Ben Macnair

Review: The Annie Whitehead Quartet at the Lichfield Arts Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on June 12, 2018
With a set list that ranged from African High Life music to space jazz, the leading trombonist and composer Annie Whitehead led her talented quartet...
Review: Remi Harris at the George Hotel in Lichfield
By Ben Macnair on May 23, 2018
A stage filled with guitars and a room full of people meant that jazz musician Remi Harris’s gig at Lichfield’s George Hotel was a very...
Review: Miranda Sykes at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 30, 2018
The acclaimed singer and multi-instrumental Miranda Sykes cast a musical spell over an attentive audience when she appeared at Lichfield Guildhall as part of her...
Review: Climax Blues Band at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 4, 2018
A near-capacity Easter Sunday crowd saw one of the sharpest blues outfits on the national circuit when the Climax Blues Band performed at Lichfield Guildhall...
Review: Dvorak’s Stabat Mater at Lichfield Cathedral
By Ben Macnair on March 28, 2018
Lichfield Cathedral was filled with talented local musicians when Lichfield Cathedral Chorus, four classical singers, and The Darwin Ensemble Chamber Orchestra convened to perform Antonin...
Review: Leveret and Spiro at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on March 19, 2018
Seven of the best known musicians on the British live instrumental and folk music circuit convened to play at Lichfield Guildhall as part of their...
Review: Nicola Benedetti at Birmingham Town Hall
By Ben Macnair on March 11, 2018
In the 12 years since winning Young Musician of the Year, Nicola Benedetti has built up an impressive career playing some of the most technically...
Review: The Music of David Bowie with the CBSO at Birmingham Symphony Hall
By Ben Macnair on March 11, 2018
Sometimes when a musician has been a leading figure in popular culture it is easy to over-look the range of their output, how many stylistic...
Review: False Lights at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on March 7, 2018
The fast-rising folk-rock band False Lights launched their latest album Harmonograph when they played at Lichfield Guildhall as part of their latest tour.
Review: The Grahams at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on March 5, 2018
The crowd that braved the worst excesses of the Beast from the East were rewarded by a set of lively Americana, fine harmony singing, strong...