Concert Review – Amelia Harrison and Funke and the Two Tone Baby
September 11th 2017
Lichfield Arts opened its Autumn 2017 season with an evening of music to appeal to the most broad-minded of audiences.
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Concert Review – Sticky Wicket and His Swing Orchestra
July 4th 2017
The drummer Sticky Wicket bought his talented Swing Orchestra to Lichfield, when they played a series of classic jazz, jump and jive songs to finish Lichfield Art’s Blues and Jazz 2017 festival. The ensemble of saxophonist Chris Gumbley, keyboard player Danny McCormack, guitarist Geoff Tooley, bassist Tomas Pedersen, and singer Linda Morris played jump, and …
Read MoreConcert Review – Chris Gumbley and Anything Goes/Blast Off
Jazz in all of its disparate genres was played to an appreciative and enthusiastic audience when the Saxophonist Chris Gumbley, and his ensemble, Anything Goes and local jazz collective Blast Off played at Lichfield’s Wade Street Church on Saturday 3rd June 2017. With Chris Gumbley on saxophones, and clarinet, bassist and vocalist Nicola Farnon, accordionist …
Read MoreConcert Review – Lichfield Jazz All Stars
July 3rd 2017
The Jazz element of Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival was started by an exuberant concert from the five piece Lichfield Jazz All Stars. The ensemble of Nick Dewhurst on Trumpet, Flugelhorn, and Guitar, Bassist Tom Moore, Tenor Saxophonist Callum Roxburgh, Dave Ferris on Piano andan, and Carl Hemmingsley on Drums. org The set list ranged across …
Read MoreConcert Review – The Remi Harris Trio
The jazz guitarist Remi Harris, and his trio of bassist Mark Green and guitarist Kevin Birch played a master-class in music making when they appeared as part of Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival on Sunday 4th June 2017. With a set-list that encompassed the lighter side of the genre, and songs made famous by …
Read MoreConcert Review – The Jar Family
Words and photography by Ben Macnair With a raucous sound that blended bassy blues, delicate acoustic ditties, a steam-punk aesthetic, and catchy, singalong songs, The Jar Family bought their festival ready sound to bear when they closed Lichfield Arts Spring 2017 season in Lichfield Guildhall. The six piece of Max Bianco on vocals, guitar, harmonica, …
Read MoreConcert Review – Jaywalkers/Claret
Review and photography by Ben Macnair Two trios of talented musicians played to an appreciative audience when The Jaywalkers and Claret appeared at Lichfield Guildhall on Friday 28th April. Local folk favourites Claret started the evening. Stalwarts of the local folk and roots scene, Sandra and Tim Robinson between them play guitar, mandolin, accordion, bodhran …
Read MoreConcert Review – The Jive Aces
With their canary yellow zoot-suits, sharp, brass heavy sound, and repertoire of the some of the most toe-tapping songs from the past 50 or so years, The Jive Aces showed an appreciative, and large audience why they are one of the leading ensembles in their packed field when they played at Lichfield Guildhall on Friday …
Read MoreConcert Review – Nancy Kerr and The Sweet Visitor Band
Review written by Ben Macnair Photography by David Jones One of the leading voices of the contemporary folk and roots scene, Nancy Kerr led her band, The Sweet Visitors through a set that encompassed pure folk, light jazz, hoe-down, and their own songs when they played to an appreciative audience on Sunday May 7th. Accompanied …
Read MoreConcert Review – Chris Helme
Words by Ben Macnair – Photography by Dave Jones With a back-ground as a busker, and time spent supporting such bands as U2 and The Rolling Stones, the singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Helme bought his many years of experience on the foot-hills of live music when he appeared at Lichfield Guildhall on April 29th. His …
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