Terry Allen: Architect's Association, London

BEFORE YOU ask "Who?", Terry Allen is the singer/songwriter from Lubbock, Texas, who, unlike the other two internationally known Lubbock musicians, is (a) not dead, and (b) doesn't hang out with The Clash. His first live performance here occurred as a result of his having been invited by a lecturer at the Architect's Association to lecture to that body's students — Allen is also a notable sculptor — and an informal gig in the Association's library before an invited audience was an obvious step, and a useful preliminary to a real European tour in the autumn.