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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival – Edward Cross Quintet @ Assembly Room 4th June 2024
By Andy Fawthrop Fine Music In A Fine Room Today Devizes Arts Festival wheeled out its first classical offering, and chose a particularly fine room in which to showcase this young composer/ musician and his all-female quintet. I’ve often said how much I admire the Assembly Room in the Town Hall, and I think it’s… Read more
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Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 5th -11th June 2024
Here’s what we’ve found to do in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming week. Don’t forget your sunscreen and a nice party umbrella! Everything listed here is on our event calendar; go there for links and more info. It may be updated, so check in later in the week. Ongoing: A Wiltshire Thatcher: A Photographic… Read more
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The Visit; Wiltshire’s Councillors Endorsing Michelle Donelan
Have you had “the visit” yet? Your local councillor house-calling hand-in-hand with Conservative candidate Michelle Donelan? I have. At least it broke up my busy day with lighthearted banter! You know, by publishing their adventures in pestering on Facebook, they’re verging on breaking electoral rules, right? Despite my pacifism means my assault would only have… Read more
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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival – Dr. Phil Hammond @ Corn Exchange 3rd June 2024
by Andy Fawthrop The Doctor Will See You Now! Devizes Arts Festival has already got off to a storming start over this last weekend, with performances on Friday from Jolly Roger, Saturday from Lady Nade, and on Sunday from Adam Alexander and Eddy Allen. Some of these we’ve already reviewed here. So now it’s rolled… Read more
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Lady Nade at Devizes Arts Festival
If the opening Friday evening of Devizes Arts Festival was amazing for lively pirate-punk craziness, Saturday night was too for precisely opposite reasons. Bristol’s soulstress Americana virtuoso, Lady Nade arrived, and in a word, was mesmerising… I’ve put her ladyship on the highest pedestal since reviewing her lockdown album Willing, longing to see her perform.… Read more
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Rosie Jay’s Debut Single Doesn’t Give a Damn!
With a rolling hook in the chorus, piano riff over acoustic guitar and a heartfelt narrative, here’s a promising debut single from Salisbury’s young singer-songwriter Rosie Jay out today. I’m getting Kirsty MacColl vibes here, and if you think that’s a pretty high accolade, you’ll just have to have a listen and decide for yourself!… Read more
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