Live Review: Ronnie Spector @ WOW.
Southbank Centre’s ‘WOW - Women of the World Festival’ played host to Ronnie Spector and her ‘Beyond The Beehive’ night of singing, talking, laughing and crying. Like a woman creating the documentary of her life before your very eyes, the show switched between live...
Live Review: Dar Williams @ Bush Hall.
The elegant Bush Hall venue in west London is adorned with red velvet curtains and glistening chandeliers, an ornately carved ceiling overhead and a soft carpet underfoot. So, what would it take to dwarf such grandeur? The answer, it transpires, is the songs and...
Live Review: Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
“This one’s a cover...”, drawls singer Spike Slawson in a serious tone as he looks out across a packed theatre and introduces the next song. This makes me laugh each time he says it - which is often, tonight - since Me First And The Gimme Gimmes is nothing but a...
Live Review: Brody Dalle @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen.
The singer from The Distillers and Spinerette, Brody Dalle has started touring to present her debut solo album. She played an intimate show for a few people at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen last night in London. The concert was set to start at 21:30 and with just a few...
Live Review: Family @ Shepherds Bush Empire.
Underestimated by the mainstream but largely adored by those in the know Family caused euphoric joy when they reformed for two special shows last year at this very venue.Initially for a one off experience Family are rightly back doing it again exactly one year on...
Live Review: Kodo @ Lighthouse.
Comprising a breath-taking combination of athletic and electrifying drumming, exquisite musicianship, stunning visuals and pure theatre, Kodo – the legendary taiko drumming ensemble – returned to the UK for the first time since 2010 with their most ambitious...
Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls @ O2.
Early on in tonight’s show, Frank Turner stops and takes a moment to consider the obstacles that the universe has thrown in our collective path in getting to this, his first headline show at London’s mammoth 02 Arena. He cites the current phenomenal storms lashing and...
Live: Sarah Jarosz at Green Note.
Sarah Jarosz has just completed a stint on the Transatlantic Sessions tour, sharing the stage with high profile names of the folk/country scene including Shawn Colvin and Tim O’Brien. The artists performed in prestigious venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, on the...
Review: 50 Years Of The Who. Colin Jones.
Musical history drips off the walls here in Camden. On my way to Proud Galleries, which is tucked neatly into the famous Stables market, I know that all around me there are any number of struggling artists fervently paying their dues in the basements and bars of the...
Live: Steven Malkmus & The Jicks @ The Forum.
Stephen Malkmus casually saunters on stage at The Forum with his three piece band. Despite the apparently low key entrance, the stage set up has been very specifically and slightly oddly laid out. Stephen is placed way off to the left, his keyboard/guitarist is almost...
Live Review: Martin Stephenson @ The Borderline.
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees prove to be an ideal act to see in the run up to Christmas - they exude so much warmth and charm that you walk away wishing good to all mankind and wanting to hug everyone you encounter. Not a particularly common feeling in central...
Live Review: Ocean Colour Scene @ Shepherds Bush
Ocean Colour Scene have from time to time been labelled as ‘middle of the road’ but there is utterly no way you could see this band live and still share that view. Laura Bradley writes and photographs. The evening was split into two, one hour sets, the first including...
Live Review: Haim @ The Forum
HAIM, a three piece band of sisters, is reputedly one of those overnight successes that took years of graft. The Californian ladies seemed to be virtually unheard of only a year or so ago. Yet, as 2013 draws to a close they have sold out two nights at north London’s...
Live Review: Don Broco @ The Roundhouse.
Don Broco kicked off their final night on their first headline tour at the Roundhouse in London. Sara Jenkins went along to review and photograph. Stepping out on stage to a loud and enthusiastic London greeting hey opened with You Wanna Know. Jumping straight in at...
Live Review: Billy Bragg @ The Royal Festival Hall.
Billy Bragg has deep ties with the South Bank Centre, London’s sprawling concrete riverside arts complex, which houses the Royal Festival Hall. Imelda Michalczyk photographs and reviews. The ‘Bard of Barking’, as he is sometimes affectionately referred to, organises...
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