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Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Perfect show for craic addicts
Posted on 9:35am Wednesday 16th May 2012
LOUGHTON Folk Day provides non-stop live music all day this Saturday (May 19) between 4pm and 10.30pm.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Hungry for music
Posted on 6:08pm Tuesday 1st May 2012
HUNGRYTOWN headline Loughton Folk Club on Thursday (May 3).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: 11 Foot Sack and spinning blues tracks
Posted on 9:48am Wednesday 25th April 2012
THE fantastically funky 11 Foot Sack bust out the tunes at the 17Blues Club at Walthamstow Cricket Club this Friday night (April 27).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The Beatles are coming to Chingford?
Posted on 12:23pm Tuesday 17th April 2012
THE Beatles top the bill at the Artisan Music Venue in Chingford this Friday (April 20).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Middle Eastern jazz
Posted on 5:14pm Tuesday 10th April 2012
EVER wondered what jazz mixed with Middle Eastern-style music sounds like?
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Home-made tunes on home-made instruments
Posted on 4:06pm Tuesday 3rd April 2012
The Amazing Mr Smith, described as Monty Python's answer to John Williams, plays Loughton Folk Club on Thursday (April 5).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Mr Nash and his fabulous sax
Posted on 10:13am Wednesday 28th March 2012
Derek Nash plays his fabulous sax at the East Side Jazz Club on Tuesday (April 3).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The music of Dead Belgian Jacques Brel
Posted on 9:53am Wednesday 21st March 2012
LIVERPOOL-based group Dead Belgian play a special show at Ye Olde Rose and Crown in Walthamstow this Friday (March 23).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Celebrate St Patrick's Day with some live music
Posted on 4:03pm Tuesday 13th March 2012
IT'S St Patrick's Day this Saturday (March 17) and a number of pubs are hosting live music to celebrate.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Tasteful and tuneful
Posted on 3:49pm Tuesday 6th March 2012
THE tasteful and tuneful Scottish trio Lord Rochester headlines the Birkbeck Tavern in Leytonstone this Saturday night (March 10).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: OMG JAZZ!
Posted on 4:46pm Monday 27th February 2012
JAZZ jazz jazz. If you like it then it's going to be a good week, as the local music menu is positively overflowing with the stuff during the next few days.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Don't be angry, chill out & enjoy some tunes!
Posted on 10:08am Wednesday 22nd February 2012
The highly respected Jeff Davis takes to the stage at Walthamstow Folk Club on Sunday (February 26).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: New folk club launches in Leytonstone
Posted on 4:33pm Monday 13th February 2012
A NEW monthly folk/acoustic night is being launched in Leytonstone this Friday (February 17) by promoters Lost Horizons.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Check out Gibb & Lucas in Loughton
Posted on 5:35pm Tuesday 7th February 2012
THE magnificent David Gibb and Elly Lucas return to Loughton Folk Club on Thursday (February 9) after their successful show there last year.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The sincere but succinct Josienne Clarke
Posted on 10:31pm Tuesday 31st January 2012
Leading light of the folk revival movement, Josienne Clarke, plays Loughton Folk Club this Thursday (Febrary 2).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Music be the food of love
Posted on 10:09am Wednesday 11th January 2012
PUB rockers Graham Larkbey and the Escape Committee headline the Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club this Friday (January 13).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Wham-Bam 2012
Posted on 5:14pm Tuesday 3rd January 2012
After a few weeks off of (presumably of rock and roll excess) local musicians up and down the land are re-attaching their guitar straps and polishing their drum sticks in preparation for another year.
Flash Bristow »
A good year for Leytonstone
Posted on 5:05pm Tuesday 3rd January 2012
2011 has been a tough year for many people as the recession bit, but in Leytonstone there were some signs of hope and a couple of fantastic additions to the area.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Review of the Year – mostly gloomy
Posted on 4:07pm Monday 19th December 2011
For the local music scene, 2011 has been a pretty bad year.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Heard melodies are sweet
Posted on 4:53pm Tuesday 13th December 2011
Ye Olde Rose and Crown pub in Walthamstow hosts a Christmas Festival of Music this week.
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