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Live Review: Carter Sampson + Joe Martin, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 7th March 2025

March 18, 2025 Graeme Tait 4

Tonight’s concert at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, saw a return to the usual Friday evening residency but with a new name treading this hallowed stage for the first time. […]

Peter Bruntnell, live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham - 6th March 2025

Live Review: Peter Bruntnell, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 6th March 2025

March 17, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

As you climb the stairs at The Angel Microbrewery, you are taken from the congenial ambiance reverberating around the bar towards the door on the first-floor landing that leads to The Chapel. Here, you are constantly […]

Live Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, London Palladium – 5th March 2025

March 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2

The London Palladium is certainly a very nice venue, not one that the music fan might immediately think of but there are upcoming gigs from Patti Smith and Graham Nash and the last gig I caught […]

Live Review: Jason Isbell, The Barbican, London – 10th February 2025

March 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2

Jason Isbell is, it goes without saying, one of the shining lights of Americana – if someone wants to know what Americana is then you point at the totality of his musical output and just say […]

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 […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026