Keb Mo at Union Chapel 2026

Islington, London. Wednesday 10-July-2026.

Is it really 10 years since we last saw Ken Mo? The blog does not lie: we last saw him at Union Chapel back in 2016. He is one of our favourite artists and a regular on our playlist. We missed a couple of previous gigs in London because we were in Italy. This year we had already booked a flying visit back to the UK when we discovered this concert scheduled for the day before we were due to fly. So we brought our flight forward by a day and booked ourselves a Premier Inn so we could make the gig. 

The support act was a very creditable Robbie Cavanagh who played a relatively short set including a slightly bizarre interlude where he made himself a cocktail when he could have sung one more song. He commented on the fact that the audience were there for his set as normally they are in the pub until the main act comes on. This was a sold out show with unreserved seating which was obviously an incentive for people to get there early.

Keb came on to a rapturous reception and proceeded to to perform a solo set; no band unlike last time, just him. He played for a good hour and a half with songs we knew well including the encore of “Put A Woman In Charge”. He kept the roadie busy by swapping guitars for almost every song.

The audience also knew the songs well as they were singing along to several of them which I find slightly irritating as I go to a concert to hear the artiste not the audience. Fortunately they generally kept the volume down. However Keb clearly appreciated the feedback with the audience and was lifted by it.

As we had been up early for our flight we skipped the usual beery nightcap and went straight back to the hotel to catch up on our sleep.