With a new album, The Last Guitar, released it’s time to go see Nick Harper again. Something we always welcome.
For those unfamiliar, Harper is a modern day troubadour: A man that with a guitar and songs that can melt your heart. But, from a simple rock ‘n’ roll perspective he’s one of the most [...]

Despite the utter chaos of programming that seemed to dog this year’s Celtic Connections (the only mention of gigs being from the artists themselves on the day - c’mon this is what your website is for) one of the dates we had penciled in right from the first announcements was this inspired partnering.
Bristol’s Spiro come [...]

A previous encounter with Ming Ming & The Ching Chings found me laying the blame for underwhelm-ment at the feet of a very dodgy sound. How glad I am of that, as it means not having to eat my words now. Seeming like the Tuts house abnd seems to have worked in their [...]

Always different, always the same
OK, so now we’ve got that out the way, well kind of. The new tour ‘ep’ by The Fall is really stretching that definition. Two tracks and a live recording. That’s a single, isn’t it? You don’t even get the live one on the 7″
Anyhoo, to the first [...]

Yet again the vagaries of postal strikes and possible light fingered staff leave me getting a copy of this near six months after it was released. Which is a shame, but it’s well worth the wait.
What we have here is the split debut from Be A Familiar and Tango In The Attic. Which, [...]