Archive for the ‘FESTIVALS’ Category

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this Macclesfield Band are readying themselves for a release of their debut album

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Roots Rock band Dawes were live at Newport Folk Festival this last weekend, formed by brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith check out last years album “Stories Don’t End”Album, they also performed a later set as Conor Oberst backing band, you can listen to their set over at http://www.npr.org

this guy outdoes everyone, if you love Led Zeppelin, Rory Gallagher, Jack White, and Black Key’s watch this now

this is REIGNWOLF and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain played by one man

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Mavis Staples and band with help from Norah Jones and Taylor Goldsmith performs the Bands song “The Weight” at the Newport Folk Festival last Sunday with a mixture of Gospel Country and Blues close to an unforgettable performance  celebrating her 75th birthday.

a solo performance and a coustic version of a track from the wonderful third album “Lost In the Dream”

 

 

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Broods released this self titled EP back in January, this 6 track EP featuring the track “Never Gonna Change” and their hit track “Bridges”

Marika Hackman will be at Latitude later this month, she has also annonoced a first British Tour and will be playing the Nottingham Bodega and Leicester Musician, with her first Ep produced by Johnny Flynn whom she had met at school where they both studied Hackman’s music is described as Indie Folk  with dark brooding lyrics and melancolic sound

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With a huge potential at such a young age this female singer songwriter has the abiilty not just in her performance alone, but the quality of her songwriting to compare with the likes of Laura Marling and Marika Hackman as another female special talent

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I watched a superb duo called the LAKE POETS last night at the Tramlines Festival in Sheffield Martin Longstaff a multi instrumentalist takes the vocals while his partner in the band plays some wonderful pedal steel giving a haunting backdrop to their songs please check out more from this band http://www.thelakepoets.com the new ep is out now