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  • REVIEW โ€“ Ian Siegel Unplugged @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes โ€“ Friday 8th November 2019

    Friday Night Blues Andy Fawthrop   I sometimes think Ian Hopkins is just trying to confuse me. Long Street Blues is on a Saturday Night, right? Well, usually, but this week it was on a Friday. So for the second time in seven days I found myself walking up the hill to the Con Club.… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Big Dez Blues Band @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 2nd November 2019

    REVIEW โ€“ Big Dez Blues Band @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 2nd November 2019

    Nearly Got My Mojo Working Andy Fawthrop Your intrepid reporter had been on the sick/ injured list for most of the past week, and only received his clearance to enter the field of play at the 11th hour after a very late fitness check. Having felt ill, and having suffered the misery of watching England… Read more

  • The Queen of Alabaster and a Princess

    The Queen of Alabaster and a Princess

    Double-whammy night as I flipped between Alabaster Queen at the Southgate and Lottie J at the Crown, in search of the perfect eveningโ€™s entertainment. Southgate, ah Southgate; hasnโ€™t failed me yet. While the always excellent Long Street Blues Club will understandably ease the quantity of pedestrians hunting live music on a Saturday night in the… Read more

  • From Devizes to Disneyland with MACs!

    From Devizes to Disneyland with MACs!

    For want of a feel-good story this stormy weekend, what a marvellous opportunity for the kids at MACS Theatre School, as a group performed a musical melody Halloween show on the main stage at Disneyland Paris this week. โ€œEach and every one of them were absolutely fantastic, and a pleasure to take on the trip,โ€… Read more

  • Railway Village Voice’s November’s Musical Musings

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  • A Halloween Open Mic in a Cellar

    A Halloween Open Mic in a Cellar

    With assorted images kindly nicked from: Alan Jones, Richard Benham and Deborah Barnett Felt a tap on my shoulder in the Cellar Bar of the Bear Hotel last night, an eerie witch called Tess taciturnly offered sweets from a variety Halloween basket. If it was just a kind gesture, I also saw it symbolic of… Read more