Category Archives: Music – concerts, lists, reflections

This is the Kit at the Royal Albert Hall, 8 March 2022

Posted on March 25, 2022 by John S

  This is the Kit is a band that plays what you might call alternative folk. It’s the vehicle of the multi-talented Kate Stables, who sings and plays guitars and banjo, with core members Rozi Plain on bass, Neil Smith … Continue reading →

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Tony Visconti’s Holy Holy at the Barbican, 13 March 2022

Posted on March 14, 2022 by John S

Last night was a night of nostalgia, the best sort of nostalgia. A celebration of the music of David Bowie, performed by Holy Holy, a group put together by the great producer Tony Visconti, who worked with Bowie on many … Continue reading →

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Concert catch up: Wolf Alice, Big Thief, Butch Kassidy/Legss, Echo and the Bunnymen

Posted on March 10, 2022 by John S

With the senseless, barbaric invasion of Ukraine by Russia dominating our thoughts, one sometimes wonders what the point of writing about pop music is. But I guess that while we are lucky and privileged enough to do so, it remains … Continue reading →

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Turnstile and Chubby and the Gang at the Roundhouse, 1 February 2022

Posted on February 3, 2022 by John S

Straight up: this was one of the greatest nights of live rock’n’roll I have ever had the pleasure to witness. And I very nearly didn’t go. No-one else I usually go to concerts with wanted to go. There was an … Continue reading →

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Goat Girl at the Roundhouse, 18 January 2022

Posted on January 27, 2022 by John S

Last week I went up to the Roundhouse with friends Shane and Tony to see Goat Girl play in the round, one of a short programme of concerts which are all-seated, forming the best part of a circle around the … Continue reading →

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A 2021 musical sampler: 20 + 40

Posted on December 27, 2021 by John S

I published a piece on my top twenty albums of 2021 just before Christmas. I said then that a lot of the songs that I’ve enjoyed most this year aren’t from albums. Some are on EPs, some are just singles; … Continue reading →

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My Top Twenty Albums of 2021

Posted on December 24, 2021 by John S

It has been another great year for music. We didn’t get live music back until the second half of the year, but a lot of artists had clearly been using their time productively during the lockdowns in 2020 and the … Continue reading →

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Alfa Mist at the Barbican, 4 December 2021

Posted on December 11, 2021 by John S

Last Saturday Kath and I went to see Alfa Mist and his band play a sold-out concert at the Barbican. Based in the City, near Moorgate, the Barbican Centre is not so far away from where Alfa Mist grew up, … Continue reading →

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Kelly Lee Owens at EartH, Hackney, 2 December 2021

Posted on December 5, 2021 by John S

I first came across Kelly Lee Owens at End of the Road in 2019. A late night show in the Big Top, which I got to about half way through. All was darkness, except for the glow of the stage. … Continue reading →

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A taste of the London Jazz Festival 2021

Posted on December 2, 2021 by John S

This year’s London Jazz Festival ran from 12 to 21 November. It took place in locations across London, ranging across the genres associated with jazz and in locations as large as the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican, to pubs … Continue reading →

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