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...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: The Pips and Phoebe Over – 30/07/22

New music is, of course, the name of the game for BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands and that was no different for my July 2022 edition of the show, which you can listen to by clicking here. My featured artists this month were The Pips who have, over the last couple of months,...

July 2022 Playlist

Its a bumper update this month despite (or possibly because of) being laid up with you know what for part of it, if you want to just go and listen then click here to head to Spotify. Chaos happened at the tail end of last month so gets reflected here with the new one from...

Chaos 17 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 24-26/06/22

Following a year off for the obvious reasons in 2020 and then a shortened event in 2021 the celebration of bands, bikes and booze (in different orders for different people) that is Chaos returned at full strength for this 17th happening over the last weekend of June in 2022. Day One As is fairly usual...

Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2021 – 28-30/08/21

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.

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Vale Earth Fair Preview – 28/08/21

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...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: January 2021 – Independent Venue Week and Eloise Fabbri in session – 30/01/21

Click here to listen to the show For my first BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands radio show of 2021 I marked Independent Venue Week, had a brand new live session and, of course, our track of the week. For Independent Venue Week I spoke to Jon Bisson from St James in Guernsey who...

Music in Guernsey (and the Channel Islands) in 2020

I don’t really know how else to begin my review of music in Guernsey and the Channel Islands this year other than to say something that has already been said far too many times over the past twelve months, that it has been an odd year in pretty much all regards. I also don’t want...

Coastal Fire Dept. and WaterColour Matchbox – The Vault – 25/07/20

Having seen the launch of their previous single cancelled due to the lockdown, grunge rockers Coastal Fire Dept. marked the release of their latest, I Don’t Want To Hold Your Hand, with a show at The Vault supported by WaterColour Matchbox who happen to feature the track’s producer Mikey Ferbrache. It was WaterColour Matchbox who...

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...