Author: Glenn Sargeant

After a decade spent immersed in Bristol’s rich and unruly musical landscape, multi-instrumentalist Tim Burden returns as Late Stay Ultra Girls with new single ‘Derek Is A Reasonable Man’.

Mult-instrumentalist Troy Redfern, no stranger to the British
blues rock scene with his highly individualistic brand of rockin’
Resonator roll and searing slide expertise, and hot off an
exceptional, full band headliner set at the Upton Blues Festival,
has announced the release of his most musically adventurous
album to date.

Sparks – pop’s perennial pioneers – continue to boldly go where no band has gone before. Having pushed the boundaries of music for more than 5 decades, the eternally adventurous Ron and Russell Mael now achieve another first with Sparks Live On The Moon. The twenty-track performance is captured here in all its heavenly glory, complete with intro and outro by Cate Blanchett.

The Wonder Stuff have added a date in Birmingham to their upcoming 40th anniversary tour to meet demand.

The Long Ryders — pioneers of the Alt-Country movement — return to the stage this October with the same fiery spirit that first made them legends. Fusing punk energy with country-rock harmonies, the band bridged the gap between Gram Parsons and today’s Americana heroes, influencing acts such as Wilco, The Jayhawks and Uncle Tupelo.