Chaos 17 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 24-26/06/22

Following a year off for the obvious reasons in 2020 and then a shortened event in 2021 the celebration of bands, bikes and booze (in different orders for different people) that is Chaos returned at full strength for this 17th happening over the last weekend of June in 2022. Day One As is fairly usual...

Vale Earth Fair 2020 – Vale Castle – 30/08/20

When it was announced that this year’s Vale Earth Fair would be able to take place on it's originally intended date of Sunday 30th August it was great news... since then, as it became clear the line up would have to be entirely bands based on the island and that it would be one of...

Sound At St James 2 – St James Concert Hall – 22/02/20

The first Sound At St James festival, a little under a year and a half ago, marked something of a relaunch of St James (or at least the perception of it) as a venue for more than classical music and rather staid, traditional entertainment. Since then a range of new live music events, as well...

Music In Guernsey In 2018

A year ago, when I was writing my review of music in Guernsey in 2017, I commented that it felt like a year when the bands and musicians in and from the island had all, collectively, taken a great step forward I terms of the quality of what was being produced and the professionalism with...

Out Of The Box – Various Artists

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...

BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey: March 2018 – Guernsey Gigs and Apocalypse Studios

Click here to listen to the show On the March 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey, broadcast on Saturday 31st, I presented something of a Guernsey Gigs special. On the show I spoke to the Guernsey Gigs team as they launch their new website, designed to be a resource for music in the...

Chaos Voodoo 13 – 23-25/06/17

For the thirteenth year the Greenman MCC and friends took over a few fields at Pleinmont in Guernsey for their annual party weekend - Chaos! This year with the subtitle Voodoo 13 the festival featured two stages of live music for three days featuring everything from the lightest of folk to the heaviest of rock...

BBC Introducing Guernsey: December 2016 – Review of the Year

Click here to listen to the show To round off 2016 on BBC Introducing Guernsey I put together a show packed with some of the best music featured on the show across the year. Featured were tracks from our regular acoustic sessions including Burning At Both Ends, The Secret Smiles, Clameur de Haro and more. There were also...

BBC Introducing Guernsey: May 2016 – Fly Casual and Lord Vapour

Click here to listen to the show As we near the start of Guernsey's festival season the May edition of BBC Introducing Guernsey was packed as I looked ahead to what was coming in the next month and had a look at was going on now. Fly Casual joined me in the studio to play...

Various Artists – Jonah Beats

A few weeks ago I published my review of the Jonah Beats mini-festival that happened on the first weekend of March at the Vale Castle, along with the launch of the compilation album that was put together to coincide with it all raising money for the Helping Jonah - Helping Others charity. Well, here now...