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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... Continue Reading →
I'm sure it's a trend I've mentioned in the past but more than ever the 'summer festival season' in Guernsey is, like it's larger counterparts in the U.K. and Europe, getting longer and more packed each year. Barely a weekend went by without some event happening and calling itself a festival somewhere in the Bailiwick... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show For the June 2018 edition BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey its a bit of a special looking back at our stage on Arts Sunday earlier in the month. With that in mind there are live sets from Kiya Ashton, Ukuladeez, Track Not Found, The Honest Crooks and SugarSlam... Continue Reading →
For a fourth year BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey was part of Guernsey Arts Commission's Arts Sunday event on 10th June. The event, this year focussed on the theme of 'Express Yourself', took over the St Peter Port seafront from 10 until 4 and featured a showcase of pretty much every facet of the arts... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show On the May 2018 edition of BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey I welcomed The Recks into their studio as they launched their debut album, The Beast From The Sea, and took a look at the bands playing our stage on Arts Sunday. The Recks spoke to me about... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show Earlier this month BBC Music Introducing celebrated 10 years of supporting new and upcoming music from around the British Isles with BBC Introducing Day. For the October 2017 edition of BBC Introducing in Guernsey then, I presented a show very much looking back and looking forward. The first... Continue Reading →
Following Brunt at The Golden Lion a couple of weeks ago and WaterColour Matchbox at The Vault last weekend the loud, heavy end of Guernsey’s music scene continued to be represented in St Peter Port on Friday 13th October 2017 as hardcore riff machine Granite Wolf and hard power pop quartet SugarSlam rocked the venue... Continue Reading →
With the autumnal weather setting in and music events moving back into the island's indoor venues, I think its safe to say as we move into October that Guernsey's ever-growing summer festival season has come to an end. As with every year it seems more and more events are labelling themselves as festivals or have... Continue Reading →
For its 41st year the Vale Earth Fair once again took over the Vale Castle over the bank holiday weekend at the end of August with six stages of music across 12 hours. Not only that but this year's event spread onto the Saturday with Sound Guernsey presenting some of the island's newer and younger... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen to the show For the August 2017 edition of BBC Introducing in Guernsey I welcomed into the studio an artist who we've featured since the shows inception who is taking things in a new direction. I also heard from two of the bands who headed to our northern most outpost for... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 