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Back by Popular Demand, The Wiltshire Boy Continues Solo Campaign
“By popular demand I was asked to switch on the London road traffic lights,” announced our intrepid hero, The Wiltshire Boy. Part in the huge response to his one-man campaign against the roadwork lights there, seems dredging up old news and opening healing wounds will not stop him on his earnest crusade, neither will the… Read more
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Welsh Soul Band gave Scooter Club some Lovin’
A risky situation arose as James took to the stage at the Devizes Conservative Club last night, one slight jump from Welsh soul band, Gimme Some Lovin’s huge lead singer and he would’ve smashed his head on the ceiling. You couldn’t have slipped a sheet of paper between them. “We can’t wait to blow the… Read more
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Little Shopping at the Wharf Theatre
All images used with kind permission of Matthew Hennessy Back to the Future has to be on my top ten list of greatest films of all time, and I bet you’re all dying for me to explain my reasoning, aren’t cha? No, what’d you mean, no? Going to tell you anyway…. In an era… Read more
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Reaction to Wiltshire Traction
Waiting in the bushes by the railings of the train station my adolescent friends and I would crouch. Timed to perfection, upon seeing the train coming under the bridge, we’d start running. Our eighties equivalent of electronic ticket gates was a lengthy leg, wrapped in dark grey trousers. Said leg was attached to a stout,… Read more
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Ryan McGarvey @ Long Street Blues Club; Review
Andy Fawthrop Once more to the Conservative Club in Long Street for another offering from Long Street Blues Club. On Saturday night it was Ryan McGarvey. Support act Phil Cooper was first up. This local singer/ songwriter gave us a number of self-penned songs, very much based on his own experience and feelings.… Read more
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Review: Sultans of Swingers @ The Bell By The Green
Andy Fawthrop Thursday night is not a traditionally busy night on the musical calendar in Devizes, so it was a rare treat to have somewhere different to fall into this week. I’m not normally a great fan of tribute bands to be honest, but Dire Straits are a particular favourite of mine, so I… Read more
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