William Tyler is a brilliant American guitarist who has plays in such bands as Lamb Chop, Silver Jews and with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie. Both his parents are song writers from Nashville. On Saturday night he played the intimate surroundings of The Keep pub, in the shadow of the old castle walls of Guildford. The gig was […]
I’ve been on about these guys for a while now – I love them. I think this is pretty much perfection. A couple of nights ago I went to see them at The Courtyard, just off Hoxton Square in East London. The first warm night of the year, the Thursday night before the Easter long […]
Support for last night’s Gregory Alan Isakov came in the form of one Joe Purdy. A funny, talented, charismatic troubadour. A 2018 embodiment of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie rolled into one. Singing wonderful songs. Making us laugh, before, during and after his songs. If ever a man was on this earth to […]
Last Thursday there was a benefit gig for Dan Treacy of The Television Personalities held at the 100 Club on Oxford Street. I couldn’t make it but Thomas Zimmermann, was there. I first met Thomas in 1984 when he promoted and toured managed my band Go! Service supporting The T.V. Personalities round Europe. A few […]
I first heard about the wonderful Erased Tapes label about seven years ago. It was in fact Clemence Godard, the co-founder of and promoter of tonight’s show, Bird on the Wire, who mentioned them to me. Bird on the Wire have the most amazing roster of acts that they promote in London, including Erased Tapes […]
I saw Mark Kozelek at the Union Chapel in Islington last night. I have been a sporadic fan for years. I say sporadic as I think it’s pretty hard to be a devoted fan to a man who records under so many guises and releases so much music! I first became aware of him via […]
