Live Reviews

Tonight’s show, and the entire tour for that matter, is all about the triumph of two quiet and unassuming artists. Two artists blessed with such insane amounts of talent that they would be forgiven if they decided to go against their nature and let the adulation get the better of …

I have been lucky enough to attend a number of gigs since lockdown eased back in July. They have all been fun, full of great music and a sense of relief, but something indefinable has been missing. Or at least it was, until a snowy trek across from the Cotswolds …

It seems an age since I last joined a queue for an arena show. The global situation has meant that since summer, gigs have quietly grown in size and now I finally find myself back enjoying the full experience of a major stage production. What better opportunity to do that …

Bad luck meant that live gigs in support of his late-2019 album ‘Who Feeds The Wolf?’ were postponed, but blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Jack J Hutchinson kept busy during the lockdown by working on new material and keeping himself in the public eye through the release of the live album …

After the stop-start-stop-again merry-go-round of the last 18 months or so, it’s a relief that live music is making a welcome return, and musicians can get back out there and perform again. For some time now Glasgow’s King King have been sitting on latest album ‘Maverick’, and the band (recently …

It’s almost become second nature now to open Facebook with a sense of fear, and not just because you are sick of all these “Tag your favourite band and see if they respond” data-mining posts, but because it seems that every other hour brings news of a tour postponed due …

This is a Thursday night in Glasgow. This is the unofficial start to the weekend. This is The Quireboys. And this is rock and roll. With the other C-word playing havoc with all live gatherings – apart from the Euros, and (naturally) political summits – Gypsy rock and rollers The …

I have been lucky enough to attend a number of gigs since the long period where live music was silenced came to an end. Each one has only featured bands from the UK however, as the restrictions on travel and the additional costs and time of the imposed periods of …

There is something fitting about Massive Wagons performing in a venue that features a decent-sized truck cab bursting through the wall above the entrance to the venue. Wagons frontman Baz Mills thinks so, and visitors to the Wagons Facebook page on the day of the gig were treated to the …