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Live Review: Bob Dylan, Royal Albert Hall, London – 12th November 2024

November 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well. The first of three nights of the “London Residency” portion of Bob Dylan’s latest UK tour – and as someone said “things have changed.” No photographs from the event – with bag checks and phones […]

Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nina Savary, The Junction, Cambridge, 8th November 2024

November 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Mercury Rev are out touring their excellent new album “Born Horses” which raises all sorts of questions – the new album has a refreshed musical palette to support the new songs delivered by Jonathan Donahue in […]

Live Review: Jerry Joseph + 40 Elephant Gang, Green Note, London – 7th November 2024

November 13, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well. The first of three nights of the “London Residency” portion of Jerry Joseph’s latest UK tour saw the Green Note overwhelmed by a wave of passion. Not the lovey-dovey kind of passion but the “I’ve […]

Live review: Boia Festival St Davids, Pembrokeshire 25 – 27 October 2024

November 6, 2024 Oliver Gray 0

Back in 2022, when Boia festival was still known as Cwtch, the band of the weekend for me was Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard. They are still very youthful and prone to extended feedback exploitation and Freebird-style twin […]

Amanda Rheaume live at the Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 19th October 2024

Live Review: Amanda Rheaume + Sharon Maher, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 19th October 2024

October 28, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

The ‘Super-Moon’ hovered majestically above the Village Hall in North Newbald, shining its light like a beacon for tonight’s congregation made up of both locals and travellers, all full of anticipation and excitement for the pending […]

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