Folk live Review Archives - Backseat Mafia

Live Review: Ryley Walker & Bobby Lee at Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield (Matinee Show) 2.2.2025

On a cold Sunday afternoon in Sheffield, Sidney & Matilda played host to a matinee show that transported the audience somewhere far warmer, both in sound and spirit. Curated and…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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