Previews
by Jenni Cole
Listen. Glastonbudget. Tribute bands. Ace. In fact, completely and totally ace, all round. No argument.Where else this year could you possibly hear the greatest hits…
The Spitz Festival of Blues 2007 was declared open on April 4 in an orgy of marinated chicken wings and pork ribs, to the dubious...
Stamina is the key to survival. The idiom isn’t just applied to the Camden Crawl. You’re going to need it as we slip into festival...
Aside from the burnt turkey, this year’s Christmas began on a downer with the death of James Brown. Whilst his loyal core of fans mourned instantly,...
SXSW has become gargantuan. The music industry event and festival, held annually in Austin, Texas, attracted everyone from latest sensations Tapes’n’Tapes to that old timer...
Conceived by organisers suitably impressed by Wales’ Green Man festival, Salisbury’s End Of The Road bash sets out with a noble manifesto. By ignoring over-hyped bands,...
Now in its second year since its reincarnation, Cropredy is firmly back in its rightful place as one of the most amiable festivals on the...
It’s back – and it’s now in Cardiff as well as London!Metro Weekender is a two-day event over the festival-packed August Bank Holiday weekend, comprising...
Since its inauguration in 2004, the Secret Garden has been offering an escape from reality for everyone with an inner child who remembers what it’s...
If you haven’t been left out of pocket by this stage of the festival season, you certainly will be by the close of the August...
If you’re one of those music lovers who thinks that this summer’s lack ofmud, smelly hippies, ill-advised facial hair and wizard hats made out ofhedges...
The Big Chill started life 12 years ago as a monthly Sunday club in the mattress-strewn confines of Islington’s Union Chapel. Back then there were...
Welcome to the Latin Quarter.Eight days, 100 bands, a sleepy town on the Med. The Benicassim organisers were on to a plan when they hatched...
Some would say that the perfect way to end the summer holidays is to discover that quiet corner of this much-trodden planet and wilfully pass...
SXSW has become gargantuan. The music industry event and festival, held annually in Austin, Texas, attracted everyone from latest sensations Tapes’n’Tapes to that old timer...
Bert Jansch and his Pentangle as fore-fathers, the exotic, erratic, outrageously brilliant Incredible String Band occupying the lunatic fringe, resident larrikin John Martyn struggling to...
Doves @ Somerset House, London
Don Giovanni @ Longborough Festival Opera, Longborough
The Final Fling with Simon Keenlyside and Jazz Friends @ Grange Park Opera, West Horsley
Q&A: Africa Express – Moonchild Sanelly, Muzi and Poté on new album EGOLI
Africa Express – EGOLI
The Soft Cavalry – The Soft Cavalry
Jónsi & Alex Somers: Riceboy Sleeps @ Barbican, London