L.A.W.M. February 27 2009

Remember that scene in High Fidelity where Rob arrives at a gig and hears peter Frampton playing? Well, tonight’s L.A.W.M. was a bit like that for me. I walked in to the sound of probably the least inspiring musical sounds I know. Ukelele and kazoo? No way! Way!
Propelled by some stunning stand-up bass Dr Butler’s [...]

The Opposite Of Robot 22 February 2009

It used to be that every young woman with a guitar wanted to be Joni or maybe if they were more romantic Judy collins. Not so anymore, if Lancaster student but native Londoner Jo Gillot demonstrates. It seems the singer-songwriter these days is re-writing the kitchen sink melodramas of the early 60s rather than the [...]

The Spotlight Club 20 February 2009

Last night saw the Spotlight Club’s annual Slam event at The Yorkshire House. As usual a good turnout gave a warm response to all the acts good and well actually none of them were bad as such. They ranged in style, of course, from fairly conventional rhyming verse albeit not necessarily conventional subject matter (eg [...]