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Andrew Lock Sounds and Visions Live music photography and reviews (mostly in the Leamington Spa area) and other musical reviews and writing.

Finally from the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26) a few more from the great set by Martin & Milda.www.andrewlocksounds...
11/06/2026

Finally from the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26) a few more from the great set by Martin & Milda.

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Martin & Milda
Warwick Pursuits Festival





Another few of my images from the wonderful set by Hannah Woof at the Warwick Pursuits Festival on Saturday 6th June I t...
11/06/2026

Another few of my images from the wonderful set by Hannah Woof at the Warwick Pursuits Festival on Saturday 6th June I think I first heard her sing and photographed her back in 2016 at The Plough in Whitnash, her songwriting/vocals/guitar work are top draw.

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Warwick Pursuits Festival





A few more of my photos from the set by Man Made Moon at the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26).What a rocking full-on s...
08/06/2026

A few more of my photos from the set by Man Made Moon at the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26).
What a rocking full-on set with so many of the bands classics in the playlist such as "Guide Me Home' and 'Not So Haunted' and plenty of newer material which will hopefully make the new album including 'The Boy Who Fell To Earth' and 'I Am Ruban'.
Love this band who deserve so much success and looking forward to their set at this weeks Leamington Peace Festival which is 1pm on the Saturday on the Bandstand.
More pics from the 2 other acts I caught at the Festival soon.

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Warwick Pursuits Festival
Man Made Moon





Another few of my images from the wonderful evening at Temperance from the performance by The Demi Marriner Band on 3/6/...
07/06/2026

Another few of my images from the wonderful evening at Temperance from the performance by The Demi Marriner Band on 3/6/26

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Demi Marriner
Temperance





First of my photos from my 3 hr visit yesterday to the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26).Managed to catch Hannah Woof, ...
07/06/2026

First of my photos from my 3 hr visit yesterday to the Warwick Pursuits Festival (6/6/26).
Managed to catch Hannah Woof, Martin & Milda and Man Made Moon in action all 3 played superb sets.
More photos to come.

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Warwick Pursuits Festival
Man Made Moon
Martin & Milda





Below is my short review of the wonderful new album by KCJones titled A Collection.KC Jones - A CollectionKC Jones are l...
07/06/2026

Below is my short review of the wonderful new album by KCJones titled A Collection.
KC Jones - A Collection
KC Jones are local folk royalty and an almost ever-present at The Warwick Folk Festival, helping out on this album other folk other greats including Bob Powell and Keith Donnelly.
With fabulous production work by Bill Bates (another local folk great) at Heathcote studios, the duo are on fine form here.
Opener ‘The Apocalyptic Horsemen’ is a clever tale of the Bible’s ‘Book of Revelation’ chapter, fab steady rhythm, haunting harmony vocals, atmospheric with a foreboding ending with the sound of horses riding.
Plenty of working folk material here including ‘Goodbye To The Life Of A Worker’ and ‘Blackleg Miner’ both with ‘Colin’ taking lead vocals and Karen’s wonderful accordion work on display.
14 tracks in all covering many folk styles amongst my other favourites the up-tempo ‘Stop That Train’ with Bob Powell’s banjo work and the added train sound effect working in perfect harmony with Karens vocals and the duo’s guitar work, a cover of one of my favourite Creedence Clearwater Revival numbers ‘Bad Moon Rising’ which works so well in this slowed down style with some lovely violin work by Marion Fleetwood if anything it is even more haunting than the upbeat original.
‘Make Time To Fly’ is a beautiful, warming folk ballad with Mr Donnelly on extra guitar duty, ’Help’ gives the Beatles classic a folk twist and ‘My Bonny Lad’ is powerful with a feel of John Tams about it and I love the harmonica work on ‘The Cowboy Rides Again’ which adds a little country to the mix.
Excellent new folk album.

Andrew Lock
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KC Jones - Duo
Warwick Folk Festival


With the amazing Demi Marriner after her wonderful show at Temperance last night (3/6/26)TemperanceDemi Marriner
04/06/2026

With the amazing Demi Marriner after her wonderful show at Temperance last night (3/6/26)

Temperance
Demi Marriner

Below are a few words on yet another fab night at Temperance last night (3/6/26)Demi Marriner Band - Temperance 3/6/26In...
04/06/2026

Below are a few words on yet another fab night at Temperance last night (3/6/26)

