Foy Vance + Gareth Dunlop + The Late Heavy - Eventim Apollo, London 03/09/22

September 16, 2022 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Live Review, Pop, Singer Songwriter

The Eventim Apollo in London will always have a special place in my heart. As a (very) naïve teen it was the location of my first, big London gig. In those, pre-sponsorship days, it was simply the Hammersmith Odeon and for many of us of a certain age, it always will be. The art deco Grade II listed building with its 3600 capacity seemed impossibly huge to me at the time as Status Quo rocked out on their Never Too Late tour. I’d been bitten by the live music bug and, I’m pleased to report, never recovered.

Lee Rogers - Green Note, London 29/06/2022

July 05, 2022 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Live Review, Singer Songwriter

They say that timing is everything. This certainly seems to be the case with Lee Rogers, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter who surprisingly left the world of music behind some fifteen years ago to embark on a career as a tattooist, opening his own studio and winning multiple awards in the process. Only to return in the last couple of years with a burst of musical creativity to make many of his peers more than a little jealous. Naturally, we jumped at the chance to catch up with Lee when it was announced he would be opening for The Sam Chase at the always-welcoming Green Note in London's Camden Town.