Review Date January 21, 2012 Review By David Knowles Location Arkenstall Centre Danny Bryant just seems to get better and better. On September 17, 2011, Danny and his Red Eye Band recorded a live DVD and CD in front of a large and very appreciative audience in Holland. Now back in England they put on an even better …
Review Date March 6, 2012 Review By Alan Harrison Location The Boogaloo, Highgate, London Wearing a trilby at a jaunty angle and being tall, skinny and possessing a voice like a young Tom Waits the young Texan Jarrod Dickenson cuts an odd looking figure on the stage but his songs are all extremely well-crafted with melodies many of …
Review Date April 22, 2012 Review By John Roffey Location The Centre Stage, Bournemouth A veteran of over forty years, award-winning singer-songwriter Steve Tilston played the Centre Stage to another healthy gathering and concentrated largely on his most recent releases RECKONING from 2011 and ZIGGURAT from 2008 whilst injecting a few surprises along the way. An all-round entertainer, …
Review Date May 10, 2012 Review By John Roffey Location The Centre Stage, Bournemouth The evening got underway with a short set from grossly underrated folkie Mick Ryan who delivered a short set of hugely entertaining numbers, all sung a cappella. It was then followed by Rosie Carson a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She had enrolled into the …
Review Date May 2. 2012 Review By Eric Thom Location Hugh’s Room, Toronto, Canada It would appear that 65-year old Loudon Wainwright III has a lot on his mind. In fact, the title of his latest release tips the hat that he’s slightly fixated on death and decay; this comes with ageing. Yet, Loudon is now-and always has …
Review Date September 19, 2011 Review By Keith Clark Location The Tunnels, Bristol This was one of those gigs that underline the importance of turning up on time to catch the supporting act as you just never know when you are going to be presented with a real and unexpected treat. Laura Gibson, a singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, …
Review Date October 7, 2011 Review By Nick Dalton Location East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London Just around the corner in the heart of Canary Wharf, the Friday evening throng is in full session, thousands of office workers loudly spilling out of bars, drinks in hand. We’re in a curious but pleasing glass-roofed space snuggled between office buildings, a …
Review Date August 17, 2013 Review By Andrew Heaps Location The Rock at Maltby Surely anyone who sees (and hears) Lisa Mills for the first time will be blown away by that voice, and although this was by no means my first time, that voice is reason enough to drive an hour and a half over the Woodhead …
Review Date July 13-15, 2012 Review By David Knowles Location Cambridgeshire This was the first year that things had worked out right for me. I could finally go to the whole three days of this wonderful festival that is only a 20-minute walk from my home. One thing I did not bank on though was the British weather, …
Review Date November 4, 2012 Review By Keith Clark Location Thekla, Bristol The last time that Julia Stone played in Bristol it was as one half of a duo with her younger brother Angus but this year the Australians have put the family business on hold for a while to concentrate on their own individual projects. For Julia …
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