Kick Off Party, Night Tales, 24th February This event got off to a cracking start with live music from previous winners of the Bob Harris Emerging artist award. The excellent Lauren Housley was up first with […]
The reverential setting of a church in the back streets of Dalston was the sold-out London stop on Alela Diane’s three gig European tour, promoting her new album ‘Looking Glass’ (see our review). This was an […]
Album launch, iconic pedal steel, top class support act. An exciting night was in prospect. But I nearly walked past the venue because I didn’t see the sign, however, the security staff are obviously used to […]
The show opened dramatically with a spoken introduction to ‘Little Rebirth’ (from Allison Russell’s award-winning debut album, ‘Outside Child’), set to swirling keyboards and droning viola. In fact, several songs were preceded by these prologues. I […]
Ashley and Thor are touring as a duo, playing mainly as the support act for Jimmy Webb, and doing a few headliners at small venues such as this gig at the Troubadour. The good news about […]
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