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  • New Band, Old Roots: Little Geneva

    If Devizes folk have a love of blues, with a slash to rock, and all this I find a beautiful thing; Long Street Blues Club, the origins of Saddleback and of course our own legend Jon Amor, there have been occasions when a portion of visiting bands I take with a pinch. There’s cliché, whereas… Read more

  • Who you Gonna Call? Spirit Team!

    Dark night in the early nineties, abandoned airfield near Ramsbury, a couple of crazy kids getting up to no good, that’s all I’m going to say; you don’t want me to waffle with another abstruse reminiscence, but just to say, we both saw something that night, I swear; something I couldn’t explain and still cannot… Read more

  • Zines and I

    The announcement of a second Swindon Zine Fest this July leaves me pondering my zine-making past, with edge.   Her triangular-cornered glasses slunk down her vaulted snout as those elderly eyes gawked at me. “Something in graphic design then?” she muttered after an unending awkward silence. No, I felt like screeching, “I want to be… Read more

  • Looking for somewhere to take your love on Valentine’s Day? Devizes Town Council Roadshow!

    With restaurants being booked up faster than Take That reunion tickets, nice walks in the countryside threatened by snowstorms, just what can you do on Valentine’s Day, you know, to make it that bit extra special? Devizes Town Council may/may not have the answer. They’ve a Timmy Mallet styled Roadshow at the Ceres Hall of… Read more

  • Kent Duchaine – Sunday 27th January @ The Southgate Inn

    Kent Duchaine – Sunday 27th January @ The Southgate Inn

    By Andy Fawthrop “Great Lazy Sunday Entertainment!” Dave & Debbie have done a really great job in putting The Southgate back on the Devizes musical map since they took over the pub last year, booking a wide range of great acts from Friday nights through to Sunday afternoons. These gigs are all free entry and,… Read more

  • Rick Estrin & The Wildcats – Saturday 26th January @ Long Street Blues Club, Conservative Club, Devizes

    Rick Estrin & The Wildcats – Saturday 26th January @ Long Street Blues Club, Conservative Club, Devizes

    By Andy Fawthrop   Back to the top of the hill to The Conservative Club aka Long Street Blues Club to catch the last date of the UK tour by Californian band Rick Estrin & The Wildcats. The advance billing was impressive, and the short UK tour had had several sold-out dates. Not sure this… Read more