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Jul 13, 2011

Camp Bestival 2011

Set at Lulworth Castle, Camp Bestival is set to bring it’s combination of music, comedy and spoken word to Dorset this summer. Just one look at the website makes me wish I were a child again, with various fields aimed at the youngsters and the ‘House Of Fairy Tales’ circus it’s clear there’s an emphasis on fun. Meanwhile for those over 3 foot, the...

Jul 13, 2011

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Jo Whiley

My spine tingled in a way that told me I was listening to something really special. As Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over” drew to a close, Jo Whiley instrcuted me, and her millions of other listeners to expect big things from Florence Welch. As always, Jo was completely right. Born Johanne Whiley, 4th July 1965 in Northampton, Jo Whiley found her...

Jul 10, 2011

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Krissi Murison

July 2009 saw the making of music media history as music bible, NME, named Krissi Murison as Conor McNicholas’ successor. She is the first female to become the magazine’s Editor In Chief in the publication’s entire fifty seven year history. Born in 1982, Krissi Murison attended The Abbey School, Reading, between 1993 and 2000, before studying at Bristol...

Jul 7, 2011

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Edith Bowman

Looking flawlessly chic in a gypsy-inspired white dress, I watched in complete awe, as Edith Bowman presented The Killers with “Best Internationl Band” at The 2005 NME Awards, fighting off stiff competition from Scissor Sisters, Kings Of Leon, and U2. However, contrary to popular belief, my awe wasn’t a reaction to the band deservedly clinching the infamous V...

Jul 4, 2011

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Imogen Heap

The music industry can be described in a similar way to a body of water. Though the surface can seem gentle and slow moving, beneath the calm exterior lies a constant process of evolution and advancing movement. Many bands are lost in the dark shadows as a skimmed stone always falls to the bottom of the riverbed to join the thousands of others who have followed the same route only...

Jul 1, 2011

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Truck 2011

For those unable, or perhaps unwilling to embrace the larger festivals of July, Truck Festival provides the perfect solution. Set in Steventon (just South of Oxford) it’s ideal for anyone who has youngsters, or perhaps friends with a propensity to wander off. It’s a small affair, with all of it’s stages close enough that you can (if you so desire it) run from each stage...

Jun 27, 2011

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Belladrum Festival 2011

Fresh from the action that was RockNess 2011, I’ve been searching round for an opportunity to get my wellies on again in the beautiful Scottish Highlands. This year’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival may provide that very opportunity. Tickets have sold out, so I may have cottoned on to Belladrum a little late, but the line up, with its mix of grass roots home-grown talent, and...

Jun 22, 2011

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U2 – The Countdown To Glastonbury

Friday marks the opening of this year’s Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm, and revellers are in for a very special treat with iconic band, U2, playing their first ever festival stint. Following the cancellation of their headline slot last summer, after Bono sustained a spinal injury, the Irish supergroup are set to blow minds at Worthy Farm this weekend. Formed in 1976 in...

Jun 22, 2011

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Tuts Summer Nights 2011

Between the 14th and 28th of July , Glasgow’s famous King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut will play host to over 70 acts, as part of King Tut’s Summer Nights, a celebration of summer and Scottish music. This is the second year Tut’s has been running the series of gigs, after a successful debut in 2010. It’s a bill packed full of Scottish acts, all unsigned, or signed to smaller indie...

Jun 20, 2011

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Marvin Gaye

Fourty years ago this month, R&B/soul singer, Marvin Gaye, asked the world, ‘What’s Going On?’ in the midst of The Vietnam War and the ongoing struggle for Civil Rights, with the violence and upheaval that it brought to the nation. So it seems perfectly apt in the current crisis of financial insecurity, nations at war and terrorism, that we are once again...