Ber Is More Than Halfway At The Lower Third

Ber Is More Than Halfway At The Lower Third

Berit Dybing, known to her growing fanbase on both sides of the Atlantic as Ber has been on the rise since the release of her debut song Bad For Me just two years ago now. In that time, she has been both writing and developing her live performance in addition to...

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Bad Nerves Warm Up Koko … And Then Some

Bad Nerves Warm Up Koko … And Then Some

While audiences are generally receptive to opening acts, the main act is why they handed over their cash, why they queued up in the rain for hours to get a spot at the front. And so when an opening act has the crowd bouncing so wildly, throwing around £7 pints of beer...

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The Return Of Live Music Events In 2022

The Return Of Live Music Events In 2022

The live music industry, like so many others, took a battering across 2020 and 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic made it at first impossible and then unreliable to put on events. Festivals such as Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park, among others, pulled their events...

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Wilko Johnson: Photographs and Memories

Wilko Johnson: Photographs and Memories

I’ve written before in these pages about how it came to be that the iconic Dr Feelgood guitarist, Wilko Johnson sparked a second career for me in music photography. In essence, it was his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis in late 2012 and the (apparent) sure...

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2000 Trees Returns With A Bang

2000 Trees Returns With A Bang

Sunburn, hay fever, and a damaged hard drive with two days of photos lost. On the bright side, 2000 Trees is back in all its glory! For the first time since 2019 the ever faithful Trees crowd descend on the Cotswolds for four days of blistering heat and an even hotter...

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Thursday At Glastonbury Festival 2022 In Photos

Thursday At Glastonbury Festival 2022 In Photos

While the music might kick off in earnest at Glastonbury Festival from Friday, when the main stages finally opening up shop, with revellers arriving at Worthy Farm from Tuesday night and through the gates at 8am on Wednesday morning, there is plenty to see and do...

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Rews Offer A Glimmer Of Light In The Darkness

Rews Offer A Glimmer Of Light In The Darkness

An interesting night with two bands I had never seen before. The Darkness on the last of eighteen UK shows on their Easter Is Cancelled Tour before continuing the tour in Europe next year. First up, a band I have been eager to see for some time, Rews. Songwriter and...

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Hats Off To The Tolerable Gentleman

Hats Off To The Tolerable Gentleman

The Fiddlers Elbow has become a regular haunt for Progressive-Rock outfit Hats Off Gentleman It's Adequate. Malcolm Galloway and fellow collaborator Mark Gatland, who both write and record all their material, possess a chemistry that has been honed through years of...

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Fiona-Lee @ Barfly (Kalpesh Patel)

Fiona-Lee Brings Raw Honesty And Quiet Intensity To Camden’s Barfly

Howden, Yorkshire-hailing Fiona-Lee returns to the Barfly, London on Tuesday 2nd September 2026 for the second of two consecutive nights supporting Violet Grohl, and tonight she looks increasingly at home on a stage that she has already made her own. Alone with an electric guitar, she delivers a striking solo performance that balances vulnerability, humour and a raw, unfiltered intensity.

Palaye Royale (Mac-Praed)

Palaye Royale Announce ‘Amsterdamage’ And Major International Tour

Avant-garde rock trio Palaye Royale announce their sixth studio album Amsterdamage, set for release on 22nd January via Sumerian Records, alongside a major international tour that will take the band across the UK, Europe and North America throughout 2027.

The Bracknall @ Roundhouse (Kalpesh Patel)

The Bracknall Complete Waiting For The Lights To Change EP With ‘Got What We Came Here For’

Fan-powered indie four-piece The Bracknall continue their rapid rise with Got What We Came Here For, the final single from their Waiting For The Lights To Change EP, as the band prepares for its biggest UK tour to date.

Dexter And The Moonrocks (Derek Hockemeyer)

Dexter And The Moonrocks Unleash Debut Album ‘Friends That I Don’t Like’

Texas alternative rock quartet Dexter And The Moonrocks have released their long-awaited debut album Friends That I Don’t Like, arriving alongside a new music video for Why Don’t You Say So, featuring country star Avery Anna.

ALYA (Arnella Chilingaryan)

ALYA Shares ‘Dreaming’ Ahead Of New Album Coming In 2027

GRAMMY®-winning artist ALYA returns with Dreaming, a soulful new single that traces her lifelong fascination with romance, following the release of Believer and offering another glimpse of her forthcoming album.

Black Lounge (Brittany Grant)

Black Lounge Share New Single ‘Taxi’ Ahead Of Debut EP

Essex indie-rock risers Black Lounge continue their breakthrough 2026 with the release of Taxi, a new single that reveals a more reflective side to the band ahead of their forthcoming debut EP.

Olya Polyakova (Rankin)

Olya Polyakova Launches International Chapter With ‘My Future Ex’

Ukrainian pop icon Olya Polyakova is beginning a new international chapter with My Future Ex, the first single from her forthcoming debut English-language album.

Roger Sanchez (Press)

Roger Sanchez Announces ‘Spectrum Refracted’ An Alternate Vision Of His Acclaimed Album

Roger Sanchez is set to revisit his acclaimed Spectrum album with Spectrum Refracted, an alternate six-track collection of remixes and new material arriving on 16th October 2026. Released earlier this year, Spectrum marked the dance icon’s first new studio album in two decades.

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