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Chance Sisters' X Factor blog ESSEX singers The Chance Sisters made it to boot camp in last year's series of The X Factor. In a regular blog they will give us their views on this year's contestants.
(27/08/2008)
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Band hit the big time at festivalsBy James Burton A ROCK band with Bishop's Stortford roots has been chosen to play at the high-profile Leeds and Reading festivals. On Friday and Sunday, hundreds of thousands of music fans will get the chance to see The Bacchae, two of whose members grew up in the town, as they perform on the BBC's "Introducing" stage.
(22/08/2008)
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Charity gig will be lesson in entertaining audiencesBy Sara BlackA legendary orchestra will be performing at a special charity dinner dance in Hoddesdon next month. The Joe Loss Orchestra, led by singer Todd Miller, will play at Broxbourne Civic Hall to celebrate Hertfordshire Action on Disability's 50th anniversary. (22/08/2008)
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Family tree is rooting out The Square's rock heritageBy Web Reporter HARLOW'S rock ancestry is being compiled to celebrate the reopening of The Square. Paul Woodwright, pictured, frontman for Harlow-based band and Square regulars Deviant Amps, is compiling a family tree of all the bands to have performed at the venue.
(22/08/2008)
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Stortfolk gigs are back with a bangBy Eleanor Scotchbrook ANOTHER three fantastic acts have been lined up to appear when Stortfolk resumes next month. The Bishop's Stortford-based music club - which meets in the vestry hall behind All Saints Church every Thursday at 8.30pm - returns following the summer break with a gem of an autumn programme featuring a wide spectrum of folk sure to appeal to all tastes.
(22/08/2008)
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Rockers invited into the Marquee to keep dry!By Sara Black Bands fresh from playing at Hertford's popular Rock at the Castle will be returning to the town for a rock 'n' roll 'n' rap party. Groups who performed at the annual music concert earlier this month are keen to hold a second show at Hertford Marquee to ensure dry conditions!
(22/08/2008)
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New look for clubBy Eleanor Scotchbrook THE Village Music Club is launching its 2008-09 season in a fresh new direction in a bid to widen its appeal to local music lovers. Over the last 12 years, the Stansted-based club has put on nearly 50 concerts by world class musicians at St John's Church in the village - but is re-launching this autumn as music@stansted in the hopes of welcoming a whole new audience.
(22/08/2008)
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 Sound CheckWith Chris MossFOR those you bored with the burning toilets of Reading Festival or dreading the over-crowded sweat-pit that is Notting Hill Carnival, fear not because your considerate friends at The Square are putting on a veritable feast of live music this weekend to banish those Bank Holiday blues. (21/08/2008) [Read More]
New event gives teens chance to sample fresh soundsBy Eleanor Scotchbrook A NEW weekly music night for teenagers launches in Bishop's Stortford next week. Tiger Tiger is the brainchild of local singer Charli Aitchison, who releases her debut single !Franchesckaar! next month and appeared in last week's Observer, and kicks off at H2O nightclub on Tuesday.(22/08/2008) [Read More]
Get in on a jazz secretBy Web Reporter LIZ Fletcher - one of the jazz world's best kept secrets - comes to High Barn in Great Bardfield at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Having performed all over Europe, the Far East and the USA, it is amazing that this stunning singer is not as well known to the general public as she is among many of the UK's top jazz musicians.
(22/08/2008)
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 THIS IS A FIX The Automatic (album, Polydor) The Welsh indie-rockers may still be dining out on the success of last years' Monster hit, but fans of the Cowbridge four-piece will be pleased to hear they've successfully managed to avoid succumbing to difficult second album syndrome. If anything, this is a distinct improvement on its more playful predecessor, showcasing a band at their creative peak and a complete departure from the cheap gimmickry of their debut. A newfound maturity - in both lyrical and musical senses - courses through each and every track, the sound of a band genuinely enthused with their craft. The result is a heady brew of brooding post-punk-synth-pop loveliness. (21/08/2008) [Read More]
 
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