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Category Archives: Music – concerts, lists, reflections
Latitude 2018
Latitude No 7. Sunshine forecast. Quite a crowd of us going. The anticipation was building all week. Did a little bit of homework beforehand, listening to the excellent Latitude Spotify playlist on shuffle. Made a note to look out … Continue reading
Faye Webster at the Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell, 5 July 2018
Faye Webster is a singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. Her music is a lovely mix of country and 70s soft rock (think Fleetwood Mac or even the Eagles) with a dose of indie in the attitude. Faye is also a photographer … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, Faye Webster, London, music, Slaughtered Lamb Clerkenwell
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Bruce Springsteen on Broadway, 30 June 2018
Bruce Springsteen has made the music which has been the most important to me over the course of my adult life. Not always the thing I listen to most, especially these days, but the music I always come back to. … Continue reading
Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium, 22 June 2018
Last night I took a break from my usual musical fare of indie, country and old favourites and went for a pure pop experience – Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium. Why, you may ask. Why not, I might reply. Actually, … Continue reading
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Tagged Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, concerts, music, Taylor Swift, Wembley Stadium
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Lindi Ortega at Komedia, Brighton and The Garage, London, 12 and 14 June 2018
Lindi Ortega, as regular readers of this blog will know, is my favourite country artist. She doesn’t come to the UK all that often, so I decided to go to a couple of the shows on her latest tour, which … Continue reading
Jehnny Beth and Simon Armitage at King’s Place, 9 June 2018
Last Saturday Kath and I went up to King’s Place, near King’s Cross, to hear a fascinating discussion between Jehnny Beth, the singer with the band Savages, and the poet Simon Armitage. It was facilitated by Radio 4’s John Wilson, … Continue reading
All Points East Festival, Victoria Park, 2 June 2018
Saturday before last, I went over to Victoria Park with Jon G and his son Louis to the All Points East festival. All Points East has usurped Field Day and a number of other festivals from the park this summer … Continue reading
The Hidden Doors festival, Leith: Gwenno, Stina Tweeddale (Honeyblood) and Dream Wife
My wife Kath and I went up to Edinburgh on Thursday just gone, mainly to go to a festival in Leith, Edinburgh’s sea port, amongst other things. The festival is called Hidden Doors, and it’s on from Friday 25 May … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, Dream Wife, Edinburgh, Gwenno, Hidden Doors Festival, Honeyblood, Leith, music, Stina Tweeddale
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The Hanwell Hootie 2018
Saturday 12 May. Hanwell Hootie 2018 already! This is the music festival in West London where a lot of the local pubs open their doors to a variety of bands, some local, some quite young, others much-travelled and well-established. It … Continue reading
Posted in London, Music - concerts, lists, reflections
Tagged concerts, Fizzy Blood, Hanwell Hootie 2018, Hollowstar, London, music, My First Moustache, Rews, The Tuts
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