Lifejacket and Lula & Gene – The Vault – 27/11/21

Lifejacket With the Christmas lights on around St Peter Port and Storm Arwen battering the island it’s fair to say there was strange mood about the place as I headed down to The Vault on Saturday 27th November 2021 for a rare outing from Lifejacket (not aided by several delays for the obvious reasons) along...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Granite Wolf and Chaz Chapman – 30/10/21

Granite Wolf Click here to listen to the show This month on my BBC Introducing In The Channel Islands I took a look at he new record from Granite Wolf and heard from Chaz Chapman about his new single. Granite Wolf dropped their debut single earlier in the month and I spoke to them as...

Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2021 – 28-30/08/21

While 2020 had seen the Vale Earth Fair reach a new height in a lot of ways, with a sell out on the day and one of the best atmospheres I remember experiencing at the festival, there’s no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic had made life hard work for the organisers.

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: November 2020 – Coastal Fire Dept and Harrison Mayo

Click here to listen to the show now Another month and another packed edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands with brand new tracks, live sessions and more. My main featured act this month was Coastal Fire Dept who I spoke to about their new EP Radio as well as their upcoming second...

November 2020 Playlist

Click here to listen on Spotify This month I’ve had the chance to catch up on a few recent new releases both from at home and further afield as well as revisit some old favourites. Firstly with the newer stuff is my highlight from IDLES’ latest Ultra Mono, Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You and The...

Havoc Events X L’Islet Records: Alt-Rock vs Metal – The Fermain Tavern – 07/11/20

WhIle we all know it’s really not about any kind of contest but there is something tantalising about a pair of metal bands squaring off with a pair of ‘alt-rock’ acts in front of crowd at what, on its best nights, can be one of Guernsey’s best music venues. That’s exactly what we got tonight...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: October 2020 – Tantale, 4 Eva Noir and Black History Month

Click here to listen to the show For my October 31st 2020 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands I had a packed show ranging from (slightly unseasonal) Christmas tracks, to new singles to Black History Month and more. Tantale joined me in the studio to talk about their new charity Christmas single,...

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...

February 2020 Playlist

Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist This has felt like another musically very busy month with Guernsey's music scene getting back into its own swing after the usual quieter January and lots of other stuff going besides. From the Guernsey scene I've got a couple of tracks including one from Lifejacket who...

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...