INTERVIEW: When Rivers Meet
Earlier this week I conducted a safe, socially distanced interview on the phone with Grace and Aaron Bond who…
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If You Thought Video Killed the Radio Star, Read On…
I read an article yesterday which, on the face of it had nothing to do with live music. Nor does it, but it…
Cambridge Rock Festival 2021 – Have You Checked Out the Line-Up?
Amid all the doom and gloom about not having any festivals to go to in 2020 it is great to see how many artists…
A Heartfelt Mesage from Becky & John
A lot of press releases have crossed my desk recently bearing the not unexpected news of festival…
Ten Things About Virtual Gigs That You May Not Have Thought About
Since lockdown began, and social distancing became the new normal, Grapevine Magazine’s unique gig guide has had…
Adapting What We Do
It’s May 2020 and for the first time since we started back in 1991 we are not producing Grapevine Magazine. …
Save Our Venues #SaveOurVenues
Today The Music Venue Trust has announced #saveourvenues, a new national campaign to save hundreds of grassroots…
Clare Teal
Singer and BBC Radio presenter Clare Teal should be making her debut at Felixstowe’s Spa Pavilion on April 18th.…
Stay Safe Online
Everyone is doing it. We have even listed when and where you can find them. (Overthere, on the right if viewing…
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Stevie Westwood
It was Foz at BBC Radio Suffolk who introduced me to the music of Norfolk rockers Bad Touch about three years…
Tom Constanten
Tom Constanten has had a long and successful career in music. He is best know as being the Graetful Dead’s…
Fleas Win BurySOUND Heat 4
Fleas become the fourth band to make it through to the final of BurySOUND this year. In what seasoned…
Far From Refuge win BurySOUND Heat 3
Cambridge based Far From Refuge are the third performer going forward to the final of BurySOUND 2020. This metal…
Spotlight on BurySOUND 2020 – Heat 3 in Haverhill
Heat Three of BurySOUND takes place TONIGHT at Haverhill Arts Centre - doors open at 6:30pm.
BurySOUND has been…
2020 Bury St Edmunds Festival Launched
Introduced by Councillor Jo Rayner, the 2020 Bury St Edmunds Festival was launched last night at The Apex. …
Spotlight on BurySOUND 2020 – Heat 1
Heat One of BurySOUND kicks off this coming Friday at The Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds. BurySOUND has been…
Tom Lumley & The Brave Liason | Casual
Supported by a very cleverly produced music video, Casual from this four piece Cambridgeshire band is punchy,…
Cinderella
Mercury at Abbey Fields
On TV last night it was wall to wall politics so what better place to go for a…
Ellie Dixon | Pressure
I have to own up, first time I saw this woman perform live it was one of those WOW moments.
She is deserving…
Cara Dillon
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
Cara Dillon is a multi-award-winning folk artist from Northern Ireland. Last…
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge
I first encountered Bristol based Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys at a Folk at the…
Rayowa | Better Man
Because of my connection with a recording studio in London I came across Essex based Rayowa and their funkilicious…
Fishclaw | Mole County
And now for a band I have yet to see live. My how the msl grows and grows - 2020 is going to be a busy one by the…
Gaffa Tape Sandy | Family Mammal
In truth I got a bit fed up reading Gaffa Tape Sandy’s excellent reviews – then I saw them play live and, you know…
Fisher & The Ferrymen | Confessions Vol I & II
This is a band that were new to me until recently. I came across them at one of the most excellent TMT gigs run by…
Tilly Moses | If I Could Gather All The Songbirds
Can it really be eight years since I first came across Tilly at The John Peel Centre? In those years I have merely…
Sam Coe | Comeback Queen
Sam Coe was last month’s Grapevine CoverSTAR and has just launched Comeback Queen, her first solo album without…
Tilly Moses
The young Tilly I first met at The John Peel Centre all those years ago now lives in Liverpool and her new album…
The Mentulls
Regular readers will know that I am a great advocate of both supporting local venues and seeing new bands. My…
Gilbert O’Sullivan
I came down to the kitchen this morning, opened the fridge
and stood in wonder. I had forgotten
what I was…
TMT – That Music Thing
Norwich has a little gem hidden away at Epic Studios on Magdalen Street. It’s called TMT – That Music…
Sophie Winter | Back to Basics
For me personally, the best part of the NMG Awards was being introduced to music I wouldn’t normally listen to.…
Call to the Faithful | Sin City
This Peterborough based band introduced themselves to us after the NMG Awards, sent us a link to this single and I…
In Your Car: AMONG THE CITIZENS
John, Ollie, Christy and James have now been officially adopted by Grapevine Magazine!
For they won the Indie…
No Hope: THE EXTONS
Their bio says: “..memorable guitar riffs & anthemic choruses about small town monotony...” hmmm, whatever…
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Gilbert O'Sullivan's latest formidable self-titled album was released last August 2018 and reached Top 20 in the…
Growing Pains: ELLIE DIXON
Why have I not heard of this young woman before? If for no other reason than her very clever music videos.
…
Nicole Henry
It should have been such a simple task. Her people had spoken to my people… OK, I don’t actually have people, but…