Concert Reviews
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TEDDY THOMPSON Teddy Thompson and Sarah Jarosz – Celtic Connections – City Halls – January 20, 2024 There are some singers that you could listen to until the end of time and who always leave you wanting more – this is precisely the case with TEDDY THOMPSON. Possessing one of the most versatile, magnificent voices […]
This is a concert that I’m able to say: ‘I was there.’ It was produced expertly by Siobhan Miller and performed stunningly by her and a cast of renowned Scottish and Irish artists, supported by the house band of Dave Milligan, Ewen Henderson, Megan Macdonald and co. We were regaled by poets and orators including […]
CLASSY – SUNNY SWEENEY The only thing that the Eastside Bowl in Nashville and this below-street-level venue in Glasgow’s City Centre have in common is that I’ve now seen Sunny Sweeney play both and that makes me lucky, and very pleased. In duo format this time round – guitarist Harley Husbands is deft and free […]
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter, Kim Edgar will be joining Fiona McNeill on her show today (Tuesday, March 28.) Kim’s fifth album Consequences, which was launched at this year’s Celtic Connections, has been widely praised by the critics. It was a collaborative project and Kim’s creative partners included Canadian, Ron Sexsmith and, closer to home, James Grant, Louis […]
Opening the show at a packed Glad Cafe, Anglo-Dutch duo Not Yet entertained with a lively mixture of original songs and covers – some of the latter unexpected, but no less welcome. Tim Hoy (guitar, keys, and vocals) and Laura Brandenburg (stand-up electric bass) displayed a nice mixture of musicality with a healthy touch of […]
It’s the second night of a sell-out tour and Bonny Light Horseman have hit town – and they are in stunning, intoxicating form. They exude a modestly commanding approach to the set list of new songs and those they have dug out from the history books for eloquent treatment and musical care. Upping the pace, […]
The Jack Badcock I saw at Oran Mor was a very different person from that I had previously seen with his award-winning band Dallahan. Gone was the brash straight-ahead trad band frontman, in his place was a laid-back writer and singer of gentle melodic ballads that, to be frank, showed off his voice to greater […]
The haunting darkness, the taut lyrics for a cast list of characters including serial killers and dodgy law enforcement officers plus doleful songs with wayward, mixed-up souls make “Nebraska” the powerful and wonderful Bruce Springsteen album that it is. Released on the final day of September 1982 it is well documented how he recorded the […]
Lau Noah, a 28-year-old self-taught composer from Reus in Tarragona, Catalonia, resident in New York, is a prodigious musical talent. Her voice soars effortlessly over complex guitar arrangements that seem to speak of advanced classical guitar training. It turns out that she just picked up a guitar on a stormy night 6 years ago, decided […]
The fun began with an energy-charged set from DALLAHAN – Jack Badcock (guitar and vocals); Ciaran Ryan (banjo, mandolin and fiddle); Andrew Waite (accordion) and Benedict Morris (fiddle). They opened with a hundred-mile-an-hour reel before seguéing into a mixture of songs and tunes from their forthcoming album “Anchor.” The melodic Durbar Square was written as […]
