The top spots for gigs – whether it’s the acoustics you care about, or how the venue looksWe once had rather too much live music in our lives, thanks to a neighbour’s penchant for practising the greatest hits of Genesis the other side of walls as thick as tracing paper. It’s nice to have live music close – everyone likes a jig now and then – but not too close.What’s your poison? For classical music, London’s main venues are famous for acoustic flaws. Birmingham’s Symphony Hall is usually cited as Britain’s best for sound quality, especially for orchestral music. Jazz? The Guardian put VerdictJazz in Brighton and Streatham’s Hideaway up there with London’s famous Vortex, the Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scott’s and 606. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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