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  • Little Eco, Big Step in the Right Direction

    Yesterday spent wisely, at the wonderful Little Eco; Devizes first zero-waste shop…..   Shopping bags are in the boot, but when I’m on my own I forget. Damn, buy another bag, it’s just one after all. Last supermarket visit I figured no, as I had my daughter’s help; I left her to scan the items Read more

  • Daydreaming of Closing the Line

    Daydreaming of Closing the Line

    After a hushed couple of months for Daydream Runaways, they return with a topical smash single, Closing the Line…… I observed in awe the multitude, at least for Devizes, squeezed between the Town Hall and Vinyl Realm. Ah, what with the perpetual drizzling, wish it could be summer again; street festival time. The highlight for Read more

  • REVIEW – Cutsmith @ The White Bear, Devizes – Sunday 20th October 2019

    REVIEW – Cutsmith @ The White Bear, Devizes – Sunday 20th October 2019

    Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea Andy Fawthrop Cutsmith derives his moniker from being the Wordsmith from the Cut (canal). Aka Josh Alej Bowes, he describes his music as “imagine Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, Jamie T, John Martyn and Lauryn Hill jamming by a fire pit on the towpath”. Fittingly perhaps, he had played a gig Read more

  • Minions, and Mr Tea’s Mutiny

    Minions, and Mr Tea’s Mutiny

    Put the kettle on; Balkan gypsy ska here in Bristol, Mutiny, the new album from Mr Tea & The Minions is a favourite for my best album of the year, with a top hat on. Impressionable, I creaked the door on a near-expired student party, where a cocktail of Cinzano and shrooms polished off the Read more

  • REVIEW – Phil King @ White Bear, Devizes – Sunday 13th October

    REVIEW – Phil King @ White Bear, Devizes – Sunday 13th October

    Sheltered From The Storm Andy Fawthrop Well the weather had been pretty wet all weekend, and Sunday afternoon was no exception. Good excuse then to hunker down in the White Bear with a pint, and listen to one of the best singer/ songwriters in the South West. Phil King hails from Bristol, and is now Read more

  • Train to Skaville, Called at The Foresters Arms

    Train to Skaville, Called at The Foresters Arms

    If Devizes’ thriving live music scene lacks one thing, in my humble opinion, it’s ska. I got to get over my grumpy, staying-in head-state for fear Celebrity X-Factor is the best mainstream telly can thrust upon me, drive to the Sham, if only for a pint. Ska will force my hand if nothing else will. Read more