Billy Bragg
Review: Delays, Oresteia and Seán McGowan at The Brook
It’s the night before Christmas (well, nearly) and the faithful masses are gathering in the city of Southampton to witness what is rapidly becoming an annual tradition – Delays playing a festive hometown gig. Tonight’s lucky venue is The Brook, a great place to watch live music, with excellent acoustics, plus exceptionally helpful and accommodating [...]
Small Faces founder to play intimate show at The Railway
A true rock legend is coming to Winchester in just under a fortnight. Ian Mclagan is a founder member of The Small Faces and the Faces and has played with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and many others. Now he brings his intimate show “A Guy Walks Into A Bar“ to Winchester on August 8th 2011. Support on [...]
review: Glastonbury 2011
With over 50 stages to cover and little me as the sole reviewer in what was one of the hardest Glastonbury’s ever, it was inevitable that I’d miss a lot of what I planned to see…..however, the beauty of Glastonbury is that if you do miss something, you will definitely see something magical elsewhere on [...]
Glastonbury 2011 – The Best Bits & Photo Gallery
Purely my opinion of course, but here are the things I enjoyed most at this years Glastonbury. 1). John Hegley in the Cabaret Tent. It’s been at least 5 years since I’d seen Mr Hegley, and I was hoping for some of the old songs he is best known for (Eddie Don’t Like Furniture). Every [...]
review: Ed Sheeran at The Great Escape
The sweetly delivered urban folk of Ed Sheeran seems a little out of step with its time. It’s been half a decade since Jamie T and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly came up with debuts flaunting an update to Billy Bragg’s take on the British singer-songwriter social commentary, occasionally enthusing hip hop and electronica and [...]