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Ruthless Thing EP/Fleece Show – Tom Mitchell
Trying to make a virtue our of my laziness I thought I would combine a wretchedly late review of Tom Mitchells new(ish) Ep and his set at yesterdays acoustic all-dayer at The Fleece. The Peeblemeister and I rolled along this … Continue reading
Scott Matthews – Paul’s Fund Benefit, Bristol
Mrs HC and I rolled along to Woodlands Church (Woodies to the initiates it seems) in Clifton, driven to listen to Scott Matthews again. We knew it was a benefit gig but didn’t really know much more. Turns out twas for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Gig, Paul's Fund, Robin Mitchell, Rosie G and the Jelly Rebels, Scott Matthews
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Turin Brakes, Hector and Cadbury Sisters – Gloucester Guildhall
‘Like heaven with the lid off’ as Auntie Millie used to say. Some evenings just nail it and Friday eve at the Guildhall in Gloucester was one if those. Polar opposite supports, the Cadbury Sisters and Hector managed in their … Continue reading
Turin Brakes – Bath Komedia
Some things are as reliable as he sun coming up in the morning, and one of those is a TB gig. I have seen them every year for an age now and they are never less than ace. If anything, … Continue reading
Hawksley Workman – The Borderline
The teeny tiny Borderline is tucked away downstairs just yards from the Friday night alcohol swilling young things of media Soho, the flirtatious Old Compton Street melange and the vaguely lost tourists of Charing Cross Road. Here I am slumped … Continue reading
Sharon van Etten – Scala, London
You know how it is, sometimes you fall madly and deeply in love with an artist and their music, like I did with SvE’s Epic a couple of years ago and this year with Tramp. The music is contagious, addictive; … Continue reading
Scott Matthews – Wolverhampton Newhampton Arts
Dang, you always know you’re going to get a good show with SM at the Newhampton Arts in Wolverhampton. Home town, good contingent of family and friends and the ever faithful like to the Pompey Posse, IDS and me. All … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Whitehouse, Gig, Greg Stoddard, Jasmine Rodgers, Newhampton Arts, Sam Martin, Scott Matthews
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Shearwater – The Cellar Oxford
The fact that Shearwater, purveyors of such monumental and remarkable music, are not simply huge is a continuing mystery to me. There is an upside however (for we cognoscenti at least) in that you can still get to see them … Continue reading
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Tagged Gig, Hospital Ships, Jonathon Meiberg, Julie Doiron, Shearwater, The Appleseed Cast, The Lemurs
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Roddy Woomble – Cheltenham Town Hall
Here is a voice that has kept me company for these last 12 or 14 years. Part of the exhilarating soarings of Idlewild at their best, providing the shimmering soundtrack to the youth I wished I could have had, re-written or re-lived, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Concerto for Constantine, Edwin, Edwin Morgan, Gavin Fox, Gig, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Roddy Woomble, Seonaid Aitken, Sorren Mcalean
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Bravo Brave Bats – Grain Barge
I promise to shut up about Bravo Brave Bats for a bit now, but before I do, a few words and some grainy pix to mark their support slot for EJ Esau at the Grain Barge last eve hot on … Continue reading
