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WHAT'S ON: Concerts in June

Rating: 3

June 1st 2011

Chosen by John Bickley, general manager of The Sixteen

WHAT'S ON: Gigs in June

Rating: 2

May 31st 2011

Chosen by Justin Coleman, freelance writer and music promoter

Alex Berger: Singer-songwriter and Independent Music Awards winner

Rating: 2

May 31st 2011

We find out more about the Stanmore local

Evelyn's good vibes about Bury St Edmunds Festival

Rating: 2

May 19th 2011

Solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie has found a gap in her busy schedule to star at this year’s Bury St Edmunds Festival. Jane Sneesby finds out more about a highly original musical virtuoso

A rock decade at Thetford

Rating: 2

May 19th 2011

The successful Forestry Commission concerts at High Lodge are now intotheir 10th year. We ask two of the founders how it all got started.

Celebrating a rock decade at Thetford

Rating: 2

May 19th 2011

The successful Forestry Commission concerts at High Lodge are now into their 10th year. We ask two of the founders how it all got started.

Launch of two new choirs for school pupils in Somerset

Rating: 3

May 19th 2011

Following the success of the award winning Bridgwater College Show Choir, the College has decided to extend the opportunity to younger year groups, with the launch of two new Youth Choirs

REVIEW: Show of Hands at The Junction, May 13

Rating: 2

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May 16th 2011

Graham Uney enjoys a dose of Knightley – Beer, England’s finest folk duo

Bristol Bach Choir - Music for a Summer's Evening

Rating: 2

May 16th 2011

Fresh from its critically acclaimed performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Bath Abbey, the Bristol Bach Choir returns to its native city for a lighter programme of English madrigals, partsongs, spirituals and rousing opera choruses

REVIEW: Peter Doherty at The Junction

Rating: 2

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May 10th 2011

The one-time libertine and Babyshambles man is almost upstaged by a giant toy panda, says Chris Boland

WHAT'S ON: Gigs in May

Rating: 3

May 10th 2011

Chosen by Justin Coleman, freelance writer and music promoter

WHAT'S ON: Concerts in May

Rating: 3

May 10th 2011

Chosen by John Bickley, general manager of The Sixteen

The Great Escape - 2011

Rating: 2

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May 5th 2011

Full line up and what to expect at this years Great escape music festival in Brighton

South West Four 2011 full line-up revealed

Rating: 2

April 26th 2011

And, boy, does it look good

Music stars of today have played at Chiswick's Blue Flowers and now the iconic night is back

Rating: 3

April 26th 2011

What do this year’s Brits stars Adele, Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons have in common? They all started out at a small music night in Chiswick, says Nancy Groves

My top five albums

Rating: 2

April 14th 2011

Michelle Newbury, the apex and Bury St Edmunds Festival administrator, chooses her all time favourite albums

Godalming Operatic Society - join the club

April 13th 2011

Widely known as one of the country’s leading performers of Gilbert and Sullivan, Godalming Operatic Society has been performing its productions since 1925

REVIEW: Roddy Woomble at the Junction, 24 March

Rating: 3

April 6th 2011

Chris Boland enjoys an evening of Roddy Woomble's folk style music at the Junction

The Didsbury roots of Violin Venus, Jane Hunt

Rating: 3

April 5th 2011

Jane Hunt is a world-class violinist living in New York but it all began in Didsbury

Avalonian Free State Choir & Dave Martin’s Jabbo Five Concert Dates

Rating: 3

April 4th 2011

A return visit by this 36-strong well-established & spectacular Glastonbury choir and a New Orleans style Jazz Band.