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REVIEW – Mark Flanagan Band @ LSBC, Devizes – Saturday 26th February 2022
Talent to Spare! Andy Fawthrop First time up the hill for me this year, having missed the Mike Zito Band last week (too busy running the Winter Beer Festival and listening to The Lost Trades and The Rob Lear Band, since you ask – but that’s another story altogether). Good to get back to Long… Read more
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A Gecko in Trowbridge Town Hall
It’s always a warm greeting as you enter Trowbridge Town Hall, even if, like me on this occasion, you’re running late….. Prior to my arrival I digested the fact I’d likely forgone the supposed support act, Gavin Osborn, but was dammed if I’d miss Gecko, as since reviewing his sublime second album Climbing Frame back… Read more
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Marching On, Things to do Next Month, Part 2……
I’ve gotta do this, now, because with all good intentions I begin a rundown of events happening over a month, it all gets too much, I fear you’ll all be like “sod this for a game of soldiers, I’m staying at home and watching the entire back catalogue of CSI Miami instead!” So, I divide… Read more
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Ten Best Pubs to Hide in When the Volcano in Devizes Erupts Tomorrow
Here it is then, being we’re all buried in ten feet of snow today, your handy guide to the ten best pubs in Wiltshire, who, honestly, haven’t paid us a penny, in which to take refuge in when Mount Devizes volcano erupts, due tomorrow, after elevenses.….. Wait for the reactions when this is shared on… Read more
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Swindon’s New Tribute to the Blockheads; Dury Duty
On the eve of a new tribute act fronted by Swindon’s Mark Colton, he tells me “Dury seems to be a forgotten genius and the blockheads are an amazing band still. We just want to remind people of what a great showman he was, and what great songs there are……” I find myself pondering on… Read more
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On the Buses with Pewsey Community Coronavirus Assistance
Parliament may’ve dissolved Covid regulations and passed the buck to public responsibility, for those still listening to them, but voluntary support group, Pewsey Community Coronavirus Assistance, originally established to assist the people of Pewsey and surrounding area during the pandemic, is not only still operating, but making improvements and necessary changes to fight, more generally,… Read more
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