Graffiti Classics

A wonderful feast of entertainment! Graffiti Classics are a string quartet like no other. There is the usual line up of two violins (Alice Pratley and Frances Grime), viola (Stephen Kennedy) and double bass (Cathal O’Duill). Accomplished musicians though … Read More

Flanders and Swann:  At the Drop of a Hippopotamus 

I honestly do not know why I love Flanders and Swann I’m not aware of having grown up with their songs playing in the house, nor can I remember quite when I became aware of them but I seem … Read More

Christiaan Oranje: Boy Meets Piano

Christiaan Oranje charts an autobiographical journey trying to find his distinctive place as a pianist and composer. He literally starts with his birth as he blends words with musical accompaniment. From this comic opening, he traces his development through … Read More

Camille: The Dark Angel

Hurray, it is Fringe time and that nears that Franco / Irish singer Camille O’Sullivan will be in town for a while entertaining her legion of fans with her own inimitable style of music. And now she is. Not … Read More

Blues Brothers Banned – Quest for the Cowbell

Ok have I been sleeping during the last two fringes? It was only after going to see ‘Blues Brothers Banned – Quest for the Cowbell’  I discovered this is their third Fringe. Celebrating their sixth year together this summer … Read More

The Bastard Children of Australian Folk

This 5 piece band play rocked up folk extracting riffs from various traditions and powering it out with an Aussie attitude. With drums and bass guitar providing a driving beat, layers of sound are built up with electric mandolin, … Read More

Adriana

Occasionally we receive an e-mail asking for a review we find almost irresistible. We received an e-mail from Adriana a Scottish singer-songwriter who has just supported Sheryl Crow at a sell-out gig at the Carling Academy in Glasgow. Her … Read More

Adam Page Solo

Australian Adam Page is a musical wizard. In front of your very eyes he builds up layers of rhythm and melody to produce a complete piece of music. He opened with a funky number. Starting with a basic drum … Read More

Zoe Lyons- Mangled Mantra of the Messed Up Modern Mind 

It was a few years ago that I first became aware of Zoe Lyons when she was part of Th Monkey Butlers sketch group, then as part of AAA Stand up and then last year with her own full … Read More

Lucy and Des Show Off… 

This should be s 10 star show as Lucy got 5 and Des got 5 but as it was selling out almost every day we did not get to see it. Lucy Porter  and  Des Clarke

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