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Students, staff, and the public gathered for a “magical” carol service. The University of Gloucestershire holds an annual service at their Francis Close Hall campus chapel, Carols by Candlelight. The service has been running for many years. This year it was organised by Reverend Canon Simon Witcombe, “It’s really nice to have our original service […]
A minivan filled with DJ decks and a music studio is not what you’d expect to see on the average Wednesday in Cheltenham, but The Music Works is all about bringing music to everyone. Their music bus drives around providing opportunities to discover a passion for music in unconventional settings, and it will be back […]
Cheltenham Playhouse is typically filled with theatregoers for various plays and pantos, but on the 10th of November, it was full of local music fans ready to see some fantastic live music. Bands Bluntnose, Toast, and Chasing Dolls rocked the stage at their gig; The Dollhouse. Henrik Ibsen eat your heart out. The people file […]
It’s the start of a new academic year, and with it comes a new batch of students on the University of Gloucestershire music courses. After a short few weeks, many of these students have formed their own bands, and tonight they will be performing in a concert at Pittville Student Village. Exposure is the key […]
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 There are so many different artists who conform to the Irish folk genre of music, but none of them have contorted the style of the genre the way CMAT, Ciera Mary-Alice Thompson, has in her most recent album, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead. Thompson has always been an open book when […]
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 0151, The Night Cafe (2019), is an album that has flown under the radar of the vast majority of music enjoyers. The Night Café falls under the Indie and British Rock genres, and whilst many artists under these deserve more recognition, I believe 0151 has enough to please any listener. The album contains […]
Following a bizarre YouTube video Madonna has announced that she will be doing a worldwide tour. In a truth or dare video with Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Amy Schumer and other celebrities, the truth or dare question is asked around a table to each person there with the last ‘dare’ from Amy Schumer to Madonna […]
It was a cold autumn day in 2012. I led in bed, my blanket wrapped snuggly around me. My ten-year-old self had the Red album playing in my CD player that I had bought that day. Little did I know the songs I’d be listening to would be recreated nine years later. ‘Red’ had always […]
In Holland, a DJ named Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) had decided to go solo. Before his decision, he worked with a friend of his on a project named Gouryella. They experienced success at the time as their title track entered the top 40 in numerous countries in Europe. However, both were busy on other projects and […]
Despite Covid-19 best efforts to attack us all, the various lockdowns did come with some benefits for those optimistic enough to look past the bad. These benefits range from culture, economics, pollution and even music. Musicians releasing music A range of different artists, from many different genres have released albums and singles that made the lockdown more bearable. Elton John released the ‘Lockdown sessions’, musical comedian Bo […]