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Live Review: Iris DeMent + Ana Egge, Union Chapel, London – 28th February 2025

March 5, 2025 Jonny Brick 4

Do we need to enumerate the ways Iris DeMent is so marvellous? She possesses a voice which is never forgotten once you hear it, akin to that of Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton or Lucinda Williams. At […]

Sorrel Nation, live at Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 23rd February 2025

Live Review: Sorrel Nation, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd February 2025

March 4, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

The first show of the new year at the Newbald Village Hall, and the first of a new venture for early evening Sunday concerts, with the doors opening at 4.30 pm and the gig commencing half […]

Live Review: Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes + Our Man In The Field @The Fallen Angels Club, St. Luke’s, Glasgow – 23rd February 2025

February 28, 2025 Paul Kerr 5

Commonly regarded these days as the best rock gig you can experience (certainly by most folk I know), an evening with Chuck Prophet never fails to excite, there’s always an air of expectation which, on the […]

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions 2025, Royal Festival Hall, London, Sunday 9th February 2025

February 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Over the last thirty years, growing out of BBC sessions and star spots at Celtic Connections, Transatlantic Sessions have become – to borrow from Chesterton – The Flying Folk Club. And not just as a travelling […]

Live Review: The Cactus Blossoms, La Marbrerie, Montreuil, France – 12th February 2025

February 24, 2025 Brian Hancill 0

What do you think sets The Cactus Blossoms apart from other Americana-flavoured acts? Well, on the surface you might mention their short-haired, clean-shaven style. They wear matching jackets on stage instead of trying to look like […]