Beth Hart – Colston Hall, Bristol – Gig Review
Beth Hart Colston Hall, Bristol 17th November 2016 Photo by Liz Aiken As the lights dimmed in a packed auditorium, the band appeared on stage, playing the opening bars of I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know, but no sign of the Californian songstress we’d all come to see. Then, you could hear this amazing […]
Gig Review: Eric Clapton Live In San Diego W/ Special Guest JJ Cale
Gig Review: Eric Clapton Live In San Diego W/ Special Guest JJ Cale by Pete Sargeant ERIC CLAPTON LIVE IN SAN DIEGO WITH SPECIAL GUEST JJ CALE Reprise/Bushbranch Records – Warners It’s May 1977, and already a renowned songwriter, Eric Clapton brings his band over from America to play in Victoria in London. The curtain […]
Review: Beth Hart, Cambridge Corn Exchange 11/05/15
Review: Beth Hart Monday 11th May 2015 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, United Kingdom Photos: Laurence Harvey / Kieran White On a cloudy day in Kingston, Surrey my friends Jim and Kieran (both gifted photographers on the live music circuit) and I got in Jim’s car and set the Satellite Navigator to Cambridge (Cambridge in the United […]
A Butlins Blues Odyssey
A blog hot from the Rock and Blues Festival 2015 at Skegness… Friday 23rd January 2015 Even on a cold January day in Lincolnshire, a music festival brings out some interesting sights. The men dressed as Blues Brothers, the splendidly attired lady singer having a quick cigarette outside a bar, the woman in bunny ears. […]
Review: Gravesend Bluesfest, August 2013
The day Larry Miller roared in: Gravesend’s first Bluesfest, 2013 What do you do on a rainy Bank Holiday weekend in Gravesend? According to Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2, when he played Larry Miller’s magnificent rendition of Messin’ With The Kid, you get down to the Bluesfest at the Red Lion. For on Saturday […]
Review: Tommy Smith’s Karma @ The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
TOMMY SMITH’S KARMA @ The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen This gig is all about way-cool jazz tempered with cultured blues, showcasing Tommy Smith’s 24th album ‘Karma’, a night of virtuoso musicianship and free-form but precise Keltic/Nordik, Middle and Far Eastern rhythms. Alyn Cosker (drums), home-coming local boy Steve Hamilton (keyboards), Kevin Glasgow (electric bass) and Smith […]
Review: Back Porch @ Lichfield Vaults, Hereford, May 12th 2013
Back Porch @ Lichfield Vaults, Hereford, May 12th 2013 This four piece outfit from Ipswich area Suffolk were a complete unknown to us (me and Swansea girls). They were doing two Herefordshire gigs following their Swanage Festival success and we were lucky to catch them this particular Sunday afternoon. What a lively joyous old timey […]
