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August Edition
Exclusive interview with John Leyton
The Hamsters C.D Review


September Edition
Exclusive article on the making of Hem
John Mayall & Alex Harvey Reviews


October Edition
Exclusive interview with Dennis Locorriere
Jefferson Starship, Keith James & Na Dorsa Previews.
Tony Joe White, Colin Blunstone/Rod Argent Band, The Electric Prunes & The Tiger Lillies Gig Reviews


November Edition
Exclusive interview with Gordon Haskell
Gordon Haskell & Christine Collister C.D Reviews
Gordon Haskell, 21st Century Beatniks, Tola & Mirella, Mike Beck, The Paladins, Jefferson Starship, Show Of Hands, Bobby Vee, Lindisfarne & Nick Harper Articles
Show of Hands & Lindisfarne CD Giveaway competitions.


December Edition
Exclusive interview with Gordon Haskell
Gordon Haskell, Christine Collister, Kate Rusby & Nick Harper C.D Reviews
Gordon Haskell, 21st Century Beatniks, Martin Simpson, Sid Kipper, Tola Custy and Mirella Murray, Last Night’s Fun & Mike Berry Articles
Show of Hands & Lindisfarne CD Giveaway competition winners.


January Edition
Wilko Johnson, Gordon Haskell, Christine Collister, Kate Rusby & Nick Harper C.D Reviews
Stringybark McDowell, Slainte Mhath, The Renato D’Aiello/Patrice Galas Quartet, North Cregg, Gordon Giltrap Neil Innes Articles
Show of Hands & Lindisfarne CD Giveaway competition winners.


February Edition
Jamie Cullum, Ezio, Edwin Starr, The Be Good Tanyas Reviews
Edwin Starr, Kent DuChaine, Eleanor McEvoy, Jamie Callum, Uncle Herb, Nine Dogs Deep, Supatones, Tuuli, Fairport Convention, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, The Be Good Tanyas Articles


March Edition
Exclusive interview with Richard Hunt
Rod Picott, Sun Records, Eric Bibb, Ron Sexsmith, Ezio, The Be Good Tanyas, Beach Boys Inc, Spaceritual.net, North Cregg, Linda Gail Lewis & Big Red Reviews
The Levellers, Eddi Reader, Karnataka, Big Brother, The Bluehorses, Ian Anderson, Pierce Pettis, Nine Dogs Deep!, Preston Reed, The Supatones & The Be Good Tanyas Articles


April Edition
Exclusive interview with Ian Anderson
Gosport & Fareham Easter Folk Festival, Jackie Leven CD, Arnie Cottrell CD, Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent Band GIG, Rod Picott CD Reviews
Maroon Town, Jimmy Carl Black, Eddi Reader, Alvin Youngblood, Richard Hunt, Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent Band Articles


May Edition
The Troggs, Bob Pearce & The Jazz Assassins, The Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra, Equation Return to me CD, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter Reckless Burning CD, Gosport & Fareham Easter Folk Festival, Jackie Leven Shining Brother, Shining Sister, Arnie Cottrell Crazy Train CD, Tuuli Here We Go CD & