Dropkick Murphys – Tulsa Albums: This Machine Still Kills Fascists and Okemah Rising

Across their career Boston folk-punk troupe Dropkick Murphys have long had an association with American folk pioneer Woody Guthrie, both through their outlook on the world and, more specifically, by rearranging his writing to suit their style (including their most well known song, I’m Shipping Up To Boston). Given that it should probably come as...

Burg And The Vagabond Choir – While The Iron Is Cold And The Heart Is Sore

While he may be known for his work in more rock ‘n’ roll orientated bands from Teaspoonriverneck and Thee Jenerators (amongst others) in Guernsey to current power trio The Electric Shakes in Bournemouth, running parallel to these Steven Lynch has made quite a reputation for his more low key tunes in the guise of Burg....

Jesca Hoop with Hollie Thorne and Gregory Harrison And The Bare Minimum – St James Concert Hall – 14/05/22

It’s felt like a while since I was last at a full scale show in St James Concert Hall but there was definitely a sense of expectation ahead of this one on Saturday 14th May 2022, for a few reasons. First was that Jesca Hoop had come so highly recommended that, even having never heard...

Charlie Sherbourne – Some Sunny Day

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...

Bailiwick Folk And Roots presents Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman with The Basement Preachers – St Martin’s Parish Hall – 13/11/21

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman After quite some success over the last decade or so with the Sark Folk Festival some of the people behind those events have regrouped under the name Bailiwick Folk And Roots and, on Saturday 13th November 2021, held their first event featuring past folk festivals performers Kathryn Roberts and Sean...

Charlie Sherbourne’s Man Feelings – Lay Down My Soul/Wild Winds Blow

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...

L’Islet Records present a weekend of music – The Vault – 17-18/09/21

With festival season in Guernsey well and truly over L’Islet Records kick started the autumn gigging calendar with a pair of back to back shows at The Vault with an acoustic night in Friday 17th and a (almost) fully electric show on Saturday 18th September...

Clameur De Haro – Self-titled

Seven years ago, at the Sark Folk Festival, Clameur De Haro added themselves to the tradition of bands from the Bailiwick of Guernsey who take what could sound like a novelty approach to their music, focussing on aspects of local life run through a folk and country filter, but make it something more than that....

Charlie Sherbourne’s Man Feelings – The Ballad Of Billy Bradshaw

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...

Upload Festival CI: Take 2 – St James Concert And Assembly Hall – 03/04/21

The Mike Meinke Band Three months or so ago I was at the cafe at St James enjoying an evening of acoustic performances from a range of artists for the first part of the first, in person, Upload Festival CI that had originally begun during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown. Then, the following morning, while preparing...