Reviews

Review: The Fred Thelonious Baker Trio at the Cathedral Hotel
By Ben Macnair on 22nd April, 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 14th April, 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: Music Through the Decades at St Mary’s Centre
By Phil Preece on 6th April, 2019
The title of this musical evening made it sound a bit like maybe a programme of tired oldies Shawaddywaddy-style - but refreshingly this was no...
Review: Glory Days at the Old Joint Stock Theatre
By Phil Preece on 1st April, 2019
It’s always an event when cult Midlands theatre director Tracey Street chooses to direct a new play and this production of Glory Days is no...
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Review: The Sleaze Brothers at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ross on 26th March, 2019
With a repertoire of popular songs and a stage act honed through more than 30 years of playing together, The Sleaze Brothers gave their large...
Review: The Joni Mitchell Songbook at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 4th March, 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.
Review: The Ric Sanders Trio
By Ross on 4th February, 2019
His day job involves playing fiddle for folk-rock super-group Fairport Convention, but Ric Sanders was allowed much freer rein when he appeared with his trio...
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Review: Baby Jools and the Jazzaholics at the Lichfield Guildhall
By Ben Macnair on 22nd January, 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 21st January, 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 14th January, 2019
Rock and roll was the order of the day when Travellin’ Man – The Ricky Nelson story opened Lichfield Arts' Spring 2019 season.