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Coming in from the Cold: Bob Marley; Legend, but not the be-all-and-all of Reggae
Forty-five years ago the founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, had a dilemma. He wanted to bring downtown Kingston’s music to the international stage. Having recorded Jamaican music since 1959, achieving a hit there with Laurel Aitken, he felt the world needed to hear the sounds he heard reverberating around the town where he set Read more
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Gypsy Reggae and Folk Aimed to Save The Barge
by Phil Brady All Photographs Used with kind permission of: Siobhan Boyle Photography As hundreds of colourful misfit-filled, self-built campervans ascended into the sleepy hollow of Pewsey on Saturday night, the unsuspecting locals relived a return to the halcyon days of the peace convoy, only decades later. From the little village where the Read more
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Jack Ascends The Stairs: a night of live music puts Upstairs at Jacks on the venue map of Devizes.
Oblivious to modern life’s rapid consumer demand, my Nan would’ve swooned at the fact making sandwiches was big business; “make yer own bleedin’ butty you lazy so-and-so!” But it is so; watch workers on dumpy lunchbreaks sprint to the closet supermarket shelves and sweep up those wasteful plastic triangles, despite knowing the centre of Read more
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Bootlegged: Beatles Coming to Devizes
The Bootlegged Bootleg Beatles UK, vaguely definitive best tribute act to the Bootleg Beatles are set to visit Devizes, playing a mock version of the Exchange nightclub made out of old shoe boxes and blu-tac in the shed of Liam James, nightclub promoter Ian James’ lesser known looky-likey. The news prompted lead singer with Read more
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From Street Food to 1940’s Cuisine; Devizine Sneaks a Peek at the Dumplings on Offer at The Devizes Food & Drink Festival.
There’s few “reality” TV programs which wind me up more than Come Dine With Me, but I shudder to think of them. Conflicting egotistical posers who long for nothing more than everyone in daytime TV-land to wow at their chic mansion, be in awe of their exotic pants, and discover they fantasise about being an Read more
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Elvis has Left that Building, you know the one, in Lavington
Performed for the Queen and Royal Family on three separate occasions, Paul Larcombe could perform for you too, if you can make it to the Market Lavington Music & Comedy night on May 19th. Paul might as well be Elvis Presley, least it’s the best tribute you’re going to get of him in the UK. Read more
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