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  • Hooch on Streaming

    Hooch on Streaming

    Once a cover band, east Wiltshire’s rootsy four-piece Hooch have moved to writing and recording original material. Their discography goes onto music streaming sites today (Sunday 3rd July,) and if you like your country-rock breezy and uplifting, with a subtle touch of psychedelia and surf, then it’s worthy of your attention….. The instrumental Eagle Ray Read more

  • Full-Tone Stands Alone

    Full-Tone Stands Alone

    Full Tone Festival August Bank Holiday then, penny for your thoughts on that oneโ€ฆ… Five irritating wannabes handpicked for their conflicting personalities vote on each otherโ€™s dinner parties while a poor manโ€™s Harry Hill narrator insults them in a heavily edited sham of a television show. Yet, despite this perpetual cycle of formulated garbage, Come Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival 2022

    A Great Festival โ€“ Now What About The Future? Andy Fawthrop Well, the 2022 Devizes Arts Festival has now drawn to its successful close.ย  Thanks to a very determined and hard-working committee, this jewel in the D-Town crown was finally shining again.ย  Along with DOCA-led events like the International Street Festival, Carnival, Colour Rush, Lantern Read more

  • Timid Deer; back with more Melodies for the Nocturnal

    Timid Deer; back with more Melodies for the Nocturnal

    Salisbury may be a grey area for us, we donโ€™t get to hear a great deal about the music scene there. I guess they have their own media, magazines and blogs covering it, but it is something I realise I must work on. For all I know, Timid Deer could be huge there, but they Read more

  • Weekend Roundup: 30th June โ€“ 3rd July 2022

    Full throttle into July, then; hereโ€™s what the weekend looks like around these parts. These parts of cultural void, so itโ€™s claimed, we say otherwiseโ€ฆ. You want proof? As usual no links here, the only link you need is here, our event calendar. Have a great weekend whatever you do! Ongoing from Wednesday until Sunday Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Tamsin Quin & Vince Bell @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 26th June 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Tamsin Quin & Vince Bell @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 26th June 2022

    300 and still counting! Andy Fawthrop Is it really (not that) long? Debs suddenly realised over the weekend that this was the 300th gig that she and Dave had put on in The Southgate since taking over in 2018. Thatโ€™s only four years, and we had a pandemic in the middle when all the pubs Read more