Mark Underwood

Hannah Aldridge + Guests, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2018

August 1, 2018 Mark Underwood 2

Hannah Aldridge has certainly put in the spade work where touring Europe in the recent past is concerned. She finished her series of UK dates in London with a live album recording before heading to Sweden […]

River Whyless “Kindness, A Rebel” (Roll Call Records, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Kindness as an act of rebellion. North Carolinian indie folksters have a mission statement of sorts: “Like America itself, kindness is an ideal, a thing we must strive to attain even as we know we’ll always […]

Bob Rea “Southbound” (Shiny Dime Records, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Bob Rea, will be a complete unknown to most, and yet this Nashville-based singer-songwriter arrives with this release, fully formed. He’s actually been making music for 50 years now, even though this is only his third […]

Catch Ethan Johns & the Black Eyed Dogs before they run away

July 20, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Ethan Johns continues a brief residency with his band, the Black Eyed Dogs, at the Servant Jazz Quarters in Dalston, East London next week, prior to the release of his new album ‘Anamnesis’ which is due […]

John Murry + Benjamin Folke Thomas, The Lexington, London, 26th June 2018

July 9, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

“I’ve been trying this positive self-help bullshit, but it isn’t working. I know what I am.” John Murry is in darkly laconic mood tonight. But that’s not particularly unexpected – and while it’s perhaps unfair to […]