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  • Leonard Cohen review - O2 Arena, London »

    Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Cohen review, O2 Arena, London - 14 November 2008. Have you ever seen Annie Hall? If yes, then you’ll recall the scene where Alvy dates a music journalist played by Shelley Duvall and they emerge from a Stones concert, Duvall’s character rhapsodising about how the gig was ‘transplendent’. Well before you go any further, I should confess: that was me, after witnessing the legend that is Leonard Cohen in London …

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    Martha Wainwright + Angus & Julia Stone review, Oxford Town Hall »

    Martha Wainwright

    Last night (4 November, 2008) I witnessed two sets from Martha Wainwright and her support act Angus & Julia Stone that couldn’t be more different …

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    The Pipettes review, Carling Academy Oxford »

    The Pipettes

    In keeping with the history of glamorous pop trios, The Pipettes have undergone what they call in the business, a line up change. In that the band are effectively a brand new entity, with none of the original members left …

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    Truck Festival 2008 (Steventon, Oxfordshire) review »

    Truck Festival

    Truck Festival - Photo: Gina Policelli. 2008 marked the eleventh Truck Festival in the normally sleepy Oxfordshire village of Steventon. Not to be mistaken for an event celebrating all things of the vehicular variety, Truck represents one of the precious few independent music festivals …

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    Reckless Sons + The Splendour review LIVE at Madam JoJo’s - Soho, London »

    Reckless Sons

    Last night I went to the Reckless Sons and The Splendour show at Madam JoJo’s in Soho, London. Before the show, we were having drinks across the street from Madam JoJo’s, upstairs at The O Bar …

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    Behaveya review - LIVE at the Temple Bar, Oxford »

    Behaveya

    Last Saturday I was at the Temple Bar in Oxford and a very young band by the name of Behaveya from Wycombe/Worcester was playing. The irony in all of this is that members of Behaveya are ages 10-17, and yet they were playing …

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    The Fullertons review - LIVE at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford (one to watch) »

    The Fullertons

    Last week I had the pleasure of watching up and coming band The Fullertons play at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford …

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    An evening with Morten Harket, Savoy and Magne F (a-ha) at The Royal Albert Hall review »

    By: David Naylor
    How many times do you go to a concert and get four shows for the price of one? Well, this was the case at The Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, 24th May 2008. I have followed a-ha since the early days (23 years to be exact) and given my first concert was in [...]

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    Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Birmingham NIA review »

    Birmingham has changed a lot in the last twenty years or so, and I was most aware of it last night (5 May, 2008), when my folks and I were in the city to catch Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the National Indoor Arena.
    Like Plant, we hail from West Bromwich in the heart of [...]

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    Angus & Julia Stone LIVE at Jericho Tavern, Oxford review »

    Angus & Julia Stone

    Photo credit: Gina Policelli. Regular readers will recall how much I love Angus & Julia Stones’ album ‘A Book Like This’, so it was no surprise that I hotfooted it to Oxford’s Jericho Tavern …

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    Nicole Atkins LIVE at Soho Review Bar, London + EXCLUSIVE interview »

    Nicole Atkins

    Nicole Atkins is one to watch - and I’ve found out why first hand. The singer/songwriter New Jersey native has been on tour in Europe with her band, the Sea, and I was lucky enough to catch her show while she was in London …

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    Eels - Live at the New Theatre Oxford review »

    Last Sunday (March 23), I went to the New Theatre in Oxford for the Eels show. Before moving to England I didn’t know much about the Eels - even though the founder of Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, AKA E, is originally from Virginia and now LA. Here in England though, the handful of musicians that [...]

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    Guillemots LIVE at Carling Academy Oxford review + tour dates »

    Guillemots played downstairs at the Carling Academy Oxford on Monday, March 10th. I’ve seen them play quite a few times, and the set that they played Monday night was possibly one of their best.
    Fyfe Dangerfield’s voice was on form, sailing through the high notes - and with Fyfe the notes do tend to get pretty [...]

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    Neil Young live at London Hammersmith Apollo review »

    So I was rockin’ in the free world last night (March 5, 2008) with my parents as we headed to London to check out Neil Young. I was turned onto Young by my parents who are huge fans and who were keen to share him with me. Having worked my way through his back catalogue [...]

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    Richard Hawley and Guests at the Oxford New Theatre, 5 February - review »

    I have long been an admirer of Richard Hawley’s and am really pleased that he is finally receiving the recognition he deserves, having previously served on guitar duty with indie underachievers The Longpigs and the wonderful Pulp. His recent albums ‘Coles Corner’ and ‘Lady’s Bridge’ set the bar extremely high for the support act, who [...]

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