Frome Busks 2022
A day when Frome Town Centre came alive with music - Frome College in association with Frome Town Council brought the talents of student...
Chris Watson
- Feb 8
- 1 min
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...
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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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Sara Vian
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Sarah Larkham's Heavenly EP!
Forget Nashville, this is Southville! A happenin’ suburb of Bristol where [country] folk singer/songwriter, Sarah Larkham just launched...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Glastonbury Calling 2021
Music Eye's soundbytes of Glastonbury Town's own annual music festival Missed Glastonbury Calling 21? Well, Music Eye was there and...
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Chris Watson
- Sep 3, 2021
- 1 min
Ronan Furlong: The King of Leaves burns bright
Ronan Furlong....The King of Leaves, 2020 and Ataraxia, 2021 Ronan Furlong’s music is like finding a chest of emeralds shining from the...
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Chris Watson
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Western Electric Sound System: as cool and deep as an iceberg (New Release)
Review of Western Electric Sound System EP - What's Bred in the Bone - April 2021 Out of the mists, an iceberg of cool drifts into the...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min
Currer Bell Interview 4th March 21
Frome's Alt Folk duo bring sounds as clear as a bell...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Dora Lachaise: The Confession
New single review: "I Confess" by Dora Lachaise, March 2021 Dora Lachaise lives in an attic overlooking Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery,...
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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
- 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
- Apr 17, 2020
- 2 min
Sarah Curtis: beautiful songs delivered with the voice of an angel
Sarah Curtis @ The Cloisters, The Bennett Centre, Frome, 23rd February 2020 Sarah Curtis has the sort of voice that you would expect of...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
The Jane Allison Band: heading out your way....
The Jane Allison Band @ The Beehive, Swindon, 6th February 2020 It was an inky, outer space like journey down the inter-galactic M4 to...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
Take a peek into the Mediaeval Moogiverse
Mediaeval Moogiverse, The King Arthur, Glastonbury, 23rd October 2019 This was an unusual night with the creation of an experimental...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
Maaike Siegerist: a voice smoother than Dutch chocolate and one to savour
Maaike Siegerist and Jonni Slater @ Jelli records songwriter night, The Bristol Fringe, 25th Feb 2020 Having met singer/songwriter Maaike...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Dragonsfly: Celtic Folk Rock from the Campfires
Dragonsfly @ Art Bank Cafe, Shepton Mallet, 31st Dec 19 New Year's Eve 2019 was celebrated at the Art Bank Café, a contemporary...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
It's all a Highlight: Music Eye clips of 2019
Been out to see so much great music this year and its all been a highlight; it took a while but put together a few cut-down clips of 18...
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Chris Watson
- Jan 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Mighty Rooster's wake up call!
Music Eye caught them @ The Cornerhouse and Box Rocks in 2019 and they will be live on Visual Radio Arts, Soundcheck on 25th January 2020...
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Chris Watson
- Dec 23, 2019
- 1 min
Strange Folk: an exciting potion......
Strange Folk - Hollow - Part one, EP Strange Folk’s “Hollow” imitation “vinyl” EP immediately reels you in with a seductively wicked...
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Chris Watson
- Dec 7, 2019
- 1 min
Tamsin Quin: a sparkle from the Wiltshire Downs
Tamsin Quin - Gypsy Blood (2018) I first came across Tamsin Quin at the Boathouse in Bradford on Avon on a dull Sunday afternoon in early...
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Chris Watson
- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
Harding McCabe: haunting sounds echoing between the Appalachians and Sicily
Harding McCabe - "Something Real" (debut EP) - Released on 8th November 2019 After launching her solo acoustic Americana debut album...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 31, 2019
- 1 min
Strange Folk: a bewitching brew....
Strange Folk @ The Hawthorns, Glastonbury, 26th October 20 9 The Hawthorns was dressed for the part creating a Halloween atmosphere that...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Josh Beddis: a voice from the wild windy west of Wales
Josh Beddis @ Cheese and Grain Roots Sessions, Frome, 16th October 2019 The wild winds and rains of Pembrokeshire blew Josh Beddis to...
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Chris Watson
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
Rivers of England...Let it flow
Rivers of England @ Cheese and Grain Roots Sessions, Frome, 25th September 2019 Maybe it was my reflective mood, but this Bath-based band...
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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 24, 2019
- 1 min
Becky Lawrence powers up UK Country music.....
Becky Lawrence @ The Queen's Head, Box, 16th August 2019 With Becky and her new guitarist Dave Griffin gelling so well on their first...
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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
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
Larkham and Hall release heartfelt warmth....
Larkham and Hall @ The Bristol Fringe, Clifton, 15th August 2019 The rigours of parking aside, Clifton Village has a relaxed feel and...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
Rachael Sage and Carrington MacDuffie @ Tucker's Grave Inn
Rachael Sage and Carrington MacDuffie @ Tucker's Grave Inn, Faulkland, Somerset - 20th July 2019 Tuckers Grave Inn has a sense of being...
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Chris Watson
- Jul 19, 2019
- 1 min
Josie has a field day in Frome....
Josie Field @ The Archangel, Frome - 6th July 2019 (Frome Festival) Having been trapped on the M32 out of Bristol for an hour, I thought...
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Sara Vian
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2 min
Soaring up to the Electric Blue
Raveis Kole - Electric Blue Dandelion (Nashville Sessions 2018) Raveis Kole obviously mean business and have an impressive online...
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Chris Watson
- Jun 24, 2019
- 1 min
Songwriting showcase sparkles in deepest Somerset
Chris Difford's Songwriting Retreat Showcase, East Pennard Church, 20th June 2019 Written by Chris Watson Music Eye was asked to cover...
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Chris Watson
- Jun 11, 2019
- 1 min
Bonne Nouvelle - a voice of glad tidings
Live at the Cheese and Grain , Frome, 15th May 2019 Bonne Nouvelle are a duo re-imagining popular songs, but its the voice that counts...
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Chris Watson
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
Tamsin Quin singing out of the rain........
Tamsin Quin @ the Boathouse, Bradford on Avon, 2nd June 2019 A rainy afternoon, so where better to go than a Boathouse...and with Tamsin...
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Chris Watson
- May 20, 2019
- 1 min
Raveis Kole plant Electric Blue Dandelions in Somerset
Music Eye was asked to record the full live set of U.S folk duo Raveis Kole at the start of their 2019 UK Tour at the rising Pilton...
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Chris Watson
- May 12, 2019
- 1 min
Americana with a Celtic infusion conjures a fresh breeze of sound
Written by Chris Watson and Sara Vian “Americana” singer/songwriter, Sue Harding, has teamed up with mandolin-player Adrian McCabe to...
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Chris Watson
- Apr 30, 2019
- 1 min
Boudicca's Child: a powerful spell to silence the noise
Boudicca's Child @ the Griffin Open Mic, Frome, 10th March 2019 Written by Chris Watson Music Eye is re-releasing this video of...
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Chris Watson
- Apr 17, 2019
- 3 min
A voice evoking the Backwoods to the Prairie on a gentle breeze.....
Review of Sue Harding's Album, Flight, 2016 Written by Chris Watson Frome based singer/songwriter Sue Harding has been writing her own...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
Canadian cool warms Somerset
BE Cooling at the Pocket Money Studio, Shepton Mallet, 12th Jan 2019 Written by Chris Watson The Pocket Money Studio, based in the heart...
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Chris Watson
- Mar 3, 2019
- 3 min
Sara Vian - Musician on a Mission!
Review by Chris Watson Sara Vian is a musician on a mission(!) having cultivated a real faith in life and how the world can be changed...
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