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With the summer festival season now well and truly in the rear view mirror it seems to have become a bit of a tradition for The Vault to put on a particularly great night as we move into autumn. Last year it came from SugarSlam and Granite Wolf, and this year, as the weather began... Continue Reading →
I'm sure it's a trend I've mentioned in the past but more than ever the 'summer festival season' in Guernsey is, like it's larger counterparts in the U.K. and Europe, getting longer and more packed each year. Barely a weekend went by without some event happening and calling itself a festival somewhere in the Bailiwick... Continue Reading →
Presented by the possibly fictional record label L'islet Records, Guitar Music Is Dead! was something of an ironic name for this event at The Fermain Tavern, as it featured four bands spanning a wide range of unarguably guitar based sounds. The first of these was a rare outing from Le Quesne. For this show the... Continue Reading →
For a third year a field at the north-eastern most point of the tiny island of Sark was converted for the weekend into one of the most relaxed and convivial festivals sites I've ever encountered, for the Sark Roots Festival. Once again the event featured three days packed with live music along with workshops on... Continue Reading →
For the second year in a row the 2018 Vale Earth Fair, marking the Channel Island's longest running music festival's 42nd year, was split across two days with the first day again being run by Sound Guernsey and the second being the long-established event we've come to expect. To use an old cliché this made... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show With summer festival season in full swing BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey for August 2018 featured a live session from Savage Sons, a band who've been steadily building their reputation at those festivals as well as recently releasing their debut EP, Howlin'. The trio joined me in the... Continue Reading →
Before I get to the music, which is part of the extended Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour that began earlier in the year when The Wildhearts, Terrorvision and Reef co headlined a run of dates up and down the country, a bit about the venue. This was my first visit to Brighton and so my... Continue Reading →
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 →
