It was just over a year ago that the Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita last appeared on this very stage....
When you come into the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds Grand Theatre and hear the unforgettable strains of Captain Beefheart’s...
When two bands include members of Redd Kross, Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth, Heatmiser, OFF and Pussy Galore and that is...
“This next song is called ‘Brother’. I used to say this was the only positive song I’ve written about...
Karine Polwart is a storyteller. Amongst her many other considerable talents as a theatre-maker, essayist and published writer, the multi-award-winning...
David Bowie is everywhere. The strains of Blackstar, his 25th and final studio album, welcomes us into the Howard Assembly...
The musical collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Trio HLK is a relatively new one, but it is already reaping very...
Stella Donnelly is one of the most entertaining people I’ve seen on a stage. At a time when – and...
It is now almost exactly five years since Phosphorescent played the Brudenell. On that last occasion it had appeared –...
“Bono is a self-righteous prick and U2 haven’t released anything good since 1980/1983/1991 (delete as appropriate)” – Everyone you know,...
You know the form, right? Live reviews write themselves half the time, a few lazy, mumbled words about the support...
As a performance goes it was a long one, three and a half hours. That’s right up there in Ken...
Natalie Prass is class. It is something she proves over and over again tonight. Last here in September 2015, she...
In marked contrast to the rest of the UK where a cold snap has signalled an abrupt end to British...
Speaking to The Guardian newspaper nearly ten years ago about the concept of creativity and the music of Hawkwind, Dave...