The Just Joans
By Tony Kiernan • Apr 15th, 2012 • Category: jrbig, long playersOnly an idiot wouldn’t recognise Desperado as simply a big budget remake of El Mariachi.
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The Wickerman Festival – Day 1
By Tony Kiernan • Aug 8th, 2011 • Category: gigs, jrgigsThe Wickerman Festival is ten years old this year. Ten years of being Scotland’s friendliest festival, let’s see if they can pull it off again.
White Heath
By Tony Kiernan • Jun 1st, 2011 • Category: jrbig, long players5-piece (possibly 6 now) White Heath, would rather you didn’t concentrate too much on their non-standard line-up. They claim it’s down more to necessity (i.e. that’s what the could play) than any kind of arch design.
Alasdair Roberts / Muntu Valdo
By Tony Kiernan • Jan 25th, 2011 • Category: gigs, jrgigsCameroonian Muntu Valdo does that thing where you take a Enterprise-scale board of effects and use them to make your-solo-self sound like a full band. And, as with every time you’ve seen this done, the effects can be varied. The opening acapella number where he builds himself into a full choir is astounding. The first [...]
The Phantom Band
By Tony Kiernan • Oct 28th, 2010 • Category: jrbig, long playersAnother communication breakdown on my part means I’m possibly filing the latest review of The Phantom Band’s new album The Wants. Surely, there’s some cache in being the last as opposed to rushing to be first? Seriously, I’ve been busting to rave about this. I’m sure I lost followers on Twitter as a result of [...]
