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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Another flashback from my archive originally written for BBC Guernsey Unsigned (the forerunner to BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey) going back a decade to one of Guernsey's more minor 'festival' style events, Mudstock. This was a biker party of a sort with a lot of live bands and I am aware of it happening twice... Continue Reading →
Now in its 14th year I think it's safe to say that, after the Vale Earth Fair, Chaos (aka Chaos Weekend or Chaos Festival) is one of the most established events in the Channel Islands music calendar regularly attracting visitors from Jersey, the U.K. and mainland Europe. Over that time it's developed hugely from a... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show For the June 2018 edition BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey its a bit of a special looking back at our stage on Arts Sunday earlier in the month. With that in mind there are live sets from Kiya Ashton, Ukuladeez, Track Not Found, The Honest Crooks and SugarSlam... Continue Reading →
With the exception of a one-off event featuring Brunt last autumn it's been a long a time since the downstairs bar at The Golden Lion has welcomed any of Guernsey's original hard rock acts. So, when they announced a weekend of the heavier stuff, there was some sense of anticipation and not a small amount... Continue Reading →
For a fourth year BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey was part of Guernsey Arts Commission's Arts Sunday event on 10th June. The event, this year focussed on the theme of 'Express Yourself', took over the St Peter Port seafront from 10 until 4 and featured a showcase of pretty much every facet of the arts... Continue Reading →
