Blues

Blues fans! Time to polish your mojo and start booking if you want to be in with a chance of seeing some amazing names in London this summer.

The band that look like geography teachers are back with a new album and a gig at the Roundhouse.

John Smith seems surprised by the boisterous crowd at Putney’s Half Moon, quipping that there must be better things to do in London on a Thursday night. And yet after his set it’s clear that he’s wrong. Smith, bearded and waistcoated, has an understated charm …

Kate Dimbleby: she doesn’t do things by halves. This, her third of a thirty-five show residency is an intimate affair. The New End Theatre, an ex-morgue given new life, is designed so that the small audience can all see and hear what’s happening while Ms …

  “Famous-for-being-famous” celebrity offspring are two a penny around London, usually more noteworthy for their partners, partying and pratfalls than anything resembling talent. With that in mind, it’s refreshing to see Kate Dimbleby making a name for herself as an accomplished jazz/blues singer. She has …

Ash Grunwald: Image courtesy of the artist With England looking good in the Ashes series it’s fitting that there’s an Australian blues man in town. We were lucky enough to catch Ash Grunwald‘s only London show at Charlotte St Blues over the weekend. With an …

It’s difficult to make a cake. If you put too much of one thing in, it can become tough and unpalatable or gooey and sickly; treat the ingredients too roughly and their potential is compromised. Some bands manage to pick the right ingredients to combine, …

Seems like Monday was a good day for album launch shows. Whilst Londonista Dave was experiencing the fragile ether-eality of Goldfrapp in Union Chapel, we were in the slightly less salubrious surroundings of HMV Oxford Street, where a reed thin moustachioed man is hopping up …

The 2008 running of the Womens’ Head of the River race on Saturday was certainly as unpredictable as many expected given the absence of Britain’s elite oarswomen at a pre-Olympic training camp. In the picture above, one of many in a marvellous Flickr set from …

This week saw Londonist get incredibly excited about a few live music events. First up, was French pop sensation Yelle, who played an intimate show at the Old Blue Last. Then, we had the Camden Crawl line up which, as ever, is pretty amazing for …