Festivals Will Be Different, I Like Different.
At this time of year, I would normally be fine tuning Grapevine's festival database. Checking details, chasing…
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Tony is a freelance photographer who first started taking pictures for Grapevine Magazine many years ago. Nowadays he is just as often to be found with pen or microphone in hand conducting reviews and interviews. He is the first to admit that he is most at home in the press pit concentrating on the view through the lens!
Alton Walhberg Double Take
In his gentle, self-deprecating way, Alton Wahlberg says his songs are seldom happy and frequently depressing. I…
Oh Open Mic, How We Have Missed You!
At the Hunter Club last Friday night, they held their first Open Mic in nine months. For both the club and…
A Rapping King and Dancing Puritans – Horrible!
In another twist to a totally upside down year, Saturday saw us head off to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford for…
Bah Humbug! Gonna Be A Horrible Christmas!
Despite the headline this is actually a good news story. During the summer Car Park Party brought us a series of…
Dave Thomas
Blues singer and guitarist Dave Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales but now resides in Norfolk. He runs the…
Royal Tea – Joe Bonamassa
Having mentioned Joe Bonamassa glibly in my review of the debut album by When Rivers Meet (see here) it would be…
We Fly Free – When Rivers Meet
There is something smugly satisfying about discovering music that you like and then discovering that you are not…
Chris Difford’s Song Club Album Inspired by Frontline Photos Taken by NHS Nurse
About a month ago we shared what some believe to be the most moving musical tribute the NHS to come out of the…
The Hunter Club is Back!
As a photographer, my last gig-shoot was round five of BurySOUND at The Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds on 7th…
Sara Kathleen – The Hunter Club
The Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds, unbeknownst to me then, became a personal Covid milestone. Back in…
Lifeline for Entertainment Venues
Arts Council England today announced an investment of £257 million in 1,385 venues, theatres, museums and cultural…
Hair – The Musical
An Outdoor Concert
part of INTERLUDE@UEA
Somewhere en-route from the car park at UEA I took a wrong turn and…
Blues Rock Duo Release ‘Battleground’ Today
No strangers to Grapevine Magazine, British husband and wife blues rock duo When Rivers Meet announce their debut…
The Original Rock Musical Heads to Norwich
‘Hair’ made its debut off Broadway in 1967. It was a ground breaking show, it is said to have defined the…
Dave Thomas Live at The Banham Barrel
I went to photograph a gig last night! A real, live, indoor gig with a band, a stage, a lighting rig, a…
John Marshall-Potter – FolkEast
I conduct interviews in the strangest of places. Last night’s chat with John Marshall-Potter of FolkEast took…
Glemham Hall Joins a Global Movement #LighItInRed
Best know to music fans around the country as the home of FolkEast, tonight the Glemham Estate in Suffolk lights…