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DECEMBER 2002 POL COMPETITION WINNERS: ALTHOUGH only covering the South at the moment, Playing Out Loud! seems to be arousing national interest. This is reflected in our recent Show of Hands Competition - the winners come from Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Winning a copy of the CD “Cold Cuts" are Chas Gilbert of Derby and Colette Collopy of Castleford. CONGRATULATIONS to Colin Lacey of Sholing, Southampton. He has won Lindisfarne ‘s latest CD “Promenade” in our November competition. VETERAN folk rock band The Strawbs have had to cancel their new year “Acoustic Strawbs” tour which was due to touch down at several Hampshire venues. Leader of the band Dave Cousins had a serious fall in France last month. He has fractured his pelvis and broken his leg, and is currently in traction, with the prospect of being flat on his back until at least the end of January 2003. The shows at New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, due to take place on Saturday January 11 and Winchester’s Tower Arts Centre on Thursday January 23 have been cancelled. GREAT news for music fans in Hampshire. Eastleigh is to host a 6-day music festival next summer. From Tuesday July 29 to Sunday October 3 the main events will take place in a big top to be erected on Eastleigh Recreation Ground. Acoustic gigs will take place at The Point venue nearby with fringe events happening at the Concorde Club and many local pubs. Peter Chegwyn, the man behind the successful Fareham and Gosport Easter Festival and Gosport Summer Festival is the festival organiser. “Eastleigh Council are fully behind the festival which will bring up to 25,000 music lovers to Eastleigh over the six days,” says Peter. “The council have put up £25,000 and we are looking for local firms and traders to help us with sponsorship and advertising to make this the biggest festival on the South Coast next summer.” The line-up will be announced later, but Peter intimates that it will be top quality and as eclectic as the other festivals he has been involved with. Folk, world music and rock will all figure strongly. Congratulations to Eastleigh Council for backing live music and to Peter Chegwyn for putting Eastleigh on the live music map. And shame on Southampton Council whose only contribution to live music seems to be Power In The Park, which could hardly be described as a festival! AS IF Peter Chegwyn didn’t have enough to do, he is just finalising the contracts for artists involved in Fareham and Gosport Easter Festival 2003. The official line-up won’t be announced until next month but Playing Out Loud can reveal the top names now. Among the stars appearing at Fareham’s Ferneham Hall and Ashcroft Arts Centre between April 17 - 20 next year are: Lindisfarne Acoustic, Martin Carthy and friends, North Cregg, Eddi Reader, The Saw Doctors, Show of Hands, Martyn Joseph, and (cue for Jethro Tull fans to start leaping up and down or standing on one leg) Ian Anderson and special guests. STUCK for Christmas present ideas? If you’ve got friends or family who are keen music fans, then Oliver Gray’s book “Volume” is an ideal stocking-filler. Chronicling every gig Oliver has ever been to and subtitled “a cautionary tale of rock and roll obsesson, it is both witty and informative. The current edition is fully revised and updated after the first print run completely sold out. “Volume” is available price £8.99 from Waterstones and all good booksellers. It’s also available direct from www.olivergray.com or by post from PO Box 71, Winchester, SO21 1ZE. BBC Radio One recently announced they'll be dedicating a week to playing tracks from unsigned musicians, DJs, producers, and bands who will be added to a specially created OneMusic Unsigned List. The OneMusic Unsigned list will run for a week from January 10, 2003. Radio One will select demos sent to the station which will then go through the same playlist process that all records get. From this debate six artists will be chosen & added to the OneMusic unsigned List where they'll each receive 5 to 6 plays a week. Radio 1 are looking for unsigned demos of any music genres: R&B, UK garage, hip hop, drum n’ bass, dance, guitar bands, singer/songwriters - whatever music you're making, this is a good chance of getting heard on Radio One. The OneMusic Unsigned List is the first playlist of the new year and Radio 1 want to give a lot more exposure to unsigned artists. This is going to happen several times a year, so if music doesn't make the playlist first time round, there will be an opportunity to submit more