April 2020 playlist

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Click here to go straight to the playlist on Spotify Another strange month in April as life under so-called ‘lockdown’ continues to one degree or another around a fair amount of the world. Thankfully there has been a lot of new music entering my world, along with a chance...

Oliver Marson – Time For Love

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Last year Oliver Marson reappeared on the musical scene with Cocaine Romance, a single echoing the sounds of the 1980s with a modern twist, and now he’s back with a follow up, Time For Love. After an abrupt start it’s no surprise that this continues in the same sonic...

Music in Guernsey in 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While...

Playlist – July 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard With a festival and a lot going on, my July playlist has become a bumper one with double the number of tracks than normal. As ever some of these have more specific reason to be here while others are just songs that happened to pop up and strike a...

Oliver Marson – Cocaine Romance

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Oliver Marson first came to my attention as part of the heavily Smiths inspired Guernsey based trio China Aster (that also gave us former Of Empires drummer George Le Page) several years ago. Since then he has, as many youngsters in Guernsey are wont to do, headed to the...