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Marika Hackman / Oyeme / Art School Girlfriend – Sleeping Village, Chicago 05.10.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Review and Photos by Victoria Wai 21 packed-out and sold-out venues for a North American tour celebrating the album Big Sigh were all wrapped up for Marika Hackman with a final sold-out date at Chicago’s Sleeping Village. This tour started with half of Marika’s band absent due to visa problems so those dates were stripped back and from social media footage they sure looked very special but the band were fully reunited to give us the tour that was intended and with added Art School Girlfriend on keys and percussion and also as main tour support, we were in for a treat. Most of the SOLD OUT crowd were in place when…
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20 Years Of Transgressive Records at Regents Park Open Air Theatre with Arlo Parks and Marika Hackman 15.07.2024 – Backseat Mafia
By Victoria Wai “Thank you for being with me on this rainy adventure. I feel like this is going to be one of those unforgettable gigs,” and Arlo Parks wasn’t wrong as she headlined this stormy Regents Park Open Air Theatre night. I’ve admired The Open Air Theatre from afar so with a double bill of Arlo Parks and Marika Hackman it was time to be there, we just hoped the weather was wrong as it had been but walking to the venue many raincoats and umbrellas were in sight coming to celebrate 20 years of Transgressive Records, who Parks notes as the label of, “such pure love of music…