Sue Harding - Darkling
I can just see Mariella Frostrup reviewing this album on Sky Arts, summing it up as “a perfectly crafted production”… Sue Harding honed...
Chris Watson
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Amy and Vee: a moment in time
Amy Bisazza and Vaishnavi Brassey Live at St Leonard's Church Open Mic, Marston Bigot 5th December 2021 Open Mic's...fertile ground for...
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Chris Watson
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
The Power of Great Music!
Music Eye looks for that indefinable something... that edge that sparks our passion and fires our imagination. In the 70’s and 80’s The...
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Chris Watson
- Nov 12, 2021
- 4 min
Black Sabbath: Fairies Wear Boots
The Godfathers of Metal With darkness, chill winds and the scuttle of fallen leaves blowing into every corner, maybe this is a good time...
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Lucy Hayward
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Brighter Days are on their way...
The idea behind this latest release from Sara Vian, co-written with our very own Chris Watson and featuring David Setterfield from...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Stories from the Lockdown - Giles Read
London-based Giles Read has been compared with Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Davy Graham and Donovan and does indeed possess the magic of a...
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Lucy Hayward
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Platys Yialos - Ali George (Album Review)
Artist Ali George uses nature as a focus for his thoughts and feelings. He conjures up countryside scenes through his lyrics, whilst...
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Chris Watson
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Get into the True Spirit of Christmas!
It's Christmas! But what should be a time of colourful celebration with our loved ones is more muted this year by the harsh consequences...
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Chris Watson
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Great Pause... The Great Vision!
The natural tendency for Sara Vian’s voice to waver across a spectrum of deep and rich notes creates a powerful backdrop to this...
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Chris Watson
- Sep 18, 2020
- 4 min
On a High... Rolling Hill!
Sara Vian interviews Ali George about his latest single releases, up-coming album and vision of success. Find out more Bio Ali George is...
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Chris Watson
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Sylvette: sonic splendour of the new
Sylvette - Stiller than Still - album released 17th July 2020 Sylvette was the name of a young woman who inspired Picasso to depict her...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Sara Vian: The Silver Lining
"Musician on a Mission" - Live performance and Interview on 4th July 2020 Music Eye's Musician on a Mission feature on this smokey...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Becky Lawrence: her inner sun shines over the fields of British Country music
Music Eye exclusive interview and see her singles on video.....click the links Its been quite a journey from a northern island surrounded...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
VOTE for SANNIE FOX!
Music Eye has featured the desert blues dream machine Sannie Fox before - now is your chance to get the desert winds blowing in her...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 1, 2020
- 21 min
Music Eye Radio Podcasts
TUNE INTO 96.6FM OR ONLINE EVERY OTHER MONDAY AT 6PM AND THEN REPEATED ON SOMER VALLEY FM (97.5FM)/ONLINE AT 10PM Music Eye Radio loves...
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Sara Vian
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
6 Strings & a Dream
Sara Vian talks to Lancashire-born Kevin Brown about his 14th album "6 Strings and a dream" (on vinyl) and how his dream of becoming a...
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Chris Watson
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Stranglers: Punky Blinders!
A legacy in black.... Always a fan, a review was on the cards after seeing Hugh Cornwell live in December 2019 at a Jethro Tull concert...
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Chris Watson
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
Sannie Fox: desert blues dream machine
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...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 7, 2020
- 1 min
Talk in Code: new single "Talk like That"
Released 27th February 2020 TALK LIKE THAT is the first single from the band’s forthcoming EP to be released later this year. Recorded...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Glastonbury Calling 2020: Small Town: Big Sound.....
Glastonbury, Somerset, 28th - 29th February 2020 Hats off to Ian and Karen Liversidge for working so hard to support new music and give...
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Chris Watson
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min
James - The Magnificent 7 telling it how it is...
Manchester band, James, now have 15 albums, their last one, "Living in Extraordinary Times" came out in 2018. Yet live performances...
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Chris Watson
- Feb 18, 2020
- 1 min
Talk Talk: Life's What You Make It (1985) ...and we all know it! (or do we?)
Talk Talk: Mark Hollis, Lee Harris and Paul Webb "Hollis’s early songs struggle with notions of fate versus faith, with imagery swinging...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Cure: "A Forest" Walk Can Cure the Soul
The Cure - "A Forest" - 1980: two hypnotically brilliant live versions reviewed We are told that walking in forests is good for the soul...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
Massive Attack: Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone: The Story of a Sound, a City and a Group Of Revolutionary Artists by Melissa Chemam, Tangent...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
Family: A Strange Band....Not to be Forgotten
Fortunate that live performances below, such as "good news bad news" were captured for posterity Progressive folk rock? maybe, but what...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Rush - Three Canadian Giants Tackling Questions as Big as Their Own Homeland
Rush sprang into my mind at Christmastide 2019 having been drawn to the live guitar solo of Alex Lifeson on "Passage to Bangkok" which...
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Chris Watson
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
In Extremo: To Be Free - blowing the wind of change Berlin style
No more walls.......... In celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago on 9th November, Music Eye is featuring one of...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 16, 2019
- 2 min
Gary Moore: Out in the Fields forever....
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...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
Glastonbury FM - Songwriters Final 2019
Glastonbury FM Songwriting Final 2019, Red Brick Building, Glastonbury, 3rd October 2019 With Glastonbury FM's Ian Liversidge...
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Sara Vian
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
My Social Orbit - Line of Least Resistance (Debut Album)
A convicted and beautifully harmonic “Indie Rock” debut album that opens with passion and then keeps you engaged to the end, showcasing a...
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Chris Watson
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
Boudicca's Child growing......
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...
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Chris Watson
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
Spirit...as clear as a mountain stream
Spirit @ The Queen's Head, Box, Wiltshire, 16th August 2019 An intimate performance space and stage at the Queen's Head with expert sound...
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Chris Watson
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
Woodstock echoes in Glastonbury
Jolanda Traarbach @ Blue Note Cafe Open Mic, Glastonbury, 18th August 2019 The Blue Note Cafe always has a surprise and this night was no...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 22, 2019
- 4 min
Rammstein: The Power and the Glory
“A Teutonic je ne sais quoi ( ein Ich-weiß-nicht-was) ” Rammstein are uniquely German, rejecting musical influences from outside their...
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Chris Watson
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
The Bristol Sound echoing across the World...
reported by Chris Watson and Sara Vian Presentation given at the Bristol Music Industry Network, Colston Hall, 5th June 2019 The "Bristol...
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Chris Watson
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Feature: Land of Confusion? Rally round with a timeless chorus...
Genesis: Land of Confusion: from the album Invisible Touch, 1986 Written by Chris Watson This 1986 song popped again into my...
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Chris Watson
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Feature: Timeless lyrics reflecting new beginnings and a Rebellion
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....
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Chris Watson
- Apr 30, 2019
- 2 min
The Fable's multi-genre music brings the First World War in a nutshell
The Fable - The Imperial Plan - 2016 Written by Chris Watson and edited by Sara Vian, April 2019 Mike Isaacs’ project portrays the...
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