“Thanks for making this the best gig of our tour” exclaims frontman Pete Bernhard to the rapturous and raucous crowd at Islington’s Assembly Hall. Americana gigs don’t normally attract this much crowd response, let alone the crowd surfing that was going on towards the end of the set. […]
Frontier Ruckus are another fine Americana act from the Loose Music stable. Matthew Milia fronts the band on guitar and vocals, Dave Jones is on banjo and backing vocals with multi-instrumentalist Zach Nichols adding character with trumpet, musical saw, melodica and keyboards. In the midst of a hectic […]
It may have taken Cam a while to come to Manchester but I am sure after last night she wont be regretting it and wont hesitate to come back again soon! The show was already announced as sold out and the venue was a perfect size, no matter […]
It didn’t seem like a Long Road to the Long Road Festival as we drove through country roads that took us home to where we belonged. Arriving to a straight forward process from car park to box office to entrance to festival, no where seemed like much of […]
In the midst of her promotional tour for her latest album Putting On Airs, Erin Rae gave a third performance in two days at London’s Slaughtered Lamb basement venue. A beautiful support set came from Brooklyn-based Kiwi singer-songwriter Samuel R Saffrey who was joined by three friends and […]
A great opening set came from Logan Brill who was joined on guitar by Jess Grommet, one of her band mates from Nashville. Brill began singing blues in a local bar in Tennessee at the age of 11 and she treated the audience to a storming blues number […]
Americana storyteller deluxe Jim White delivered a stunning performance to a spellbound Guildford audience. White is not only a master musical storyteller but a master performer. You may think you have heard his stories before but they’re mostly different each time and any familiar ones have a new […]
Like a magical Wintery Wonderland, the stage at Symphony Hall Birmingham was set beautifully with fairy lights in the shape of balloons that swayed from side to side. The audience were mesmerised and the show hadn’t even begun yet. This was the first night of the tour and […]
On her third tour of the UK this year Courtney Marie Andrews brought her band to Talking Heads in Southampton. The support from troubadour Buck Meek brought a surprise, Courtney’s band led by Dillon Warnock came on to back him for the last three numbers of his set. […]
“It’s a long time since we’ve been in England, it’s good to be back” says James Wilson, frontman for Americana group Sons of Bill. “Everyone’s been so friendly, except that nasty woman in the Toby Carvery” he adds dryly. The band’s London headline show was at Omeara, perhaps […]
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