Ed Harcourt

We hope Londonist readers will have secured their tickets when we alerted them to “A Not So Silent Night“, a Christmas musical entertainment hosted by the redoubtable Wainwright clan, back in May, especially if they enjoy a good sit down. Many of the friends joining …

Okay, so it’s still October and we’ve already started thinking about Christmas, but hey, at least we held back a couple of months longer than Selfridges. Following the success of last year’s acclaimed debut event, the Barbican are bringing back their “Twisted Christmas” show. Described …

L-R: Ed Harcourt, Baby Gramps, Sandy Dillon, Gavin Friday When Hal Willner takes the stage dressed as a pirate to introduce wily mountain man Baby Gramps, the show ahead is guaranteed to be out of the ordinary. After the third or fourth performer, the artists …

Enjoy a night of pirate-themed revelry without the risk of scurvy. On Monday, 28 July, the Barbican will be hosting Rogue’s Gallery — Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys as part of their Only Connect series. The evening will feature songs from the two disc …

As the fair weather of Spring tentatively approaches, any attempt by the pretty blue sky and sunshine to wean us all off our incessant computer based social networking by dragging us outside is made more difficult by the advent of Trig.com. Based in Sweden, it’s …

March 25th marks the bicentenary of the British parliamentary act to abolish the trans-Atlantic slave trade and to commemorate ‘The Voice of Slavery’, a charitable concert, held at The Forum will be one of many events held across Britain. Hosted by Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans …

Re-reading this before putting it live, we’re struck by how many very fine gigs and events there are on this week (as well as how bad our spelling is) and that’s just the ones we know about. Promise us you’ll go to at least one …

Happy New Year to everyone from the Music Dungeonistas. We trust you found solace in some decent music while ‘Best ofs’ and Reality TV Rubbish polluted tweeters, woofers and sub-woofers over the break. In a bizarre collision of mainstream and alternative, we spent New Year’s …

A rousing chorus of Happy Birthday to us will be heard from the ofices of Uncut magazine this Thursday as they publish their 100th issue. Over the past 8 years Uncut has kept us entertained with its mixture of cult movie writing and focus on …

Those of you going to or considering going to Patti Smith’s Meltdown, taking place from 11th to 26th June at the South Bank Centre, will be as interested as Londonist Music to hear that Eels have (has?) been added to the line-up. They/he will be …