BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Kiya Ashton and L’Islet Records – 25/02/23

2023 is getting into gear as far as new music and live music go and that led to a packed show for my February edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands, which you can listen to by cling here. I caught up with Kiya Ashton who, not being busy enough with her own...

Vale Earth Fair 2020 – Vale Castle – 30/08/20

When it was announced that this year’s Vale Earth Fair would be able to take place on it's originally intended date of Sunday 30th August it was great news... since then, as it became clear the line up would have to be entirely bands based on the island and that it would be one of...

Music in Guernsey in 2019

After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While the quality of music certainly hasn't...

Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2019 – 24-25/08/19

For the third year in a row the Vale Earth Fair expanded to a two day event with the main festival, this year celebrating 43 years, in its usual place at the Vale Castle on the Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend but with Sound Guernsey taking over the castle for the Saturday afternoon,...

Chaos 15 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 28-30/06/19

After seemingly settling back into a winning formula last year, Chaos returned for a 15th time to the Pleinmont headland in Guernsey over the weekend of 28th to 30th June 2019. With two stages running for the three days it was possibly the most varied Chaos event yet with musical styles ranging from early UK...

Music In Guernsey In 2018

A year ago, when I was writing my review of music in Guernsey in 2017, I commented that it felt like a year when the bands and musicians in and from the island had all, collectively, taken a great step forward I terms of the quality of what was being produced and the professionalism with...

Kiya Ashton – Sweet Decadence EP

Over the last couple of years Kiya Ashton has gone from attending the shows organised by Sound Guernsey to being one of the most interesting performers at them. As well as this she has appeared at both Chaos and the Vale Earth Fair while becoming a recognisable member of the School Of Popular Music's ensemble...

Sound At St James – St James Concert Hall, Guernsey – 27-28/10/18

For as long as I can remember St James, the impressive looking former church on the main road into St Peter Port, has been the home of classical music in Guernsey with rarely anything even bordering on pop gracing its impressive main hall, or at least that's the perception. Over the last year this has...

BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey: September 2018 – Robert J Hunter live

Click here to listen to the show While it might be well and truly autumn I continue to revel in a packed summer of festivals on the September 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey - which also marks the shows 10th birthday! The highlight of this month's show comes from Robert J. Hunter...

Vale Earth Fair 2018 – Vale Castle – 25-26/08/18

For the second year in a row the 2018 Vale Earth Fair, marking the Channel Island's longest running music festival's 42nd year, was split across two days with the first day again being run by Sound Guernsey and the second being the long-established event we've come to expect. To use an old cliché this made...