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TARA MACLEAN and CATHERINE MACLELLAN | Saturday 06 July 2024

Catherine MacLellan and Tara MacLean, both multi award winning singer/songwriters from Canada’s east coast are on tour together in the UK this summer! Performing a rare double bill, as well as a few special songs together, Catherine and Tara create

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ROBERT VINCENT | KATIE SPENCER | End of Year Show | Saturday 07 October 2023

Well, that was something special, Katie Spencer opened the evening to fine applause before Robbie Vincent along with Dan Williams closed the 2023 season at LRB in style… Andy Sheard has taken some fine pictures of the occasion… Again we

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ANNIE KEATING BAND | ABI MOORE | Saturday 02 September 2023

Abi returned to LRB to open the evening, nine years after her last visit. She has a new album, NO MORE CHASING, a new look all in red, and a new musical direction, more blues rock than before. Abi tells us that

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BARBARA NESBITT w NEVADA NEWMAN | LIANNE KAYE | MILLIE KIRKPATRICK Saturday 29 July 2023

Opening tonight we have two local upcoming artists playing the LRB for the first time and clearly happy to be on the stage that has graced so many of their musical heros and inspiring mentors.  Millie Kirkpatrick from nearby Sudbury

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CARTER SAMPSON | AMELIA WHITE | HANNAH ALDRIDGE | Saturday 24 June 2023

It’s always a pleasure seeing Hannah Aldridge perform at LRB, be it as a Band, Trio, Duo, or as is the case today, Solo…  So tonight Hannah is playing some songs from her great new concept Album DREAM OF AMERICA along with

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REB FOUNTAIN | JASMINE RODGERS | Saturday 13 May 2023

Jasmine Rodgers opened tonight’s show admitting to a sudden onset of hay-fever but with the biggest smile across her face, clearly happy to be on the LRB stage with an appreciative audience.  Follow You opens the set from Her BLOOD RED SUN album

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GEMMA HAYES | DANNI NICHOLLS | SORREL NATION Saturday 22 April 2023

From the Isle Of Wight,  Sorrel Nation opens the evening on her first visit to LRB accompanied by Sam Anderson on guitar and BVs, playing a new set of songs, mostly unreleased up to now… Intro, Slow it down, Country

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JENNY COLQUITT | RACHEL CROFT | Saturday 04 March 2023

2023 and the stars aligned for this gig with Rachel Croft, her first appearance at LRB, and the welcome return of Jenny Colquitt, this time with a full band who overcame many challenges to make the show.  Rachel Croft opened

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HANNAH WHITE | PAUL McCLURE | Saturday 29 October 2022

The last LRB gig of 2022, and as always, it was very special indeed… We started the evening with Paul McClure, harmonica on his lips and guitar in hand, telling his tales and singing his songs with charm, humour, pathos

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MIM GREY | KATE ELLIS | Saturday 01 October 2022

Originally from Louisiana and now London we have Kate Ellis with her partner Andy Hobsbawm playing songs from Kate’s new highly acclaimed Album SPIRALS opening with Track 1 Can’t Not, followed by Bluebirds and Rye,Track 2.  Another way Track 3 has Kate reflecting on how we

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