by John Bownas | Jan 28, 2017 | Everything in one place
We did our best to put our money where our mouth is and get along to as many of this week’s top-top gigs as we could. And boy – was it worth it! Hastings just keeps on proving why it deserves the ‘music cities’ badge…the quality and...
by John Bownas | Jan 18, 2017 | Everything in one place
Hastings (and Rother…NEVER forget Rother) launches its first ‘music month’ on Valentines Day this year. Running until St Patrick’s Day, the aim is to highlight the rich diversity of live music in the region. As this takes in Fat Tuesday and the Hastings...
by John Bownas | Jan 14, 2017 | Everything in one place
Yet again, Hastings (and St Leonards) delivered the goods for us tonight in the shape of Katie-Louise Wren and The Jam Collective. Kicking off the evening way on down past the pier, we popped into The Gecko Bar. Now under new management, the venue’s previously...
by John Bownas | Jan 8, 2017 | Everything in one place
Last night we had options – a few pints in the Old Town, some rockabilly from the Memphis Flyers at The JD Bar, or a little psychedelic weirdness from Warrior Squares (and a bunch of other oddities) over at The Tub were all high on the list. But then we got...
by John Bownas | Jan 4, 2017 | Everything in one place
BLAIR is an astute and talented musician and performer. We say musician AND performer because in all too many cases talented musicians just don’t know how to bring their music properly to life on stage. BLAIR & Friends at the end of their first set Some acts can...
by John Bownas | Dec 24, 2016 | Everything in one place
Talent stands out a mile, and someone / anyone are a mile ahead of the pack. Harry Osborne and Co. have some great songs and the band really has the polished stagecraft to carry them off. This is really quite remarkable as they have only been together for a year. And...
by John Bownas | Dec 19, 2016 | Everything in one place
Back at the start of the year I saw a concert put together by Off Axis, a nationwide scheme for up-and-coming bands to share support slots at each other’s gigs. To kick off Independent Venue Week 2016, local lads Dorey the Wise were brilliantly supported at The Albion...
by John Bownas | Dec 17, 2016 | Everything in one place
Bob Log III is the Stig of the blues world…shadowy master of his art – clad in a human cannonball jumpsuit with his face forever hidden behind the reflective glass of his ever-present crash helmet. He returned to Hastings tonight after a four-year gap since his...
by John Bownas | Dec 17, 2016 | Everything in one place
She was the voice of Steeleye Span, and over the years she has established herself as one of the fairy godmothers of folk. Seemingly never without a collection of colourful chiffon scarves, Maddy is working hard to keep alive a tradition of music that has survived for...
by John Bownas | Dec 11, 2016 | Everything in one place
So we squeezed into The Fountain last night…and what a musical history the pub has. Guy Gillo has got a lovely little venue going here. Posters on the wall show how it has hosted the last night of a national tour by the UK Subs and has been graced by the likes of Don...