Author Archives: Richard

Joshua Burnell – Escape from Condor Keep Tour 2026

By Richard |

Like an intergalactic troubadour who crash-landed last century, Joshua Burnell makes retro chamber pop for the modern world. Fresh off the back of a UK tour including a growing number of sold out dates, Burnell is unleashing his second tour and album this year: Condor Keep & Other Stories. Born in France, but raised on […]

WOT ITALIAN? 

By Richard |

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music and comedy as award – winning comedian and singer – songwriter Boothby Graffoe teams up with internationally acclaimed Italian guitarist Antonio Forcione. Wot Italian? Is a hilarious and heartfelt collision of Graffoe’s sharp wit and whimsical storytelling with Forcione’s virtuosic guitar mastery. This show promises a mix […]

Casting the Runes

By Richard |

Two stories by M R JamesPerformed by Robert Lloyd Parry Montague Rhodes James [1862 – 1936] wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in the years leading up to WW1. Today they have lost nothing of their power to terrify and amuse. Nunkie Theatre Company returns with two more of James’s very best, in […]

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage with Jon Thorne   

By Richard |

Critically acclaimed folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage join forces with virtuoso double bassist Jon Thorne for a special one-off UK tour. With their vintage guitars and heartfelt harmony vocals sharing just a single microphone for pickup, Hannah & Ben’s live shows have always been magical, intimate experiences. This special collaboration with Thorne’s unmistakably […]

It’s Nice Up North (U)

By Richard |

RBM presents.. A special, 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North, presented also as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, the celebrated photographer who shot the movie, and whose distinctive eye is central to the movie’s charm and enduring appeal. The film follows Fellows’ alter ego – […]

3 Voices

By Richard |

Martin Peirson and Emily River Thomson sing songs of mystery and imagination as part of the Three Voice show.

Dale Storr

By Richard |

The Sounds of New OrleansA very, very fine piano player indeed’ – Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2 ‘Dale is the best New Orleans player I’ve ever heard’ – Richard Hawley Described by Jazz Journal magazine as the ‘piano man’s piano man…’ and ‘a national treasure’, Dale Storr’s musical journey has now brought him recognition as […]

Chris Helme

By Richard |

From his breakthrough success with The Seahorses to an enduring solo career, Chris Helme has always excelled at pouring his heart into music – in the process creating songs as affectingly emotional as they are obviously accomplished. Now, thirty years on from that first spotlight moment, the singer-songwriter provides a taste of his ever popular […]

The Guilty Men

By Richard |

The days of the Supergroup may be long past… but surely The Guilty Men would qualify for that description! The band is made up of five of the finest musicians from the Northwest of England. Between them, they have played over 10,000 gigs on planet Earth, recorded thousands of songs and made countless radio and […]

Petunia

By Richard |

Petunia is more than just an entertainer, he’s a modern musical enigma.  Imagine Hank Williams on acid, if David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly baby that yodelled, or Tom Waits met Elvis Presley at Woody Guthrie’s hobo junction.  These are just a few ways of describing the man known simply as Petunia.  He’s […]

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