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Cuban meets African, in Devizes: All About Grupo Lokito
You know, I have my ska-reggae show on Boot Boy radio, that’s while I’m so looking forward to Barb’dwire playing the Devizes Arts Festival in June, but feel I differ from its, generally, skinhead cohorts with instantaneous love for all Caribbean styles of music. There’s something so colourful and lively in these many styles from Read more
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De Novo; New Beginnings for Claire and Mark
What’s all this about then, another invitation to “like” a Facebook page? I was glad to catch up with Claire Gilchrist yesterday, as she announced a new venture with other former People Like Us originator, Mark Povey……. The fresh electro-acoustic duo dubbed, De Novo, promises to “create something frickin’ stratospheric!” Bassist Mark left People Read more
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Happy Gypsy Birthday Blood!
Some years ago, I walked into the Moonrakers, keen to hear a young singer called Tamsin Quin perform. It was a time when I had reservations about the rant column I was writing for Index; Wiltshire. While popular, and mostly when I did rant on a subject, I tended to become more interested in highlighting Read more
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Devizine Presents #1; Presented
All Photos used with the permission of Gail Foster, except the one of Gail herself! Gimme a samba band, throw me an avant-garde minimalist techno breakbeat and then chastise me with a euro-pop grunge fusion played by an antelope on a washboard, I couldn’t give a donkey’s kidneys, all music is better than no Read more
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Up the Mountain to Chat with the Hound;
Jordan Whatley on his new EP, illness and influences. If chat between songs on Tamsin Quin’s live CD commending the local music scene prompted me to an awakening, Saddleback’s Battle of the Bands in February last year opened my eyes and ears to exactly what she was extolling. A decade of parenting undermined my Read more
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Greatest Love Themes: Andrew Hurst Joins Devizes Town Band
Ten years study at the Royal College of Music from the age of twelve, exceptionally talented local musician, Andrew Hurst joins the Devizes Town Band for Saturday’s spring concert, titled Greatest Love Themes. The Band announce their delight that Andrew is to join them. He has many years of performing and teaching experience, and Read more
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