Blues singer and guitarist Dave Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales but now resides in Norfolk. He runs the regular Fine City Blues sessions at The Louis Marchesi pub in Norwich – or at least he used to before the world turned upside down in March of this year. He played his first gig…
The Hunter Club in Bury St Edmunds, unbeknownst to me then, became a personal Covid milestone. Back in February and March 2020 I covered BurySOUND, somehow managing to end up on the judging panel of the competition. Round five of BurySOUND at The Hunter Club turned out to be the last gig I photographed before…
I conduct interviews in the strangest of places. Last night’s chat withJohn Marshall-Potter of FolkEast took place in a field, in the dark and in the rain. John had parked his truck and trailer beside a tree. Not any old tree, but THE tree. The old dead oak that is dressed every year in July…
The NMG Awards, in case you don’t know, are the New Music Generator Awards which celebrate music in the East of England. This year was Grapevine Magazine’s first involvement with the awards where they sponsored the ‘Indie’ category – with no fewer that sixteen acts nominated for the award. Based on Grapevine’s experience last night,…
I have a confession to make. I only discovered Katzenjammer recently, and only because I was purchasing music online by another Scandinavian band – the well know online shop suggested that I might like to look at… I did and I was hooked. But I have yet to see them play live – something I…
My telephone interview with JJ Burnel of The Stranglers, one of the most continuously successful band to come out of the punk era, got off to a shaky bi-lingual start but that was just his way of testing me, soon we were talking comfortabaly about the world we live in, venues and advice for upcoming…
I first interviewed Jon Parker some years ago when he was backing Jake Morley on a tour. More recently we bumped into each other at FolkEast where Jon was playing with The Will Pound Band. The band are just about to embark on their first tour so it seemed the right time to chat again….
With five shows in our region in Ipswich, Southend, King’s Lynn, Cambridge and Norwich I couldn’t ignore the opportunity to chat with the musical director and drummer with Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Allan Cosgrove. How would you describe Rumours of Fleetwood Mac – is it a tribute band or is it a Fleetwood Mac show?…
My interview with 10cc founding member Graham Gouldman got off to a shaky start when we discover that the band’s press release was wrong. Ever the professionals we soldiered on to discuss the best pop song ever written, why one set of notes can become a hit and another set doesn’t, Graham’s favourite 10cc album…
I forgot to ask Jo Harman whether or not she has a trophy shelf, I suspect she hasn’t. But if she had she now has a new trophy to dust. Jo was voted Female Vocalist of the Year at the British Blues Awards on Sunday at the 25th Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in…
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