The Drill Hall, Chepstow 6th to 8th October 2017 “Sanctuary in Music…” The Drill Hall is fast becoming the new spiritual home for the U.K.’s longest established festival of progressive music, the setting, close to the banks of…
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Concert Reviews
Public Service Broadcasting
Great Hall, Cardiff University Friday 13th October 2017 No Brainer really… Every Valley, the latest album by Public Service Broadcasting, is based on the history of the South Wales coal industry and its workforce, from more prosperous days right up…
View More Public Service BroadcastingAll Them Witches / The Ghost Wolves
Koko, Camden Town, London Thursday, 5th October 2017 Well, who would have thought it? A venue in Camden (just) that isn’t a toilet?! Koko is a splendid late Victorian edifice, originally opening as a theatre in 1900, and a few…
View More All Them Witches / The Ghost WolvesPeter Jones – The Mad Mothster’s Tea Party
The Islington, Tolpuddle Street, London Saturday, 30th September 2017 Tolpuddle, Dorset. Home, or nearly, of the Dorset Knob, a local delight served with cream and jam. How appropriate for an afternoon gig in the presence of Peter (Tiger Moth Tales)…
View More Peter Jones – The Mad Mothster’s Tea PartyIamthemorning
Bush Hall, London Tuesday 3rd October 2017 It’s my first visit to Bush Hall, a charming and exceedingly elegant music and dance hall originally built in 1904. Put to a diverse variety of uses throughout its history from WWII soup…
View More IamthemorningDamian Wilson – The Acoustic Sessions
The Bear, Oxford Wednesday, 27th September 2017 What a fabulous evening. A week ago Damian Wilson was singing and body surfing to an audience of 3,000 people in Tilburg as part of The Ayreon Universe series of concerts. On this…
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O2 Arena, Greenwich, London Saturday, 30th September 2017 A rather spiffing day out in the capital was kicked off with a trip to the V&A for the Pink Floyd Exhibition, and a highly entertaining and informative diversion it was too.…
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Cadogan Hall, London Friday, 29th September 2017 A quick question about gig etiquette: Is it ever acceptable to stand at the edge of the balcony and shout at the band in mid-song because you can’t hear them properly? That’s what…
View More Big Big TrainNorth Sea Radio Orchestra
Acapela Studio, Pentyrch Saturday, 24th September 2017 Well, that was just magical. In the beautiful setting of Acapela Studio, in Pentyrch, north of the M4 outside Cardiff, the North Sea Radio Orchestra beguiled an audience that couldn’t have numbered many…
View More North Sea Radio OrchestraThe Pineapple Thief / Godsticks
The Bierkeller, Bristol Sunday, 17th September 2017 If I may, I’d like to propose a toast to the Gods of Serendipity. Now I don’t often pay homage to deities of indeterminate origin – or any others for that matter –…
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