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Jaye Jayle – Birmingham, Hare and Hounds – 30 April 2019

Jaye Jayle – Birmingham, Hare and Hounds – 30 April 2019

Posted by | Jun 1, 2019 | ,

Rich H reckons that Jaye Jayle deserves better. Playing in Birmingham for the first time amidst a number of dates around the country (including a recorded appearance at Desertfest), it feels like the fates have conspired to provide a poor backdrop for the night’s show. Not only is it a dreary Tuesday in April (thanks, British weather) but the venue has barely a dozen people in by the time Jayle takes to the stage with his band, making an intimate venue feel almost cavernous in its unused space. But then, as if to spit right in the face of fate, the band go and put on the kind of performance that makes you want to grab your mates and drag them by the ears to the next show.

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Hollowstar/Florence Black/The 501s – Ebbw Vale, EVI – 25 May 2019

Hollowstar/Florence Black/The 501s – Ebbw Vale, EVI – 25 May 2019

Posted by | May 31, 2019 | ,

After the demise of the Muni in Pontypridd an opening arose for a small venue to step into the huge gap left… enter the EVI.  A former library in the Valley steeltown of Ebbw Vale it is becoming a good place to go to see up and coming bands.  The sound is usually spot on, the bar is in the same room as the gig and it’s a fair-sized open venue. Everything our Valleys correspondent could really expect when it came to facilitating a rock ‘n’ roll show, right?

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Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts – ‘Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts’ (MMRecordingworks)

Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts – ‘Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts’ (MMRecordingworks)

Posted by | May 30, 2019 | ,

Regular ÜR readers might recognize Matt Mitchell’s name as the former singer with Furyon, Pride and, most recently, the now defunct Colour Of Noise. Now, he has decided to stretch his not inconsiderable talents, especially vocally, with his debut solo project – something he apparently started on while still a teenager – which not only draws on the diverse sounds of the bands with whom he has been previously associated but also edges into what may seem to be more unfamiliar territory with a diversity of material that covers traditional hard rock, blues and even (the gods forefend) country. But, then, if the likes of Danny Worsnop can wander down that latter dusty road, then why not someone like Mitchell?

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Roger Hodgson – London, Royal Albert Hall – 23 May 2019

Roger Hodgson – London, Royal Albert Hall – 23 May 2019

Posted by | May 30, 2019 | ,

Although Jim Rowland has liked Supertramp’s records for a fair few years now, last year’s Stone Free Festival was the first time he’d managed to see Supertramp legend Roger Hodgson live. In a succinct hour’s set that night, he knocked out classic after classic and proceeded to steal the show. So, having dipped his toe firmly in the water then, tonight gave our man the opportunity to dive in headfirst for the full Roger Hodgson concert experience in the spectacular surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall.

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Danny Vaughn – ‘Myths, Legends & Lies’ (Townsend Music)

Danny Vaughn – ‘Myths, Legends & Lies’ (Townsend Music)

Posted by | May 30, 2019 | ,

Tyketto singer Danny Vaughn describes this, his first solo album in 11 years, as the one he has always wanted to make, featuring “a bunch of songs I call my orphans: they’re a group of numbers, collected over decades, that I never found a proper home for”. As its title suggests, it is also an album influenced by his lifelong love of storytelling, something he traces back to the bedtime stories read to him by his parents – the tales of Greek mythology, of ‘The Lord Of The Rings’, the antics of the Monkey King, Sherlock Holmes and more, all drawn together in this collection that has been a decade and a half in the making…

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