About Sam Wright
Music Journalist, formally at MOJO Magazine. Black Country born, now mainly covering Birmingham and North-West England
The picturesque fields of Lowther Deer Park filled up on Thursday, and although the views above the vast rolling hillside of Cumbria were bleak, the excitement in the air for four days of music hung heavier than the weather. The…
Name: Great Northern Ska Festival Where: Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester When: 20th August 2016 Headliner: The Selecter Also Featuring: The Beat, Neville Staple, Dawn Penn, King Hammond & The Rude Boy Mafia. What to Expect: According to the festivals website,…
Name: Kendal Calling. Where: Lowther Deer Park, Cumbria. When: Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st July 2016. Headliners: The Charlatans, Rudimental, Madness, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Also Featuring: Catfish & The Bottlemen, The Hives, Maximo Park, Ash, The Darkness, Everything…
Sheffield heroes Reverend And The Makers returned once again to play Mosborough Music Festival this weekend, and as always failed to disappoint an expectedly rowdy crowd. Through the day a host of up-and-comers and tribute bands have their chance to…
Rating: Standing in a small Digbeth kebab shop at almost midnight with “Woah Woah Wo-ah” ringing out in and around the place with perfect resemblance to ‘Romeo & Julie’, that’s when you know it has been a good gig. A…
Off the back of their astronomical album success, this first headline tour from the Brighton two-piece had a buzz around it that most established bands would envy. After playing Glasgow and Sheffield in the past weeks, where better to start…