I love SXSW. I’ve done four Austin SXSWs. When I go, I do the whole thing, SXSW Education, Interactive, Film
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Almost four years to the day after the Civil Wars split after Roundhouse gig, John Paul White returned for his
Some friends at Bandstand Busking mentioned that Kitty, Daisy and Lewis were playing just down the road. I’ve seen them
A bit of a random day walking around London and grabbing a few different gigs. Heading along Regent’s Canal up
My third visit to TGE and another enjoyable break. After my first visit, I dropped the criteria for TGE to
I love Austin. It’s a relaxed city with a great love of music. This was my third visit to SXSW
First gig of the year and a free gig at the Royal Festival Hall organised by the Nest Collective, featuring
Love and Other Crimes: The Song of Lee Halewood was a celebration of the work of Lee Hazlewood. He’s not
I kind of have a love/hate relationship with ROTW. It’s a local festival, so I find it difficult not to
I’ve always wanted to visit Barcelona, so Primavera seemed to give me a good reason to visit. Everyone I’ve spoken
Last year was my first Great Escape. As it billed itself as Europe’s SXSW, I went to the festival with
Lovely, but short gig at Rough Trade from Nadine Shah in support of her new album, Fast Food. It was
This wasn’t the strongest Daylight Music lineup. I often find that when the lineup includes a choir, it’s not a
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I’ve been impressed by John J Presley. There’s a wash of similar sounding bands on the scene at the moment
SXSW Music doesn’t officially start until the Tuesday and even then it’s only really a few locations playing music. But
An odd night. The night started well with a decent set from the Fossil Collective. Fossil Collective Then Lumineers put
So here I am at Alexandra Palace to see Jack White for the fourth time this year. I hadn’t intended
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The Civil Wars are one of my favourite bands at the moment. The duo of Joy Williams and John Paul
This was the third time I’ve seen Josh T Pearson. I caught one of his performances at SXSW earlier in
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