BBC Music In The Channel Islands: Vale Earth Fair Preview, Tadhg Daly and Charles Stenner – 25/05/22

With summer festival season now in full swing I took the chance to reflect a bit of that on my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands show on Saturday 25th June, which you can listen to by clicking here. While Chaos in Guernsey and Good Vibrations in Jersey were in full swing I caught...

Alfie Butel – Over N Over

Jerseyman Alfie Butel has continued his run of singles in June 2022 with Over N Over. From the off it’s clear a summer release is perfect for this one as it has summer vibes stamped all over it from its synth backing to the layers of brass, guitars and more than build up in eminently...

Local Music Upstairs At St James – Local And Wild At St James – 11/06/22

While it had looked like a more quiet weekend this weekend the somewhat last minute announcement of this show featuring five solo and duo acts upstairs at St James piqued my interest so I thought I’d head along. Elliot Albert Orchard & Callum began proceedings, initially joined by Pips drummer Jake Pemberton as Orchard, sat...

Bloomfield – ALWFN B-Sides

A little under a year on from the release of their debut EP, A Long Wait For Nothing, Guernsey based pop punkers Bloomfield are back with a three track EP billed as that records ‘B-Sides’, ALWFN B-Sides. Live favourite Rearrange opens things with a classic Blink-182 or New Found Glory type pop punk song that...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands at Guernsey Together Festival – The Rabbit Warren – 28/05/22

After several years of having a live stage as part of Arts Sunday, in 2022 BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands moved its annual live outing in Guernsey to be part of the Guernsey Together Festival on Saturday 28th May. The festival, which began in 2021, after the island’s second lock down, initially featured...

Playlist May 2022

I’ve not had as much chance as normal for new music this month but have still found a few bits for my playlist (which you can listen to on Spotify by clicking here). Of the new stuff I’ve got music from Bloomfield, Honeycub, Jon Spencer And The HITmakers, My Chemical Romance and Rammstein, along with...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: L’Islet Records and Josh Le Tissier – 28/05/22

It was a busy weekend for BBC Introducing In The Channel Islands as we hosted a stage at the Guernsey Together Festival for the first time as well as having a packed show which you can listen to by clicking here. I spoke to Ollie and Shinfo from L’Islet Records who told us about their...

Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club – Local And Wild at St James – 04/05/22

Over the last few years the Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club has become something of a regular highlight of my gig going from its origins in The Lion’s Den at The Golden Lion to its current incarnation at Local & Wild at St James. That said, what with one thing and another, I had missed the...

Havoc Events Metal Night: Of Abscess And Amputation and Democracy Manifest – The Vault – 30/04/22

As Jimi, frontman of Democracy Manifest, pointed out, 2022 marks 15 years since Havoc Events first started putting on live music events in Guernsey and, while a lot has changed in the island’s music scene in that time, Havoc remain a reliable source for the heavier and more alternative end of things, continued here as...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Chaos and Benlem – 30/04/22

For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show this month I spoke to some of the team from Chaos Events and we heard from Benlem who’s track Blue’s Clues was our Track Of The Week and you can listen to the show by clicking here. At the end of June, for the...