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For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show for March 2024, which you can listen to by clicking here, I aimed to pack in as much new music as possible into two hours. In that there were brand new tracks from SpaceSoul, The Pirates, Phoebe Over, Shea, Ellen F, Benji Grut and lots... Continue Reading →
For the final edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands of 2023 I took a look back at some of the highlights of the past year, and you can listen to it here. Inevitably the list is far from exhaustive but features a selection of bands and artists who have made an impact... Continue Reading →
After a bit of a shaky end to 2022 (for me that is, not the islands’ music scene) 2023 looked set to be a great year with St James Global Collection series lined up across the year, Chaos and Vale Earth Fair looking like they’d both be giving us strong offerings and a host of... Continue Reading →
After something of a surprise debut a couple of year ago (a pleasant surprise I might add), A Band Of Squirrels had another surprise of us in November 2023 as they released a second EP, the curiously titled, The Mystif (once again on Magic Moustache Records). Across five tracks the band, otherwise known as Christiaan... Continue Reading →
Last December regular readers of this blog (if such a thing exists) may have noticed I missed out on my annual review of new music in the Channel Islands post so, before I get to this year’s retrospective I thought I’d take a quick look back at 2022 in music. With that in mind some... Continue Reading →
For the last few months Friday nights at The Doghouse in Guernsey, a venue normally known for hosting tribute and cover bands, has been playing host to bands from the island playing their own music with Its Own Animal (aka Garry Minto) curating the line ups. For the first weekend of March 2023 the venue... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify Another bumper crop of tracks this month with a lot of new stuff along with a few old favourites. In the way of brand new stuff I’ve got tracks from A Band Of Squirrels, Frank Turner, Ghost, Coach Party, Rosalie Cunningham, Dream Widow and more. And when it comes... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show For my March 2022 BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show I continued the path to the summer festival season and featured a brand new track of the week. John Le Sauvage joined me to tell us about the upcoming MermFest festival in Sark in May... Continue Reading →
After a well received, self-titled debut EP on Magic Moustache Records last summer, A Band Of Squirrels has returned with a surprise new single, Deja-View. Starting with a jazzy piano line we are soon in familiar lightly psychedelic jazz territory with swirling sounds emerging behind a laconic baseline that takes us through the tune. There’s... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show As Christmas Day fell on A Saturday in 2021 my usual last Saturday of the month radio show shifted a week to New Year Day but it still felt like a good opportunity to look back at some of the live sessions featured throughout the year on BBC... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 