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  • Weekly Roundup of Stuff to Do: 7th-14th June

    Heatwave on its way, Iโ€™m led to believe; itโ€™s the first full week of July, hereโ€™s what weโ€™ve found to do in and around Wiltshire, unless you know of something we missed? Details and links HERE… let’s go out to play…. Ongoing is the opportunity to have a nose around artistโ€™s studios, yes, itโ€™s the… Read more

  • Jon Amor, Friends, and the Southgate

    Jon Amor, Friends, and the Southgate

    Jeepers. No one works that hard on a Sunday, surely? Even if your boss shoves a Sunday shift unwillingly on you, you brush as much as you can under the carpet; anything which can wait until Monday, should do. I’ve mentioned it in passing, but not given Jon Amor’s monthly residency at the Southgate full… Read more

  • 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