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Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert is better known as “Toots”, and with his iconic band The Maytals, is part of music history...
One of the very best blues outfits you’ll hear in decades. The Cinelli Brothers… Their debut album “Babe Please...
Solihull. West Midands town, where the likes of Duran Duran’s John Taylor, Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond and rapper Lady Leshurr were...
The Sex Pistols initial career lasted just two and a half years. Just one studio album and four singles. But that band are one of the most...
Boyzlife announce UK Tour in October 2018 – performing all the hits of Boyzone and Westlife. Boyzlife brings together members of two of the...
Widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of her generation, Suzanne emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival in the early...
Just when we may think festival season is over for another long year as it gets to the August bank holiday weekend, and the supermarkets start...
Did you hear the one about a global TV star comedian who celebrates 30 years as a pro’ comic next year, hiring his 21-year-old son to...
Just over two years since the shock death of global superstar Prince, his celebrated band New Power Generation – who ‘the Purple One’ hailed as...
Legendary British drummer Jon Hiseman, founder of the fusion group Colosseum and Colosseum II and married to jazz star Barbara Thompson...
As part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, Britain’s world-famous reggae band UB40 will release their first new studio album in five...
Bowie fans are marking next year’s calendar already. Spiders From Mars drummer Woody Woodmansey and legendary Bowie producer Tony Visconti...
The uber-prestigious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London is a very appropriate venue for soul music Royalty The O’Jays to choose for a...
Boy George and Culture Club are back after more than two years, with a major UK tour of arenas in November, with Belinda Carlisle and Thompson...
You’ll need no Bit Coin to grab tickets for US hip hop superstar 50 Cent’s Autumn UK shows announced today (April 9th 2018). Good old-fashioned...
Mercury Prize nominated and multi-platinum London quartet, The Magic Numbers, are today ( 6th April) releasing new single ‘Ride Against The...
London based alt-pop trio PLYA have revealed the video for their new single ‘Feast My Eye’, out now via Atlantic Records’ Taste...
Small and medium sized live music venues across the UK are closing down at an alarming rate. Music Venue Trust say that around a third of the nation’s small...
The First Listen From The Lost Miles Davis “Rubberband” Sessions Arrives Three Decades Later With Newly Recorded Vocals From Grammy-Nominated...
The full line-up has just been announced for this year’s Cornbury Festival in the Cotswolds, a truly international and eclectic affair that mixes...
Tony Prince will launch a brand new digital radio station on 1st March 2018 aimed at the more mature listener with discerning and broad church...
The UK’s rising star Dan Owen – who Music Republic Magazine tipped for big things when we launched back in...
Alanis Morissette and Mavis Staples head a powerful line up of female performers at this year’s returning Cotswolds-based event… Responding...
US blues stars The Billy Walton Band are back on these shores for a 10-date UK tour, which kicks off in Poynton, Cheshire on Thursday 19th...
Award-winning UK festival Bearded Theory have secured a rare festival performance by one of the world’s greatest rock and roll voices...
One of the most iconic and enduring records in jazz is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2017, “Way Out West”, which...
Strong song, superb vocal and fabulous slide guitar work. Promising UK country and blues singer-songwriter Elles Bailey has...
Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Music Republic Magazine…..happy birthday to us. Yaaaayyyy! One whole year-old today. Friday...
The cream of the disco decade will be brought together for the very first time for a unique UK arena tour in March next year (2018)...
Will Varley today releases “Statues”, the latest track to arrive from his forthcoming fifth studio album “Spirit Of...
It has been four years since Grammy-nominated and number 1 Billboard Blues album “Seesaw” was released, by singer-songwriter and blues-rock...
Kamasi Washington, Randy Crawford, Beth Hart, And Donny McCaslin Amongst First Names Announced For Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2018… Musical...
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...
Following the release of her fifth studio album, “Then Up” and subsequent successful UK tour earlier this year, highly acclaimed singer-songwriter...
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...