After the madness and hedonism of the Saturday, a sense of peace and calm descended over Preston Park. With many revellers still trying to get home as the second day of the Pride festival kicked off, there was a noticeably quiet start to proceedings. The decision to extend the musical…
Music from far and wide – 130 countries to be precise – descended on WOMAD Festival (World of Music, Art & Dance) to turn the Earl of Suffolk’s beautiful Charlton Park estate in Wiltshire into a musical Mecca. Now in its 36th year, the four-day event holds a reputation for…
There is no bigger event in Brighton than Pride, and this year’s celebration of inclusivity and equality broke all records with more than 450,000 in town on a sweltering Saturday. At Preston Park, tens of thousands gathered in order to witness a truly staggering event. Britney Spears in Brighton. When…
Jazz Re:freshed can be seen as the glue to London’s incredible jazz scene, having run a weekly jazz residency there for the past 15 years. Beyond that, they’ve hosted jazz stages at festivals, developed an already impressive record label, issued an annual print magazine and are now touching bases internationally…
Having been fortunate enough to experience a lot of festivals over the years, Brainchild is one that comes with its own unique vibe that few can replicate. I can only liken it to the atmosphere that you feel at Glastonbury Festival, where although you are in fields with lots of…
Having been nominated for Grammys, French Victoires de la Musique prizes, supported bands such as Blur, Coldplay and U2, as well as performing at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, there’s no denying that Malian duo Amadou & Mariam are musical icons. With a back-catalogue of 20 years, they brought…
Brighton’s Suzi Island have been on various blogs’ ‘ones to watch’ for a while now, but it was not until their most recent single that they’ve really shown their potential to bloom. ‘Actor’ has not only featured on countless amounts of hype blogs and prestigious Spotify playlists, but it was…
“For those that don’t know, we’ve got our first record coming out at midnight, so this is our album launch party” stated BODEGA frontman Ben Hozie as the New York post-punk quintet packed out The Haunt for the second time in as many months after their Great Escape show, which…
With the Orbital brothers, Paul and Phil Hartnoll, still having ties in Brighton, a big old party at Brighton Racecourse, on top of Whitehawk Hill, was more than enough to get the city excited. What made this show doubly as exciting, was that this tour was to celebrate the release…
In support of their impressive and most recent album, Far From Earth, Stonefield took to The Hope & Ruin this week for the first date of their UK/EU tour, which will see them perform in London, Manchester, Paris and many more. The show featured support from Hill and Sister Witch, initially…