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Click here to listen to the show On the October 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey, after a packed summer of live music, I featured a couple of things a little different. First I spoke to Graham Duerden, more well-known as drummer from TANTALE, who has recently helped compile and release an album of... Continue Reading →
A few months ago I posted a blog about a new regular event taking place on the first Tuesday of every month, organised by Guernsey Gigs, and mixing the ideas of an open mic night with a social 'club' kind of atmosphere. Now four months in the event has become a fairly well established part... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show On the March 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey, broadcast on Saturday 31st, I presented something of a Guernsey Gigs special. On the show I spoke to the Guernsey Gigs team as they launch their new website, designed to be a resource for music in the... Continue Reading →
With open mic nights happening weekly at the De La Rue (Mondays), Cock and Bull (Tuesdays), The Golden Lion (Wednesdays) and The Vault (Thursdays), as well as the monthly Folk Club open sessions it might seem that Guernsey Gigs have stepped into a well over subscribed arena with their new, monthly, Unplugged Club events that... Continue Reading →
On the 30th September 2017, for the first time in years, loud and heavy rock music returned to the downstairs bar at The Golden Lion as Brunt took to the small stage alongside acoustic acts Buff Hudd and Tim Bishop. The event was organised as a fundraiser for Action Aid and presented one of the... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show As BBC Music Introducing moves on with its 10th anniversary that has so far included the relaunch of the Uploader tool for submitting tracks (click here to find out more), BBC Introducing Guernsey returned with another show highlighting new music from the islands. This month's live session came... Continue Reading →
This month's BBC Introducing Guernsey show, which you can listen to by clicking here, was something of a festival special as I looked back at Chaos 10 and the fifth annual Sark Folk Festival and ahead to the Vale Earth Fair which happens on the August Bank Holiday Weekend. As well as hearing from organisers,... Continue Reading →
The fifth annual Sark Folk Festival took place over the weekend of 4th, 5th and 6th July 2014 and, as with previous years it acted as a great way to discover new music while also seeing some show stealing performances from some of my local favourites. As has become traditional things really got going the... Continue Reading →
On Monday 27th January 2014 the Guernsey Language Commission launched a new project to help promote the island's native language. The project involves local musicians and songwriters coming together with speakers of Guernsey French to create songs using the, now little spoken, language. The event also featured performances from a some of Guernsey's acoustic music... Continue Reading →
The trek to the 2013 Sark Folk Festival began on Saturday 1st December 2012 with a night of, mostly, mellow folk at St Martin's Parish Hall in Guernsey. The 'Folkal Point' event featured the return to the islands of Ruth Notman who had been one of the top performers at the first ever Sark Folk... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 