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  • It’s a Barrelhouse Here, Long Live The Southgate!

    It’s a Barrelhouse Here, Long Live The Southgate!

    Hey look, I’m done playing nice. Been good all year, but if Santa’s list starts afresh from now, I’m on for a bag of coal next yule; all in the name of honest opinion. I’ve been venturing elsewhere for entertainment, else hibernating like a little hedgehog, Saturday night before the big C, working hard, and… Read more

  • Wiltshire Digital Drive’s Plea to Donate Old Tech in the New Year

    Wiltshire Digital Drive’s Plea to Donate Old Tech in the New Year

    Wiltshire residents are being asked to donate their old Laptops, PCs & Mobile phones in the new year, as part of the 3rd annual Donate Your Digital Day….. Taking place just after Christmas on Friday, January 10th, 2025, Donate Your Digital Day was created by Wiltshire Digital Drive (WDD) to encourage people to donate any… Read more

  • In Retrospect With Gary Martian

    In Retrospect With Gary Martian

    So yeah, not only has Cracked Machine and Clock Radio drummer Gary Martin added a letter A to his name to make it sound more extraterrestrial, he’s also fired a sonic blast back to planet Earth in the form of a whopper of a solo rock album! In Retrospect does what it says on the… Read more

  • Burn the Midnight Oil; New Devizes-Based Band You’ll Be Hearing a Lot About….

    Burn the Midnight Oil; New Devizes-Based Band You’ll Be Hearing a Lot About….

    Far from burning the midnight oil, it’s a weekday afternoon and I’m with a cuppa, at a rehearsal for a blossoming Devizes-based trio, Burn the Midnight Oil. If you’ve ever thought nothing great comes from open mics, this might be the thing to change your mind…. It’s early days, forming in September, they’ve created a… Read more

  • Salisbury’s Rosie Jay Releases Debut EP

    Salisbury’s Rosie Jay Releases Debut EP

    Salisbury acoustic singer-songwriter Rosie Jay released her debut EP today, taking its title from her first single from June this year, I Don’t Give a Damn. Thing being, I do, I give much more than a damn about Rosie’s musical outpourings, because this doesn’t sound like a debut EP from a nervous teenager warbling immature… Read more

  • Devizes Upgraded: We’re a Two-Greggs Town Now, and You Know What that Means…..

    Devizes Upgraded: We’re a Two-Greggs Town Now, and You Know What that Means…..

    Exciting news, isn’t it? Enough to cause me to skip merrily through the daisies in my garden as naked as a cherub, and sing its praises from every rooftop from here to Wellington Drive.… “Oh hear ye, oh hear ye, Devizes hath been blessed! Devizes, oh, Devizes, magically upgraded from a one to a two-Greggs… Read more