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  • Rooks; New Single From M3G

    Rooks; New Single From M3G

    Chippenham folk singer-songwriter, M3G (because she likes a backward “E”) has a new single out tomorrow, Friday 19th December. Put your jingly bell cheesy tunes on hold for a moment, because this is a beautiful, epic journey…. M3G’s seventh release, Rooks, poignantly pulls on the heartstrings when presented by the rise and fall of a Read more

  • Wiltshire Music Centre Unveils Star-Studded New Season

    Wiltshire Music Centre Unveils Star-Studded New Season

    Wiltshire Music Centre Unveils Star-Studded New Season with BBC Big Band, Ute Lemper, Sir Willard White and comedians Chris Addison and Alistair McGowan revealing their classical music talents….. Wiltshire Music Centre announces new Spring season with some extraordinary listening experiences on offer in the new year. Wiltshire Music Centre is a unique and contemporary 300-seated Read more

  • Daphne Oram; Devizes’ Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Sound: Part 2

    Daphne Oram; Devizes’ Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Sound: Part 2

    Daphne’s Family & Childhood Connection to Devizes Celebrations of Daphne Oram have been building in London since the beginning of December, for those in the sphere of electronic music and music technology. On the first Thursday of the month The Barbican held a concert commemorating Daphne’s centenary, where sound and music fair access partner, Nonclassical, Read more

  • Burning the Midday Oil at The Muck

    Burning the Midday Oil at The Muck

    Highest season of goodwill praises must go to Chrissy Chapman today, who raised over £500 (at the last count) for His Grace Children’s Centre in Uganda, with a little help from talented friends…. Years back as soloist singer-songwriter One Trick Pony, Chrissy organised annual fundraising gigs at the Southgate around Christmas time, but now tuned Read more

  • Daphne Oram; Devizes’ Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Sound

    Daphne Oram; Devizes’ Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Sound

    Part 1: An Introduction March 1936: newlywed French telecommunications engineer Pierre Schaeffer relocates to Paris from Strasbourg and finds work in radio broadcasting. He embarks on early radiophonic experiments. Fifteen years of his research, his inventions of various electronic instruments, and collaborations with Pierre Henry would lead them to found Groupe de Recherche de Musique Read more

  • Wiltshire Council “Update” on Northgate Street Lane Closure

    Wiltshire Council “Update” on Northgate Street Lane Closure

    Yesterday Wiltshire Council published an “update” on the lane closure on Northgate Street in Devizes as the fire which caused it reaches its first anniversary. Only, it’s more a “reminder” than an “update!” It begins, “the fire, in November 2024, caused significant damage to the Grade II-listed property and since then the council has had Read more