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Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

July 9, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

And, at last, the temperature had begun to dip, so the only concern could be would the three record days in a row of June heat have caused the rail line any trouble; maybe there’d be […]

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

July 8, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

State Fayre arrived in Essex beneath blazing sunshine and cloudless skies, three days of unrelenting heat that somehow seemed perfectly suited to a festival built around americana, country, roots and classic rock. From the moment the […]

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

July 6, 2026 NickBarber 0

Midway through the European leg of her Heavy Petal tour, Sierra Ferrell and touring company found themselves at the Docks venue in Hamburg, right in the heart of the Reeperbahn. Originally the gig had been located […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 1

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]