Part way through the gig, during her 1994 song ‘You Had Time’, Ani DiFranco, in cargo pants and crop-sleeved top, sings sweetly “How can I go home/ with nothing to say …what did you do out […]
As I walked out on an autumn’s eve, for to view the fields and to take the air… but the air was damp, and the fields were all sodden, so when I spied the twinkling lights […]
Difficult. When you have a 15 year back catalogue and the same number of albums, chock full of smart protest songs, many of which are crowd favourites; not to look back at your younger self and […]
The long sleeves of Allison Russell’s sequinned mesh crop top are caught in the workings of her banjo. She doubles up in laughter as bassist Caoimhe Hopkinson tries to unwind her. This is something Russell does […]
King Tut’s on a Sunday night in late November appeared ominously quiet. Looks can be deceptive though – turning the corner from the stairs to the main room I was met with a wall of people. […]
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