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  • Sisters Doing it for Young Melksham

    Sisters Doing it for Young Melksham

    I still argue today, that it wasn’t the end of the despondent era in UK music, where attempts to push underground rave culture and indie music to the mainstream caved into this “cool Britannia” era of patriotic bubble-gum pop, or a backlash to its plethora of conventional, clean-cut boy bands which heralded the success of Read more

  • Pressure at Trowbridge Town Hall Arts

    For a second year, Trowbridge’s Town Hall Arts will open its doors to the public to celebrate Black History Month.   This year the Black History Month Celebration will be a tribute to the legacy of the Windrush Generation. It is 70 years since the arrival of the HTM Empire Windrush which was carrying more Read more

  • Survey: Make Some Noise – help shape the future of accessible music making — The Arts in Wiltshire

    Calling all Music Educators, Music Makers, and Music Retailers. Earlier this year, Youth Music entered into a partnership with Creative United (who run Take it Away), OHMI, Drake Music, and OpenUp Music to work together bring more adapted and specialist musical instruments into the mainstream. One of the first things we’re working on is a Read more

  • Devizes Scooter Club Donate BBQ Day Funds to The Opportunity Centre

    Trilbies off once again to the Devizes Scooter Club, who vroomed their hairdryers down to the Devizes & District Opportunity Centre Friday to donate a grand total of £1333, raised from their hugely successful Charity BBQ day in July at the Conservative Club. The Day-Breakers played, along with Blondie & Ska from Chippenham. There was Read more

  • Pewsey Carnival Photo Gallery

    It’s been a few too many years now since I attended Pewsey Carnival, at one time the largest and most renowned carnival in Wiltshire; I wonder if it’s still as madcap and brilliant as it once was? Ever wondered the same? I mean, howling winds, raining cats and dogs this year; surely they wouldn’t have Read more

  • One third of a review, Folded

    Glad I popped into The Lamb for a pint now; Vinyl Realm’s maiden voyage into live music evenings, for as I suspected, The Compact Pussycat rocked.   What? Devizine is free, so no, you can’t ask for your money back; a third of a review is all I’ve got in me today, be bloody grateful. Read more