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Daddy Long Legs, Rough Trade East, London, 16th May 2019

May 23, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

When a well-respected music fan informs you that the best band at last year’s Red Rooster Festival are performing an in-store at London’s Rough Trade East you know it’s got to be worth checking out. Over […]

Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

May 22, 2019 Clint West 1

Hayes Carll is in a pretty good place right now. His new album ‘What It Is’ is a triumphant return to form following two releases which some considered somewhat flat. In addition, at the start of […]

Michael McDermott, Aces and Eights, London, 5th May 2019

May 15, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Following a successful sold out launch of his latest album, ‘Orphans’, at the Green Note the previous evening, Michael McDermott returned to north London and the dimly lit, intimate basement of Finsbury Park’s Aces and Eights […]

Pharis and Jason Romero, Kings Place Hall 2, London, 26th April 2019

May 14, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The last time that they played London, some four years ago, it was at The Green Note, so the somewhat austere setting of Hall 2 at Kings Place is a sizeable step up in audience numbers […]

Simone Felice, Leaf, Manchester, 30th April 2019

May 7, 2019 Clint West 0

Dressed in black jeans, black shirt and a crumpled black jacket; with unkempt hair and a greying, wispy beard, Simone Felice shuffled unceremoniously on to the stage to open the first of two sets he delivered […]

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

September 8, 2026 0

Following a breakthrough period that saw major festival appearances, BBC Radio support and the release of her debut album Lost En Route, singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation returns with her second album, Creeping Thyme. The record will be […]

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

September 8, 2026 0

Quirky, gentle release from San Francisco Bay area songwriter and musician. Angle of Repose is the fifth album from Bay area Blaine Todd, a newcomer to our site, but a release with a resonance with many […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

Daddy Long Legs, Rough Trade East, London, 16th May 2019

Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

Michael McDermott, Aces and Eights, London, 5th May 2019

Pharis and Jason Romero, Kings Place Hall 2, London, 26th April 2019

Simone Felice, Leaf, Manchester, 30th April 2019

Sorrel Nation will release sophomore album next month

Blaine Todd “Angle of Repose”

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”