Demi Marriner Band - Temperance 3/6/26

In the basement venue at Temperance on a mid-week evening the room is packed full of americana/blues music lovers who also like a dash of country for a band performance by the wonderful Demi Marriner and her amazing band, they just about managed to squeeze into the band area with the Scott Warman’s impressive stand-up-bass almost skimming the ceiling (he into his 10th year performing with Demi).
Demi and the band have such musical chemistry obviously honed from many years performing and recording and the banter coming from the stage is hilarious from Garry the drummers name preference to Demi enjoying her band performance so much she left the stage in York to sit in the front row to watch them.
This musical chemistry was especially prevalent alongside guitar maestro Joe Coombs both seated centre stage and thier guitar interplay was a delight.
Demi herself declared her voice was struggling after so many recent rocking sets but showed no sign of that here and her beautiful vocals washed over the room along with her exquisite lyrics (sometimes sad but still beautiful)
This tour in her own words was the bands “Nirvana Unplugged Set” revisiting tracks from her back catalogue and reworking them and throwing in a couple of new tunes that should make her next album, fingers crossed.
Opening number ’Last Summer’ (from her latest album) just happens to be my favourite of Demi’s so catchy with it’s countryfied chorus and already the band look on fire with the bass adding that extra warmth and groove.
Two sets tonight set 1 included a gorgeous ‘Stay’ and a foot-tapping ‘Distorted Desires’ again from her latest opus.
Set 2 began with ‘Sins’ the atmospheric guitar work opening by Joe setting the scene, ‘Don’t You Worry’ it’s intro slightly reminiscent of Oasis classic ‘Half a World Away’ is Demi at her most country with delightful guitar picking and country style vocals/backing harmonies (should have put my cowboy hat back on for this one!)
‘Good Guy Act’ a number hopefully for her next album was a cracker with its country/southern rock feel and as an encore a rare cover, she thought Shania’s Man I Feel Like A Woman would be too obvious with the tassels etc so we had a fab version of R.E.M classic ‘Losing My Religion’ a song Demi said “l would love to have written”.
Yet another excellent Temperance gig the venue, and Demi are both really good at these.
She had time for everyone after and what a lovely lady she is as well as an Americana/Blues artist of true calibre.

Andrew Lock

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Demi Marriner
Temperance





The Leamington Assembly - The photo pass Years Part 8www.andrewlocksoundsandvisions.co.ukArtistsLaurence Jones with Joan...
02/06/2026

The Leamington Assembly - The photo pass Years Part 8

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Artists

Laurence Jones with Joanne Shaw Taylor
Live/Wire
Magnum
The ZZ Tops
Walter Trout

Laurence Jones
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
MAGNUM
Walter Trout
Assembly Leamington
Leamington Spa Assembly
Joanne Shaw Taylor

Hi all below is my review of the upcoming album by Jo Ash, fab for me her best yet 😊and looking forward to seeing her pe...
31/05/2026

Hi all below is my review of the upcoming album by Jo Ash, fab for me her best yet 😊
and looking forward to seeing her perform live at this years Napton Festival

Jo Ash - One Way Mirror (album out 12th June)

Yet another fab release from Jo that throws in a few surprises, as always great lyrics, fine vocals and musicianship and for me her finest album yet, (a lot of competition there) with such diverse material and plenty of tunes in her own unique style.
The surprises include opener ‘Wrote You A Song’ which has a light, breezy country feel with excellent guitar work by Mike Wheatley, and ‘Astronaut’ a electric pop style number with a great groove full of multi-layered delight.
Plenty in her unique style on here ‘I Used To Live Here’ a haunting piano based ballad which slowly builds orchestrally, so sad and atmospheric while ‘The Ocean Song’ is so poetic, once again chock full of atmosphere with fine drum sound and haunting siren like vocal harmonies which really paints a picture of the sea as you listen.
We have two versions of ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream’ a piano led dreamy song harking back to the 70’s, it could be biographical,(will have to ask her,Kate Bush perhaps!) it has a wonderfully catchy chorus along with relaxing vocal harmonies along with a wonderful production, then as album closer ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream Reprise’ it turns the number into a groove packed number with chugging acoustic guitar begins with just vocals and guitar until the piano joins in half way through, a very different take on the song and so different.
My personal track of the album (so many great tunes so that may change daily) is ‘Little Miss’ with its groovy feel, upbeat, fine acoustic guitar which gives it a country rock ‘n’ roll feel, foot tapping and free flowing with fab vocals, rocking guitar and piano, catchy with a true rock ‘n’roll ending.
Wonderful release with Jo and backing band in fine form cannot wait to hear some of it live later in the year.

Andrew Lock

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Jo Ash Music
Napton Festival

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