The Hunter Club Bar & Venue has become my ‘local’ for the last four weeks. Can a venue fifteen miles from home be considered local?  It’s another Friday night, heat 4 of BurySOUND and I’m slightly disappointed that Esme Emerson have had to drop out. Yes folks, Covid is still lurking in the wings and…

A Bury rapper better known in London than his hometown became the first act to make it through to the final of BurySOUND 2023.  Ev impressed the judges with his stage presence, rap and singing blend and lyrics, to win heat one of this competition, now in its twenty-fifth year. The judges had to decide…