It is an absolute pleasure and something of a relief to see and hear Michael Head before us tonight, looking...
As I had previously seen them there on three different occasions – twice in 2016 and then once again two...
If, for some strange and inexplicable reason, you had just arrived from Saturn and somehow landed in the main concert...
“Time is importantTiming is more importantWithout it a story can end” Here, on ‘Tender Years’, his penultimate song of the...
What with lockdown, rising production costs, rampant inflation, Brexit red tape, and often dwindling audience figures, the UK’s live music...
When I last caught Blue Violet in York in May 2022, they were playing to a handful of people in...
It’s Independent Venue Week. This initiative, which began life in 2014, is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and...
With a name like The Psychotic Monks, you wouldn’t be rolling up to one of their shows hoping for an...
Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’ deals with issues of repression, rebellion, drug misuse, the alienation of youth, mental illness, capitalism, industrialisation,...
It’s Independent Venue Week (IVW), the annual seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues and all of the people who own,...
The distance between Somaliland and Sheffield is getting shorter. Six years ago, Magid Magid – born in that African country...
“I thought I told you/I’m from Yorkshire.” As if by way of a wider explanation for who he is and...
“Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday dear Lost Map,Happy birthday to you!” Lost Map Records is 10 years...
Not too many people are familiar with the names Marina Allen and Kacey Johansing. At least that’s what a disappointingly small, though highly...
The UK’s live music industry remains in a parlous state. Decimated by the initial impact of the coronavirus and the...
