Tag Archives: Gig

Blue Rose Code at Stroud Sub Rooms

Posted on January 26, 2018 by haymoncollins

Something in Ross Wilson’s music touches me quite deeply, and often when that sort of thing happens, it’s hard to put your finger quite on the reason why – is the musicianship? the deftly written songs of loss and longing? … Continue reading →

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Daniel Bachman at the Lantern, Bristol

Posted on May 9, 2016 by haymoncollins

It has been a long time coming, waiting to see Daniel Bachman play in flesh, so to speak. A musician of rare and remarkable talents he popped up at the Lantern in Bristol this weekend. Apparently this was his third … Continue reading →

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Blue Rose Code at The Convent

Posted on May 1, 2016 by haymoncollins

Sat here on this spring Sunday morning with my second illicit cup of coffee, my head is still swirling with the songs of Blue Rose Code from the night before, and most particularly Edina from The Ballads of Peckham Rye … Continue reading →

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Turin Brakes with Tom Speight at Gloucester Guildhall 

Posted on March 1, 2016 by haymoncollins

Chatting to chums at another gig (the towering Shearwater as you ask), I mentioned that I was off to see Turin Brakes (for the tumpy-tum time) the next eve. ‘Really? Why do you keeping going to see them?’… mmm I … Continue reading →

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Shearwater at the Fleece, with Cross Record

Posted on February 19, 2016 by haymoncollins

Jet Plane and Oxbow may well be the sainted Shearwaters best album yet (although I might have said that before for their other releases!) In many ways it is the record that sounds most like them live, always a soaring … Continue reading →

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Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band and Larkin Poe both at the Convent Club

Posted on July 17, 2015 by haymoncollins

Two shows, two great bands, two musical traditions and one special venue. On the face of it Eliza Carthy et al and Larkin Poe couldn’t be further apart – one with their feet standing on the solid pillars of English … Continue reading →

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Villagers at St George’s, Bristol

Posted on April 15, 2015 by haymoncollins

Sometimes things are just perfect. The day of the official UK release of Darling Arithmetic, the sparkling third album from Conor O’Brien’s Villagers, coincided with the opening night of the UK tour at the splendid St George’s venue in Bristol … Continue reading →

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Karthryn Stewart and Sean Lakeman at the Convent Club

Posted on March 29, 2015 by haymoncollins

Reminded again of our great good fortune to have such a special venue as the Convent Club right on our doorstep, Mrs H-C and I rolled up on a drear Saturday eve to the now familiar intimacy that is the … Continue reading →

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Adam Holmes at the Convent Club

Posted on November 9, 2014 by haymoncollins

It had been a heck of a week but as the Convent Club is but a hop skip and a jump away and there were two tickets with our names on, off we went despite our lethargy, and how glad … Continue reading →

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ATOMOS – A Winged Victory for the Sullen at the Barbican

Posted on October 20, 2014 by haymoncollins

A year ago last summer a friend and I stole a sunny afternoon from work and went swimming in a deliciously cold lake. Under the thick, cool, green and blue waters the colours changed with the sunlight from above, shapes … Continue reading →

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