The Blackheart Orchestra played a set of music that blended gothic storytelling with pop music, elements of prog rock and lessons in building texture when they appeared at The Hub at St Mary’s.
An attentive audience saw the singer-songwriter Brooks Williams and the fiddle player Aaron Catlow perform a strong set of music from the genres of folk, blues and Americana.
Some shows have enough heritage to almost guarantee a packed house – and so it proved as The Mousetrap took to the stage on opening night at the Lichfield Garrick.
The leading session drummer Gaz Hughes led his trio through a series of his own compositions along with a number of staples from the jazz songbook when they appeared fat the Cathedral Hotel.
Jim’s wife Elsie has just died on the Alzheimer’s ward, but the former police detective who has recently been diagnosed himself is suspicious of her death – and he has a reason to be nervous as another two deaths follow.
By now we all know what to expect from a King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys concert – a stalwart act in the local music scene, with a many-decade career, their act has been honed from years spent on stages around the world.
One of the most forward looking of folk ensembles played to an attentive audience when The Gigspanner Big Band kicked off their latest tour at the Hub in St Mary’s in Lichfield.
Lichfield Jazz started their 2023 season with an appearance from the local jazz guitarist Tom Morgan, his talented band and guest vocalist Louis Connor.
