Reviews

Review: The Eagle Jazz Band at the Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on 12th June, 2019
Traditional sounds were the order of the day when The Eagle Jazz Band appeared on the final day of Lichfield’s Blues and Jazz Festival.
Review: The Oxley Meier Guitar Project
By Ben Macnair on 12th June, 2019
If you take two of the county’s leading acoustic and jazz guitarists, a strong and musically flexible rhythm section, and a magpie’s sense of genre...
Review: The Nick Dewhurst Band at the Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on 11th June, 2019
Local jazz ambassador Nick Dewhurst brought his talented band and special guest Derek Nash to play an exemplary set of originals and well-chosen covers when...
Review: The Alison Rayner Quintet at the Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival
By Ben Macnair on 10th June, 2019
Double bassist and composer Alison Rayner led her impeccable band through a series of high-octane jazz numbers and delicate ballads when they appeared as part...
Review: Rhythm of the Dance at the Lichfield Garrick
By Ross on 9th June, 2019
A night of Irish dance celebration saw the cast of Rhythm of the Dance bring their 20th anniversary show to the Lichfield Garrick.
Review: Remi Harris at the Cathedral Hotel
By Ben Macnair on 1st June, 2019
Anyone who has seen Remi Harris play knows you get a lot of guitar, and a lot of guitars - and it proved to be...
Review: Oliver by Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre at Lichfield Cathedral
By Phil Preece on 1st May, 2019
This new reworking of Lionel Bart’s classic was magical, making the very most of the cathedral’s marvellous space and acoustics.
Review: King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys at Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 27th April, 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 26th April, 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 23rd April, 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...