13th July 2022 When, toward the end of tonight’s performance, Chic drummer Ralph Rolle incites the packed harbourside audience to show their appreciation for main man Nile Rodgers, he invokes a staggering statistic that, as producer… Continue Reading
Swiftly following the six night extravaganza at this year’s Bristol Sounds, The Canon’s Marsh amphitheatre is set to play host to living legend Nile Rodgers & Chic for two consecutive shows (13th and 14th July) before Scottish indie-pop icons Belle… Continue Reading
While Forwards Festival, hitting the Downs on 3rd and 4th September, is still a couple of months off, the scorching performances of some of the confirmed line-up at Glastonbury a couple of weeks ago has got us tingling for more.… Continue Reading
29th June 2022 (Photo by Danny Clinch) Of all the acts to have emerged into the alternative/indie rock universe in the past decade, Melbourne based singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett makes a solid claim to being the most brilliant and unique.… Continue Reading
27th June 2022 Having begun with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ pre-Glastonbury show last Wednesday night, this year’s Bristol Sounds – the largest to date with a programme of six quality headliners performing over consecutive evenings – ended in… Continue Reading
26th June 2022 When three unfamiliar musicians enter stage left at 8.30pm and perform a short instrumental interlude, one can be forgiven for feeling a slight sense of confusion. A rugged, long haired guitarist stands in the spot once… Continue Reading
On the third night of this year’s Bristol Comedy Garden, bathed in the afterglow of the year’s hottest day to date, Ivo Graham takes to the stage to the incongruous chunk of the White Stripes’ Icky Thump wearing a shirt… Continue Reading
16th June 2022 After its nine year run in Queens Square ended in 2019, Bristol Comedy Garden expanded and moved its annual stand up extravaganza to the Downs last year. However, we were still shaking off the shackles of… Continue Reading