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  • How Devizes Constituency Would Differ Under a Labour Flag; an interview with Rachael Schneider Ross

    How Devizes Constituency Would Differ Under a Labour Flag; an interview with Rachael Schneider Ross

    Not wishing to dabble in politics too much, I still think itโ€™s important we get to know our local candidates a little. Hopefully weโ€™ll track down all of them in time, as I invite Rachael Schneider Ross of Labour to be the first under the Devizine coshโ€ฆโ€ฆ So engrossed in our chat, I thought the… Read more

  • The Soul of Billy Green 3

    The Soul of Billy Green 3

    Nice prolonged mellow murmur of Britpop breezes through my headphones, the Billy Green 3โ€™s last single release of the year, Soul. Thereโ€™s a mesh of Verve and Spaceman 3 coming across, itโ€™s growing on me fast; do check it out, and bear in mind Billy and the lads are down the Crown, Devizes Saturday night. Read more

  • Gate-crashed The Lawrence Society of Artโ€™s Annual Exhibition!

    Gate-crashed The Lawrence Society of Artโ€™s Annual Exhibition!

    Nipped into the Town Hall earlier, imagine, me, in the Town Hall. The Guardians will want me on their head chair before you know it; they should be so lucky! Ah, but thereโ€™s milling around The Assembly Rooms, few things still in boxes and a few ends to tie as The Lawrence Society of Art… Read more

  • Friday at the Southgate; Blues Previewed…

    Friday at the Southgate; Blues Previewed…

    Pop Quiz: The best way to preview whatโ€™s on Friday down the trusty Southgate is A: Have me waffling about Chippenham/Devizes based Blues Reviewed with Adrienne Hale, Mark Johnson, Paul Hale, Pete Lamb, Derek Head and Martin Cleverley. Or B: Have a listen to this preview YouTube Vid of four classic covers? Eh? Me, waffling?… Read more

  • Phil, a Slight Band and a Southgate

    Phil, a Slight Band and a Southgate

    Quick pint before Sunday dinner, and where (roast pork and crackling, yes thank you, it was) better than our dependable Southgate? The live music board is jammed with some great future gigs. We will keep you informed too; you know we will. This Sunday session though comes from Trowbridgeโ€™s singer-songwriter Phil Cooper, backed by his… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Wade Merritt @ The White Bear, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 10th November 2019

    REVIEW โ€“ Wade Merritt @ The White Bear, Devizes โ€“ Sunday 10th November 2019

    Promising Young Talent Andy Fawthrop   Wade Merritt is a young (21) man who is fairly new on the scene, and Iโ€™d certainly never seen/ heard him before. So I thought Iโ€™d go and give him a listen. Hailing from Warminster, Wadeโ€™s offering is largely covers from the 1960s/ 1970s, with occasional forays into the… Read more