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The Lavington Community Choir Brings the Pied Piper to Lavington
The Lavington Community Choir will stage a production of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a musical cantata by Tim Price, on Friday 7th July at 7.30 at the Market Lavington Community Hall…. Written and 1st performed 35 years ago at Dauntseyโs School under the baton of David Price (no relation) when Tim was a 16… Read more
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Carrie Etter’s Poetry Workshop at Devizes Arts Festival
By Helen Edwards American poet, Carrie Etter has been a resident in England since 2001, and a reader in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. She published four collections, most recently, The Weather in Normal, and numerous chapbooks. On Saturday Carrie gave a poetry workshop and reading at Devizes Town Hall, as a fringe event… Read more
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REVIEW โ Devizes Arts Festival โ Christian Garrick & The Budapest Cafรฉ Orchestra @ Corn Exchangeย 16th June 2023
Hot Gypsy Jazz Andy Fawthrop Devizes Arts Festival headed into its final weekend with a fine Friday night gig at The Corn Exchange.ย As Clair Figes of the Arts Festival said in her introduction, this was all about the music.ย Whilst there might have been some hesitation to give any Russian music any air-time at… Read more
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No Need for Medicine Men – Elles Bailey Will Lift Your Spirit
Elles Bailey at The Corn Exchange, Devizes; part of Devizes Arts Festival. By Ben Niamor. Images by Andy Fawthropย Elles Bailey made a welcomed return to Devizes this week, her sixth appearance in town by my count since local luthier and at that time promoter Mirko Pangrazzi booked this emerging talent some years ago now.… Read more
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Devizes, We Are Sustainable!
Bingo, someone came up to me in the Market Place while I was chatting with Devizes Greens chief, Margaret Green about all random matters of climate change, to offer us both a free vegan chocolate tiffin, and that’s plenty to swing this blogger to pen a decent review in itself! Though I didn’t need a… Read more
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We’ve Found You, Danni W!
Right you lot, listen up; I’m fully aware this debut album, Lost to be Found, from Swindon’s Danni W has been out, what, a fortnight nearly now? Reason why I’ve not mentioned it prior, aside from being a busy boy, is I had to listen to it a few times because it’s undoubtedly feelgood pop… Read more
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