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So I have taken a step into something new. Along with a couple of friends, Phill Wood and Cliff Evans, we have become See Ya There Promotions, and have started to try and bring more “name” bands and artists to Hastings. It’s early days yet but we have had some exciting nights promoting at The…

The Hot One Two – Superbia This is an album that I have been looking forward to for quite a while. Album reviews are sometimes different today in this world of streaming, because by the time the album gets to you several of the tracks have already been heard individually. I have enjoyed all the…

I’ve never been to a listening party before so really didn’t know what to expect. Any way there I was part of a group of about 70 people who gathered in a Northampton cinema on a Saturday afternoon to be treated to a meet and greet with the lads from Empyre and a sonic and…

Thought I would just take the time to put here 6 tracks from artists I have been listening to lately. The bands and artists are either those that have a new album about to be released or that I have seen at gigs recently. So what you have is: Sypha – Sober (Brighton based. Debut…

Buffalo New York rockers Hearts & Hand Grenades are starting to make a name for themselves, not only across the USA but here in the UK. They have two albums already under their belt, Turning to Ashes and Between The Lines, and are currently hard at work on their third. March 2023 sees them undertake…

Essex rockers White Raven Down are a band I’ve been featuring in my radio shows since the release of their Conspiracy EP in 2019. I first saw them on the Introducing Stage at the Giants Of Rock in Minehead in January 2020, where they duly won the audience vote which meant that they opened the…

Recently I recorded a podcast of some of the music I’d heard during 2022. Some of it was brand music and some was older music that I’d either come across or that listeners had introduced me to. Under any circumstances here is the podcast and I hope that you enjoy the music contained in it…

For me it is always a pleasure to go and see and hear live music. As I have said in previous posts these days I much prefer to do this at a smaller venue and over the last few years my interest in the genre known as the New Wave Of Classic Rock (NWOCR) has…

Happy New Year to all my viewers and listeners and I promise that I will try and keep this website updated more as we move through 2023. This article is a re-hash of one that I wrote for Brighton based RANKD – a geographic leaderboard for new and established musicians. They provide great tools for artists,…

Someone asked me why are you driving all the way to Wolverhampton for a Saturday night out. To me the answer was obvious…….Empyre and that was made even more obvious when Bastette were added to the line up at The Giffard Arms on 18 July 2022. Now, regular followers of these pages and my radio…