November 2022 Playlist

Another mixed bag of a playlist update for November 2022 which you can listen to now on Spotify by clicking here, or it’s embedded below. For new stuff this month I’ve got tracks from Oliver Marson, The Damned, SpaceSoul, Yungblud and Metallica. When it comes to more classic stuff there’s The Rolling Stones, The Gun...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: China Aster – 26/11/22

For my BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands show for November 2022 I featured another two hours of music from around the islands along with an interview with our track of the week artists China Aster, and you can listen to all of it by clicking here. Last month China Aster returned as if...

SpaceSoul – Volume 1

SpaceSoul are a band who’ve appeared seemingly apropos of nothing on the Guernsey music scene with a debut EP, Volume 1, before a big gig opening for Plastic Mermaids and Volleyball later in the year. From a brief burst of Black Sabbath-esque storm sound the EP opens with a self-titled track where relaxed guitars are...

Thee Jenerators, The Swallows and Clarence Cleanwater And The Hand To Gland Band – The Fermain Tavern – 13/10/2007

Thee Jenerators I spotted this review come up on my memories and thought, given that it is 15 years ago tonight, I’d give it another look and get it up on here - you can still find the original version on the BBC Guernsey website by clicking here. But in the mean time join me...

Vale Earth Fair 2022 – Vale Castle – 28/08/22

Now in it’s 46th year, and after a couple of disrupted, if not cancelled, years because of you know what, the Vale Earth Fair was back with a full set of visiting artists, along with plenty from Guernsey, on Sunday 28th August 2022 at the Vale Castle. My day started with the opening act on...

Vale Earth Fair Warm Up: Track Not Found, Benny The Moth, The Crowman and The Roughtones – St James Concert Hall – 27/08/22

As is tradition, the night before the Vale Earth Fair, there was a warm up show and, while it has taken place in different venues in the past, this year it was away from its usual home at the De La Rue with a move up the hill to St James and with music this...

September 2022 Playlist

Even having been a bit less active this month I’ve still had lots of music going on from a range of sources to add to my playlist which you can listen to on Spotify by clicking here. When it comes to new stuff I’ve got tracks from Sick Militia, Volleyball, Charles Stenner and The Interrupters,...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Sick Militia and Festival Look Back – 24/09/22

For my BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show in September 2022, which marked 14 years of my presenting and producing the show, I had a packed show with new music a look back at recent festivals which you can listen to by clicking here. I spoke to Sick Militia, who merge extreme...

Sick Militia – The Next War

Before you even get to the music from Sick Militia it’s pretty clear what you might be in for on their debut album, The Next War, with song titles like Pray For Death, Horrors Of War, Death Marches and Constant State Of Fear, some particularly brutal artwork and the band being made up of members...

Eloise Fabbri – RAW (live) EP

Last Autumn I was part of a recording session for BBC Introducing with Eloise Fabbri and, around the same time, she said she and her band had been in the studio recording an EP (her first with this ensemble) and that has now been released as RAW (live). From the start of opener Beauty (previously...