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Great Night at The Cellar Bar, for Devizes Open Doors
Images nicked from Nick Padmore, cos we love him, and his new lens! Local musicians, George Wilding, Vince Bell and the Celtic Roots Collective united for a Devizes Open Doors Christmas fundraiser down in that Cellar Bar on Friday night, dragging me kicking and screaming from my outings on Friday nights embargo; least I still… Read more
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Middle Yellow: An Interview with Local Lib Dem Candidate, Jo Waltham
Now I know what you think; I’ve got red on me, politically speaking. Really! I’m just trying to know what’s best for everyday people, and my family. Truth is I could clash an orangey colour (no, not skin tone, do I look like Trump?!) I’ve added a hint of yellow in the past but they… Read more
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Ruzz Guitar’s Blues Revue at the Southgate
Hibernation, like a bear, saving motivation and funds for Christmas, spent too much at the Lantern Parade? Ah, a bit of all three meant it was only to be a whistle stop at the Southgate Saturday night. When I should’ve been at the Sham’s Assembly Hall for the Female of the Species, and I should’ve… Read more
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Christmas Officially Started in Devizes on Friday!
Images by Tanya Jurkiewicz Photography Christmas for me doesn’t start until Jona Lewie Stops the Cavalry, for most of Devizes it’s DOCA’s Lantern Parade and lights switch on. Double whammy Friday evening as I patrolled the Market Place with daughter, deciding if hotdogs or fudge would spoil our pending dinner most. Devizes Town Band did… Read more
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Urban Lions Champion the Sound
Back at the Lionheart Studios, our local reggae forerunners Urban Lions have rinsed an alternative style for the single from their forthcoming debut LP, it’s out today, and a sound system killer. Some tunes launch themselves at me, instant like, Champion Sound is a grower, creeps up on me after a couple of listens. This… Read more
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Purple Fish on the Dark Side of Lavington
Who thinks I’d make a good job replicating Clare Torry’s orgasmic vocal improvisation on Pink Floyd’s Great Gig in the Sky?! Don’t all jump at once; Purple Fish’s bassist Roger Marsh suggested tight trousers may help, I reckon a vice or at least some mole-grips would be more appropriate! It can’t be an easy section… Read more
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