Last night I went to Fibbers for the first time in ages to see The Handsome Family. They were supported by the equally intriguing and eccentric Napoleon IIIrd and Boss Caine. I caught the end of Boss Caine’s set but have seen them many times before anyway - they seem to support just about every [...]

Last night I went to see Steve Wynn play at the City Screen Basement Bar. I’ve seen him play a solo acoustic set before (supporting Willard Grant Conspiracy) but this time he had a band with him - at least a guitarist/keyboard player and a bass (upright!). No drums but I don’t now where he [...]

Well, actually it was the Grand Old Opera House in York and not the famous Nashville based radio program. I went to see the very excellent Richard Hawley who was ably supported by the most entertaining Vincent Vincent and the Villains.
The night started with a young man whose name escapes me who played a short [...]

Watching Laura Veirs at the Faversham in Leeds. She was excellent as usual - it’s the third time I have seen her - but I didn’t like the venue too much. It was too big and I couldn’t get a good view. I prefer my venues small and intimate but hadn’t been to the Faversham [...]

On Wednesday night the excellent Stewboss came to Fibbers to treat us all to some good ol’ fashioned Californian rock. It was a little surprising to see the bill on arrival though. Dead Rock West were headlining? It turns out however that Dead Rock West is the band of Stewboss lead axeman Frank Lee Drennan. [...]

Last night I went to the Band Room in Low Mill, West Farndale to see the excellent Sam Baker. It was an nteresting drive up there via the fish and chip shop in Kirkbymoorside. The weather was crappy, it was foggy and there was snow on the road. It made those long country miles even [...]

Last night I went to the New Roscoe in Leeds to see Robert Fisher, Michael Weston King and Jackie Leven playing an acoustic set. The 3 of them were on stage together singing ‘in the round’ i.e. they took it in turns to sing a song. All three were excellent though I have to say [...]

On Saturday night I went to the Band Room in beautiful Farndale to see Iain Archer (ex-Snow Patrol inter alia). He was supported by Jacob Golden and Josefina Sanner. It was a night of acoustic loveliness in an idyllic Yorkshire setting.

The venue was built in the 20s and is a corrugated iron clad hall in [...]

Last night I went to Fibbers to see The Thrills (or Trills as they introduced themselves in their broad Irish accents). They were fantastic and Fibbers was jumping. They were plugging their new album which is due out next month but only played a couple of tracks from that. The rest of the set comprised [...]

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