It’s my first visit to Bush Hall, a charming and exceedingly elegant music and dance hall originally built in 1904. Put to a diverse variety of uses throughout its history from WWII soup kitchen to bingo hall to snooker and social club, it was purchased by the present owners in 2001 and restored to an acoustically refined and beautifully understated venue which serves as the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
Damian Wilson – The Bear, Oxford, September 2017
The Acoustic Sessions Damian Wilson The Bear, Oxford. Wednesday 27th September 2017 What a fabulous evening. A week ago Damian Wilson was singing and body surfing to an audience of 3000 people in Tilberg as part of The Ayreon Universe series of concerts. On this wet Wednesday night he finds himself at The Bear in Alfred Street, built in 1242 and known as Oxford’s smallest … [Read more...]
Mystery – Second Home
I was lucky enough to see Mystery at The Borderline in London in September 2014. The tour was in support of their fifth studio album The World is a Game; Benoît David had left in March, to be replaced by Jean Pageau and the band had begun writing Delusion Rain which they released in November 2015. Support that night was provided by the excellent DeeExpus who performed an … [Read more...]