Chris WatsonMar 311 minFrome Busks 2022A day when Frome Town Centre came alive with music - Frome College in association with Frome Town Council brought the talents of student...
Chris WatsonMar 311 minThe Pilton Stage 2022 - Heat 4Music Eye caught Heat 4 of the The Pilton Stage competition for a place at Glastonbury 2022 Festival on 5th March 22: Six bands competed,...
Sara VianDec 1, 20211 minSarah Larkham's Heavenly EP!Forget Nashville, this is Southville! A happenin’ suburb of Bristol where [country] folk singer/songwriter, Sarah Larkham just launched...
Chris WatsonOct 17, 20211 minGlastonbury Calling 2021Music Eye's soundbytes of Glastonbury Town's own annual music festival Missed Glastonbury Calling 21? Well, Music Eye was there and...
Chris WatsonMay 29, 20212 minWestern 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...
Chris WatsonMar 8, 20211 minDora Lachaise: The ConfessionNew single review: "I Confess" by Dora Lachaise, March 2021 Dora Lachaise lives in an attic overlooking Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery,...
Chris WatsonJan 23, 20212 minClassics 1: Message In A Bottle"Message In A Bottle" - The Police - 1979 Loneliness is as old as the hills and it says much about our society that the UK Government...
Chris WatsonJan 18, 20211 minStories from the Lockdown - Giles ReadLondon-based Giles Read has been compared with Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Davy Graham and Donovan and does indeed possess the magic of a...
Lucy HaywardJan 14, 20212 minPlatys 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...
Chris WatsonDec 23, 20201 minGet 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...
Chris WatsonSep 20, 20202 minThe 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...
Chris WatsonSep 18, 20204 minOn 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...
Chris WatsonAug 18, 20202 minSylvette: sonic splendour of the newSylvette - Stiller than Still - album released 17th July 2020 Sylvette was the name of a young woman who inspired Picasso to depict her...
Chris WatsonJul 19, 20202 minGravity Drive: propulsion to the core of our wildlight power...Gravity Drive: The Wildlight - album released 21st August 2020 The Dorset Coast, with its seascape of endless possibilities underlined by...
Chris WatsonMay 15, 20202 minThe 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...
Chris WatsonMar 20, 20201 minFey Militia: Stylishly fresh Indie with a Blondie-esque touchFey Militia @ Glastonbury Calling 2020, Glastonbury, Somerset, 29th February 2020 Captured by the Music Eye emerging talent patrol, we...
Chris WatsonMar 7, 20201 minTalk 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...
Chris WatsonMar 4, 20201 minGlastonbury 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...
Chris WatsonMar 3, 20201 minGarbage Queen: Reigning over multiple layers of sound...Garbage Queen - New single: Reflection - released 29th Feb 2020 A post-punk track full of pain and angst but pleasantly melodious with a...
Chris WatsonFeb 24, 20202 minJames - 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...
Chris WatsonFeb 18, 20201 minTalk 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...
Chris WatsonFeb 8, 20201 minVictors: on a mission of soulful grooveVictors @ The Pilton Stage 2020, 25th January 2020 Leeds based alternate rock band Victors came to Pilton to compete for a place at...
Chris WatsonFeb 4, 20201 minCavalcade: Indie on a roll with sparkling riffs and gritty songsThe Pilton Stage, Somerset, 25th January 2020 The Somerset mists were blown away by East London Indie band, Cavalcade, who we saw at the...
Chris WatsonJan 30, 20201 minThe Pilton Stage 2020: Battle for a place at Glastonbury Festival pt 4The Pilton Stage 2020, Heat 4, 25th January 2020 The mists swirled around the Somerset towns, but they were dispelled by a host of...
Chris WatsonJan 20, 20203 minMassive 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...
Chris WatsonJan 13, 20201 minIt'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...
Chris WatsonJan 13, 20201 minEn- Meshed by the Power of the Electronic Soundscape....2020 beckons Mesh Mesh: Bristol's synth pop heroes @ The Pilton Stage, Somerset, 30th November 2019 Ever since Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric", the...
