Imelda May – The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (22nd November 2017)
Imelda May has been in the slipstream of a comet this last year. The once-upon-a-time bodhran-beatin queen of The Liberties has seen her reputation blossom grad... Read More...
Matt George Lovett
GIGsoup Writers Best Albums of 2017 : Matt George Lovett
So it's that time of year again. If you're anything like me (you poor fools) then before the bonfire night embers have even grown cool your basic conversation s... Read More...
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The Eskies ‘And Don’t Spare The Horses’
Dublin five-piece The Eskies have a rather individual remit. They’re one of the few bands that’d be equally at home playing to a fosters-swilling festival crowd... Read More...
Sam Outlaw – Exclusive GIGsoup Interview
Country music ain’t just one thing no more. Like a successful flower or a particularly virulent meme, it’s spread out far and wide and evolved into a myriad of ... Read More...
The Eskies – Exclusive GIGsoup Interview
The Eskies have the enviable claim of being the finest nautical-gypsy-caberet-theatre-drinking-shanty-soul-folk-balladeers in Dublin. That is to say, there’re a... Read More...
Sam Outlaw – Dingwalls, London, UK (2nd November 2017)
You’d be forgiven for the name ‘Sam Outlaw’ conjuring a specific image in your mind. But if you’re picturing a whiskey-necking, hard-boiled Roland Deschain ... Read More...
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Adam & Elvis ‘Through Snow & Small Talk’
Adam & Elvis (who are not a duo at all, and feature neither an Adam nor and Elvis) claim to be the sole purveyors of ‘frustrated pop’. That label sums up th... Read More...
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Joana Serrat ‘Dripping Springs’
If you find yourself dreaming of wild horses, and the vast grasslands of untamed Nebraska, then it’s likely Joana Serrat is already on the edge of your ears. A ... Read More...
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Johanna Glaza ‘Wind Sculptures’
If the witch of the winter decided to bluster her way into a recording studio, hook up a frost-tinged piano, play havoc with the building electrics and lay down... Read More...
Kings of the South Seas – Cecil Sharp House, London (4th October 2017)
You may not know the name Ben Nicholls. But if you’re at all engaged in the folk world, you’ve probably heard him. For many a year he’s been the go-to double ba... Read More...
Matt George Lovett
It is said that Matt George Lovett goes not where he'd wanted, but where he's needed. Tottering cheerfully from place to place with a Devonian ale in one hand and an out-of-tune guitar named Snakeeyes in the other. On long summer nights, just as the sun dips below the horizon, word has it you can see him skipping merrily across the hills like a diminutive Tom Bombadil, whistling whatever devilish earworm has gotten stuck in his head.