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21:39 > Saturday 6th September 2008

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The Other Green Man
The Other Green Man
11:00 - 30 May 2008

Band Info I ve only been performing for about a year and a half. I messed about on computers before, but it s only relatively recently that I have been taking it a bit more seriously. The guy I have to play guitar occasionally is th... Full Story »

Reederz
Audio: Reederz

09:00 - 22 May 2008

Band info Reederz are a four piece pop/rock band from Harlow. Aged between 13 and 18 years old, they started in late 2005 and are one of the youngest bands to regularly play at local music venues in Essex and Hertford. The band star... Read More »

Gazzy Roxx
Gazzy Roxx

13:42 - 14 May 2008

Band info Gazzy Roxx is the archetypal punk poet from Harlow Town, Essex. In the beginning days of 2007 messing about with an acoustic guitar in his ex-girlfriends bedroom started to rant out a half written song that would become pr... Read More »

Colin Zeal
Colinzeal

15:09 - 01 May 2008

Band Biography Our band has been together for about a year and a half although we have played together in other bands for five years when we met at school. The band started as us two having a jam and then writing some songs, we loo... Read More »

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Lounging around at the Lion
09:49 - 04 September 2008

MAEKKELAE S Trash Lounge jet in from Germany next Tuesday to appear in St Albans. The lo-fi pop n blues act is appearing at Ruby Tuesdays at the White Lion in Sopwell Lane where they will be joined by the Trailer Trash Orchestra front man Grae J Wall, to...

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Psycho kill 'em in battle

09:47 - 04 September 2008

HARD rockers Psychohero have gone through to the semi-finals of a Herts Battle of the Bands competiton. Lead guitarist John Coleshill and front man Rich Baldwin, both from Stevenage, set up the band a year ago, and were joined by bassist Mike Bublay and d... Read More »

Starting out in music

09:58 - 04 September 2008

ADULTS who have always wanted to try out a musical instrument will get their chance in Harpenden on Sunday afternoon. Harpenden Musicale is holding an event entitled Adults Only where basic tuition will be given on instruments people have always wanted to... Read More »

Middle on the road

09:55 - 28 August 2008

BIG jazzers The Mid Herts Jazz Orchestra (MHJO) start their new season at Wheathampstead Social Club in Lower Luton Road, next month. The MHJO has for several years been performing on the second Monday of the month at the club, playing the music of such j... Read More »

Just wild about Willy

10:01 - 04 September 2008

ONE OF the UK s best multi-instrumentalists is making an appearance in Comet country at the weekend. Wild Willy Barrett who plays the acoustic guitar with an original style will be coming to Hitchin Folk Club at The sun Hotel on Sunday with his band Sleep... Read More »

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Laughs at the double
10:08 - 04 September 2008

THERE will be a double dose of comedy this weekend as two comedians take their humour to Hitchin and Letchworth GC. Organised by lastminute. comedy, Tony Law and Dave Thompson will be performing at Woodside Hall on Walsworth Road in Hitchin tomorrow (Frid... Full Story »

Display of joy and colour

10:18 - 04 September 2008

THE work of North Herts artist Christina Pattison expresses joy, colour and movement derived from the ordinary and the spiritual that she finds in her homes and surroundings in Sweden, Britain and France. Her current exhibition in the Main Gallery and Caf... Read More »

A man on the menu

10:10 - 04 September 2008

YOU could be a welcome dinner guest at the opening of the new season at The Market Theatre in Hitchin tomorrow (Friday). The Dinner Guest tells the story of two very argumentative and competitive friends – the short-sighted Tara or the abrasive and accide... Read More »

Have fun with Mr Gum

10:11 - 28 August 2008

YOUNG readers have a chance to meet best-selling children s author Andy Stanton at Letchworth Arts Centre on Saturday, September 20. Andy s books feature the truly appalling Mr Gum, a very nasty old man whose misadventures make for hilarious reading. His... Read More »

Auditions for West Side Story

10:10 - 28 August 2008

DANCERS, singers and actors are being sought to audition for West Side Story, which will be performed as part of next year s Stevenage Festival. Stevenage theatre group Fusion is looking for boys and girls aged 10 and upwards, as well as adult performers.... Read More »

 

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