Out of a mirage comes the desert dream machine with live videos and links to an oasis of cool.. I first came across Sannie Fox at Box Rocks in August 2019, w...

Released 27th February 2020 TALK LIKE THAT is the first single from the band’s forthcoming EP to be released later this year. Recorded and mixed at Studio 9...

Glastonbury, Somerset, 28th - 29th February 2020 Hats off to Ian and Karen Liversidge for working so hard to support new music and give us all an enjoyable d...

Manchester band, James, now have 15 albums, their last one, "Living in Extraordinary Times" came out in 2018. Yet live performances remain central to them an...

Talk Talk: Mark Hollis, Lee Harris and Paul Webb "Hollis’s early songs struggle with notions of fate versus faith, with imagery swinging from the Bible to L...

The Cure - "A Forest" - 1980: two hypnotically brilliant live versions reviewed We are told that walking in forests is good for the soul and this particular ...

Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone: The Story of a Sound, a City and a Group Of Revolutionary Artists by Melissa Chemam, Tangent Books, 2019 Being broug...

Fortunate that live performances below, such as "good news bad news" were captured for posterity Progressive folk rock? maybe, but what makes this band reall...

Rush sprang into my mind at Christmastide 2019 having been drawn to the live guitar solo of Alex Lifeson on "Passage to Bangkok" which inspired me to write a...

No more walls.......... In celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago on 9th November, Music Eye is featuring one of Berlin's Folk/ Mediaeval Me...

I go back a way with Gary Moore - it was the single, Parisienne Walkways when he first came to my attention; a rock guitarist who joined Skid Row and Thin Li...

Glastonbury FM Songwriting Final 2019, Red Brick Building, Glastonbury, 3rd October 2019 With Glastonbury FM's Ian Liversidge masterminding the night, this w...

A convicted and beautifully harmonic “Indie Rock” debut album that opens with passion and then keeps you engaged to the end, showcasing a collection of stori...

Boudicca's Child @ South West Rebel Fest, Tapeley Park, 8th Sep 19 It's been a few months since I first saw this trio playing for their first gig in the Grif...

Spirit @ The Queen's Head, Box, Wiltshire, 16th August 2019 An intimate performance space and stage at the Queen's Head with expert sound and light showcased...

Jolanda Traarbach @ Blue Note Cafe Open Mic, Glastonbury, 18th August 2019 The Blue Note Cafe always has a surprise and this night was no exception; although...

“A Teutonic je ne sais quoi ( ein Ich-weiß-nicht-was) ” Rammstein are uniquely German, rejecting musical influences from outside their borders; whatever meta...

reported by Chris Watson and Sara Vian Presentation given at the Bristol Music Industry Network, Colston Hall, 5th June 2019 The "Bristol Sound" story as tol...

Genesis: Land of Confusion: from the album Invisible Touch, 1986 Written by Chris Watson This 1986 song popped again into my consciousness as it has struck m...

U2: New Year's Day: from the album, War, 1983 Written by Chris Watson This song has resonated with me over the years and stayed with me. Released in 1983, U...