Held over the second Bank Holiday Weekend in May (29th May 2016), Dot to Dot Festival returns for the 11th time to the city of Nottingham, the third and final stop of a three day party, encompassing the cities of…
The last Richmond Fontaine concert I went to a decade ago saw their set sabotaged by stage monitors blowing, leaving the band battling in vain to hear their own instruments. I’d not really given them a second thought since but…
The top floor of the Hospital Club near Tottenham Court Road, London, was the host for Secret Sessions this week. With Secret Sessions, as the name suggests, the line-up isn’t openly advertised in advance. Instead, artists featured may mention they…
I was hesitant about a 10-piece folk band in small venue due to the potential of instruments muddling and sounding chaotic, but found myself incredibly impressed with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ performance 2016 at the Sinclair in Cambridge,…
“The next song is a sad one… as is the rest of the set”. Drinking, drinking with people you hate, relationship breakups and mental illness. It’s fair to say the subject matter of John Joseph Brill is not the cheeriest.…
This week saw a couple of gems from the Emerald Isle host an intimate show at the O2 Academy in Islington. Both have enjoyed fame through the exposure of YouTube, to varying degrees. Bry (formerly BriBry, and known to his…
The Electric Factory is a far cry from the clean and cool converted train station venue, Union Transfer, where Andrew Bird last played in Philadelphia supporting 2012’s Break It Yourself. The Electric Factory is quintessential Philadelphia, from the Ben Franklin logo to…
“The glory of God is man fully alive” – Saint Irenaeus, 2nd century Bruce Cockburn, at 70, is fully alive. Although slightly bent by age, the Canadian troubadour remains a cult concern for his fans, who turn out in numbers…
It’s 3pm, a couple of days after the glorious End Of The Road Festival 2015 and I’m online buying early bird tickets for EOTR 2016. I’m diligently clicking and refreshing waiting for the link to explode into life so I…
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