- 14 May 2025
No fuss, just a ripple of applause, a moment of calm, then fortissimo G octaves....
- 13 May 2025
It’s so lovely when talented youth teaches old ears wonderful new tunes. That’s exactly what...
- 10 May 2025
What nerve! For a happy troupe of mainly middle-aged men to adopt the label of...
- 10 May 2025
Anoushka Shanka’s curating of the Brighton Festival 2025 has divided opinion, whilst many of us...
- 8 May 2025
Five excellent musicians – that is three singers, one also playing a Vielle (an early...
Reviews
Simonne and the Dark Stars
- 1 October 2012
Resplendent in a fur stole and a titfer of rare poise and beauty, Simonne took...
Dan Deacon
- 1 October 2012
Electronica DJ Dan Deacon lived up to his reputation of creating as much audience interaction...
Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny
- 1 October 2012
I had read somewhere that Beth Jeans fell under the ‘freak-folk’ label. Having no idea...






