There were many of us who questioned the wisdom of doing a Borderline show, only a few days before a free appearance at Canary Wharf, fortunately, Angaleena fans are not averse to seeing their heroine twice in one week and they were to be well rewarded for filling the venue to near capacity. First up though was Bedford’s finest, Danni Nicholls playing solo and with a mixture of material from her albums. At the recent Bush Hall Songwriters round, I was surprised how many of wh

The evening at the Bullingdon was to begin in an unexpected way, the support artist Paul Cauthen casually appeared by the side of the stage with his guitar case about thirty seconds before he was due to start and then unassumingly stepped towards the microphone to start the set. It was only when he started to sing that the audience really had to pay attention, a voice that boomed so loud he barely needed a microphone and as he worked his way through his set he seemed to physi

The first surprise of the night was the revamped Borderline, all shiny and black, with a new much larger stage, improved light and sound systems and a general reconfiguration of the whole venue including the major talking point the new corridor that leads to the toilets! For many the star of the past two C2C festivals has not been the major headliners but an unassuming singer from Mississippi, whose ability to play the guitar captured the hearts of many. He has built up a str