The brass and percussion opened this concert splendidly with Copland’s ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’ and Joan Tower’s ‘Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman’. Copland’s ‘Piano Concerto’ and Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, both in their different ways challenging, lyrical, tender and jazzy, were delivered… Read more →
It’s easy to forget that Strachan’s a performer at heart and this show proved it. With a combination of songs and poetry the Really Wild Adventures we’re brought to life through her A-Z of African animals. Of course it’s a show for children and… Read more →
The packed concert hall of Brighton’s Dome was wall-to-wall Thompson fans, all ready to listen to their idol as he picked and plucked his way through a set that spanned so many musical styles. There is little doubt that Thompson is an… Read more →
Lee Hurst is an excellent presence on stage, creating a rapport with his audience from the moment the lights went up on his familiar domed head. This was a show of two halves, the first section had Hurst provide a warm-up for… Read more →
The annual NME Awards Tour always mixes future superstars with bands that will be forgotten in the time it takes us to get through a box of cereal. This year is no exception. Peace opened proceedings with a solid, if slightly one-dimensional… Read more →
Attending church to listen to Mancunians renowned for singing of drink and disaster is an interesting juxtaposition. Presenting themselves with self-deprecating kitchen sink directness (and taunting the dry audience with cans of Fosters), the band swept seamlessly through material from their six… Read more →
A critic once said of Simon Munnery that he was ‘the closest comedy comes to art’. With Fylm Makker he is now the closest comedy comes to Art Attack. In a good way. Sat in the front row of the audience with… Read more →
If you weren’t skanking or sweating proficiently last night then you were in the wrong place. The massively popular american ska-punk band Reel Big Fish brought all their brass to Brighton, encouraging loyal fans they have picked up along the way and… Read more →
Man of the moment Jake Bugg has has an incredible year. The 18-year-old from Nottingham only released his debut single ‘Trouble Town’ a year ago and since then he’s topped the album charts, bothered the charts with a string of catchy singles,… Read more →
Calexico aren’t very rock ‘n’ roll, but they seem like nice chaps, performing their brand of middle-of-the-road rock music tinged with latin and americana styles with smiley conviction. Seven musicians created a full, rounded sound, and the two spirited trumpeters went down… Read more →
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