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  • Ignore Grandstanding, Devizes is Open, and it’s as Wonderful as it Ever Was!

    Ignore Grandstanding, Devizes is Open, and it’s as Wonderful as it Ever Was!

    For the second week running our desperate local rag The Gazelle & Herod have kicked Devizes town centre while it’s on its knees. We say, no, stop it, it’s naughty, and sensationalising only for paper sales and clickbait; Devizes is open, thriving and a wonderful place to visit…. as it always was. You can monotonously… Read more

  • “A Streetcar Named Desire” at The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 27th-30th.

    “A Streetcar Named Desire” at The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 27th-30th.

    by Ian DiddamsImages by Josie Mae-Ross and Infrogmation Tennessee Williams’ quasi autobiographical drama “A Streetcar Named Desire” was first performed in 1947 as the world emerged from years of global conflict. That war had changed things for ever in many ways …  while in others, many things remained the same. Williams’ own family’s misfortunes and… Read more

  • JP Oldfield’s Advent Cellar Session Videos

    JP Oldfield’s Advent Cellar Session Videos

    It’s been a busy season for Devizes musician Josh Oldfield. Since our chat early in October his name has been propping up everywhere across our live music circuit. Over the past few weeks he’s been busy putting together “the cellar session,” an hour long live video of covers and a few originals, just in time… Read more

  • House Music All Night Long: Palooza Returns to Devizes

    Purveyors of perfect motion, house music promoters Palooza return to The Exchange in Devizes on Friday 20th December, for its grand finale of the year….. March of this year saw the launch of Palooza, a project from two local house music diehards to bring the good vibes of house clubbing back to Devizes, and they… Read more

  • Chapters, New Single From Kirsty Clinch

    Chapters, New Single From Kirsty Clinch

    Okay, so, I’m a  little behind, recently opting to perfect my couch potato posture and consider hibernation, meaning I’ve not yet mentioned Kirsty Clinch’s new single Chapters, released at the beginning of the month, which I should have done. Why, you might ask, is it any good? Did you hear me right, it’s Kirsty Clinch?!… Read more

  • Cephid’s Sparks in the Darkness Goes Live at Bath’s Rondo Theatre

    Cephid’s Sparks in the Darkness Goes Live at Bath’s Rondo Theatre

    Best part of a year has passed since Cephid released the groundbreaking electronica album, Sparks in the Darkness. At the time I said of West Lavington’s musician and composer Moray Macdonald’s alter-ego’s masterwork, it was composed of “gorgeous complex structures and intense electronic textures,” and comparing it thus: “like Jean Michel Jarre came after dubstep,… Read more