lungs Are Burning and toured the UK, visiting ten cities from York and Cheshire to London and Brighton. I was lucky enough to catch her intimate performance in one of London’s smallest...
Live: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers @ BST Hyde Park, London
British Summer Time at Hyde Park reached it crescendo with the 'double header' of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and special guest Steve Nicks on the final Sunday of the event. The Heartbreakers, once regular visitors in the 70s and 80s, appearing in the UK for...
Live: Damian Marley @ Somerset House
Summer 2017 has brought the heat and American Express have brought their Summer Series to Somerset House with another diverse line-up of artists. It’s the end of the week, the sun is beaming, there's a warm breeze and reggae-riddims are bubbling, music lovers couldn't...
Live: U2 @ Twickenham Stadium
U2 come out swinging. Having warmed up an already expectant crowd with The Waterboys’ guaranteed party starter The Whole Of The Moon as their intro tape, the band launch into a chronological run of eight songs that have anchored their live performances for at least...
Live: Ani DiFranco @The London Palladium
The Palladium is an unusual venue for a gig, particularly for an artist like Ani DiFranco. It is a theatrical seated venue, not conducive to dancing. The crowd is a female heavy mix, as a vocal feminist and as female song writer who has explored politics, the...
Live: Kings Of Leon @ BST Hyde Park
You learn something every day. Today I learned that carrying a step ladder and camera rucksack on the London underground in the rush hour when it’s thirty degrees outside is something to be avoided at all costs. I had the rucksack because I was en route to photograph...
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