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The Crowband – Blackwell

Three years after introducing us to them on Ladies And Gentlemen…The Crowband, The Crowman has returned on record with Blackwell, another selection of his self-styled ‘garage-folk’, now fully under the banner of The Crowband. After an exclamation over the price of the CD, we are introduced to the band and ushered into their world with the surreal and eccentric Uncle...
June 13, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Parish 13 – A Rum Do

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard I first encountered the Jersey based five-piece Parish 13 at the Sark Roots Festival back in 2017 when I made note of their unconventional appearance and approach as looking like something from Royston Vasey in The League Of Gentlemen. While maybe a little extreme, that description still seems to...
February 16, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Other World – The Silver Tree EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A little under a year ago guitarist and singer-songwriter Mike Meinke released With My Headphone’s In under the banner of Mike’s Magic Trip that saw him taking the sonic template he established leading Buffalo Huddleston in a slightly different direction, including teaming up with harpist Alicia Du Coustel on...
November 16, 2019 by Tom Girard
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St James Presents… The Space Pirates Of Rocquaine – St James Concert Hall – 26/10/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Space Pirates Of RocquaineWhile we have been spoiled somewhat with notable and highly enjoyable live music events so far this year every now and then one comes along that stands out from the rest and St. James Presents… The Space Pirates Of Rocquaine is certainly one of those....
November 2, 2019 by Tom Girard
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BlackTopTales, Blue Mountains and JD And Folk – The Golden Lion – 15/06/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard BlackTopTalesWith festival season fast approaching three bands, BlackTopTales, Blue Mountains and JD & Folk, took over The Lion’s Den upstairs room at The Golden Lion for a bit of an unofficial warm up for this year’s Sark Folk Festival that happens at the beginning of July. Country influenced duo...
June 20, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Cor Damme Lars – Tangled Lies

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The last year and half has seen the The Cor Damme Lars build a solid reputation for themselves on Guernsey’s music scene, first as a trio and then really hitting their stride as a five piece with bass (Tom Bradshaw) and drums (Andy Nicholson) added to their mandolin (Gemma...
June 14, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Cor Damme Lars album launch – The Mariners Inn – 07/06/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Cor Damme LarsBarely a year and a half since their first show, at the 2018 Vale Earth Fair Unplugged event, The Cor Damme Lars launched their debut album, Tangled Lies, with a show at The Mariners Inn on The Bridge. Before they hit the stage though Dave ‘Duke’...
June 10, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Seigneur Hedge Veg – Eggs And Honeycomb

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard This latest band on Guernsey’s (sort of) folk scene also seem to be, in one sense, it’s most enigmatic. Seigneur Hedge Veg are a band whose name I’ve heard in vague mentions for a little while but had never heard anything from until, a few weeks ago, their leader...
June 18, 2018 by Tom Girard