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LeeStock Music Festival – Review
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Since its inception in 2006 LeeStock Music Festival has evolved, and changed venues over the years. For some time now its home has been the grounds of Kentwell Hall. Once the sheep have been relocated, the fields alongside its main approach provide ample space for a music festival
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Joanne Shaw Taylor – Review
Joanne Shaw Taylor has been on my ‘must see live’ list for too long – the penultimate gig of her UK tour came to Bury St Edmunds last night and that was too close to home for me not to make the journey. I was not alone, the Apex was full of keen fans eager
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NMG Awards 2019
The NMG Awards, in case you don’t know, are the New Music Generator Awards which celebrate music in the East of England. This year was Grapevine Magazine’s first involvement with the awards where they sponsored the ‘Indie’ category – with no fewer that sixteen acts nominated for the award. Based on Grapevine’s experience last night,
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INTERVIEW: Jon Parker
I first interviewed Jon Parker some years ago when he was backing Jake Morley on a tour. More recently we bumped into each other at FolkEast where Jon was playing with The Will Pound Band. The band are just about to embark on their first tour so it seemed the right time to chat again.
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Review: Suzanne Vega in Cambridge
“She’ll be the girl who sings for her supper” The lights dimmed and a disembodied voice said simply: “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, from New York, Ms Suzanne Vega“. It was an aptly simple introduction for this diminutive and softly spoken lady, who entwines her audiences with words crafted so cleverly, that they live with
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Interview: Suzanne Vega
Ahead of her forthcoming summer gigs in the UK, I had a chat with Suzanne Vega in New York. It has been seven years since Vega released any new work so we talked about the new album, American humour, and why she has a soft spot for the London School of Economics. So, the obvious
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The Legend that is Eastfolk
Legend has it that every August people would gather around the tiny hamlet of Eastfolk to trade wares and stories. It was part harvest festival, part reunion for the thatcher’s, herdsmen, brewers and story tellers. People would meet here, between the lands of the folk from the north and the folk from the south, to
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Caro Emerald at Ipswich Regent
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, better known by her stage name Caro Emerald, is a relative newcomer on the music scene having first become a sensation on Dutch TV in 2008. Along with her eight piece band she performed at the Ipswich Regent on Monday 23rd September as part of her sell out UK tour.
