Firstly, massive thanks to everyone who read my first Kentishtuner column, and for all the subsequent tweets and follows and likes. And since it’s Christmas Eve, and the fire must surely be roaring, how about a Top 10 of the year? After all, it’s been a lively twelve months in our music-rich manor, especially at [...]
Tag | Gabby Young And Other Animals
Gabby Young’s new vid for Walk Away shot on Hampstead Heath
We’ve featured Gabby and her ‘Animals’ several times but couldn’t resist doing so again, partly because this time there’s double Kentish love with NW5-dweller Gabby Young crooning on the perennially lovely Hampstead Heath. ‘Walk Away’ is classic Gabby: big voice, big sounds, exuberantly heart-felt, bursting with old world charm yet simultaneously truly avant-garde. With slinky [...]
Review: Gabby Young and Other Animals Album Launch, Scala
Gabby Young’s album launch extravaganza has put all other gigs to shame. It was nothing short of an indoor festival. Never will you find such an intricate tapestry of cupcakes, clothing and cards at a pre-show vintage market. The Scala ceased to exist and we were beckoned into the town of ‘Little Gabblington’ as the [...]
Thursday Video Club: Gabby Young’s ‘In Your Head’
It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon. Time for a new weekly column celebrating the best tracks out there. And yes, for this inaugural edition we declare an interest, as Kentishtowner fashion scribe and NW5-based superstar-in-waiting Gabby Young (represented, we’re pleased to announce, by our sister company) is all set to release her second album, The Band [...]
Wednesday Picture: Three Jack Russells Sitting On A Bench
Left to right: Chippy, Pepper, Hobbes. Otherwise known as the inaugural meeting of the Kentish Town Jack Russell Club (KTJRC for all you Women’s Institute types). And canine watchers will appreciate that approximately one second after this picture was taken, all three dogs were off, never to regroup again in such perfect formation (despite an [...]
Gabby Young’s Top 5 in Kentish Town
Gabby Young at the Bull & Last (dreaming, no doubt, of a warm scotch egg) Photographer: Tom Medwell Mrs Kentishtowner loves nothing more than an eccentric local. And none more so than Gabby Young And Other Animals , an eight-piece collective who headline KOKO tonight for what they reckon is their biggest show ever. Kentish [...]
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For the wrecking ball? Historic pub, home to the legendary Flowerpot (and Verge, and Castle)
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Why It Matters: Busting the delayed motherhood myth
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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Grace Poulter, 24, Future & Found
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Wednesday Picture: Spies in Kentish Town?
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Pinboard: Amy singsong, art along the PoW – and a letter from Jay Gatsby?
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Big Review: Tufnell Park Tavern – a pub, farmers’ market and gallery rolled into one
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Free Weekend? Hike the 16 mile borough boundary
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For the wrecking ball? Historic pub, home to the legendary Flowerpot (and Verge, and Castle)
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Pinboard: Amy singsong, art along the PoW – and a letter from Jay Gatsby?
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The story behind Sian Pattenden’s Kentishtowner Cultural Map prints
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Uncle jack: As a Portoguese/Italian delicatessan style eatery ...
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Tom Storr: There is a band on at the bandstand on Hampstead H...