Three Chords and the Truth UK

Is there room for another festival in an apparent crowded field? Definitely when it's a quality roots event within 80 miles of the West Midlands conurbation on a quiet Bank Holiday Monday. So let's embrace the birth of Over The Hill and wish it a prosperous existence. Plenty of top acts lined up for this inaugural staging including a somewhat rare appearance these days from Danny and the Champions of the World (for the right reasons though and we know they ain't going far away). For further details, check out the official press release below and look out for future coverage from the day's activities down Cogges Farm. The beautiful Oxfordshire countryside is destined to become immersed in the world of Americana this Summer at the first-ever  Over the Hill Festival .  Proudly presented by  Glovebox Live , Over the Hill takes place on  Bank Holiday Monday 26th August  at the picturesque  Cogges Manor Farm . With plenty of opportunities to delve into t...

Maverick Festiv al may well have celebrated its own tenth anniversary back in 2017, but two years later a similar milestone is reached from my perspective for that annual trek from the West Midlands to deepest Suffolk. Back in 2010, thoughts were more concerned with navigating the lanes of a county not often on the travel agenda rather than thinking a love affair was in its embryonic state. However year after year, commitment has grown to attend the festival especially as in the early days attendance was limited to the Saturday.  The Saturday will always be core to the staging of the event as proceedings don't get underway until 5pm the previous evening and the wrap is always just after lunch on the Sunday. Mind you, there is nothing like being there from first bar to last encore.  Maverick continually lives up to the billing of its name. You always get a good mix of artists already on the lower rungs of the roots ladder and those queuing to get on. The waiting line o...

Although the season stretches into mid-September, there has always been something of an end of the summer festival feel when Moseley Folk arrives on the city’s doorsteps. Beyond the Tracks may be extending Birmingham’s outdoor music attractions this year and End of the Road may be the higher profile indication of a seasonal closer, but there is a definite uniqueness about the eclectic gathering in Moseley Park across the opening weekend of September. The luscious sloping surroundings of a private park on the hinterland of Birmingham’s city centre coupled with a stage arrangement of non-stop music from the comfort of a single location are key aesthetic features of Moseley Folk. When you blend in a line up ranging from the traditional to the experimental, the sounds that fill the park emanate from a highly crafted pack of artists, musicians and performers. 2017 is the twelfth renewal of Moseley Folk Festival and without making too much comparison with previous gatherings, this y...

As its annual mid-summer gathering hits double figures, the Maverick Festival senses little need in tinkering with a formula that has served folks well for the last nine years. The milestone for a festival proud to boast in its title of being a little different has been reached on the back of carefully selected headliners and an undercard as strong as you will see from like-minded festivals. This year’s renewal once again returns to its steadfast home at Easton Farm Park in Suffolk and takes place across the weekend of Friday 30 th June to Sunday 2 nd July. Following the press launch and subsequent roll out of around forty scheduled artists, the two names which particularly caught the eye were US performers Justin Townes Earle and Sierra Hull. The latter is appearing on the back of sparkling credentials in terms of a Grammy nomination for her latest album WEIGHTED MIND. Although Sierra has been a seriously acclaimed bluegrass artist since her prodigious childhood d...