Gigs
Martin’s fingers are on the pulse
Published 4 July 2008
HE is said to be one of the finest acoustic finger-style and slide guitarists in the world.
Funeral parade their talent
Published 4 July 2008
WELSH rock band Funeral For A Friend are coming to Whitehaven.
Open air concert for Hospice funds
Published 4 July 2008
AN OPEN air concert will be held in Cockermouth tomorrow in celebration of the 21st anniversary of Hospice At Home West Cumbria.
Support slot at fest for Alvin
Published 3 July 2008
CALIFORNIAN bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart plays Maryport Blues Festival this year, supporting Chuck Berry on the opening night on July 25.
Love After rock music
Published 3 July 2008
Heaven’s Basement, from London, named as best newcomers by Classic Rock magazine last year play Monroes Bar, Workington, tomorrow night.
Fests are best
Published 3 July 2008
When Nightlife first spoke to Ben Parkinson (aka Smokey P) he was juggling a crackly mobile while setting up a drum sculpture made from recycled blue barrels, horns, thunder sticks and plastic drainpipes.
Success is inevitable
Published 26 June 2008
Is it something in the water? Are musicians created in Alston’s nurturing arms or do they move there to be inspired by its artistic environment?
Once more with...
Published 19 June 2008
DURING 2006 The Feeling were the most-played band on UK radio. On average during those 12 months, singles such as Fill My Little World, Never Be Lonely and Love It When You Call were played by one station or another an astonishing 267 times a day.
A mighty night of north music
Published 19 June 2008
A QUARTET of up-and-coming bands – including one of the newest groups on the local music scene – will be taking to the stage at Gallagher’s, in Whitehaven, tomorrow night.
TV star Cain proves he’s able on the decks
Published 19 June 2008
HE WAS last seen kidnapping Tom and Patsy Kensit and holding them hostage for a £2 million ransom.
Beach boys
Published 19 June 2008
Surf crashes as the warmth of Kontiki Suite’s sun-kissed melodies beats down.
A band to shout about
Published 19 June 2008
BLUES/ROCK band Tantrum return to Carlisle tomorrow following their appearance here last year opening the inaugural Carlisle Blues Festival.
BACK TO FRONT
Published 12 June 2008
Jonquil are not your average band. They may have been a century or so ago, but these days all too few young men hit the road armed with such instruments as melodicas, reed organs, glockenspiels, dulcimers and whistles.
Linney’s mix for all
Published 12 June 2008
COSMIC Cat and Jaca play The Source, Denton Holme, Carlisle, on Saturday.
Positive response
Published 5 June 2008
BURN the Negative, the new project of Lil Devious’s Mark Baker and Gary has its debut gig at Spirit bar, Carlisle, on Saturday.
SIZE MATTERS
Published 5 June 2008
The MySpace site proclaims that SiZe is “... West Cumbria’s No1 indie night”. A bold claim and one that founder/promoter/DJ/organiser Simon Mattinson is dedicated to proving.
Making musical history
Published 5 June 2008
FRANKLY MR Shankly, a night of the kind of Sixties and Seventies music which inspired The Smiths, as well as recent artist who cite Manchester’s finest as a major influence, plays at The Brickyard, Carlisle, on Saturday night. The DJ is – appropriately – Dagenham Dave. The night is organised by Dora Diamont, who organised last year’s Panic at The Brickyard event. Dora Diamont is artist and Illustrator Carl Sowerby, writer and photographer Andrew Black, writer and musical director Rowena Kelly-Lennon and artist John Kelly.
In with the wrong crowd
Published 5 June 2008
ROCK band Bad Company 2008, which features key founder members of the original rock band Bad Company, play Whitehaven Civic Hall on Thursday, June 26.
Music peer pressure
Published 31 May 2008
SKA influenced Glasgow nine-piece The Amphetameanies play The Basement, in Annan, tonight.