Chris WatsonJan 13, 20201 minThe Pilton Stage: Battle for a place at Glastonbury Festival Pt 3The Pilton Stage 2020 Heat 3, 4th January 2020 Heat 3 of this competition fired up a dark January night down Pilton way with six bands...
Chris WatsonJan 12, 20201 minThe 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...
Chris WatsonJan 12, 20201 minThe Pilton Stage 2020: Battle for a place at Glastonbury Festival pt 2The Pilton Stage 2020 Heat 2, @ Pilton WMC, Somerset, 30th Nov 2019 Music Eye is about finding emerging talent and The Pilton Stage is...
Chris WatsonJan 12, 20201 minSomerset youth emerging from the fields.....Rural Music Network Tour 2019 @ Cheese and Grain, Frome, 15th December 2019 A massive rain storm swept the Cheese and Grain, but it had...
Chris WatsonOct 12, 20192 minEmily Breeze blowing hauntingly through your mind...Emily Breeze @ Schtumm, Queen's Head, Box, 27th Sep 2019 Having missed the launch of her new album “Rituals” at the Loco Klub in Bristol,...
Chris WatsonOct 10, 20191 minGlastonbury FM - Songwriters Final 2019Glastonbury FM Songwriting Final 2019, Red Brick Building, Glastonbury, 3rd October 2019 With Glastonbury FM's Ian Liversidge...
Chris WatsonOct 8, 20191 minRivers of England...Let it flowRivers of England @ Cheese and Grain Roots Sessions, Frome, 25th September 2019 Maybe it was my reflective mood, but this Bath-based band...
Sara VianSep 16, 20191 minMy 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...
Chris WatsonSep 1, 20191 minThe Fox at Box!Sannie Fox @ Box Rocks, the Queen's Head, Box, 26th August 2019 It was a hot day but Sannie Fox was cool and lassoed me into her world of...
Chris WatsonJul 28, 20192 minRachael Sage and Carrington MacDuffie @ Tucker's Grave InnRachael Sage and Carrington MacDuffie @ Tucker's Grave Inn, Faulkland, Somerset - 20th July 2019 Tuckers Grave Inn has a sense of being...
Chris WatsonJun 28, 20191 minThe Marianas and Frontrunners: young bands budding...Rural Music Network Tour @ Cheese & Grain, Frome, 23rd June 19: The bands Two young bands and two guitarists to savour....... The...
Chris WatsonMay 31, 20192 minTulpas create an existence....Tulpas: Hang Nail: 2019 A “tulpa” is defined as a being or object that is created in the imagination by visualisation techniques such as...
Chris WatsonMay 28, 20191 minSara Vian interviews Shoun Shoun on Visual Radio ArtsShoun Shoun’s expansive sound blends dream pop and garage rock with the urban ennui of Dietrich and the Velvets. The band's urgent...
Chris WatsonMay 6, 20191 minPilton Stage 2019 Final: seven bands, three Judges and one place...The Pilton Stage 2019, the Final, Pilton Working Men's Club, 4th May 2019 Featuring: Cosmic Ninja, IOTA, Robert J Hunter, Chrissie...
Chris WatsonApr 24, 20192 minShoun Shoun: A Hundred Trips and going with them....Written by Chris Watson and edited by Sara Vian, April 2019 This is an EP that may well go on a hundred trips; whether labelled dream...
Chris WatsonMar 13, 20191 minTalk in Code: bright sounds breezing across the Wiltshire DownsTalk in Code : Resolve: album review by Chris Watson, March 2019 Talk in Code’s second album, “Resolve”, accompanied me on a lone starlit...
Chris WatsonMar 3, 20192 minSylvette @ Glastonbury Calling 2019Review by Chris Watson and Sara Vian The review in the Glastonbury Calling festival brochure was impressive – “Art Rock” taking...