Review and picture by John Watson Lichfield Garrick Studio, Lichfield UK 13-01-2016 Christine Tobin’s project A Thousand Kisses Deep – her interpretation of the songs of Leonard Cohen – has proved to be one of the great successes of the… Read More ›
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Pick of the Midland gigs – January 2016
Here’s a brief guide to the five events I’d suggest are most worth getting to this month. Of course there is a lot of good stuff out there that’s not on this brief list, and everyone’s taste is different. But these… Read More ›
Jazz discovers Lichfield – and Wednesdays!
Sure, we have the occasional jazz gig in my hometown, this small cathedral city just north of Birmingham which no one down south has heard of, and which precious few Brummies have ever visited. There is Lichfield Arts’ Jazz &… Read More ›
Special ticket offer for Roberto Fonseca tonight
Here’s the bargain gig of the year! The Lichfield Festival is offering a special 2 for 1 ticket offer for the Roberto Fonseca Band tonight at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre. This is a sensational band and in addition to Roberto… Read More ›
Lighthouse and Huw Warren lead the week ahead in Midland gigs
It’s September at last and all kind of exciting new things are kicking off. The bassless Lighthouse group of saxophonist Tim Garland, pianist Gwilym Simcock and drummer Asaf Sirkis opens the autumn jazz season at the The Edge Arts Centre… Read More ›
The week ahead in gigs
It’s a week to celebrate all the more modest jazz activity that goes on around the city and the region, a lot of it in pubs, much of it at no charge to the punter. Tonight Steve Ajao and his… Read More ›
The week ahead in gigs
Tomorrow night is one of those Fridays filled with choices. The early evening is easy – just head for the Symphony Hall foyer bar and let Big Man Clayton do the rest. The barrelhouse pianist and singer adds his Birmingham… Read More ›
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