In a hidden gem in the city of London, you’ll find yourself transported to an Austin dancefloor like the legendary White Horse Tavern except it’s the– Jamboree – Kings Cross a glorious little venue full of character and atmosphere.
Do you like fun, want to learn how to do two step dancing Austin style by Gimme Two Steps, do you want to dance like no-one is looking while listening to a live band like Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best. Then follow that with the adopted son of Arkansas, Dylan Earl and his band of Northern Cowboys then this is the place for all of this magic to happen in one night.
Rosita and Rebekka from Gimme Two Steps are the perfect teachers of the Austin two step dancing, they make it all look so easy, graceful and fun, fun, fun. It’s a great way to meet and dance with people of all ages and abilities.
The Jamboree, Kings Cross has enough space for a dancefloor, stage and tables for those who only want to join along by tapping their feet. Filled my cynical heart with joy to see so many strangers with smiles and laughter and all in tune to country music.
Hanging out with Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best outside of the venue before they played was like seeing old friends you’ve not seen in a while, the band are a tight knit of ultra professional honky tonkers who bring that electric energy to their live performances. Laurence Kingston says that rehearsals are like a gig with no people.
The benefits though where shown by Glynn’s vocal delivery and the band not missing a beat in making music that truly moves you. It’s in the non verbal contract you’ve signed you must move your feet, while Glynn sings modern classics like ‘Gin Makes Me Cry (And Whiskey Makes Me Cry), ‘Do It All Again‘ and ‘I Loved You Cigarettes‘.
I’ll let you in a secret if you want to see Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best live then click the link below for the album release show at the Hootenanny, Brixton on September 10th 2026
Between sets I caught up with that glorious raconteur and disciple of James Hand, Ags Connolly who was also there to enjoy the revelry. Ags is a musicians musician whose albums are pure gold, go listen to ‘Your Pal Slim: Songs of James Hand‘ and ‘Siempre‘ Not only does Connolly provide the intro music to the CloudwatcherUno podcast he’s an author releasing his first novel in 2024 with ‘Outside The Light‘.
Connolly is releasing new music with Yesterday’s Man his latest album Join him for launch gigs in the following venues on 21st OCTOBER – LONDON, The Water Rats (full band) and 22nd October – WITNEY, Fat Lil’s (duo show w/ SARAH JORY) link below.
The spotlight then turned to Dylan Earl, the minstrel from the Ozarks, the bard who goes to fight the corruption of the big man, the troubadour who battles against the numbness of modern slavery to our robot overloads with songs like ‘Outlaw Country‘, ‘Level-Headed Even Smile‘ and ‘Lawn Chair‘.
Earl took to the dancefloor himself with microphone in hand and showed off his dancing repertoire with Rebekka (one half of Gimme Two Steps). At times filled with pathos and a reverence for the human condition and at others filling the dance floor with his silky smooth voice reverberating throughout the venue. This whole evening took many months to organise and was the pilot for hopefully many more nights like this. London you need to wake up and get yourself down to nights like this, they are few and far between with it’s perfect ingredients of dance, live music and saving you a few thousand dollars by transporting you into the beating heart of a Honky Tonkin’, Two Steppin’ world.
Dylan Earl holding court at Jamboree, Kings Cross
You can catch Earl as he travels across the UK by clicking the following link:
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