Author: Carl Byron Batson

Photographer, published poet, former party animal, body builder, grave robber to the stars and renowned chainsaw juggler, Carl can often be spotted on his Harley Davidson pretending to be in Terminator 2. He is also frequently seen in the press pits of old London town, camera in hand, avoiding being hit by bottles of wee and crippling his opposition with secret Kung Fu moves.

Get Yer Tankards Out – Cambridge Folk Festival 2018 Is Close Enough To Taste

30/07/2018

Cambridge Folk Festival 2018surely must be one of the most friendly and entertaining festivals on the calendar....

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Body Count Hit London – Locked And Loaded

21/07/2018

 dropcap style=”font-size:100px; colour:#784468;”T/dropcaphe full might of pump action Cop Killers Body Count was about to be unleashed on London town and the night was gently lubed up...

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Metal Guru, Is It You?

19/07/2018

Hariprasad Chaurasia - The Bansuri Guru, Islington Assembly Halls on 17th June 2018....

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2018 Is On The Shimmering Horizon

18/07/2018

Trebuchet could not countenance summer without the Cambridge Folk Festival. At the curational helm of 2018’s vaunted cross-pollination with Newport folk fest is Rhiannon Giddens, whose Baez-like...

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Horton (Heat), That’s Some Show!

16/07/2018

Reverend Horton Heat brings his whiskey-soaked drawl to London for a rare UK show....

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Loitered Lens: Starcrawler

02/07/2018

The disturbing majesty of Starcrawler ...

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Starcrawler, Grabbing Attention By The Bruised Throat

25/06/2018

Trebuchet heads to London's Garage to wave a camera at a real American nightmare - LA's Starcrawler....

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Only The Support: How To Steal The Show

28/05/2018

Bristol Indie-Rockers Coasts made for a stellar night with their headline appearance at Kentish Town's O2 Forum... But how did openers Only The Poets fare in navigating the crowd?...

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Craic is pretty moreish!

26/03/2018

Trebuchet slides its way down to Islington on a snowy St Patrick's Day to bear witness to the Country stylings of ex-Popster Derek Ryan....

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Charting the Rustpiles and Ruins of America’s Dream

07/03/2018

Tumbleweed and dust, neon and rust. Of such are mythologies made....

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Hollywood Undead (Live Review)

12/02/2018

Hollywood Undead launched into the lights at Camden's Koko 2018...

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America, Whither Went the Dream?

24/01/2018

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed...

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Loitered Lens: SikTH

16/01/2018

Photos from SikTH's December gig at Koko, Camden...

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America's Lost Innocence

America, What Have You Done?

03/01/2018

A photographic journey into America's lost innocence...

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American Dream

America, Why Did You Stop Dreaming?

19/12/2017

Chasing the ghosts of an American Dream...

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Loitered Lens: Billy Bragg and Sean McGowan

13/12/2017

Activist singer-songwriters go head-to-head at Islington's Assembly Hall...

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Looking for a New Islington? Billy Bragg

06/12/2017

Billy Bragg's Bridges Not Walls tour rolls up to the proletarian boulevards of Islington...

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Temucula Road at C2C

Loitered Lens: Country to Country 2018 Launch

03/11/2017

Photographic highlights of the Country to Country 2018 launch event...

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Boots and Buckles at the Country to Country 2018 Launch Party

19/10/2017

The Country to Country (C2C) 2018 launch was an event in itself. ...

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Loitered Lens: Cambridge Folk Festival 2017

21/08/2017

Some folk is more funky than others. Cambridge Folk Festival Photos...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show (Part Two)

04/08/2017

Needles, inkguns, rubber and balm - colourful scenes from Alexander Palace...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

20/07/2017

It's not just ink at the Great British Tattoo Show (there's rubber, lace and unguents too)...

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Skinny Puppy

Loitered Lens: Skinny Puppy

26/06/2017

Set Phasers to Pulverize! Iconic photography of Skinny Puppy at Kentish Town Forum...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

16/06/2017

Beauty's only skin deep, but some tattoos... live forever?...

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Loitered Lens: Black Star Riders (2017)

02/06/2017

Black Star Riders bring their own negotiating power to Europe on an extensive Spring tour. Photos from the Forum...

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Frankie Ballard

Loitered Lens: Frankie Ballard

23/05/2017

Heart-pumpin' high energy country. Photos of Frankie Ballard at Islington Assembly Rooms...

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A Little Country, A Little Rock ‘n’ Roll. (Frankie Ballard, Islington Assembly Hall)

19/05/2017

Leopardskin body, tiger feet? Frankie Ballard glams up country at Islington Assembly Hall...

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Hayseed Dixie

Loitered Lens: Hayseed Dixie

15/05/2017

Photos of Hayseed Dixie stomping the Garage in a wide-ranging and perfectly executed swamp-a-billy nature...

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Loitered Lens: Dätcha Mandala

26/04/2017

Supporting Hayseed Dixie on UK tour duties, Dätcha Mandala walk off with the show. Photos...

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Loitered Lens: Tarja

04/04/2017

Structured cheekbones and sharp imagery from the symphonic grandeur of Tarja at Koko...

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