Mike Meinke – Mapacho EP

Over the last two years Mike Meinke has put together a new band to expand on his solo work releasing a couple of singles along with live outings on the way, and now a debut EP, Mapacho. From the off it’s clear that the band, made up of Meinke on vocals and guitar, Charlie Holmes...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Vale Earth Fair Preview – 28/08/21

Vale Castle packed for the Vale Earth Fair Click here to listen to the show For my August 2021 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show it was a packed show of music from the islands. Thought the two hours there were brand new tracks from The Tarantulips, Flexagon with Mike...

Mike Meinke – Secret Information

Over the last year, while making occasional higher profile performances with Buffalo Huddleston, Mike Meinke has been busy building a reputation for his new band with The Honest Crooks and SkySkrapers bass man Charlie Holmes and Brunt and Lord Vapour (amongst others) drummer, Squirrel, and they’ve now dropped their first single, Secret Information. While it’s...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: January 2021 – Independent Venue Week and Eloise Fabbri in session – 30/01/21

Click here to listen to the show For my first BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show of 2021 I marked Independent Venue Week, had a brand new live session and, of course, our track of the week. For Independent Venue Week I spoke to Jon Bisson from St James in Guernsey who...

Music in Guernsey (and the Channel Islands) in 2020

I don’t really know how else to begin my review of music in Guernsey and the Channel Islands this year other than to say something that has already been said far too many times over the past twelve months, that it has been an odd year in pretty much all regards. I also don’t want...

March 2020 Playlist

Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist To say March has been an odd month for all of us would be an understatement but with that, and particularly before everything kicked off in earnest, there was a lot of great music going on that I've distilled into my playlist. I'm not going to...

Flexagon – 7 Nocturnes East – Album and Exhibition

Guernsey's north east coast, from St. Peter Port to Bordeaux Harbour, is an area much discussed in some regards but in others it feels somewhat over looked. Being the more commercial and industrial part of the island it's natural beauty as well as the life of it is not often as represented as the more...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: February 2020 – Magic Moustache and Bubblebrain Records

Click here to listen to the show For my February 2020 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands we had something a little different as I spoke to a pair of record labels from the islands about events and releases they have coming up. First was Guernsey based label Magic Moustache Records, the...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: January 2020 – Joe Corbin and Flexagon

Click here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands I took a look at two new releases from artists from the islands along with tracks from a range of acts. Joe Corbin joined me in session and to tell us about his new EP Fool In...

BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey: February 2019 – Lord Vapour and Dan Ashplant

Click here to listen to the show For February edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey I featured a familiar band along side a brand new artist. Lord Vapour will be well known to anyone with an eye on the island's music scene through their relentless gigging and well received albums, particularly their second Semuta...