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Live Review / Gallery: Glen Hansard – London, Royal Festival Hall 9/2/18

It’s easy to see why Glen Hansard won an Oscar and a Grammy, after his performance at the Royal Festival Hall, where he moved smoothly between heartbreak and soul stirrer…

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Live Review: Richard Thompson / Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Sheffield City Hall, 25.10.2017

Opening for an act like Richard Thompson, a man who has been at the forefront of the folk rock movement for five decades now, could easily overwhelm the unprepared. Luckily,…

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Live Review: Trembling Bells, Regather Works, Sheffield 05.07.2017 plus Gallery

It’s been an odd and unsettling few months to be in this country. Through it all though the thought that the likes of the Trembling Bells couldn’t come from anywhere…

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Mark Eitzel – The Greystones, Sheffield

It’s a terrific thing that one of the best songwriters and most heartfelt singers of the last four decades can come and play the back room of a local pub.…

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Live Review: Matt Berry and The Maypoles / Xylaroo – The Foundry, 26.10.2016

From the inside, The Foundry is a rather anonymous looking venue, tucked away in the bowels of Sheffield University. On the upside, the drinks are cheap (£2.25 for an orange…

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Live Review: Woodburner at the Yoke

The ‘need to know’… Festival name: Woodburner at the Yoke Location: Yoke Farm, Upper Hill, Hereford. Setting: Rough woodland and soft fields. Transport: Train to Hereford/Leominster and then buses, taxis…

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Live: Hurray For The Riff Raff. Birmingham 29.06.16

The Rainbow is one of my favourite venues in Birmingham, a quirky pub has a discreet back door towards the toilets that opens into what appears to be a disused warehouse. The…

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Live Review: Larkin Poe – Stereo Glasgow, 22 May 2016 Plus Gallery

Larkin Poe proved they are hot property as they rocked a sweat-soaked Stereo. On a night where you can feel the sweat trickling down your back into a pool at…

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Live Review: Patrick Wolf / Calpernia Addams at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 10/05/16

Patrick Wolf has been quiet for a long time. Not just in his hiatus from music, whilst he collates an anthology of poetry, notes and art to be published for…

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Live Review: The Staves – The Roundhouse 9.11.15

School night out. Early start in the bar of the Roundhouse. Camden Brewery beer. Hot dogs and ale over the road at Joe’s. More beer back in the venue. Beautiful…

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