Phil Beer @ The Wesley Centre – 11th April 2025
We return again to Maltby, for the Wesley Centre’s awesome, “Wesley Centre Live”.Wesley Centre Live have grown a committed and enthusiastic fan base for folk musicians coming to South Yorkshire, and it is all a very friendly affair. As we take our seats, it is nice to see returning, keen faces in the audience, and […]
Garfunkel & Garfunkel – Father & Son – 04/12/24
BMGReleased: November 8th, 2024 “A cinematic take on foundational pop music hits. The Garfunkels convey their love of music and each other through an emotive album whose crescendo with Cyndi Lauper’s classic is hard to beat” When the door knocks and we are given an opportunity to take a listen to Art Garfunkel, we take […]
Celluloid Screams (2024): (FF) 7 Keys
Director: Joy Wilkinson Jeva Films, UK 2024: 93mins “A fresh take on two people exploring their damaged pasts and each other across a bright, modern London”. A hot entry in the thriller/horror-adjacent by Joy Wilkinson, “7 Keys” is a delightful high-concept idea whose central premise carries it far; as the director describes it at the […]
Celluloid Screams 2024: (FF) Frankie Freako
“Fasten your freakbelts” Directed by Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho Goreman), we start the festival with a film whose tone and mayhem is deeply rooted in the puppet creature features of the 80’s and 90’s. Frankie Freako is a Canadian horror comedy with a considerable about of heart within it’s riotous and chaotic set pieces. […]
19th April 2024- Honey and the Bear at The Wesley Centre, Maltby
Next for us in Maltby at the Wesley Centre Live we see Honey and the Bear, a Suffolk folk duo who have ventured here for the first time with a sound more towards the indie folk, and a soundscape of music exploring the natural world. It is a nice addition as the weather starts to […]
3rd April 2024 – Daria Kulesh at Cafe #9, Sheffield
We return to Cafe #9 for the first time in a long while. Small, cosy and bursting with colour and adventure in decor (and cake selection), we regret its taken this long to come back; the good coffee and music is always worth the journey. There is a gentle glow from the fire that burns […]
15th March 2024- Megson at Wesley Centre, Maltby
After having multiple plans since we first got into folk music; the stars aligned in the sky and we finally had the opportunity to see Megson live (here at The Wesley Centre in Maltby). Warm and inviting, and pretty much firing on all cylinders since we last visited around Covid times, Nick Wilson’s curation of […]
Sheffield Live Update Megapost #1 2024
The New Year is here, and so is this very delayed type up of a couple of shows we saw in 2023. It is delayed but important to talk about them before going forward. Let us get into this spicy combination of live music and theatre without further delay. Ben McElroy plus Antique Doll – […]
Gravest Fears – Theatre Review- University of Sheffield (29 Oct 23)
We are off to see Nunkie Productions (https://www.nunkie.co.uk/) touring show of “Gravest Fears” as part of their M R James Project, spreading ghost stories through the land; those wonderous things that thankfully don’t ever die. The show is in association with the Enable Us Project at the University of Sheffield (https://performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/enable-us/) which has been showing […]
Celluloid Screams: Film Shorts (20 Oct)
For a change of pace from folk music reviews we decided to attend the Celluloid Screams horror festival in Sheffield. We needed to get some horror on while the spirit of Halloween was just around the corner, albeit sadly just for a day. There were many films, it was delightful blur of memorable pictures. We […]