My Glastonbury started very early on Wednesday morning – I was up at 4.45am to get a 6am bus. Still, it was worth it – a quiet, traffic jam-free journey and on site by midday. I camped in the South West corner of the site this year, near the…
It’s easy to see how Dan Deacon gets his reputation for live shenanigans. When I arrived at the Haunt on Monday night it was clear to see that Deacon had the audience in the palm of his hand, obeying his every command like obedient dogs with wagging tails. It wasn’t…
The Brunswick, Holland Road, Hove Sunday May 17 Brighton’s very own Edana Minghella brought elegance, style and stories to the stage of the Brunswick with her homage to Billie Holiday. In the candle lit room the atmosphere felt both cosy and sophisticated, and ideal setting for the intimacies of…
Ever since Disclosure and Rudimental released that they were headlining/curating a festival at Brighton City Airport (Shoreham Airport), Brighton has been awash with people asking whether you were going to Wild Life. The buzz definitely started early as everyone and their dad had got a ticket for what was going…
Lawrence Parker AKA ‘KRS-One’ is a man known by many names. Prior to this performance I had never had the chance to whitness if he really is ‘The Blastmaster’ or it he has the wisdom you would expect of ‘The Teacha’. It is the belief of many that the name…
Hip-Hop throughout the late ‘noughties’ saw mainstream coverage and support on a scale not seen since the golden age. Many have hailed this as long overdue, however, the product of such popularity was an influx of new artists blazing through the industry and a cascade of existing artists, lacking in…
How serendipitous it was that on the Hope and Ruin stairs, I noticed a poster of Jaki Liebezeit, legendary drummer for krautrock royalty, Can, that I would then be treated to a set of sexy Can-inspired marvelousness from American outfit, Eternal Tapestry. (Incidentally, Liebezeit is playing with Hans Joachim Irmler…
Sharp suited and carefully coiffured, East India Youth (William Doyle) takes centre stage behind his bank of computer, drum pad, synth and controller and immediately begins THE JUDDERING, the dramatic, filter-tastic opener from his new album, CULTURE OF YOUTH (all of East India Youth's song titles are in uppercase –…
A full St Georges Church welcomed the Bill Laurence Project, for what was the last show after an intense European tour supporting his latest album Swift (2015). Bill Laurance is a Grammy Award winning pianist and is one of the founding members of the internationally acclaimired Snarky Puppy. His first…
I first came across James Petralli after hearing his White Denim song ‘Shake Shake Shake’. This put me onto his amazing debut album Workout Holiday (2008) which has earned them fans around the world. After releasing six albums, James released his first solo album as Bop English, Constant Bop, with…