Category Archives: GDFAF

GDFAF #10 was supposed to be at the Glee Club in Birmingham to see Jose Gonzalez, King Creosote and Paul Curreri in an event put on by Twisted Folk which seemed pretty keen and different from everything I’d seen this … Continue reading →

For GDFAF #9 I was sailing blind. Wanting to cover as many small gig venues as possible I phoned up the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath to see if they had a band on on Saturday. Yes, the bloke … Continue reading →

Continuing the genre dance, GDFAF #8 was Anti-Folk. What the hell is Anti-Folk, you might well be asking. At least everyone I’ve spoken to about this gig responded in that way. I guess it’s like Alt-Country in that it’s an … Continue reading →

Well, I could go to bed, I thought to myself, or I could record a podcast featuring a selection of music from the last seven gigs.

GDFAF #7 took place at the Flapper and Firkin round the back of Brindley Place in town. I’m not familiar with the strategies of whoever owns the Firkin chain these days but I was under the impression that all those … Continue reading →

I was accompanied for GDFAF #6 by Andy and Doug from Una Corda, a Birmingham based post-rock band the members of whom have been around the local scene for a while now. As we entered the Custard Factory in Digbeth … Continue reading →

And so it was for GDFAF #5 that I returned to Bar Academy for my fifth gig in this series. It was raining hard so rather than cycling I put on my leather jacket and took the train, which was … Continue reading →