Two songs into the Pretenders’ set at York Barbican, and Chrissie Hynde is already barking orders at the audience. ‘Turn off those phones and ipads,’ she demands.
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Around this time last year, I discovered Swedish singer songwriter AstroMike Gordon for the blog through his vintage pop track Sants Montjuic. Now he’s back with a new version – a live rendition that brings its storytelling lyrics to life even more than the original.
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Lorraine Klaasen and Mongezi Ntaka are a pair of South African musicians who have teamed up to release their takes on some of Southern Africa’s Township music songbook. Entitled Ukubonga, or “gratitude”, it’s the pairs way of giving thanks to some of Southern Africa’s most celebrated singers and composers.
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Subterranean Street Society are an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based alternative folk group led by singer songwriter Louis Puggaard-Müller. They’ve caught my attention thanks to a live acoustic performance of their track Fear of Fond Farewells.
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One of the most successful acts currently touring the UK stopped at York Barbican on 19 October. What is it about The Proclaimers that makes them so successful? Audiences love them. Perhaps it’s their ‘men of the people’ act – they were dressed like a bunch of blokes playing songs down the pub. Perhaps it’s their rebelliousness – songs like Cap In Hand are scathing about the establishment. Or maybe it’s just the songs – life-affirming anthems at their best. Whatever it is, every date on their current tour is sold out.
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Nerina Pallot returned to the National Centre for Early Music in York for the last date of her UK tour, and she brought along friends of York Calling T.I.G.Y. in support.
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One of the few silver linings of the COVID pandemic was that it allowed many of us to take pause and think about our priorities. This was the case for Roseburg, USA-based blues rock outfit Widespread Haze. With studios shut and gigs off the menu due to the pandemic restrictions, the trio set about recording their debut album themselves. Move is the result.
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Hertfordshire-based The Pink Nostalgia, real name Joseph James, has appeared on the blog a couple of times already this year. Back in August I ran the rule over his emotionally-charged track Flowers. Now he’s back with a live reimagining of it, recorded at North Acre Studios.
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SYML is an American singer songwriter who has already built quite the following thanks to his own brand of ethereal acoustic folk. His latest, a live performance of his track The War, is the first single from a performance recorded at St. Marks Church in Seattle.
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