In the heat of the sun a five-foot nothing lady took the stage at one of the smaller outdoor stages at the Black Deer festival. Strident and confident, this powerhouse lady captivated on different stages on several occasions during the weekend, including a main stage spot on the […]
Slide guitar and harmonica-playing blues veteran Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans wowed the Black Deer crowd with a cracking set of livewire blues. “I’m an old guy who used to drive trucks for a living and it’s a pleasure to come over to play for you guys.” Backed by […]
“How much damage can we do in a gigantic field?” asked Ben Nichols, frontman of Tennessee rockers Lucero, after recognising some faces in the crowd. “Enough” he joked. BOON reviewed Lucero six months ago and the crowd was lively then to say the least. The Black Deer faithful […]
Traditional American blues came to Black Deer in the form of multi-instrumentalist and inuendo raconteur Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton. Paxton is a talented young man keeping the songs of his heritage alive, playing ragtime, blues, reels and zydeco songs. “My name is Jerron and I’m from South Central […]
The Rembrandts — the Americana pop-rock duo of multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Phil Solem and Danny Wilde—co-wrote the effervescent theme song I’ll Be There For You for the TV series Friends. For Solem and Wilde, that is but one small chapter in a friendship and creative relationship spanning four […]
Singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara shares new single ‘Torch Song’ – a captivating track taken from his album ‘Tales of America’, out now on Verve Records. The release of the mesmerising ‘Torch Song’ comes ahead of Ondara’s first Glastonbury appearance, playing at 1:30pm on Sunday 30th June on the Acoustic […]
Martin Harley, one of the UK’s finest blues guitarists, gave a virtuoso solo set in the afternoon sunshine at the Black Deer festival in Kent with a later band set on one of the bar stages. Harley is the master of the electric bottleneck slide guitar, with scintillating […]
The singer-songwriter brings his international ‘Nineteen’ tour to the UK LONDON, UK – (25th June 2019) – Building on a year of success which has already seen him enjoy his third consecutive #1 single ‘One That Got Away’ (watch the video here) and perform on three different continents, […]
Before his show Paul Cauthen wandered into the bar of the Slaughtered Lamb in London’s Clerkenwell. A guy in a Stetson called him over saying “Hey Paul, I’m Texas Joe”. He then presented Cauthen with a demin jacket emblazoned with Big Velvet, his nickname due to his size […]
Nashville Meets London Releases Performance Lineups for Nashville Meets London Presents! at PizzaExpress Live and ‘Southern Fridays’ Boat Cruise Held during Nashville Meets London Week (24-27 July) Get a taste for this year’s lineup by listening to the Nashville Meets London Spotify Playlist here NML Live at Pizza […]
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