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A Night to Remember

Americana UK writers reminisce about great and memorable gigs that they have attended in the past

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A Night to Remember: Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th anniversary tour, The Egg Performing Arts Center, Albany, NY, September 18th, 2018

June 29, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

A cracking tribute at The Egg. Being unable to decide whether to choose a ‘Night to Remember’ from far back into last century or go for a more recent event the winner combines a bit of both. […]

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A Night to Remember: Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors at The Ritz Music Hall, Indianapolis, May 17th 1991

June 22, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors were one of the last acts to play the former Arlington Theater in Indianapolis, by then called the Ritz Music Hall or The Ritz, in May 1991 before it closed down […]

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A Night to Remember: A triple bill at The Princess Charlotte, Leicester, probably early 1994

June 15, 2021 Peter Tomkins 1

My route into americana was through the alternative music scene of the eighties. My first real experiences listening to something which could be called americana was The Mekons’ cover of Hank Williams’ ‘Alone & Forsaken’ on […]

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A Night to Remember: Andrew Combs, Country 2 Country, March 13th 2016

June 8, 2021 Ewan Lury 4

When people ask me who the best people I’ve ever seen live are, I would often say Springsteen, Brothers Osborne or Chris Stapleton. The fact that Chris Stapleton played at the gig I’m writing about and […]

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A Night to Remember: Lord Huron & Samantha Crain, Crossing Border Festival, The Hague – November 13th, 2015

June 1, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Crossing Border Festival is a cultural institution in both The Hague and The Netherlands itself. This multicultural festival has been going on since 1993 and has covered everything from any form of modern music to literature, […]

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