Category: Live Reviews

Review By Mark Pitfield Photos By Mathew Pitfield The build up and the count down before the final tickets were sold was testament to 28 year old festival organiser Jodie Harris. Age is but a number and when I grabbed a chat with her to say well done on an amazing day [more…]

Where – Whitebottom Farm, Nr Stockport When – Thursday 8th Aug – 11th Aug Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott Thursday This is a great small festival at Etherow Country Park, Compstall near Stockport. The beauty of smaller festivals is that there are no horrendous queues, and we were on site within [more…]

Review By Paul Taggart Photos By Barry Douglas Tonight’s entertainment is two bands that offer a mix of  guitar laced electronica and sledgehammer aggression, coupled with a stage confidence that would put Kiss to shame.  Kuro are the support act for Combrichrist, a brash alternative outfit, who plough a musical furrow that [more…]

Sunday 14th July Review and photos by Smudge Smith Yep, first bus out and I caught the quite superb Blax, from Italy, who rocked us with their dark gothic glam rock whilst Adrian went back to get his phone. Along with their own excellent compositions Blax rocked a fine version of Talking [more…]

Saturday 13th July. Another early start after a very late night as we said farewell to Peter the head of the PR team. We got to the site with time to spare and caught the first band on – Gate Crasher who set us up nicely with some quality hard rock. Exit [more…]

Day 2 – 12th July Friday 12th July. We were up bright an early for the first shuttle and as we arrived Denoi were just finishing their set. Soon after those heavy hitting Canadians Osyron hit the stage and gave us all a major wakeup call with some crushingly heavy power metal [more…]

Review by Tim Marcus with photos from Sam Conquest Photography We’re back on site at Springbok Park for what promises to be another full on day of wonderful blues and rock and everything inbetween. Kicking things off today is an artist who, until the start of this year was new to us, [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes How lucky were we to have two glorious days of sunshine for this fantastic festival? Quickly becoming a fan favorite, everywhere you looked, people were enjoying their day, creating an atmosphere that was nothing short of magical. As we walked in, the final day was about to kick [more…]

Beaux Gris Gris at the Tuesday Night Music Club Review and Photos By Ken Jackson I have been lucky enough to have seen Beaux Gris Gris (Robin Davey and Greta Valenti) six or seven times at least in the last few years, and they never fail to deliver an exceptional performance. Each [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Photos By Scott Anderson Madison Galloway is a roots / rock / blues musician from Fergus. Ontario who has been making waves in the Canadian music scene when she dropped her debut EP Who Knows Where all the way back in 2015. She has gigged constantly and continued [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Photos By Scott Anderson The Commoners were a 4 piece roots rock outfit from Toronto, Canada, the boys began their journey into the world of music around a decade ago listening to bands like The Black Crowes, Derek Trucks, Marcus King & The Allman Brothers. The boys are [more…]

Review and photos By Glen Parkes with photos also by Mark Thompson On a gloriously sunny and swelteringly hot day in Maidstone, Kent, we embarked on the second day of the Maid of Stone Festival 2024. The atmosphere was electric as the stages were meticulously set, the bands eagerly awaited their turn [more…]