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  • Daydream Runaways Light the Spark Live

    Daydream Runaways Light the Spark Live

    Daydream Runaways are reflecting back to the start of their career together, even if it’s only a year ago! Still worthy to mention this live session recording of their debut single “Light the Spark,” which we glowingly reviewed on its release last April, here. On their website it reads, “recorded and filmed in an intimate Read more

  • Will You Dare to Propose at the Town Hall this Leap Year, Ladies?

    Good for old St Bridget, a 5th Century Irish nun who whinged to St Patrick, about women waiting too long for their suitors to propose. You see, ladies, you can’t blame modern man, we’ve always been this rubbish. 5th Century lads didn’t even have X-Box as an excuse. In a bold stand for feminism, five Read more

  • REVIEW – Skedaddle @ The Southgate and Chris O’Leary @ Three Crowns, Devizes – Sunday 2nd February 2020

    REVIEW – Skedaddle @ The Southgate and Chris O’Leary @ Three Crowns, Devizes – Sunday 2nd February 2020

    Spoilt For Choice on a Sunday Afternoon Andy Fawthrop After the previous night’s blow-away gig by the Jack Grace Band, it was back to the Southgate first of all for some post Six Nations music. The afternoon’s offering was Skedaddle, a local band mostly populated by the Witcomb family. With Southgate regular Eddie on acoustic Read more

  • REVIEW – Jack Grace Band @ The Southgate, Devizes – Saturday 1st February 2020

    REVIEW – Jack Grace Band @ The Southgate, Devizes – Saturday 1st February 2020

    Live Music At Its Very Best Andy Fawthrop It was Saturday night, which could mean only one thing – free live music at The Southgate! Jack Grace was a figure new to me, so thought I better give him a good old listen – be rude not to. And so pleased that I made the Read more

  • A Skandal in Marlborough

    A Skandal in Marlborough

    Broke my hibernation last night to trek across the downs and catch Swindon’s Skandals play the Lamb in Marlborough; well worth the effort…… “Some proper drum and bass,” yelled frontman of The Skandals, Mark Colton during the break of a Bad Manners’ Special Brew cover, “not like the shit the kids listen to today!” In Read more

  • Word from the top; Mayoral Fundraising Events

    Word from the top, I’m always happy to receive a message from our mayor. Although, I might be remanded to the town gaols for my inexcusable misuse of photoshop. I think Judy Rose is a great choice, in my defence, yet I just like mayors in general, most likely from being a lifelong fan of Read more