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  • The Return of Wilding; Falling Dreams

    The Return of Wilding; Falling Dreams

    It doesnโ€™t hang about, it doesnโ€™t drift dreamily as some previous tracks on the Soul Sucker debut EP, unbelievably near-on a couple of years ago, but it is unmistakably Wilding, this beguiling new tune from George Wilding, back with his band after lockdown. As a frustrating era for all creative groups, it feels as if Read more

  • On the Climbing Frame with Gecko

    On the Climbing Frame with Gecko

    If our last music review from Ruzz Guitar impressed me for its exploration of traditional blues styles, note Iโ€™m not conventional and you need not rewind progress to appease me; I love Climbing Frame, the second forthcoming album by London-based Gecko, equally, but for completely opposite reasons. Partly, it reminded me of the time Louis Read more

  • Urchfont Parish Council Turn Down Youth Art Display

    Urchfont Parish Council Turn Down Youth Art Display

    Further to my article reflecting on black history month, and our chat with BLM in the Stix organiser Gurpreet Kaur, I said I had a local issue to raise which could be conceived as the perfect example of the message Iโ€™m trying to get across regarding rural racism so ingrained we fail to recognise it, Read more

  • Todayย Devizes for Europeย launched โ€œSay #YES2ARealDealโ€ campaign.

    Todayย Devizes for Europeย launched โ€œSay #YES2ARealDealโ€ campaign.

    Formerly local remain group Devizes for the EU has moved forward, changing it’s name to Devizes for Europe, and laid plans for action to avoid a no deal. Here’s their details from their press release… Now that the UK has left the European Union, we need to take action to secure our future relations with Read more

  • Rural Racism; Welcome to BLM in the Stix

    Rural Racism; Welcome to BLM in the Stix

    Could โ€œis Devizes a racist town?โ€ be a clickbait headline?! Iโ€™m not out to infuriate. Ah, thatโ€™s why I didnโ€™t use it. That and, hope this to be only a part of a wider subject incorporating rural racism in a series of reflections for Black History Month. And here we meet an organiser of a Read more

  • The Instrumental Sounds Of Ruzz Guitarโ€™s Blues Revue, While Washing Up!

    The Instrumental Sounds Of Ruzz Guitarโ€™s Blues Revue, While Washing Up!

    Who says men can’t multitask? I’m washing up and reviewing this forthcoming musical extravaganza….. Ruling in my household, being the better-half does the majority of cooking, I therefore wash-up. And on sporadic occasions I cook, I still do the washing up. I know what youโ€™re thinking; under the thumb, Worrow. I beg to differ, family Read more