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Roxy Music at the O2 Arena, the Dome, 14 October 2022h
Last Friday Jon, Dave, Tony and I indulged our tendency to nostalgia and went to see Roxy Music at the O2 Arena in the Dome. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of Roxy’s self-titled debut album. Fifty years of Roxy … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Mackay, Bryan Ferry, concerts, music, O2 Arena, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music
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The Lounge Society, Butch Kassidy and Automotion at the Village Underground, 4 October 2022
Last Tuesday Jon and I, along with Louis and Gab and a few others, went to the Village Underground for a triple bill of indie guitar rock. Not the coolest genre these days perhaps, but we like it! We were … Continue reading
Alina Bzhezhinska and the HipHarp Collective at King’s Place, 25 September 2022
Alina Bzhezhinska is a harp player from Lviv in Ukraine. She studied in Poland, Germany and the US, before settling in the UK – for seven years she was a harp tutor at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, but eventually … Continue reading
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Tagged Alina Bzhezhinska, concerts, HipHarp Collective, King's Place, music
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Soccer Mommy at the O2 Forum, Kentish Town, 22 September 2022
I went up to Kentish Town last Thursday to see Soccer Mommy for the second time this month, having seen them recently at End of the Road. They were good there, very dynamic; but I thought this would be a … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, music, Soccer Mommy, Sophie Allison
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End of the Road 2022
Back to End of the Road at last! My last EOTR was 2019. It was cancelled in 2020; and last year I was confined to the back garden self-isolating when the festival took place. So I was really looking forward … Continue reading
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All Points East festival, Victoria Park, Hackney, 28 August 2022
The All Points East festival, featuring a series of one day concerts, has been taking place in Victoria Park in Hackney since 2018. At the time it began it usurped Field Day from Victoria Park, after a ten year run. … Continue reading
Latitude 2022
Time again for Latitude – my tenth. My first was in 2012; and notwithstanding the mud, I got the bug. I’ve been every year since then, with the exception, of course of lockdown year, 2020. Accompanied always by my friend … Continue reading
A golden trio of concerts: Greentea Peng, Sharon van Etten, Kacey Musgraves
A golden trio of concerts indeed! All in the space of a week. Three artists whose music I love; three of the best from recent years. And all playing at rather special venues. Greentea Peng at the Royal Festival Hall, … Continue reading
Wide Awake Festival, 28 May 2022
Not quite summer yet, but the festival season has begun. Wide Awake festival takes place in Brockwell Park, Brixton. Nearest station is Herne Hill. It made its debut in September 2021, delayed by the pandemic. In this, its second year, … Continue reading
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Tagged concerts, music, Primal Scream, Wide Awake festival
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Mabe Fratti at King’s Place, 21 April 2021
Mabe Fratti is a Guatemalan cellist and composer, based in Mexico. Last year she released a wonderful, entrancing album called Sera Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos. I first heard tracks from it, of course, on BBC 6 Music: Mary Anne Hobbs, … Continue reading
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