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Live Review: Hannah Aldridge + Jason Charles Miller, Cart and Horses, Stratford, London – 25th November 2025

December 15, 2025 David Jarman 0

I describe myself as a live music junkie – I can never get enough – and the particular joys for me include favourite artists, much loved venues, and of course new artists and new venues. The […]

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Live Review: Natalie Wildgoose + Elanor Moss, St. Pancras Old Church, London – 17th November 2025

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With a storm behind us and the promise of snow in the near future, it was clear that we’re heading towards the Winter, a time of chill that drives a need for the embracing of the […]

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Live Review: Nora Brown And Stephanie Coleman + Spitzer Space Telescope, The Round Chapel, London – 21st November 2025

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Walking through the icy rain in Hackney towards The Round Chapel, one comforting thought was that this was going to be the best of times – Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman are top-notch Old Time players […]

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Live Review: Amy Speace + Rachel Sage, Green Note, Camden, London – 28th November 2025

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Amy Speace opened her set at the Green Note in Camden, as she had thirteen months earlier at the Slaughtered Lamb, telling the audience she had just flown in and was a tad frazzled. Not that […]

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Live Review: His Lordship + Snakemilk, Norwich Arts Centre – 21st November 2025

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His Lordship are a duo of guitarist and singer James Walbourne and drummer Kris Sonne. Both have collaborated with numerous artists, and they met while working with Chrissie Hynde. Whatever happened at that moment, something rather […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Contemplating life and death to a cinematic soundtrack. Songs with a joyful, uplifting way of looking at the harsher things of life. The debut album from this Milwaukee-area ensemble “has a sound that leans Americana and […]

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Willie Nelson “Last Leaf on the Tree”

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Well put together album of mostly covers from legendary songwriter and interpreter of others’ songs. Willie Nelson needs no introduction; the subject of this review is the legend’s 76th studio album release. “Last Leaf on the […]

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