by Kieran White | Mar 31, 2014 | Live Reviews
STATUS QUO / WILKO JOHNSON BAND Hammersmith Apollo – 31 March 2014 If any proof were needed that THIS was the place to see London’s best blues-rock of the night, running into ace Middlesex blues rockers The Flying Squad also en route to the venue set the seal on an...
by Kieran White | Oct 30, 2013 | Live Reviews
Gregory Porter & Band at the Royal Albert Hall for Bluesfest 2013 Date: Wednesday 30th October 2013 When I first heard about Bluesfest 2013 one aspect which surprised me was the late night shows which started at ten in the evening and ended at around midnight....
by Kieran White | Jun 24, 2013 | Live Reviews
Hart & Bonamassa Live BETH HART / JOE BONAMASSA Band Live at Hampton Court – 24/6/13 With a second joint album ‘SeeSaw’ out – see separate review – this promised to be a very cool show indeed. In the event, it ticked every box. These shows, any...
by Kieran White | Mar 16, 2013 | Live Reviews
THE MAGIC BAND Live at Under The Bridge 16-03-2013 Captain Beefheart was a one-off….by turns funny, inscrutable, kindly, driven, antagonizing, blues-soaked, inventive, cussed, philanthropic, cold. I met him briefly once, at Tolworth when due to a delay in arrival of...
by Kieran White | Oct 30, 2012 | Live Reviews
Bluesfest 2013 Daytime Stroller Day 2 Wednesday 30th October Arriving at The Royal Albert Hall with my friend Kieran White, we went to the box office to buy a pair of tickets for the daytime events before having a coffee in the Café Consort. As we looked at the day...
by Kieran White | Aug 3, 2012 | Live Reviews
CHARLOTTE CHURCH Live in Brighton August 2012 Airing new material and now working live with her other half, Charlotte Church is midway through a set of UK dates at festivals and smaller, funkier venues. And enjoying almost every minute, from talking to her either side...