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Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 21st January 2025

February 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

The music showcases on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of the AMAUK’s annual conference are a really fine way to get going on gig attending after the inevitable Yuletide lull. Taking advantage of the high density […]

Live Review: Arkansauce, Bowstring Burgers & Brewery, Wilmington, North Carolina – 6th February 2025

February 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Bolstered by the independent release in April, 2023 of their fifth album, “OK to Wonder,” Arkansauce have continued to bring nightly the vibrant melodies of the Ozark Mountains’ rolling hills and raging rivers that can be […]

Lumineers live show in aid of War child at Hoxton Hall 17 January 2025

Live Review: The Lumineers, Hoxton Hall, London – 17th January 2025

February 11, 2025 David Jarman 0

London’s Hoxton Hall—a very fine east End Victorian Music Hall—was a suitably intimate venue for a special stripped-down set by The Lumineers, as a preview for their fans of their forthcoming album “Automatic” out on the […]

Live Review: Ruth Moody at The Water Rats, King’s Cross, London – 2nd February 2025

February 7, 2025 FredArnold 3

When you have waited 10 years to renew your acquaintance with a London gig audience, it is little surprise that Sunday’s concert in King’s Cross started off a little ‘muted’. Ruth Moody came on stage with […]

Live Review: Willie Watson + Blessing Jolie, The 100 Club, London, 1st February 2025

February 6, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Willie Watson’s appearance at London’s legendary 100 Club on a chilly Saturday night marked the end of a short tour to the UK which began in Hackney with an AMAUK showcase the day he flew in […]

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