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Mick Abrahams Benefit – The Borderline, Soho, London, May 9th, 2016

May 17, 2016

Revived – And Live! “Just to see him get on that stage, put his guitar around his neck and play when people were saying ‘Oh, he’ll never play again!’ is everything… and seeing everyone here who’ve come to support and … Continue reading →

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STEELEYE SPAN – 8/7/2015 – Hugh’s Room, Toronto – Matinee Concert

July 15, 2015

Maybe that’s because a good part of their repertoire runs back centuries or, perhaps, it’s the band’s merry demeanor, but there’s no air of legend about STEELEYE SPAN. Quite the contrary, the intimacy of “Hugh’s Room” only intensified the communal … Continue reading →

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Steven Wilson – 26/6/2015 – The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto

June 30, 2015

Visceral and cerebral: more often than not, these words are mutually exclusive when they characterize a performance, yet a Steven Wilson concert lends a whole new perspective to such a paradox. A soft-spoken person off-stage, he commands the scene in front … Continue reading →

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David Lindley – 6/5/2015 – Hugh’s Room, Toronto

May 13, 2015

What? No “El Rayo-X”? Well, an artist of David Lindley caliber can afford a luxury of dropping his signature tune from the set whose opening lines hinted at “Vigilante Man” as if demanding the audience to concentrate on the stage. … Continue reading →

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Albert Lee – 10/2/2015 – Hugh’s Room, Toronto

March 1, 2015

Many of the accolade-laden folks are well aware of self-importance and let it show, but Albert Lee’s different. One of whom his peers speak in a reverent tone, the guitarist cuts a radiant presence off-stage – his fatigue never getting … Continue reading →

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