Category: Concert Reviews

April 22, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, April 19  Charlie Musselwhite runs a strapping blues band. His voice is strong, his singing distinctive and his lyrics wry. His harmonica bustles and occasionally pulverises its way through the super-groovy rhythm section, and in Matt Stubbs he has a guitarist who can carve out deft, arresting solos.…

April 15, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Springwood Presbyterian Hall, April 11  I presume some other band’s repertoire may have ranged from Bela Bartok to Boubacar Traore, but not one that I have encountered. Gary Daley is not going to die wondering what would have happened had put all the  options on the table with his new…

April 8, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Theatre Royal, April 2  Perhaps it is a matter of personality as much as voice: a natural warmth and an instinct for never exaggerating the emotional content of a song. Whatever the case it is easy to see and hear why, for 30 years, Bernadette Peters has probably been musical…