Veronique Gayot date in 2021

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With the news that Rhein in Flammen scheduled for the first Saturday in May has just been cancelled, I’m trying to be optimistic about live music coming back next year.

This is one I certainly hope to see:  Veronique Gayot‘s appearance at this year’s Rockpalast Crossroads season in Bonn was superlative, and I was hoping that the talented French Blues/Rock singer would get the chance to do a full set here.  Gayot has just been announced for a show at The Harmonie on 13 April next year.  Keep all fingers crossed that it happens – it will be worth seeing/hearing for sure!

Henrik Freischlader Band – Missing Pieces (CCR 0311-54)

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“Put the band together in a room, record some live-takes and put the best moments out on CD/vinyl”

That’s how the new release from Henrik Freischlader ‘Missing Pieces’ came into being, according to the band website anyway. As easy as that? Ah, but if you are familiar with Henrik at all you will know that under the cap, behind the pleasant grin and cool, easy-going persona, there is a lot of work, attention to detail and thought behind everything the man does – from the studio through to the cover artwork. Like it’s predecessor ‘Hands on the Puzzle’ the new disc is a veritable work of Art on all levels. In fact, unless you’re a dyed in the wool Alt-Blues purist or Hell-bent Rocker, you will very likely find ‘Missing Pieces’ to be Henrik’s best and most creative work to date. Henrik Freischlader’s manifesto for a peaceful revolution is a surefire winner.

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BonnLive with Huck Le Berry Finn

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There are some more livestream shows from Bonn coming your way from BonnLive.  This is features a band I’ve enjoyed hearing on local stages that goes by the quirky name of Huck Le Berry Finn.

Quirky music too?  Judge for yourself – and don’t forget the ‘Jetzt Spenden’ (Donate) button if you like what you hear – to help keep live music alive in the City.

More details of what’s happening are HERE

Kunst!Rasen 2021

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Yes I know, at the current time this all looks hopelessly optimistic.  But do keep that mask on, do keep 2 metres distance, don’t meet up with 20 of your mates at home, and just maybe we will actually get to see Sting finally…

Layla Zoe – Nowhere Left To Go (Layla Zoe Music)

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Layla Zoe certainly didn’t make it easy for herself. 2018’s superb double-disc ‘Gemini’ seemed to say everything that could be said and in the best way possible. It was electric, it was Blues, Funk, Gospel and Rock. It was the sum of all the releases before it. The subsequent ‘Retrospective Tour’ and disc suggested a watershed moment had been reached. Did it also leave the self-proclaimed firegirl literally with ‘Nowhere Left To Go’? – is this perhaps the aptest album title ever penned? Well, no, as it thankfully turns out. Whilst NLTG doesn’t re-invent the wheel as far as Layla’s music is concerned it is, thanks to plenty of new faces behind the songs, still a fresh as well as a strong statement from the heart. It also still showcases the lady’s amazing voice with that trademark emotional intensity that is the secret of Layla Zoe’s success.

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Allman Betts Band to Support Deep Purple at Kunstrasen next year

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In the hope that there is a tunnel. and we will see the light at the end of it soon…  On 1 July next year Deep Purple will be joined by some very special guests at Kunstrasen.

The Allman Betts Band features Devon,  the son of Allman Brothers frontman Greg Allman (already a visitor to Bonn Harmonie in the past),  paired up with Duane Betts, son of original Allman’s guitarist Dickey Betts.  Onboard too is Berry Duane Oakley, son of the Allman Brothers Band’s founding late bassist, Berry Oakley.  The band is still pretty fresh out of the blocks  but word is that they are chips off of their respective musical family blocks.  Judge for yourself from this video.