About Rachel Young
Likes: Ponchos, cornflakes and Almost Famous.
Dislikes: Egg with any red food, Leicester's seagull population and having no ID.
Day 2 of Bingley Music Live, and after some technical issues involving a Dictaphone and some steep, concrete steps – Gigslutz sat down for a quick chat with John McCullagh and one of his Escorts to talk poetry, Dylan and…
It’s Sunday morning – the weather is as far from the mini hurricane of Friday and irritating showers of Saturday. Sun, at last. But it seemed that the fun of Saturday night has taken its toll on some people, and…
With no sign of Jason not so Derulo, lost wellies or £3 plastic ponchos from ASDA, stuck in trees; Friday was fantastic. Not to mention it had staged equally fantastic music, a busy Saturday had a lot to contend with….
“I say Jason, you say Derulo… Jason?” “Derulo!” and that sums up my shuttle bus from V Festival, home to rural Leicestershire. But how does this have anything to do with Bingley Music Live, you may be wondering? After Jason…
Relatively small and relatively new Bingley Music Live has had its fair share of popular headliners over its short life span. From The Undertones, The Human League and The Coral to Wretch 32, Professor Green and Tinchy Stryder. Although, compared…
Stepping out onto the gloriously muddy main stage, as a part of a big line up on the muggy Saturday night was Bath brothers The Family Rain. So far this summer The Family Rain have taken over many small English…
Rating: Girl Power? That sounds like a very big understatement when describing Manchester’s flamboyant female Findlay. Festival domination seems to cut it better. Natalie Findlay and her band made the most of the atmospheric evening, high placement on the bill…
Rating: For weeks, if not months, Leicester has been buzzing with the prospect that its biggest export (apart from Walkers Crisps) would be coming home in style. Having not seen an outdoor music event on this scale since 2003 Victoria…
Glam rockers The Struts are known for their high energy live performances and outrageously individual wardrobes. However, now gaining a larger fan base across the UK – as well as a very well established following in France – is the…
The 45s capture the spirit and style of a classic R&B band but infuse this with a modern 21st century attitude. There is something about this group of lads that is really endearing which makes you gravitate to their mature…