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Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra + Hot Raisin @ NAC 26 April 2018

Posted on April 27, 2018 by shashamane

For the second time in the space of a few days I was seeing a band from the US with some of the finest musicians I have ever seen perform.  Still on something of a high from seeing Courtney Marie … Continue reading →

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Starcrawler @ OMEARA, London 18 January 2018

Posted on January 20, 2018 by shashamane

In recent times a lot of the capital’s music venues have been closing at an alarming rate as a result of the difficult costs and gentrification. It can be sad and depressing reading seeings lists of lost venues.  I headed … Continue reading →

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Wooden Arms + Chalky Seas + Hot Raisin @ OPEN 14 December 2017

Posted on December 15, 2017 by shashamane

Other than a flying visit to play Marzano’s as part of BBC Introducing in Norfolk’s 10th birthday celebrations the other week this was Wooden Arms‘ first visit back to their home city in a year or so, not that there … Continue reading →

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Daddy Long Legs + Tuppenny Bunters @ Bedfords Crypt 22 November 2017

Posted on November 23, 2017 by shashamane

  So good have been all the Punk Rock Blues gigs that I’ve attended – plus of course the Red Rooster Festival – that I consider it a guarantee of “my kind of music”, an endorcement of quality.  Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Worry Dolls + Morganway + Lisa Redford @ OPEN 10 November 2017

Posted on November 11, 2017 by shashamane

It was only relatively recently that I first became aware of Worry Dolls through some browsing and exploring on YouTube and Spotify, so it was a nice moment of synchronicity and serendipity that soon afterwards I learned that Craig had … Continue reading →

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PINS + Yassassin + Sink Ya Teeth @ Waterfront Studio, Norwich 6 November 2017

Posted on November 7, 2017 by shashamane

It can, and certainly has happened, that following a truly exceptional and brilliant gig the next one can feel like something of a damp squib in comparison.  However, after that extraordinary gig by Starcrawler at Bedfords Crypt I had no … Continue reading →

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Starcrawler + New Scientists @ Bedfords Crypt, Norwich 3 November 2017

Posted on November 4, 2017 by shashamane

It already feels legendary. In fact, within moments of this gig finishing at least two people said to me “It felt like seeing Nirvana at Norwich Arts Centre!” – they should know, they were there. Alas I was not but … Continue reading →

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Twin Guns + Ravenous Hounds + The Lantern Men @ The Underbelly 13 October 2017

Posted on October 14, 2017 by shashamane

What better way to acknowledge Friday 13th than with some mean and dirty “garage noir” in the Rumsey Wells’ Underbelly?  I’m still stunned – in a delighted way – that we had a gig like this for free in the … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Girls @ The Smokehouse, Ipswich, 28 September 2017

Posted on September 29, 2017 by shashamane

Norwich Road in Ipswich feels a bit like Magdalen Street in our city, and just off a side street and in the middle of a car park is situated South Street Studios, a complex of community projects which includes the … Continue reading →

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Ryley Walker + Health & Beauty @ NAC 20 June 2017

Posted on June 21, 2017 by shashamane

On the eve of the summer solstice during one of the hottest Junes I can recall I headed once again to the wonderful Norwich Arts Centre for the latest in a string of great gigs.  This was one of the … Continue reading →

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