Desperately Lost City
UK Country Music from a Welsh Perspective
Gig Diaries – Northern Songbirds 2026 Tour
The final leg of the inaugural ‘Northern Songbirds’ tour came to Liverpool, in the ever more intimate setting of the Kazimier Stockroom. It felt small enough on my first visit a month ago but this time a curtain across one side and a lengthy merch stand on the other meant a tighter squeeze. It took…
Fieldlily – Grow
The metamorphosis from Wildwood Kin to Fieldlily has not been as radical as the timespan. The Key sisters have retained much of their electro-folk that still washes over the soul like waves on a shore. The difference now, in the absence of drummer Meg, is less a punctuation and more a delicate offering of wisdom…
Gig Diaries – Good Company (February 2026 edition)
I had the perfect solo date night on Valentine’s Day this year, having finally made it to a Good Company Songwriters Round. Set up and starring the inimitable Katy Hurt, I settled down in my usual back row chair at Thornton Hough Village Club for two hours of original music from Emilia Quinn, Tennessee Twin,…
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