Urbanistas! It’s that time again, WOMAD is almost upon us but your usual correspondent cannot make this years event. Instead I’ve sent my good friends Holly and Vaughan to cover my favourite festival! I met Vaughan at my first WOMAD three years ago and have enjoyed three incredible years at this wonderful musical gathering! I’ll […]
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Oh Latitude – You blew me away! I’ve never been to Latitude; always deemed it as a festival that wasn’t really “my thing”. Being a local to Southwold, I would watch the people arriving each year, excited about the upcoming event. This year, primarily because The Killers were playing, I wanted to go and I […]
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It’s July 2010, a sunny day in Llandudno, Wales. A seagull is peering through the window wondering why there’s a figure perched on a hotel window ledge looking out to sea. The answer? Butterfly House by The Coral had just dropped and the review wasn’t going to write itself. Fast forward eight years, another promenade […]
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Bluedot festival is an event combining everyone’s love for music, science and the arts for four continuous days at the famous Jodrell Bank attraction. The event runs from the 19th through to the 22nd of July 2018, accommodation is available on site as well. Meaning less travel for you! This year the brand new Roots […]
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After an hiatus of five years, Miles Kane strutted back into his home city for a memorable closing night on his pre -release “Coup de Grace” album tour. Ever the master showman, the local hero whetted our appetites with little sample bites of his new album, due to land on 10 August, interspersed with favourites […]
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May 30th 2018, was the day I went to my first concert. And to say the least, I was excited. Who did I go to see? G-Eazy. The Bay Area rapper came to the UK for the end of his “The Beautiful and Damned” tour, showcasing not only his new album but the classics, as […]
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Sunstack Jones – A personal, melodic, emotionally charged, dreamy soundscape that draws you in. It has taken me a while to write this review, as it took me a few listens to feel that I had understood what Sunstack Jones were trying to do with this self-titled third LP. And, it was on the third […]
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FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC BY HANS ZIMMER, JACOB SHEA AND DAVID FLEMING FOR BLEEDING FINGERS MUSIC Following the incredible success of the BAFTA award-winning BBC One television series Blue Planet II, presented by Sir David Attenborough, BBC Studios, and FKP Scorpio are proud to present a 13 date UK live tour, which will […]
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Few can hold a room in a quiet calm quite like Sam Lyon. The award-winning Cheshire based singer brought her UK tour to a standstill finale last night at Liverpool’s Studio 2, an emotional show wrought with unforgettable performances from Lyon and friends. The acoustic ambience of the room instantly wrapped the awe-struck audience into […]
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Charles Howl is the solo project of London-based musician and filmmaker Danny Nellis. It’s been quite a journey for him since releasing a five track garage-surf-punk EP back in 2013, he and his words back then hidden behind a wall of fuzz. Debut album Sir Vices a couple of years later showcased the emergence of […]
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