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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.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Through music the passions enjoy themselves
Posted on 10:29am Tuesday 15th November 2011
All-round talented guy Brian Peters performs at Walthamstow Folk Club on Sunday (November 20).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Warm folk in Waltham Abbey
Posted on 3:22pm Tuesday 8th November 2011
North-west folk scene stalwart Derek Gifford is coming to Essex on Monday (November 14) for a special performance at Waltham Abbey Folk Club.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Boogie woogie
Posted on 10:36am Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Boogie woogie master Jamie Rowan plays the Birkbeck Tavern in Langthorne Road, Leytonstone, on Sunday (November 6).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Happy birthday to Loughton Folk Club, happy birthday to yoooouuuuuu!
Posted on 5:09pm Tuesday 25th October 2011
Happy Birthday to Loughton Folk Club, which is one-year-old this week!
Author Unknown »
Why is no-one willing to say they are worried about Whipps?
Posted on 3:04pm Friday 21st October 2011
In 2007 the Guardian was involved in one of the largest community campaigns in the history of the borough.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: What If?
Posted on 3:16pm Tuesday 18th October 2011
A SUPERGROUP of sorts comprising members of The Jam, Sham 69 and The UK Subs play the Standard in Walthamstow this Thursday (October 20) under the name 'If'.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Kicking racism and Oxjamin'
Posted on 3:24pm Tuesday 11th October 2011
THERE'S a gaggle of worthy-cause gigs this week, including a Love Orient Hate Racism event in Leyton and an Oxfam fund-raiser with some top names in Walthamstow.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Bob Dylan + Chaucer + madness = good show!
Posted on 5:28pm Tuesday 4th October 2011
A UNIQUE one-man show of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Miller's Tale told mainly through the songs of Bob Dylan runs for three nights at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, next week.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Busy busy weeks of music
Posted on 5:29pm Tuesday 20th September 2011
IT'S a busy week in north east London for music over the next week or so, with the launch of the first ever 'Stow Festival' alongside the usual run of cracking gigs.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Return of the East Side Jazz Club
Posted on 4:23pm Monday 12th September 2011
THE East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone returns from its summer break with a show from award-winning pianist and singer Liane Carroll.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Happy Birthday Walthamstow Folk Club!
Posted on 9:32am Wednesday 7th September 2011
WALTHAMSTOW Folk Club celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Have a good Friday with Club Bus Wind
Posted on 3:54pm Wednesday 31st August 2011
ROCK promoters Club Bus Wind hold a special night at the Standard in Walthamstow this Friday (September 2).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Sexual Disorders set to entertain
Posted on 4:36pm Tuesday 23rd August 2011
ITALIAN rock band Sexual Disorders are performing at the Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow this Wednesday (August 24), coming over all the way from their native Florence.
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