NMG Awards 2019
The NMG Awards, in case you don’t know, are the New Music Generator Awards which celebrate music in the East of…
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The Stars From The Commitments
To a born and bred Dubliner like myself, the cult movie The Commitments was something very special. It…
Sam Coe & The Long Shadows + Lexie Green
Live at Little Rabbit Barn, two of the best Americana / Country acts in the region.
Now that I am curating the…
Grapevine Sponsors Indie Category at 2019 NMG Awards
Grapevine Magazine is delighted to announce that it is to sponsor the Indie category at this year’s NMG Awards.…
Catch Folk Sensations Glymjack in Our Region
Glymjack's debut album Light the Evening Fire has swept the folk world, with airplay across BBC radio, Acoustic…
BanhamFest 19
There is something nerve racking about a new festival, and I'm not the one running it! It's 5:30pm and the stage is…
The Real Thing
Another summer evening down by the seaside, the cool breeze from the sea a welcome relief from the days’ heat…
Chris Amoo
Ahead of their show at the Spa Pavilion in Felixstowe we chatted to Chris Amoo of The Real Thing (originally…
Forget Me Not – The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit.
John Peel Centre
I must come clean, neither performance poetry or stand up comedy, nor indeed any combination of…
Rob Gee
Rob Gee is the creator of 'Forget Me Not — The Alzheimer's Whodunnit' , he is described on his website as a Comic,…
Alton Wahlberg
I missed the launch of Alton Wahlberg's album, Photographs and Memories, but eventually caught up with the bearded…
Dusky Sunday
Some weeks ago at the launch of their album 'Gradients' I chatted to Fern Teather and Sam Thurlow who now…
Blues and Boogie, Two Tone, Reggae, Ska and JS Bach
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe
Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra took the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe by…
Quadrophenia – The Album, Live!
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe
Were an orchestra to grace the stage and perform La Traviata you would not call them a…
FolkEast 2019: Heritage, Arts, Crafts and Music Too
Last Friday we were at the Tide Mill in Woodbridge for the official launch of FolkEast 2019. From one of their…
Jeff Parry
Jeff Parry is the man behind "Let It Be" - a musical tribute to The Beatles, with a twist.
She Said YES!
As concert encores go, Peter Hepworth’s was quite special. “I have three more songs! He told us, as the evening…
Pepperland
Bringing an American dance troupe of fourteen and an eight-piece band on tour to the UK & Ireland is not…
Savoy Brown
Anyone who knows me will know that I love to discover new bands. That Savoy Brown have been a blues/rock…
Private Lives
Written in four days, Noel Coward’s farce Private Lives is a theatre classic. It is regularly revived on Broadway,…
The Barrel
Tucked away in the traditional cider making countryside of south Norfolk is the village of Banham. The village’s…
Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Mercury Theatre transformed into a 1930’s speakeasy with the gloss covered floor of the stage protruding into…
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
It is a testament to Andrea Dunbar’s skills as a writer that she makes a collection of genuinely unlikeable…
Charlie Law Returns Triumphant
The Smokehouse in the heart of Ipswich was the venue for Charlie Law’s triumphant return to Suffolk after his…
Noughts and Crosses
Mercury Theatre
Colchester
Both captivating and entertaining, this morality play adapted from the book by Malorie…
BurySOUND 19 – the final lineup
The last heat of the 21st BurySOUND Music Competition was held at The Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds last Friday,…
The Mystery Continues in The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
The Mousetrap is a theatrical enigma. It has run continuously since it…
Scots and Danes and Folk on the Farm
To get to Wantisden Valley you pass through Woodbridge on a north, north-east heading, left at Sutton Hoo and…
The Wisdom Club
This play is thought provoking, but not in a dry, morose way. It is hilariously funny, but not a comedy.
Cool Britannia is Back at Knebworth for 2019
Following its acclaimed launch last year, COOL BRITANNIA FESTIVAL will take place at Knebworth – the stately home…
Changing Times…
“The Times They Are A Changin’” sang one Robert Allen Zimmerman back in the 60s. In truth, the one constant in…
Jack and the Beanstalk
Imagine the scene. A resting actor sits in their garden enjoying the summer sun. They flick through “The Stage” on…
Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited
Steve Hackett is a very gentle, soft spoken individual. The sort you instantly warm to when you chat – this I know…
Moll Flanders
Arriving at the Mercury Theatre in a bit of a rush, courtesy of Colchester’s Ipswich Road roadworks, I encountered…
Steve Hackett
I began my chat with Steve Hackett by promising not to ask whether Genesis would be reforming, it’s a question he…
Rob Harbron
Ahead of Leveret's Autumn tour which starts on Saturday at Wingfield Barns in Suffolk, Tony Bell has a chat with…
Renegade Twelve
Renegade Twelve
The Apex
There was a palpable buzz around The Apex on Saturday night. We arrived early at the…
Geoff Norcott
Due to popular demand, and after numerous sell out performances, Geoff Norcott, star of BBC’s Live At The Apollo…