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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... 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 →
Click here to listen on Spotify A new year and a new big playlist of things I’ve been listening to that I aim to update monthly - in a change to past years though I’m not going to limit myself to 10 tracks and will just post however many feels right, but still aiming for... Continue Reading →
Following a trio of singles in 2021, ranging from the full production piece of The Ballad Of Billy Bradshaw to the more lo-fi and direct duo of Wild Winds Blow and Lay Down My Soul Charlie Sherbourne is back with another offering, Some Sunny Day. By his own admission this is even more back to... Continue Reading →
Earlier in the year Charlie Sherbourne released his debut single with his Guernsey based band, Charlie Sherbourne’s Man Feelings, The Ballad Of Billy Bradshaw and how he’s retuned with two further tracks, Lay Down My Soul and Wild Winds Blow. Both emerging on his YouTube channel with little to no fanfare the two tracks see... Continue Reading →
Charlie Sherbourne's Man Feelings As I said when reviewing his debut single, The Ballad Of Billy Bradshaw, Charlie Sherbourne has been a familiar name on Guernsey’s music scene for a long while, but this show not only marked the release of his first original output but also a rare ‘big gig’ with his band in... Continue Reading →
Charlie Sherbourne and Friends in the studio Click here to listen to the show On my April 2021 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands we had live music back in the studio and a host of new music from around the islands. Marking the launch of his debut single, Charlie Sherbourne, along... Continue Reading →
Charlie Sherbourne Charlie Sherbourne is a name likely familiar to many involved with music in Guernsey as he has, over the past decade or so, woven a path through the scene that has seen him take on roles both on stage and off while also establishing himself away from the island in Brighton and London... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show For my December 2020 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands, the last of the year and falling on Boxing Day, I took back at the live music we’ve feature across the year on the show. Along with that I had a new session and interview... Continue Reading →
Fool In Love sees Guernsey/London based singer-songwriter Joe Corbin pick up where his debut EP, Brixton Sky, left off — marrying blues with more relaxed styles to make something of his own. Still Get High starts things off and, while it can be an invigorating stomp of a track live, here it provides a redemptive... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 