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Feb 21

Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather + Dave Hause at The O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK – 21st February 2018

Brian Fallon walks on stage full of smiles with his band The Howling Weather, which features the familiar face of Ian Perkins, and they quickly burst into ‘A Wonderful Life’. After the song someone within the crowd responds by shouting “where is the checked shirt Brian” to which he responds with how he brought the polka dot shirt out especially for Manchester, one of the many exclusive treats he has up his sleeve for us. Next up on the setlist is the catchy ‘Rosemary’ and one of the brand new songs ‘Forget Me Not’ which goes down a treat.

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Jun 10

Photos: John Grant + Meilyr Jones at The O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 10 June 2016

Here at GigJunkies we're lucky-so-and-so's as we go to some fantastic events and festivals. John Grant is just one of those events. Since our review of the intimate Royal Shakespeare Company gig back in 22 June 2014, John has released his glorious "Grey Tickles, Black Pressure" album back in October 2015. Interestingly he touched upon the reason for the title explaining that "Grey Tickles" is a translation from Icelandic to describe entering middle-age, which is a lovely way to see it, far more cheeky and certainly in John's style. "Black Pressure" was also mentioned as being Turkish for "nightmare", which was quite the opposite from tonight, as it was a dream.

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Aug 12

Trembling Bells + Alasdair Roberts + The Horse Loom at The Continental, Preston, Lancashire, UK – 12th August 2015

Having seen the tour de force of Trembling Bells backing The Incredible String Band’s Mike Heron back in January and then hearing their newest material aired on Radio 6, I couldn’t resist a return visit to Preston’s Continental to see them perform in their own right. Trembling Bells have an eclectic musical palette. They’ve developed rapidly from their folky roots and they mix musical genres like no other band. What’s more, they are really exciting live performers.

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Jul 12

Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival, Birmingham, UK – 10th, 11th and 12th July 2015

Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival in Birmingham, 10 + 11 + 12 July 2015

Want to know how great this year’s Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival was? Try this for size... Public Enemy rolled up on Friday to headline that night and loved it so much they came back on Saturday to watch Roy Ayers before heading over to the Moseley Dance Centre for the after show. Rumours that they’re recording DO Believe The Hype as the festival’s new official anthem are still unconfirmed but if you see Flavor Flav queuing up in the Kingfisher Fish and Chip Bar anytime soon don’t be surprised.

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Aug 31

Moseley Folk Festival 2014, Birmingham, UK – Friday 29th – Sunday 31st August 2014

Would Morrissey pop along for a quick guest appearance during Johnny Marr’s set (ahem...)? Would Richard Thompson ride onto the stage on a Vincent Black Lightening 1952? And would The Waterboys show us the whole of their moon...yes...it’s Moseley Folk Festival time again!

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Jun 15

Martin & Eliza Carthy at The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, UK – 15th June 2014

Martin Carthy and his daughter, Eliza Carthy, are folk royalty. They are known for their long and successful solo careers, as members of family band Waterson:Carthy (with mother Norma Waterson) and as members of 'world-folk' ensemble, The Imagined Village. But while father and daughter have frequently worked together they have never previously made an album as a duo.

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Jun 15

Martin & Eliza Carthy at The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, UK – 15th June 2014

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Apr 17

Goodnight Lenin + Dan Whitehouse @ Prince Of Wales, Moseley, Birmingham, UK – 17 April 2014

At last, after a gestation period that makes the average Elephant birth seem a tad premature (apparently it takes around 2 years between getting jiggy and wetting the baby’s trunk...who’d be a lady elephant eh?) this year will finally see the release of Goodnight Lenin’s debut album. Definitely. 100%. No question at all. Hurrah! To prove they can deliver the goods against the clock a few weeks back they set themselves the challenge of recording, mixing and mastering a single for Record Store Day in just one mammoth 24 hour session. The resulting recording, just 24 copies of which have been pressed, will be sold on Record Store day itself, this Saturday 19th April (hence the timing of this gig I guess).

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Sep 01

Moseley Folk Festival 2013, Birmingham, UK – Friday 30th August – Sunday 1st September 2013

Oh lordy, the OAPs are right you know. The older you get the faster the years fly by. It seems like only yesterday that we were singing along lustily to All Around My Hat (the degree of lustiness being in direct proportion to the quantity of cider consumed) and yet here we are again at another MoFo. I’m not complaining, it’s the bit between festivals that gets my goat... real life I think it’s called. Jolly silly idea.

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Aug 23

Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Shrewsbury, UK, 23rd – 26th August 2013

Summer is upon us and music festivals abound. These days there’s no shortage of such events to choose from and Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an excellent way to spend the Bank Holiday weekend.

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May 31

Goodnight Lenin + Howie Payne @ The Old Rep, Birmingham, UK – 31 May 2013 [REVIEW #2]

With their much anticipated debut album still being mixed and just a few festival shows lined up this year (albeit including Glastonbury and Moseley Folk Festival) 2013’s been relatively low key for Goodnight Lenin so far. ‘Low key’ certainly isn’t a phrase you’d apply to tonight’s show though, their first headline appearance since selling out Birmingham Cathedral last December...

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Feb 07

Thurston Moore + Michael Chapman @ The Glee Club, Birmingham, UK – 7 February 2013

Two genuine 100% guitar legends for the price of the one. Not bad eh? Whilst Thurston Moore, one of the poster boys of the alt rock scene and founder of Sonic Youth, might be the bigger name of the two Chapman’s been a folk hero for coming up to six decades now with none other than the mighty John Peel muttering his praises and playing his records (no doubt occasionally at the wrong speed) over the years. So what do you get when you bring a 70 something folk/jazz musician from Yorkshire together with an American noise rock icon? We had to wait until the end of the gig to find out...

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Nov 24

Ben Howard + Willy Mason @ The O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 24th November 2012

It's not often that you're more excited about the support act than the main event when you attend a gig - especially when it is to see the flavour of the moment Ben Howard - but that's exactly how I felt as we made our way to a sodden O2 along with a multitude of other gig goers all anticipating a cracking night of folk/pop fusion with Messrs’ Ben Howard and America’s little known Willy Mason.

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Sep 02

Moseley Folk Festival 2012, Birmingham, UK – Friday 31 August – Sunday 2 September

It’s strange how some festivals seem to be blessed with good weather and others...well...seem to be doomed to suffer plagues of frogs. Barring the odd shower every single Moseley Folk has been reliably dry and pleasant. Given the fact that this year’s been the most relentlessly grim since Noah took up boatbuilding you’d have been forgiven for packing a lifejacket or two...but no...MoFo was pretty much a rain free zone again, with...yes...some sunshine. Maybe the good lord’s a folk fan eh? That beard’s a dead giveaway, I hear he’s often at the Prince Of Wales necking the real ale too.

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