Enjoy choral music with a difference, by divas and femme fatales
FROM Kurt Weill to Sting, a choral concert with a difference is taking place at Lion Walk Church this month.
View ArticleJazz club is eager to show off new venue
COLCHESTER Jazz Club is on the move after a quarter of a century.
View ArticleYou’ll see at Cliffs - I’m not a pop puppet
IN a world of bland manufactured music, one teen act is going his own way.
View ArticleAn eclectic pairing
HE’S a hardened English rocker, one of the original Stiff Records signings who’s worked with Nick Lowe and Ian Dury. She’s a New York singer-songwriter who grew up among the electric Seventies punk...
View ArticleFootsteps on roof led to rock band’s new album
IT may not seem that long ago, but it’s 16 years since Stereophonics burst out of their South Wales home town, Cwmaman, with their debut album Word Gets Around.
View ArticleGeorgina blows her trumpet for launch of a new jazz club
SHE sold out last time she threw an event on the pier, and Liz Lincoln is hoping for a repeat performance as she launches a new jazz club on Sunday.
View ArticleHeaven 17 headline Mode tribute
SYNTH pop legends Heaven 17 will headline Bas 2013, Basildon’s annual tribute to their boys, Depeche Mode.
View ArticleBand ready for biggest battle yet with new line-up
IT’S their biggest gig to date, and they’ve chosen to debut a new line-up.
View ArticleLook who’s at Latitude...Electronica giants Kraftwerk, indie rockers Bloc...
THEIR 3D show at the Tate Modern this year sold out in an instant as hysterical fans battled to get tickets to the show.
View ArticleREVIEW: STEREOPHONICS - Welsh rockers wow the Cliffs
WHILE they’re essentially road testing new songs from their album on a whistle-stop tour of intimate venues around the UK, this show was delivered with the benefit of years of experience.
View ArticleFolk festival favourite Jez tunes up for a gig at Hoy
HE’S a folk festival favourite and Jez Lowe will be playing at the Hoy at Anchor folk club.
View ArticleWe’re doing our thing - Welsh rockers return to their roots with a new line-up
EVEN rock gods get the flu. But despite lead singer Matthew Davies-Kreye being struck down by a virus, Funeral for a Friend are back and ready to show why they’re still one of the most important bands...
View ArticleJo and Sue in great line-up at Belvedere
A HOST of popular names take to the stage this week at the Belvedere Jazz Club as it welcomes back sax player Jo Fooks, as well as singer Sue Rivers.
View ArticleSearchers’ Mike leads night of 60s nostalgia at Cliffs
THEY’RE celebrating 50 years since their first single releases, and the Solid Silver Sixties show is back at the Cliffs Pavilion to mark the occasion.
View ArticleChoir’s songs from the shows
MUSIC from the stage and silver screen is being brought to life by Ashley Thompson and his Triple H Community Choir.
View ArticleMusical theatre supremo Paul’s new showcase
AFTER taking up the baton for shows for musical theatre groups around Southend, musical director Paul Day is launching a new project aimed at showcasing singing talent.
View ArticleDarren on the Essex witch trials...and trials of his own
T HE minutiae of British life has long been at the heart of Darren Hayman’s songs.
View ArticleAlbums are daunting... but I love the adventure
WHEN it comes to projects, musician Duke Special may just have the monopoly on eclecticism.
View ArticleGig worth the wait
IT’S been more than 20 years in the making so is probably the most anticipated gig of the year.
View ArticleCatch us while you can at the Railway
THEY’RE about to launch their night at the Railway Hotel, but DJ duo Dpplgngrs are doing so well they may not be able to host it themselves for much longer.
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