Interview with JP Bowen from Emerald Storm
On this unseasonably warm and sunny autumn day, I sit on Bristol’s bustling Harbourside, legs dangling over the River Avon.
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Music
Interview with Paul Metcalfe of ‘Some Guys Have all the Luck – The Rod Stewart Story’
50 years on from the release of Rod’s first album, Some Guys Have all the Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is
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The Chicago Blues Brother at The Playhouse, Weston
Best to start this review with a simple confession … until 21st September, I was technically a Blues Brothers virgin! Yes,
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Arrival – the Hits of ABBA at The Playhouse, Weston
When, in 1974, ABBA stormed Eurovision with their smash hit entry, ‘Waterloo’, I was five years old. By the time
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Hidden Orchestra and Limbic Cinema at St Georges Bristol
I was intrigued by the performance I was heading to see at St Georges in Bristol on Friday night. Billed
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Stolen at Tobacco Factory Theatre
The Devil’s Violin returns to Tobacco Factory Theatre for more mesmerising storytelling fused with live music, the two so interwoven
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Mark Padmore and Julius Drake at Bristol St George’s
In another St George’s first for this old punk I find myself joining a somewhat smaller audience than I’ve seen
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The Greatest Hits of Motown: How Sweet it is at the Playhouse, Weston
“Simple assignment”, I’d thought beforehand, “Just a good old sing-along show to exercise my lyrics’ recall and tonsils”. Well, in
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Green Gartside & Alexis Taylor at St George’s, Bristol
Back at St George’s for potentially our last gig of 2017 and this one was always going to be a
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Lau at St George’s, Bristol
St George’s is buzzing with a mixed audience tonight, lots of the ‘regulars’, but also lots more of a younger
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