demos. OneMusic is part of Radio 1's website which provides the inside info from music industry players and how to's on anything in the music business you always wanted to know but didn't know who to ask. One Music: bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic. BLUES FANS will be bombing down to Bognor Regis early in the new year. Farnham Maltings venue are holding their annual Blues Festival at Butlins over the weekend Friday January 10 to Sunday January 12. The line-up includes some electric blues and boogie from 3rd Degree LeBurn (USA), The Marcus Malone Band, Larry Miller, The Cadillac Kings, The Spikedrivers, The Guv'nors, Dr JJ's Blues Band, The Rockin' Armadillos, AM5, Danny Bryant's Redeyeband, Roadhouse, Deep Down and Dirty, Bluesline and Blue Touch. Amongst artists playing acoustic blues are The Robert Hokum Band, John Crampton, Sonny Black, Roy Mette and more! There will also be jam sessions until the small hours each night when everyone can join in. Prices begin at £99 for 3 nights half board and single accommodation available with no supplement. Meals are all self-service (eat as much as you like), and the dining room is open only for the blues weekenders! To book call Susanne Chase on 01243 810012 or Lorraine Nelson on 01243 810011. Leave a message on the voicemail if their phones are busy. If the voicemail is full, you can e-mail direct to them and they’ll get back to you quickly. The address for Susanne is susanne.chase@bourne-leisure.co.uk. Lorraine Nelson is contactable at lorraine.nelson@bourne-leisure.co.uk. LOCAL musicians and singers are invited to enter a free Talent Show to be held at the YMCA centre in Cranbury Place, Southampton on Wednesday December 18. It’s open to all, refreshments will be available, and there are some excellent prizes. The judges are ex-Van Morrison Band member Herbie Armstrong and a mysterious session musician called Atmospheric Eric. The fun kicks off at 8pm on the night. To enter ring 02380 221202. IF YOU want to see in 2003 in manic rocking style then Sussex is the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Wilko Johnson, the ex-Dr Feelgood fretman and his band play the Arun Leisure Centre at Felpham, Bognor Regis on December 31. For tickets ring 01243 826612. SKINNYBARK McDowell, the colourful Australian bluesman arrives back from down under this month to embark on his plan to conquer the UK. The gravel-voiced singer who makes his own guitars from fence panels and anything you can put strings on has two Southampton gigs coming up in January - the Plaform Tavern on Thursday January 9 and Talking Heads on Wednesday January 22. Don’t miss a great entertainer! FANS of the idiosyncratic American musician Leon Redbone will have to cross The Solent if they want to see him next month. The singer and guitarist is playing a one-off gig at Quay Arts Centre at Newport on the Isle of Wight on Sunday January 19. Tickets are £10 via 01983 822490. POWERFUL Scottish singer-songwriter Jackie Leven’s new album is released on February 14, 2003. Called “Shining Brother, Shining Sister” it’s on the Cooking Vinyl label and all tracks are self-written by the Botley-based artist. Several tracks including “Classic Northern Diversion” and “Another Man In The Old Arcade” were previewed at Talking Heads at the end of last month, and proved well up to Leven’s high standard. REMEMBER Jason Ringenberg? The American singer and guitarist was, and still sometimes is, with a band called Jason & The Scorchers. He plays a solo gig at Portsmouth’s City Bar on Monday December 9. Support comes from another American duo, She-Haw - Beth Case from Texas and Amy Pickard from Tennessee. Their music has been described as a mixture of Appalachian Gothic and “tart, smart, neo-hillbilly. Sounds interesting. For more details contact spiderpromos@aol.com or ring 02392 436267. NOSTALGIA rules in The Anvil at Basingstoke’s 2003 season. Amongst the 50s & 60s acts lined up early in the new year are Marty Wilde, “Reelinandrockin” with Gerry Marsden, Mike D’Abo, Brian Poole etc, The Solid Silver 60s Show with The Searchers, Dave Dee & co, Wayne Fontana & Barry Ryan, plus the rescheduled Hollies concert. For more details see www.theanvil.org.uk |
DECEMBER Featured artists:
 Last Nights Fun @ Ashcroft Fareham Sat 14th.  21st Century Beatniks @ The Thomas Tripp Lymington Sun 1st.  Tola and Mirella @ Mr Kyps Poole Tues 10th.  Martyn Joseph @ The Brook Soton Sun 8th & Salisbury Arts Centre Thu 12th.  Derrin & Dave @ Platform Tavern Soton 17th & 31st.  Mike Silver @ Talking Heads Thurs 12th. |
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