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With my first live music event off-island since everything changed, and a whole bunch of other stuff, there’s a lot in my playlist update for April 2022 which you can find on Spotify by clicking here. That live show was headlined by Ghost and also featured Twin Temple who appear on the list with other... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Apothis Click here to listen to the show For my first proper BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show of 2022 it was a busy one plenty of new music along with a few previously featured favourites. I spoke to Apothis about their first year and a bit as a band and their... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify A new year and a new big playlist of things I’ve been listening to that I aim to update monthly - in a change to past years though I’m not going to limit myself to 10 tracks and will just post however many feels right, but still aiming for... Continue Reading →
Over the last two years Mike Meinke has put together a new band to expand on his solo work releasing a couple of singles along with live outings on the way, and now a debut EP, Mapacho. From the off it’s clear that the band, made up of Meinke on vocals and guitar, Charlie Holmes... Continue Reading →
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.
Vale Castle packed for the Vale Earth Fair Click here to listen to the show For my August 2021 edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show it was a packed show of music from the islands. Thought the two hours there were brand new tracks from The Tarantulips, Flexagon with Mike... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the playlist A varied set of additions to the playlist this month including some exciting new stuff, some classics and maybe a couple of slightly less well known tracks. Of the new stuff I’m particularly exciting to be able to include a brand new single from The Wildhearts, as well... Continue Reading →
Mike Meinke L’Islet Records continued their run of shows at The Vault on Friday 18th June 2021 with a semi-acoustic affair featuring three solo performers. First up was Casey-Joe Rumens (more commonly seen on stage with Kings or Last Of The Light Brigade) but since his appearance at Kiya Ashton’s album launch show at the... Continue Reading →
Over the last year, while making occasional higher profile performances with Buffalo Huddleston, Mike Meinke has been busy building a reputation for his new band with The Honest Crooks and SkySkrapers bass man Charlie Holmes and Brunt and Lord Vapour (amongst others) drummer, Squirrel, and they’ve now dropped their first single, Secret Information. While it’s... Continue Reading →
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