Ben Macnair

Review: King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys at Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 27, 2019
You always know what you are going to get from a King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys concert - slick presentation skills, feel-good jump jive,...
Review: Peter Knight’s Gigspanner at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 26, 2019
This show at the Lichfield Guildhall showed just why Peter Knight’s Gigspanner have been a going concern for 10 years.
Review: The West Coast Eagles and Gordon Giltrap at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 23, 2019
Add together one of the best-known songbooks of the past 500 years and a support slot from one of the country’s finest acoustic guitarists, and...
Review: The Fred Thelonious Baker Trio at the Cathedral Hotel
By Ben Macnair on April 22, 2019
This newly formed trio led by guitarist Fred ’T’ Baker treated an attentive audience to a showcase of complicated instrumentals that ranged from atonal noise...
Review: Ashley Hutchings and Becky Mills at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on April 14, 2019
With little more than a bass, an acoustic guitar, and a life-time of stories, these musicians kept the audience entertained for the entire evening.
Review: The Joni Mitchell Songbook at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on March 4, 2019
Right from her beginnings as a folk singer on the Laurel Canyon scene, the musical spirit of Joni Mitchell has always been a restless one.
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Review: Baby Jools and the Jazzaholics at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on January 22, 2019
Traditional jazz was the order of the day when Baby Jools and the Jazzaholics made their Lichfield Guildhall debut.
Review: Ricky Cool and the In Crowd at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on January 21, 2019
Ricky Cool and the In-Crowd took their enthusiastic fans back to the swinging Flamingo Club - a sixties hot-spot famed for its nights of flamboyance,...
Review: Travellin’ Man – The Ricky Nelson Story at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on January 14, 2019
Rock and roll was the order of the day when Travellin’ Man – The Ricky Nelson story opened Lichfield Arts' Spring 2019 season.
Review: Johnny Coppin’s All On A Winter’s Night at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on December 24, 2018
In what has become something of a Lichfield Arts Christmas tradition, the singer-songwriter and musician Johnny Coppin bought his three man show All on A...