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Citizen-X – Giant Steps EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard For a few years the being known only as Citizen-X has been marking out a groove both in his local scene and in the wider, if somewhat niche, world of iOS produced electronic music. In that time he’s played most of Guernsey’s main festivals and events as well as being featured on blogs and playlists around the world while releasing a pair of full...
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Sark Roots Festival 2018 – 14-16/09/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Sark Roots FestivalFor a third year a field at the north-eastern most point of the tiny island of Sark was converted for the weekend into one of the most relaxed and convivial festivals sites I’ve ever encountered, for the Sark Roots Festival. Once again the event featured three days packed with live music along with workshops on permaculture, healthy living, environmentalism and more. While...
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Robert J. Hunter – Say What? (live)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard With four full length albums and a few EPs already under his belt, Alderney born bluesman Robert J. Hunter has taken the slightly unconventional (for an independent artist at least) step of releasing a live album, capturing his and his band’s live set as it stands in the summer of 2018. Recorded at The Flying Circus in Newark, something of a regular haunt for...
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Vale Earth Fair 2018 – Vale Castle – 25-26/08/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Imperial Leisure at the Vale Earth FairFor the second year in a row the 2018 Vale Earth Fair, marking the Channel Island’s longest running music festival’s 42nd year, was split across two days with the first day again being run by Sound Guernsey and the second being the long-established event we’ve come to expect. To use an old cliché this made the event something...
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BBC Music Introducing in Guernsey: August 2018 – Savage Sons

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Savage Sons in the studioClick here to listen to the show With summer festival season in full swing BBC Music Introducing In Guernsey for August 2018 featured a live session from Savage Sons, a band who’ve been steadily building their reputation at those festivals as well as recently releasing their debut EP, Howlin’. The trio joined me in the studio to play some songs...
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