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With one mini-tour, a set at Latitude Festival and several of the Guernsey's main summer festivals behind them, The Recks returned to The Fermain Tavern for a rare indoor summer show with three of the island's top up and coming bands. It may not mean much to many, but to locals The Cor Damme Lars... Continue Reading →
A couple of months ago writer and broadcaster David Hepworth, contributor and editor to the likes of a The Word, Q and Mojo and presenter of classic BBC TV music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, appeared as part of the Guernsey Literary Festival to give a talk about his career and, of course, his... Continue Reading →
For as many years as I care to remember the Rocquaine Regatta has concluded with a barbecue in the field opposite the iconic Fort Grey with live musical entertainment provided by the Vale Earth Fair. After last year's somewhat dampened event, summer 2018 has continued its almost unprecedented warm spell to more than make up... Continue Reading →
In 'the west' I think it's fair to say we are generally presented with two views of Japanese culture. The first is the 'salary man', a near robot so dedicated to his career he's more likely to end up literally dead from over work as successful in his chosen field, the second is the often... Continue Reading →
This is the first in what I'm hoping will become a monthly post I make with some of the highlights of music I've been listening to over the past four weeks. My aim is that it won't be just tracks I've featured either on the blog here or on my BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show On the July 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey I had another show packed with exciting new and live music. First of all we were joined in the studio for a session and chat by Joe Corbin who is due to release his debut EP, Brixton Sky,... Continue Reading →
Two years ago Japanese punk rockers PUNiK made a huge impression with their performance at the 12th Chaos weekend and right away talk of their return to the island began. It's taken two years but on Saturday night that's what happened at The Fermain Tavern as PUNiK returned along with fellow far eastern noise merchants... Continue Reading →
Even back in the days of The White Stripes, genre switching was something Jack White exhibited of a tendency for as, from within the duo's garage blues idiom, they explored everything from folk to mariachi. His solo work has done similar across both Blunderbuss and Lazaretto but, until now, has stayed pretty firmly in his... Continue Reading →
There's something about the combination of a hot and sweaty summer night, a small bar and loud music that makes for a great combination and that was certainly in evidence on Saturday 14th July 2018 as Lord Vapour and Coastal Fire Dept took to the stage at The Vault. Starting with a loud blast of... Continue Reading →
