Could This Post-Punk Lot Be The Band I've Seen Perform The Most?

Championed by the late great John Peel, Brummie bastions The Nightingales bring their longest-standing line up to local indie venue Ramsgate's Music Hall

Stood shoulder to shoulder in the throng downstairs at Ramsgate Music Hall, a guy next to me says, “Have you seen the Nightingales before?” I won’t be the only one in this room who has a history with the band, given that founding member Robert Lloyd formed the group in 1979 in his beloved Birmingham. But unlike so many of the early 80s revivalists, The …