BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands – 29/10/22

For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands show for October 2022 I dispensed with the usual chat to present two straight hours of music from the islands which you can listen to by clicking here. Amongst that was brand new tracks from China Aster, Tallia Storm, Oliver Marson, DJ Lora, Maryen Cairns and...

School Of Popular Music Battle Of The Bands Weekend – Beau Sejour Theatre – 16-17/09/22

For the last couple of years I’ve been on the judging panel for the School Of Popular Music Corporate Battle Of The Bands events at Beau Sejour, but for 2022 I decided to brave judging both that and their under-18s bands event. As I’ve said before I’m never entirely sold on the ‘battle of the...

Vale Earth Fair 2022 – Vale Castle – 28/08/22

Now in it’s 46th year, and after a couple of disrupted, if not cancelled, years because of you know what, the Vale Earth Fair was back with a full set of visiting artists, along with plenty from Guernsey, on Sunday 28th August 2022 at the Vale Castle. My day started with the opening act on...

St James Presents… The Pips, Kiya Ashton And The Folkadelics and Joe Corbin – St James Concert Hall – 12/08/22

Over the last 12 months The Pips (formerly Albert & The Pips) have grown into one of the highlights of Guernsey’s live music scene and are now setting their sights on a move to Manchester so, before they go, they put on a show at St James with Kiya Ashton & The Folkadelics and Joe...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: The Pips and Phoebe Over – 30/07/22

New music is, of course, the name of the game for BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands and that was no different for my July 2022 edition of the show, which you can listen to by clicking here. My featured artists this month were The Pips who have, over the last couple of months,...

Tantale and Kiya Ashton And The Folkadelics – The Vault – 15/07/22

As the bands set up on Friday 15th July 2022 at The Vault there was a certain atmosphere in the air, something akin to end of term at school or being ready for break and, as Tantale frontman Steve, pointed out later, it made for something of a festival wind down show following the previous...

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...

Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club – Local And Wild at St James – 04/05/22

Over the last few years the Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club has become something of a regular highlight of my gig going from its origins in The Lion’s Den at The Golden Lion to its current incarnation at Local & Wild at St James. That said, what with one thing and another, I had missed the...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: The Nightmares and Charles Stenner – 26/02/22

Click here to listen to the show On my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show for February 2022 I spoke to a band playing their biggest gig and heard from an artist from Guernsey releasing a new single written and recorded in Canada. The band is The Nightmares who, after a successful...

Its Own Animal and Kiya Ashton And The Folkadelics – The Vault – 03/12/21

Its Own Animal After being delayed at the tail end of the summer, Friday 3rd December 2021 was finally time for Its Own Animal (aka Garry Minto) to celebrate the release of his latest album, his first since moving to Guernsey, Good To Be Home, with support coming from Kiya Ashton. Ashton opened the show...