Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band

Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band

Dec 21

BIG BAND JOY Where: Saint Luke’s When: 19 December 2017 Support: Duotone Towards the end of the main set EC jumped down from the stage and ran around the room to demonstrate that there was plenty of room to dance neatly illustrating the only thing wrong with this gig – a dissonance between the boisterous joy on stage and the seated audience. EC’s urge to dance did get a few people up on...

Van Morrison

Van Morrison

Nov 10

It’s [Still] Too Late To Stop Now Where: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall When: 7 November 2017 Support: none VM is one of my musical heroes and I have never seen him live before and fortunately he did not disappoint. There is not much new you can say about the 72 year old musical phenomenon who by Christmas will have pumped out 4 new albums in the last two years. You also know what you are...

Aldous Harding

Aldous Harding

May 28

Welcome to The Party Where: Broadcast When: 25 May 2017 Support: Katie Von Schleicher; H. Hawkline Stop the Press! Broadcast sold out! (Presumably thanks to an appearance by New Zealander AH on Later, singing ‘Horizon’, a few days earlier). That Later appearance produced a mini-Twitter storm due to the rather bizarre gurning faces AH pulled during her performance – and which she apologised for...