BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey: December 2018 – Review of the Year

Click here to listen to the show For the final BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey radio show of 2018 I took a look back at the last year of music in the islands. As well as reflecting on some of the big events that took place across the year, from the regulars like Chaos and...

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...

BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey: November 2018 – Kiya Ashton in session and The Honest Crooks

Click here to listen to the show On the November 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey I was joined in the studio by a band an artist preparing to release their debut EPs. Kiya Ashton has been gigging for a couple of years both in bands and, more prominently now, solo playing her own...

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...

Playlist – September 2018

After my first two playlists (which you can find and listen to here and here) this is my one for September 2018. Again a mixture of stuff I've been listening to or has popped up for numerous reasons spanning things old, new, near and far. Spotify playlist you can listen through or open in apps...

BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey: August 2018 – Savage Sons

Click here to listen to the show With summer festival season in full swing BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey for August 2018 featured a live session from Savage Sons, a band who've been steadily building their reputation at those festivals as well as recently releasing their debut EP, Howlin'. The trio joined me in the...

Vale Earth Fair at Rocquaine Regatta – 04/08/18

For as many years as I care to remember the Rocquaine Regatta has concluded with a barbecue in the field opposite the iconic Fort Grey with live musical entertainment provided by the Vale Earth Fair. After last year's somewhat dampened event, summer 2018 has continued its almost unprecedented warm spell to more than make up...

BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey: July 2018 – Joe Corbin and The Recks at Latitude

Click here to listen to the show On the July 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey I had another show packed with exciting new and live music. First of all we were joined in the studio for a session and chat by Joe Corbin who is due to release his debut EP, Brixton Sky,...

Japanese Invasion Night – The Fermain Tavern – 21/07/18

Two years ago Japanese punk rockers PUNiK made a huge impression with their performance at the 12th Chaos weekend and right away talk of their return to the island began. It's taken two years but on Saturday night that's what happened at The Fermain Tavern as PUNiK returned along with fellow far eastern noise merchants...