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  • Signs and Wonders of The Burner Band

    Signs and Wonders of The Burner Band

    Popping immediately into your head with fun songs youโ€™ll be singing for the rest of the week, while breaking out in denims, Leeds’ The Burner Band kick off their debut album, last week, Signs and Wonders with a rock n roll blinder, but thatโ€™s not all theyโ€™ve got in them.…. The subsequent tune to Blues… Read more

  • REVIEW: Devizes Musical Theatreโ€™s โ€œA Gallery Of Roguesโ€ @ Lavington Community Centre โ€“Saturday 11th September 2021

    REVIEW: Devizes Musical Theatreโ€™s โ€œA Gallery Of Roguesโ€ @ Lavington Community Centre โ€“Saturday 11th September 2021

    Yes Mโ€™Lud! By Andy Fawthrop Itโ€™s not often that youโ€™ll get me schlepping down to a Community Hall in the middle of nowhere (well, OK, Lavington) on a Saturday night for a dose of Light Opera, butโ€ฆwellโ€ฆit seemed like a good warm-up for the BBC Last Night of the Proms which was due to be… Read more

  • Some Reasons Why I Enjoyed Jesus Christ Superstar at The Wharf

    Some Reasons Why I Enjoyed Jesus Christ Superstar at The Wharf

    One reason why I enjoyed Jesus Christ Superstar at Devizes Wharf Theatre yesterday evening, is similar to why I like sci-fi and fantasy genres. No, hear me out, long winded it maybe, but thereโ€™s a point! With sci-fi you can take an earth-bound concept, and moving it from its usual perimeters, see it for what… Read more

  • Absolutely Pukka; Death of Guitar Pop

    Absolutely Pukka; Death of Guitar Pop

    Itโ€™s top marks for the Death of Guitar Pop duo, Silky and Top Kat, for their new album, Pukka Sounds, from me; did you expect anything less?! In 1976 Bunny Wailer titled his debut solo album, โ€œBlackheart Man,โ€ that being a Jamaican version of the bogeyman. Perhaps he likened the mysteriousness of Rastafarians to this… Read more

  • Devizes; The Only Thing with Brains Here, is a Pie!

    Devizes; The Only Thing with Brains Here, is a Pie!

    Not as eminent as the Yorkshire pud or the Bakewell tart, Devizes does have its own pie; who knew? Furthermore, what kind of monstrosity could the filling be; a generous helping of 6X, farmer Perkinโ€™s old boot fished from the crammer, perhaps?! How offal could it possibly be (see what I did there?) Iโ€™ll tell… Read more

  • Everything You Are, Onika Venus

    Everything You Are, Onika Venus

    You remember being given some coursework, when back in higher education, with various objectives and your task was to choose one to complete? Not really wanting to do it, you go to the student at the top of the class, and ask them what theyโ€™ve done. They reply, โ€œah, not much,โ€ and this gives you… Read more