Buxton strikes me as a fairly pretty place, but this is my second visit and it is snowing again. During the gig, I note that Mark agrees with my thoughts on...more

The Victoria Inn is a nice smallish pub near the train station in Derby, with a 150 capacity back room for live music. The sort of venue that needs to be...more

The first gig of 2006 saw me down at the Windmill for hot newcomers "Super Nashwan" largely tipped to become household names this year. For thosemore

Fifteen or so years ago NMA were one of my favourite bands. Their music touched parts of me that other bands just couldnt reach and it probably alsomore

I've never seen Rock City so crowded for a gig at 7:30. Meeting up at the Tap at 7:00 for pre-gig sustenance I was told that the queue to get into themore

I havent seen the Levellers for almost 5 months and I must say that the withdrawal symptoms have been setting in quite badly recently and Id beenmore

After planning out meeting point at the Tap and Tumbler for 8:00 our plans were thrown into initial disarray by finding out that the first band were to appear atmore

Where to start? Right at the start, I guess. The journey to Scarborough from most places is a long one but its made much more enjoyable when you go bymore

Before this gig I wouldnt have said that The FLC were right at the top of my list of bands that I wanted to see live. Nevertheless, varietymore

Its been many years since I went to a Mission gig and so I was quite looking forward to seeing Wayne and company performing once againmore

Any regular on the live circuit in London well anywhere for that matter will know that there are continually new venues cropping up and thenmore

Thanks to ongoing jitteriness on the Underground I’m fabulously late – although thankfully, it’s just a false alarm today. At the moment everyone’s a little…more

OK, it was a moment of weakness when my mate called up and asked if I wanted to see Queen in Hyde Park. Flashing premonitions of synchronised handclaps…more

A sun-soaked crowd in Central Park, East Ham, was treated to a day of free live music, as a selection of East London’s finest musicians and bands took to the…more

Yes, "Your mind can go away"…more

Well this was a long time coming. The tickets were booked in September time and by Christmas I had almost forgotten that I was going. I was also...more

Despite being in Wolverhampton the Civic Centre appears to be a decent venue. The main hall is a good size with a balcony over-head and the smaller hall...more

On a boiling hot day, the day after the summer solstice, I headed off to see Octavia [Sperati] whose new album...more

It was a glorious summers evening when I arrived at De Montfort Hall...more

I may as well be honest right from the start as it will soon be obvious from the review that...more