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Timber Timbre at Muziekgieterij, Maastricht - an interview
interview

Timber Timbre at Muziekgieterij, Maastricht - an interview

What is going on? I will arrive later in Maastricht, Netherlands, than the band itself, Timber Timbre, who have travelled all the way from Switzerland…Holiday traffic jams, roadworks galore and then a city thronging with people and coaches from all over Europe. Ah, the city’s greatest son, André Rieu is playing his hometown in a beautiful old open air setting slap bang in the middle of the city. Masses of fans queue up and populate every, and I mean every, restaurant and cafe in town. Will there

· Alice Peters-Burns · 8 min Canada Future Pollution
Buffalo Tom play Muziekgieterij Maastricht plus interview
interview

Buffalo Tom play Muziekgieterij Maastricht plus interview

Do you get this feeling too? You have listened to a certain album so many times that the first little sound of just one song off it, makes your mind explode with the memories of that time of your life. Sometimes I do not want to listen to that album later on in my life for the simple reason that I fear I might dilute those strong sentiments. This has been the case for many albums in my case, but certainly for the threesome of “Let Me Come Over”, “Big Red Letter Day” and “Sleepy Eyed” by one of B

· Alice Peters-Burns · 12 min Bill Janovitz Boston
Mary Lattimore gig review

Mary Lattimore gig review

Mary Lattimore from Philadelphia travelled our shores with Great Lake Swimmers after the release of her new album “At The Dam” (Ghostly International) that is spinning in the Offbeat household non-stop and was so perfectly prescribed by someone writing in to BBC Radio 6 that I cannot but quote it: “Preparing for a holiday, listening to “At The Dam” which was inspired by her experiences on tour. What could be more perfect?” Mary Lattimore is one busy woman and it is not an easy feat to travel t

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min At The Dam gig review
Great Lake Swimmers @Muziekgieterij & interview
interview

Great Lake Swimmers @Muziekgieterij & interview

In one of the past blog posts I had posted an interview that Great Lake Swimmers‘ Tony Dekker kindly gave me and also highly recommended you to go see them on tour. And here comes more: Great Lake Swimmers gig review and interview The three-week tour through Europe with Mary Lattimore has now come to an end and I had the opportunity (thank you Phil Klygo from weewerk!) to see them play and have another short conversation. So, it was Friday, May 6th, one of the first warm days after a very co

· Alice Peters-Burns · 4 min blog. A Forest Of Arms Great Lake Swimmers