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Sound Advice: Check out Gibb & Lucas in Loughton

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:35:19 +0000

THE magnificent David Gibb and Elly Lucas return to Loughton Folk Club on Thursday (February 9) after their successful show there last year.

Sound Advice: The sincere but succinct Josienne Clarke

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:31:26 +0000

Leading light of the folk revival movement, Josienne Clarke, plays Loughton Folk Club this Thursday (Febrary 2).

Sound Advice: Music be the food of love

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:09:07 +0000

PUB rockers Graham Larkbey and the Escape Committee headline the Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club this Friday (January 13).

Sound Advice: Wham-Bam 2012

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:14:09 +0000

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.

A good year for Leytonstone

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:05:48 +0000

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.

Sound Advice: Review of the Year – mostly gloomy

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:07:21 +0000

For the local music scene, 2011 has been a pretty bad year.

Sound Advice: Heard melodies are sweet

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:53:17 +0000

Ye Olde Rose and Crown pub in Walthamstow hosts a Christmas Festival of Music this week.

Sound Advice: Through music the passions enjoy themselves

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:29:34 +0000

All-round talented guy Brian Peters performs at Walthamstow Folk Club on Sunday (November 20).

Sound Advice: Warm folk in Waltham Abbey

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:22:07 +0000

North-west folk scene stalwart Derek Gifford is coming to Essex on Monday (November 14) for a special performance at Waltham Abbey Folk Club.

Sound Advice: Boogie woogie

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:36:00 +0000

Boogie woogie master Jamie Rowan plays the Birkbeck Tavern in Langthorne Road, Leytonstone, on Sunday (November 6).

Sound Advice: Happy birthday to Loughton Folk Club, happy birthday to yoooouuuuuu!

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:09:03 +0100

Happy Birthday to Loughton Folk Club, which is one-year-old this week!

Why is no-one willing to say they are worried about Whipps?

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:04:43 +0100

In 2007 the Guardian was involved in one of the largest community campaigns in the history of the borough.

Sound Advice: What If?

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:16:31 +0100

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'.

Sound Advice: Kicking racism and Oxjamin'

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:24:48 +0100

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.

Sound Advice: Bob Dylan + Chaucer + madness = good show!

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:28:11 +0100

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.

Sound Advice: Busy busy weeks of music

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:29:30 +0100

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.

Sound Advice: Return of the East Side Jazz Club

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:23:07 +0100

THE East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone returns from its summer break with a show from award-winning pianist and singer Liane Carroll.

Sound Advice: Happy Birthday Walthamstow Folk Club!

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:32:01 +0100

WALTHAMSTOW Folk Club celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend.

Sound Advice: Have a good Friday with Club Bus Wind

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:54:41 +0100

ROCK promoters Club Bus Wind hold a special night at the Standard in Walthamstow this Friday (September 2).

Sound Advice: Sexual Disorders set to entertain

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:36:44 +0100

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.