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Review Date February 13, 2013 Review By Nick Dalton Location Slaughtered Lamb, London It was like the dress-down reception after the wedding, a warm pub cellar bar with plenty of sofas and plenty of friends all having a good time. My Darling Clementine is the award-winning country-couple project of Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish and the real […]

Review Date January 14, 2013 Review By Eric Thom Location Hugh’s Room, Toronto, Canada Don’t get me wrong; I was never a huge fan of Ultravox, but I always had time for Midge Ure and his singular, stylish voice, following him into his solo career and beyond-none of which would properly prepare me for what I would witness

Review Date June 21, 2013 Review By Jela Webb Location St George’s Church, Brighton Promoters Melting Vinyl who have been bringing live music to Brighton for over a decade, once again pitched it perfectly by staging Ron Sexsmith in the hallowed surroundings of St George’s Church. The venue, with its wonderful acoustics and seating for up to 600,

Review Date September 23-24, 2011 Review By Eric Thom Location The Dakota Tavern, Canada Any chance to see brilliant singer-songwriter Paul Kelly live is an opportunity not to be missed. This occasion, as it turned out, presented two back-to-back, surprisingly intimate evenings. With the release of his Mongrel Memoir, How To Make Gravy and a companion 8-CD live

Review Date November 3, 2011 Review By David Knowles Location The Maltings, Ely Legendary British r&b band paid a welcome visit to my home town, a gig I just could not miss. I have been a big fan of Dr Feelgood since 1976 when my brother bought me the album STUPIDITY for my 15th birthday and then took

Review Date October 30, 2011 Review By John Jobling Location Gateshead Old Town Hall Maverick readers should need little introduction to this band … having been well-played by Bob Harris on Radio Two as well as an appearance on Jools Holland a couple of years ago … they have performed regularly in the UK. In fact this is

Review Date September 1, 2011 Review By Alan Harrison Location Ronnie Scott’s Club, Soho, London If Ronnie Scott’s Club in Soho isn’t the best music venue in the world it’s certainly the coolest. I’ve dreamt of visiting this legendary venue since the mid 1970s when I would see their advert in Melody Maker every week; so seeing that

Review Date September 8, 2011 Review By Alan Harrison Location The Live Theatre, Newcastle It was a pleasant surprise to see that advance ticket sales had moved this concert from the intimate upstairs room to the much larger theatre on the ground floor. Local band the Sour Mash Trio got the evening off to a rip-roaring start with

Review Date September 13-18, 2011 Review By Eric Thom Location Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada There’s not a business-savvy festival anywhere who won’t claim its hard-earned exclusivity to “uniqueness’ but precious few own the bragging rights to actually doing more than processing a large number of musical acts to as many people as possible. The key lies in its

Review Date September 16-18, 2011 Review By Brian T. Atkinson Location Zilker Park, Austin, TX “I was making my set list this morning and thought: “Let’s start this thing the right way,’ Brandi Carlile announced early Friday afternoon. She did. The current Seattle resident’s fiery originals (Closer To You, Dreams) and furious covers (the Johnny Cash medley Jackson/Ring