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    The first Chinese band to make a break in the West, Re-TROS released their album last month to a rapturous media reception.  Now they return to Europe...

     The third annual UK Americana Awards will take place on Thursday 1st February 2018 at Hackney Empire; a move to a larger venue due to the...

    Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has been announced as the headliner to close next year’s annual Bearded Theory Spring Gathering in Derbyshire –...

    Here’s an usual event: Jazzwerkstatt Special. A two-day mini-festival of improvised, contemporary jazz at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston...

  Cornbury Festival is set to return in the summer of 2018, after this year’s sold out event was announced as the last one ever. But following...

Iconic US funk and soul band Tower Of Power with the legendary horn section, are in the UK for a run of four dates –  including their first gigs outside of...

Festival fans know a good thing when they see/hear it…’Early Bird’ tickets for next year’s (2018) Bearded Theory Spring Gathering sold out in a record-breaking...

  RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of the ” Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. The...

  HRH have announced the nominees for the very first HRH Awards which will be held in Wales in November. The red carpet bash will be held at Camp HRH...

    You’d be hard pushed to find a stronger and more eclectic line-up of retro artists than this summer’s big bash on Clapham Common in London; Lets...

Run The Jewels have extended their ‘Run The World’ tour with newly added UK and European dates. They will be joined by very special guest Danny Brown. Tickets...

  Promoters HRH have announced the line-up for HRH Blues 2018, to be held up at the O2 Academy in Sheffield between Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April...

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – Steely Dan legends     BluesFest will return to The O2 in London in October, and today announces that Steely...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club return to European shores with a major tour, kicking off in the UK for 10 dates  in October and November this year (2017).  The...

 Seasick Steve photo – Copyright: Simon Redley     Madness, Seasick Steve, Skunk Anansie, The Fall, The Alarm, Vintage Trouble, current Radio 1...

  The release of UK singer-songwriter Lisbee Stainton’s new album “Then Up” on 21st April will be followed up by a UK tour in May to...

  “One of the few artists who can do no wrong whatsoever.” So says BBC Radio 2. Who? Ireland’s internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy...

    Following two sold-out shows at the Sydney Opera House, and the nationwide tour that followed in 2016, Australia’s celebrated live concert event...

      Manchester’s legendary Happy Mondays have announced a twenty-five date tour of the UK and Ireland for November and December 2017.  The...

  Due to phenomenal demand, legendary singer Lulu and one of the best soul and R&B voices the UK has ever produced, has confirmed that she will embark...

Grammy-nominated Chicago blues icon Lonnie Brooks, whose music Rolling Stone called, “witty, soulful and ferociously energetic…simply astonishing...

Rock and roll legend Chuck Berry’s passing on Saturday (18th March 2017) at the age of 90, has prompted tributes and messages from stars and fans from around...

HARMONICA LEGEND JAMES COTTON, JULY 1, 1935 – MARCH 16, 2017   World-renowned blues harmonica master James Cotton, whom Rolling Stone called, “One...

  Metallica today (16th March 2017)  announced the European leg of their ‘WorldWired’ Tour in support of their new album “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”...

    Powerful New Single And Tour Announcement For One To Watch Callum Stewart   Northern Irish singer Callum Stewart is an artist Music Republic...

Laura Mvula, Jamie Cullum, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Gregory Porter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Snarky Puppy, Rick Wakeman, Will Young, Lionel Loueke, Steve Gadd, Mica...

Richard Thompson. Photo copyright: Simon Redley     UK Americana Awards 2017 RESULTS   St John at Hackney, Thursday 2nd Feb 2017 The second UK...

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release “God’s Problem Child”, Willie Nelson’s ninth  studio album for...

On 21st April 2017, Eagle Records release “Novum”, the brand new studio album by Procol Harum, on CD and 2LP . Procol Harum’s thirteenth studio album, and...

Adrenaline-fuelled alt-rockers Where Fires Are, are ones to watch for 21017. A five-piece band from Leeds with frontman Robbie Gillespie, Nick Banks (Keys...

Music legend Brian Wilson is currently wowing fans around the globe celebrating the iconic album Pet Sounds, in honour of its 50th anniversary.   Due to...

Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen aka AYREON, has revealed his epic new video for “‘The Day The World Broke Free,” taken from the new...

There’s an awful lot of it around lately. What? The ‘flu? Depressing talk about Brexit or The Donald? Nah; I am taking about pop music, p-p-pop music; or to be...

  Following the roaring success of four back-to-back sold-out dates at The Gramercy Theatre in New York, The Magpie Salute have announced their debut UK...

UK singer-songwriter Lewis Watson’s new album ‘Midnight’ is out on March 3rd on Cooking Vinyl. Here we have the really lovely brand new single...

Highly acclaimed Greek indie-pop experimentalist Leon Of Athens has unveiled his brand new song ‘Xenos’. Leading with dark creeping electronics and stark...

‘Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang’ Record Store Day Box Set SEX-DRUGS- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL- FASHION- CRIME- POLITICS CADIZDVD148 Cadiz Music are delighted to...

A massive Music Republic Magazine tip for 2017 is 26-year-old French-Israeli singer TAL who releases her debut international single, the mega infectious...

The Wailers return to the UK in March for a 14-date headline tour and a brand new line-up, steered by founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, and joined by original...

Arcade Fire release a two disc DVD and Blu-Ray documentary about the making of their hugely successful 2013 studio album “Reflektor,” by director Kahlil Joseph...

The year of 2016 has claimed yet another superstar life. George Michael died “peacefully” at his Oxfordshire home on Christmas Day, an as yet...

  Rick Parfitt in action with Status Quo @ The Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. 5th Dec 2015. Photo: Jason Sheldon.     Boxing Day 2016. A...

Status Quo release “The Vinyl Collection 1981-1996”, on 24th February 2017. This carefully-curated release is delivered as a 10-LP Deluxe Edition Box, with...

Country superstar Reba McEntire, who makes a welcome return to these shores to headline the C2C music festival in March in London, Glasgow and Dublin, releases...

Georgia native Brent Cobb has announced the release of his new single ‘Shine On Rainy Day’ (Atlantic Records), which is taken from his debut album of the same...

Evawolf have just dropped their dreamy, infectious, fab new single “I Could Be Wrong”. Melancholic yet uplifting, it channels soulful, soothing...

Following a recent sold-out show at London’s Union Chapel, the first in a run of UK dates in support of her acclaimed Sugarhill Records...

Glenn Hughes has announced his UK tour dates for January and February 2017.  Special guests on all shows is Stone Broken. The tour follows the release of...

Birmingham’s world-famous reggae stars UB40 have announced a major eight-date UK tour for December 2017. Featuring UB40’s five founding members Robin...