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Daydream Runaways Light a Spark
โSomethings end just for others to start. Some begin are just the lighting of a spark.โ Recurring loops of life the theme of Daydream Runawayโs debut single, โLight the Spark.โ Self-reflecting, perhaps, as this emotive, Killers-styled, smooth danceable indie harmony rings with poignant guitar breaks akin to Simple Minds, and the expressive vocals of U2.… Read more
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Twit Twoo: Owl Fest Announce Line Up
Breaking and brilliant news as Adam Dempsey pings over the line up for this yearโs Owl Fest on Saturday May 25th in Bromhamโs social club, The Owl. Chained to that kitchen sink again, I dried my hands on a tea towel quick as I could to reply what a fantastic line up, I reckon it… Read more
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Barbโd Wire and Corn Exchanging; Reggae Finds a Home at Devizes Arts Festival
Never content with what contemporary music thrust down our throats, even as a youngster, the easiest and sneakiest place to hunt for origins was Dadโs record collection. It would be years before he discovered the shortfall of vinyl and confronted me. Sixties Merseybeat and blues-pop standard, I recall the intriguing moment I unearthed a shabby… Read more
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What a May Day! Things to do This Month; Part 2
Hark, the darling buds of May. Already looking quite blossomy isnโt it? Well, blossoming too is stuff to do in and around our local neighbourhood, and a few weeks ago I presented you with a lengthy look at whatโs on during the first fortnight; see here. Now though, sit down and brace yourself for some… Read more
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Half a Review from The Southgate: Soapbox and Patrick Goodenough
Yeah, I knowโฆ.. Whatโs Devizine coming to when I back out of a full night of live music? But with jam-packed weekends ahead, general fatigue and, like Suggs, sometimes I like to stay in and watch TV now and then, please allow my lethargy some slack, people. Britainโs Got Talentโs non-offensive new look of letting… Read more
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Jemmaโs Thoughts (well, some of them) on Things I Know to be True @ The Wharf Theatre
As big chief of the Invitation Theatre Company and partner of Anthony, conductor of The Full Tone Orchestra, you cannot deny, Jemma Brown knows a thing or two about performing arts, so Iโve pinched her words of praise after watching Things I Know to be True at the Wharf Theatreโฆโฆ. Jemma Brown โ 26.4.19 I… Read more
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