Whenever we hit this point of the year, I simultaneously love and loathe it. It’s great to revisit everything that happened in the last 12 months but at the same time, when I collate my lists of what I feel are the best albums and live shows, I always hate leaving something worthwhile off the … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review: Ross Green – Music Editor
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Interview: Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters
With three bands playing Glasgow’s O2 ABC2 and Gary Numan playing upstairs in the bigger room and with half an hour before doors open, there’s a buzz of activity in the venue. As The Swamp Born Assassins sound-check, myself and Richard Young get a chance to catch up, having interviewed him last year. Just like … Continue reading Interview: Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters / Bad Touch / The Swamp Born Assassins – O2 ABC2, Glasgow (10th October 2017)
For the first time in their near fifty year career, The Kentucky Headhunters finally landed in the UK last year with Bad Touch in tow. And it was a highlight in a year full of incredible gigs. So with the announcement of the exact same billing, in the same venue and again, the last night … Continue reading The Kentucky Headhunters / Bad Touch / The Swamp Born Assassins – O2 ABC2, Glasgow (10th October 2017)
Review: The Kentucky Headhunters – On Safari
Potted trivia out of the way first... Kentucky Headhunters are a blues/country rock band and are, indeed, from Kentucky. Two of the band's members are related to Black Stone Cherry's drummer John Fred (his dad and his uncle). Their first UK gig was at Rambling Man festival this past summer, and the band has been … Continue reading Review: The Kentucky Headhunters – On Safari
The Kentucky Headhunters / Bad Touch – O2 ABC2, Glasgow 27th July 2016
This one was always set to be a good one. The Kentucky Headhunters supported by Bad Touch? Instantly sold on that one! Bad Touch aren't strangers to me. Far from it. They're one of those bands that regardless of who they support, I'm there at the front row to see the Norwich lads and they've … Continue reading The Kentucky Headhunters / Bad Touch – O2 ABC2, Glasgow 27th July 2016
The Kentucky Headhunters to tour UK for the first time
Richard Young, frontman of The Kentucky Headhunters has a fear of flying, but this time, that won’t be stopping him. Although the Headhunters perform nearly 100 dates per year across the US & Canada, their conventional way of getting to and from has always been their tour bus. Hundreds of thousands of miles have passed underneath those … Continue reading The Kentucky Headhunters to tour UK for the first time