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Darlingside - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 01/11/2018

November 16, 2018 by Rich Barnard in Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Live Review

At Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the RGM team reminisce about the range of artists we’ve had the pleasure of seeing on its stage over the years.  The very fine grade II listed building was used for nearly forty years as the BBC Television Theatre and, since becoming a music venue in 1994, it really hasn’t changed much.  This is something of a comfort, particularly with the bleaching of Soho and the razing of the surrounding areas having deleted some much-loved venues from the capital’s landscape.  So, the Empire feels a bit like home.  And, in a certain way, Darlingside have made the UK feel a little like home too.  They have - deservedly - come a long way since we first featured them in  2016: they’ve appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival, earned a live session on the BBC Radio 2 Folk show and toured the UK several times over; graduating from London’s Slaughtered Lamb via the Union Chapel to a headline show here at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.  Or should I say “Shepherd’s Empire Bush” as chief banterer Harris Paseltiner (guitar/cello) initially refers to it.  They’ve been looking forward to the show for a long time but have been syntactically confused about its name until their arrival…

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November 16, 2018 /Rich Barnard
Darlingside, Wildwood Kin
Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Live Review
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