Amy Macdonald performed to a sold out crowd at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this week, and it was a pleasure to see a live performance at such a prestigious magical venue. You can’t help but gaze at its stunning architecture…
Few artists could create such silence by doing so little in a space so grand. As the lights fade to black inside the Royal Albert Hall, Lianne La Havas – armed with a guitar, in a floor length dress, looking…
Rating: As if Dog Man Star wasn’t, without a doubt, one of the most definitive albums of the 1990’s already, their latest live album brings Suede’s seedy, drug-hazed nightmare to life. Andersons vocals exude passion, driving the immensely powerful machine…
Rating: You’d be forgiven for raising an eyebrow if I said I spent Wednesday night reviewing a gig for little-known artist Laura Doggett at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Forget the stuffiness and pretension of the main arena: guests for…
With 2014 marking twenty years since he released his debut album Spirit Dance, Nitin Sawhney playing at the Royal Albert Hall was a pretty big deal. The show was promoted as being in support of his upcoming album Dystopian Dream,…
The Royal Albert Hall. Grand, historic, bordering on palatial – there are few other venues that can match it for scale. Playing here also lends a certain sense of durability, of being taken seriously as an artist; let’s face it,…
A Night For Jon Brookes “It’s all about the music, everything else is shit” Jon Brookes. This was an amazing, emotional rollercoaster of a night. It was an event put on in tragic circumstances but a fitting tribute to The…