Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis “Here I am, out of my head on cough mixture and I’ve brought my living room on tour with me… it’s tragic. Whatever happened to rock ‘n’ roll?” Five dates into his tour and Blair Dunlop’s tender throat is only just getting up to speed, while the simple comfort of having Read More…
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Blair Dunlop 01:05:2016
Marnhull Acoustic Sessions, Marnhull Village Hall You’ve got to love a village hall… The original social network, back when tweeting was what birds did and a hashtag would probably arouse the suspicions of the Drug Squad, village halls, community centres and social clubs were places of gathering, learning, communing, exercising and generally getting together. From Read More…
Blair Dunlop – Gilded (2016)
On first listen this is the album that will see Blair Dunlop fulfill plenty of the much heralded promise heard on his first two records – the superb debut Blight and Blossom and the giant leap forward that was 2014’s House of Jacks. Gilded pushes boundaries, is rightfully commercial and comes packed with memorable hooks Read More…
Larmer Tree Festival 2015
Larmer Tree Gardens, 14-19 July Where other festivals have spread out to accommodate more and more people, to its eternal credit Larmer Tree has steadfastly refused to pack the place – surely one of the most beautiful festival sites on the circuit – preferring instead to grow longer rather than denser. Thus, this year’s silver Read More…
Purbeck Folk Festival 2014
Purbeck Folk Festival is the Jurassic Coast’s answer to Brigadoon – a weekend party in a happy valley that emerges from the ether for just a few days every summer as a gentle calm pervades what is otherwise a working sheep farm. There is movement between stages, but no rush. People tend to languish a Read More…