BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Review of 2022 – 31/12/22

For my final BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands of 2022 I took a look back at some of the highlights of the last 12 months - you can listen to the show by clicking here. It was another exceptionally busy year for new music around the islands so this is just a snapshot,...

The Damned – A Night Of A Thousand Vampires: Live In London

I’ll admit that, despite a basic knowledge of their early, more punk, material, I was something of a latecomer to the wider oeuvre of The Damned but, after catching them live a couple of times over the last few years (as part of Green Day’s epic in Hyde Park and on their own tour in...

Fanny Davies International Piano Series presents Ida Pelliccioli – St James Concert Hall – 12/10/22

As I’m sure is evident if you’ve followed my writing for any length of time classical music (in its broad sense) is not really something I have a lot of experience of - in fact I’m not sure I’ve ever attended a dedicated classical music event before, but that changed tonight as I headed to...

School Of Popular Music Battle Of The Bands Weekend – Beau Sejour Theatre – 16-17/09/22

For the last couple of years I’ve been on the judging panel for the School Of Popular Music Corporate Battle Of The Bands events at Beau Sejour, but for 2022 I decided to brave judging both that and their under-18s bands event. As I’ve said before I’m never entirely sold on the ‘battle of the...

Thee Jenerators, The Swallows and Clarence Cleanwater And The Hand To Gland Band – The Fermain Tavern – 13/10/2007

Thee Jenerators I spotted this review come up on my memories and thought, given that it is 15 years ago tonight, I’d give it another look and get it up on here - you can still find the original version on the BBC Guernsey website by clicking here. But in the mean time join me...

Vale Earth Fair 2022 – Vale Castle – 28/08/22

Now in it’s 46th year, and after a couple of disrupted, if not cancelled, years because of you know what, the Vale Earth Fair was back with a full set of visiting artists, along with plenty from Guernsey, on Sunday 28th August 2022 at the Vale Castle. My day started with the opening act on...

Vale Earth Fair Warm Up: Track Not Found, Benny The Moth, The Crowman and The Roughtones – St James Concert Hall – 27/08/22

As is tradition, the night before the Vale Earth Fair, there was a warm up show and, while it has taken place in different venues in the past, this year it was away from its usual home at the De La Rue with a move up the hill to St James and with music this...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Sick Militia and Festival Look Back – 24/09/22

For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show in September 2022, which marked 14 years of my presenting and producing the show, I had a packed show with new music a look back at recent festivals which you can listen to by clicking here. I spoke to Sick Militia, who merge extreme...

Eloise Fabbri – RAW (live) EP

Last Autumn I was part of a recording session for BBC Introducing with Eloise Fabbri and, around the same time, she said she and her band had been in the studio recording an EP (her first with this ensemble) and that has now been released as RAW (live). From the start of opener Beauty (previously...

St James Presents… The Pips, Kiya Ashton And The Folkadelics and Joe Corbin – St James Concert Hall – 12/08/22

Over the last 12 months The Pips (formerly Albert & The Pips) have grown into one of the highlights of Guernsey’s live music scene and are now setting their sights on a move to Manchester so, before they go, they put on a show at St James with Kiya Ashton & The Folkadelics and Joe...