Folk live Review
Live Review: Amigo The Devil / Nate Bergman – The Wardrobe, Leeds 15.07.2024
Nate Bergman is a man of many voices. Just listen to his album, and you get some raspy folk, country rock god, and even a spot of gospel mixed with a burst of soul. Tonight, Bargman stripped back to just him and a guitar—two guitars, in fact, as he swapped between acoustic and electric for …
Live Review: Fenne Lily – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 19.06.24
Ensconced stage left, Fenne Lily almost seems to offer centre stage to her band. However, it’s the songwriting and arrangement of the Dorset-born folk singer’s songs that really come to the fore throughout this intimate performance at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club. Up against the Euros, Lily expresses her gratitude that we have chosen to spend …
Live Review: David A Jaycock / Cracked Hands – Bishops House, Sheffield 24.09.2023
It was hard to believe there was anything going on at Bishops House at all when I arrived (admittedly, late- it being my first time there and estimating set times etc), with the 15th century house on the edge of a park in Sheffield shrouded in darkness and with no audible noise emanating from it. …
Live Review: A Beautiful Day Out (The Levellers / Ferocious Dog / Peat And Diesel / The Lovely Eggs / Bar Stool Preachers / Jess Silk) – Millenium Square, Leeds 22.07.2023
The Levellers curated ‘A Beautiful Day Out’ hadn’t forwarded the memo onto the heavens as it was a continuously grey, wet and drizzly Saturday afternoon in Leeds, but the swathes of Levellers and Ferocious Dog shirts didn’t let this dampen their spirits at all. The afternoon kicked off with the lone figure of Jess Silk, …
Live Review: First Aid Kit / CMAT – The Piece Hall, Halifax 23.06.2022
By Tom Marshall Having graced the music world with their newest single ‘Angel’, the Swedish duo play their first UK show in three years, the stage of Halifax’s Piece Hall, a truly impeccable venue I might add having been my first ever visit. The scene was set, the atmosphere was that of a festival: long …
Live review: The Dead South – HMV Empire, Coventry 22.06.22
Coventry finally got a visit from Canadas finest, The Dead South after the pandemic had caused the band to postpone the show for 3 years, but the Served Cold tour was here, and the crowd were more than ready for it. Entering into the HMV Empire, you could tell there was a buzz for the …
Live Review: Siobhan Miller – The Greystones, Sheffield 08.05.2022
Siobhan Miller arrived at the Greystones at the end of a warm spring weekend in Sheffield as part of her Anglo/Scottish tour; see LIVE | Siobhan Miller. What could be better on a Sunday evening than a couple of locally produced cold beers and some great imported Live music! The packed ‘BacKroom’ needed no warming up …
Live Review: The Scratch / Gaolbyrd – 3Olympia, Dublin 19.03.2022
The Scratch’s show in the 3Olympia Theatre was another highly anticipated show originally meant to take place in the Academy a little under 2 years ago. The show was since upgraded to the 3Olympia due to extra demand! The Scratch are a 4 piece acoustic act from Dublin that mix genres from traditional Irish to …
Live Review: Dana Gavanski – The Lexington, London 08.03.2022
I’m afraid the mosh-pit has been cancelled. To the uninitiated the London gig scene may seem hip, cool and above all – dominated by the young and open-minded. Tonight that misconception is laid bare. Here in the city I love, a city I consider to be the global capital of culture, diversity and youthful vibrancy …
Live Review: December Sounds: David Keenan / Malojian / Seamus Fogarty / Elise – St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
The third night of December sounds in St Canice’s Cathedral, presented by Rollercoaster Records (Kilkenny’s primary record shop and meeting place for Kilkenny’s music heads), was in aid of both Amber Women’s Refuge & The O’ Neill Centre. The line was initially announced as Elise/Lemon Cello/Malojian/Seamus Fogarty & special guest , the news of which …