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Every few years it seems someone strikes on the idea of releasing a compilation album celebrating something of Guernsey's music scene. From the Guernsey Rock Album in the early 1980s through Twist Records GBG series they have acted as a glimpse into what's happening in the island's 'scene' at a specific moment in time. New... Continue Reading →
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 →
Click here to listen to the show While it might be well and truly autumn I continue to revel in a packed summer of festivals on the September 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey - which also marks the shows 10th birthday! The highlight of this month's show comes from Robert J. Hunter... 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 →
A little over a decade ago, when I first began reporting on music in Guernsey, one name was going round as being the next big thing to watch, particularly as a guitarist, Joe (then going by JJ) Corbin. At the time 'JJ' was fronting The Spitshine Blues Band and going about as far against the... Continue Reading →
