The Damned – A Night Of A Thousand Vampires: Live In London

I’ll admit that, despite a basic knowledge of their early, more punk, material, I was something of a latecomer to the wider oeuvre of The Damned but, after catching them live a couple of times over the last few years (as part of Green Day’s epic in Hyde Park and on their own tour in...

Fanny Davies International Piano Series presents Ida Pelliccioli – St James Concert Hall – 12/10/22

As I’m sure is evident if you’ve followed my writing for any length of time classical music (in its broad sense) is not really something I have a lot of experience of - in fact I’m not sure I’ve ever attended a dedicated classical music event before, but that changed tonight as I headed to...

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...

Thee Jenerators, The Swallows and Clarence Cleanwater And The Hand To Gland Band – The Fermain Tavern – 13/10/2007

Thee Jenerators I spotted this review come up on my memories and thought, given that it is 15 years ago tonight, I’d give it another look and get it up on here - you can still find the original version on the BBC Guernsey website by clicking here. But in the mean time join me...

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...

Vale Earth Fair Warm Up: Track Not Found, Benny The Moth, The Crowman and The Roughtones – St James Concert Hall – 27/08/22

As is tradition, the night before the Vale Earth Fair, there was a warm up show and, while it has taken place in different venues in the past, this year it was away from its usual home at the De La Rue with a move up the hill to St James and with music this...

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...

Russell And The French Boys and Eloise Fabbri – The Vault – 06/08/22

After a few weeks out of action and a few different events from Castle Nights to Chaos and the Rocquaine Regatta it was back to The Vault on Saturday 6th August 2022 for a regular ‘pub gig’ of a sort with Eloise Fabbri and Russell And The French Boys. Eloise Fabbri started the night flanked...

Maiden Guernsey and Back In Vraic at Castle Nights – Castle Cornet – 22/07/22

Guernsey’s Castle Cornet has seen a few invasions in its long history but none quite like the raid it’s South Battery withstood from two of the islands hardest rocking tribute bands on Friday 22nd July 2022, as Maiden Guernsey and Back In Vraic made a somewhat out of character appearance at KPMG Castle Nights. It...

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...