Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman – Interview One of my favourite acts I saw perform live (twice) last year and twice winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards are Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, so I was delighted when they agreed to be interviewed ahead of the release Continue Reading
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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – 9 December 2017, FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – 9 December 2017, FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield It’s becoming a bit of a tradition for me to spend one of the first Saturday’s in December at an amazing music gig at FlyDSA Arena and this year was no exception with Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, whose Continue Reading
Bananarama – 5 December 2017, Sheffield City Hall
Bananarama – 5 December 2017, Sheffield City Hall Like a lot of girls growing up in the 1980s not only did I love the music of Bananarama (I still own all of their 1980s studio albums on vinyl) but I wanted to be them to. So when it was announced Continue Reading
Texas – 16 September, Sheffield City Hall
Texas – 16 September, Sheffield City Hall One of my biggest memories of a young people’s coach trip around Europe in the late 1990s was discovering Texas’ album “White on Blonde” and getting the coach driver to play it. Whilst the rest of the passengers on board were hoping for Continue Reading
Lucky Soul – The Interview
Lucky Soul – The Interview I am a very happy music fan at the moment as not only have one of my favourite bands Lucky Soul have announced their first new album in seven years “Hard Lines” (released on 11 August and available to pre-order at https://luckysoul.tmstor.es/ – I’ve opted Continue Reading
Laura Theis – Interview
Laura Theis – Interview One of the highlights of this year’s Folk Weekend Oxford (the tickets part of my Christmas present to my boyfriend) was coming across the very talented and exciting singer/song writer Laura Theis, so I was delighted when she agreed to this interview (and when my boyfriend brought her Continue Reading