The Barbican

Live Review: Musics From Summerisle, The Barbican, London – 24th June 2023

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

“Welcome Fool!” Lord Summerisle declared as Edward Woodward stared in shock at his fate – the hunter become the hunted, the reward of purity being eligibility for sacrifice. It’s a moment of inversion in British Horror, […]

Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan and the Age of Apathy Band + Donovan Woods, Barbican, London – 2nd November 2022

November 10, 2022 Richard Parkinson 2

This show, originally scheduled for May 2020 under the banner Songs and Strings Tour finally took place on a very wet 2nd November this year as part of the Age of Apathy tour. Aoife O’Donovan was […]

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, The Barbican, London, 25th January 2020

February 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

A rare visit to these shores for Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn saw the pair on stage at The Barbican – it was the simplest of stage setups, a couple of chairs, a few microphones and […]

Paul Brady and Andy Irvine to play seminal Andy Irvine/Paul Brady.

July 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

The Barbican in London have announced a special performance in their Autumn schedules by Paul Brady and Andy Irvine of their groundbreaking album ‘Andy Irvine / Paul Brady’. Released after the duo formed in the wake […]