Such a measure of awareness in a man in his mid-20s is welcome and when it’s allied to music of this quality, land must surely be in sight soon for Gallery 47. All comparisons are irrelevant.
Paul takes in the motley looking Deer Tick at the O2 Brooklyn Bowl who put on a remarkable night where they raise the roof with ‘riffs so crunchy you could add nuts and call them breakfast’.
Outlines is the fourth album from Irish singer-songwriter Peter Doran, recorded on a small lake house …” – if these are just stories, they’re incredibly well delivered”.
We catch James Yorkston’s Album launch for The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society at the Old Queens Head with support from the wonderful Irish singer/songwriter Lisa O’Neill.
A voice that sticks like velcro and seduces like silk…words used to describe Naomi Bedford’s singing voice…can it get much better? Yes it can, A History of Insolence is a sure winner.
In Paul’s final part of his Cambridge Folk Festival review he takes in live reviews of Jason Isbell, The Rails, Van Morrison and a live review & interview with Lucy Ward.
Paul’s Sunday at Cambridge Folk Festival begins with the Archers blaring out of the tannoy before getting back to semi-normality – Interviews with The Young’uns & the wonderful Sarah Jarosz.
Paul got to go wild at Cambridge Folk Festival this year as our roving reporter, in part one of his review he gets into the spirit and catches a top performance from Megson and Moore Moss Rutter.
Paul heads to the WM Jazz Club in the O2 Arena to catch an intimate evening with The Webb Sisters who put on a great night with some unexpected covers for good measure.
Paul heads to London’s Bush Hall to catch Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson. Backed by Daniel Meade and Lloyd Reid he re-stakes the claim ‘saviour of Country music’.
Paul witnesses an unforgettable gig from one of his favourite bands The Jayhawks at Shepherds Bush Empire with the added bonus of a support slot from the UK’s The Rockingbirds. Read his live review.
