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As Dim Gray proved when they played with Marillion in late spring, they belong on these stages. Here, the Norwegians are afforded slightly more...

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Wishbone Ash are performing "Phoenix," the last song in their set. About five minutes into it, a switch is flipped, transforming it into a...

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TAKESHI`S CASHEW / ADULT PLAY @ HARE & HOUNDS VENUE 2, BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2023

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WILCO, BILLY BRAGG @ MOSELEY FOLK FESTIVAL, MOSELEY PARK, BIRMINGHAM 3/09/2023

"Yeah, we know what you want," Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy tells the crowd assembled on a balmy late summer evening in a beautiful park...

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A reasonably sunny Autumn evening shines on us as Gwenno Mererid Saunders arrives on the main stage. Gwenno was previously in indie pop band...

TYLA J PALLAS, MATTY JAMES CASSIDY @ GIFFARD ARMS, WOLVERHAMPTON 01/09/2023

MV fave Matty James Cassidy might have just released an album with tonight's headliner, but tonight is all about his "Old Soul" rather than...

BLACK STAR RIDERS, MUDDIBROOKE, QUEENS HALL, NUNEATON 25/08/23

MuddiBrooke are a band with a bit of something about them, a quality that's been evident since their emergence in 2020. ("That was clever,...

BEAUX GRIS GRIS AND THE APOCALYPSE @ TEMPERANCE, LEAMINGTON SPA 24/08/23

Greta Valenti is talking about the temperature in the downstairs room at Temperance when she says, "You want to know what Louisiana is like?...

Menace/The Dregs @ Dracula’s Garage – Tower of Song Birmingham – 20th August 2023

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