NickBarber

Live Review: Skinny Lister + Vandoliers + Claudia Kate, The Sugarmill Stoke-on-Trent – 11th December 2025

December 18, 2025 NickBarber 0

The Sugarmill in Hanley, Stoke on Trent has long been a staple of the indie and rock touring circuit, ever since its conversion from a scouting hall back in the distant past, but these days tends […]

The Bros. Landreth “Dog Ear”

November 27, 2025 NickBarber 0

An adventurous and experimental release which fans of Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat will revel in. Genre lines are often blurry, and on “Dog Ear” Canada’s The Bros. Landreth do their bit to muddy the waters […]

Live Review: Sorrel Nation, St Lawrence’s Church Biddulph -12th November 2025

November 19, 2025 NickBarber 0

On one of the wettest autumnal nights in quite a while, a good crowd squeezed into St Lawrence’s Church in Biddulph, North Staffordshire to see the musical debut in the area of Isle of Wight chanteuse […]

Horsebath band at the end of their set at the Take Root festival on the Foyer stage

Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

November 10, 2025 NickBarber 1

Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]

Live Review: Courtney Marie Andrews + Charlie Jonas Walter, St Mary’s Church – Twyford, Hampshire – 23rd October 2025

October 29, 2025 NickBarber 0

It’s been two long years since Courtney Marie Andrews graced these shores, so it was perhaps unsurprising that her autumn 2025 run of smaller, but characterful venues sold out in short time. The first date of […]