Local Music Upstairs At St James – Local And Wild At St James – 11/06/22

While it had looked like a more quiet weekend this weekend the somewhat last minute announcement of this show featuring five solo and duo acts upstairs at St James piqued my interest so I thought I’d head along. Elliot Albert Orchard & Callum began proceedings, initially joined by Pips drummer Jake Pemberton as Orchard, sat...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands at Guernsey Together Festival – The Rabbit Warren – 28/05/22

After several years of having a live stage as part of Arts Sunday, in 2022 BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands moved its annual live outing in Guernsey to be part of the Guernsey Together Festival on Saturday 28th May. The festival, which began in 2021, after the island’s second lock down, initially featured...

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...

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...

Havoc Events Metal Night: Of Abscess And Amputation and Democracy Manifest – The Vault – 30/04/22

As Jimi, frontman of Democracy Manifest, pointed out, 2022 marks 15 years since Havoc Events first started putting on live music events in Guernsey and, while a lot has changed in the island’s music scene in that time, Havoc remain a reliable source for the heavier and more alternative end of things, continued here as...

Bloomfield and Albert And The Pips – The Vault – 15/04/22

A long bank holiday weekend usually means there’s a few live music events going on but Easter often feels a bit different so it was good to see that The Vault we’re sticking to their usual routine with a show on Good Friday evening with Bloomfield and Albert & The Pips. Hot on the heels...

Ghost with Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats and Twin Temple – O2 Arena, London – 11/04/22

For the second night of the European leg of their 2022 ‘Imperatour’, Ghost held a ritual at the O2 Arena in London. Having previously experienced their service at The Warfield in San Francisco and the Apollo in Manchester, even with the top level of the O2 curtained off this was by far the biggest show...

Albert And The Pips and Mike Meinke – Local And Wild at St James – 01/04/22

It might have been April Fool’s Day but there was nothing foolish about the show happening Local & Wild at St James but, thanks to both Mike Meinke and Albert & The Pips there was a lot of fun, and great music. Mike Meinke, in solo mode for this occasion, started his set with what...

Its Own Animal with Lula And Gene – The Vault – 25/03/22

I’m writing this a little later than expected as a matter of hours after this show finished news broke of the death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins which, I have to admit, knocked me more than I expected and, as I looked back, I realised that he and that band were a key point...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: MermFest and Lyrics RHF – 26/03/22

Click here to listen to the show For my March 2022 BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show I continued the path to the summer festival season and featured a brand new track of the week. John Le Sauvage joined me to tell us about the upcoming MermFest festival in Sark in May...