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Black Sabbath – The End (Blu-ray)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A little over two years ago, as I write this, the band that really defined what became heavy metal called it a day after a farewell world tour that wound up in their home city of Birmingham England. Dubbed The End this final Black Sabbath concert was captured on film by director Dick Carruthers and, now the hype and fuss has died down, I’ve...
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BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands – August 2019 – Unplugged Club, Hip Hop Coffee Shop and Tadhg Daly

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands for August 2019 there was a packed line up. Rather than the usual live, acoustic session in the studio I headed to the Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club and recorded some tracks including Nick Coleman, Kiya Ashton, Blue Mountains, Mick Le Huray, Yassine Madhar and Joe Corbin....
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Vale Earth Fair 2007 – Vale Castle – 26/08/07

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard BabyheadAs we approach the 2019 Vale Earth Fair, and I noticed some of my first review of the festival back in 2007 has dropped off the BBC website, I thought I’d revive it here. From the sounds of this it was a packed year and I can only imagine now who I missed, but here is my look at the 2007 Vale Earth Fair,...
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Frank Turner – No Man’s Land

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Even before it was anywhere near release Frank Turner was already courting controversy thanks to the concept of his new album, No Man’s Land, which is based around the idea of telling the stories of women from history, many in the musical or artistic world, in a way that celebrates them and exposes their stories to a wider audience. Certainly that’s an admirable aim,...
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Ginger Wildheart – Headzapoppin

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard To say Ginger Wildheart is prolific would be something of an understatement — in the last twelve months he’s released the GASS Mark II compilation record, The Pessimist’s Companion solo album, new Wildhearts album Renaissance Men and the band have just announced a new mini album to be released in October. Into that already packed line up another new solo record, Headzapoppin, has emerged...
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