Havoc presents Terrible Stuntman, Lifejacket, Kings and The Crowband – The Fermain Tavern – 15/02/20

As storm Dennis began to give the island a battering Havoc Events took over The Fermain Tavern for the first time this year for a genuinely varied night of live music with The Crowband, Kings, Lifejacket and Terrible Stuntman. While the storm (and no doubt other less obvious factors) seemed to be keeping people away...

St James Presents… The Space Pirates Of Rocquaine – St James Concert Hall – 26/10/19

While we have been spoiled somewhat with notable and highly enjoyable live music events so far this year every now and then one comes along that stands out from the rest and St. James Presents... The Space Pirates Of Rocquaine is certainly one of those. From the Lord Vapour's Buds In Bloom to WaterColour Matchbox...

The Cor Damme Lars album launch – The Mariners Inn – 07/06/19

Barely a year and a half since their first show, at the 2018 Vale Earth Fair Unplugged event, The Cor Damme Lars launched their debut album, Tangled Lies, with a show at The Mariners Inn on The Bridge. Before they hit the stage though Dave 'Duke' Etherington (aka Ten Toe Hobo) kicked off proceedings with a...

Liberation Day Warm Up with The Recks, The Honest Crooks and Track Not Found – Imperial Hotel – 08/05/19

Liberation Day is always a busy one when it comes to live music and 2019 was no different, however in the past the night before has often been a rather quiet one. This year though that was different as The Imperial Hotel at Rocquaine chose Wednesday the 8th to kick off a potential new series...

Playlist – April 2019

Another busy and varied playlist this month spanning skiffle and American folk to Neue Deutsche Härte and steampunk. A few things to point to more specifically include something from the original line up of blackened death metal band Darker Shores who soon make their return to the stage under the name Atomised, a track from...

Baghdaddies, The Recks and The Cor Damme Lars Take 2 – St James Concert Hall – 06/04/19

Towards the end of last year, just as St James was starting to establish itself as a venue of broader use once again, they held a mid-week event headlined by visiting act Baghdaddies. Despite being a Wednesday night it proved rather popular and it wasn't long before a return engagement was announced replicating the previous...

Seigneur Hedge Veg – Eggs And Honeycomb

This latest band on Guernsey's (sort of) folk scene also seem to be, in one sense, it's most enigmatic. Seigneur Hedge Veg are a band whose name I've heard in vague mentions for a little while but had never heard anything from until, a few weeks ago, their leader appeared during an event at The...

The Recks – The Beast From The Sea

Formed over a cold dark winter on the tiny island of Sark more than half a decade ago The Recks have had a tumultuous history that's seen them go from local pub The Mermaid Tavern, to Boomtown and Isle of Wight festivals, to a near devastating break up to an increasingly triumphant return - with...

Hattie Briggs, Buff Hudd and Gregory Harrison (and a little Pirating at the Castle) – The Fermain Tavern – 14/07/17

Every summer Castle Cornet, the medieval castle that stands at the entrance of Guernsey’s harbour, is thrown open on Friday evenings for the Castle Nights events featuring a selection of live music in different areas of the fortification. Before heading up to The Fermain Tavern this evening, I went to the castle to catch The Space...

Blue Mountains – Hummingbird EP

At the recent Sark Folk Festival Guernsey based folk band Blue Mountains release the follow-up to their Refusing To Die album, the four track EP Hummingbird. Recorded at Stretchy Studios in Guernsey the EP marks a development for the band expanding to a four piece from their original duo line up and being made up...