It’s back for its 16th year! Cheltenham Folk Festival returns in 2012 for the 10-12th February. It’s the first one on Cheltenham’s festivals calendar and a good reason to get out of the house after your first post-Xmas payday and hear some incredible musicians go folkin’ mad.
Sorry about that last sentence.
Click on the pretty picture above for more information about the festival
Xposed Club returns for 2012 at Hardwick Campus on St Paul’s Road. Whether this is your cup of tea or not, it’s certainly one of the only nights in Cheltenham I would say deserves prefixing with the modifier “renowned” - go see it.
Cheltenham’s Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun make the NME’s Top 100 of 2012!
Now, I’m not the greatest fan of the NME and I hate Top 100s (especially their pseudo flash-pan nature) BUT I like the Solemn Sun boys - so this gets a mention. They’ve got a free download of track “Warriors” available and they are just one of many fine bands our musical corner of the country has to offer.
Click the picture above to hear NMEs Top 100 of 2012
January issue of MAG is out! New look to boot : )
We don’t just get a load of coverage on BBC Gloucestershire Introducing in this county, looks like we’re fit for a whole hour documentary too! Couple of young chaps doing a great job of covering some up and coming local artists. Good first-hand insight into how the ‘new generation’ of musicians in and around Cheltenham view the music scene that was literally non-existant five years ago…
No words for a while as I’ve been away on tour. Here’s just over a minute and a half of highlights in the form of a trailer. Enjoy!
Use this one instead please! (see previous post)
Update on community arts provisions in the Gloucestershire Echo today - why oh why can’t they find a better photo of me?
Click the picture to see the full story, subsequent comments and my corrections…
Either way - good to have this important topic kept in the public eye.
Here’s a short blog I found written by a student visiting Cheltenham from the state of New York - click the title above to view.
Some lovely parallels to a town an ocean away and a surprisingly poignant conclusion.
Why is it on the MND blog? Well, this is an example of how some of our visitors view our lovely town; sometimes as residents it can be easy to forget. Secondly - lots of mentions about music and busking!
Having busked in both Chetlenham AND New York, I reckon we’re pretty much on a par.
Thanks to Cara R for such lovely words.
University of Gloucestershire SU radio station “Tone Radio” is holding a fund-raising buskathon!
Click on the picture above if you fancy getting involved or just want more info.
