The Silver Darlings – Interview When one of your colleagues is also a talented musician and a member of a great band with a new album recently released, you have to interview them, so I was delighted when my colleague Andy Whitehouse, singer, songwriter and guitarist in The Silver Darlings Continue Reading
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Jungle Lion – Interview
Jungle Lion – Interview One of my favourite live, home grown Sheffield bands is the 12 piece SKA and reggae band Jungle Lions (read my previous review of them here) so I was delighted when the band’s Dave Campbell agreed to an interview. Me: For those who haven’t come across Continue Reading
Steamchicken – Interview
Steamchicken – Interview Ahead of seeing one of my favourite live bands in recent years for a second time at Derby Guildhall on 23 February and the band performing twice in Sheffield over the next few weeks and to promote their new album Look Both Ways, which was released on Continue Reading
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman – Interview
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
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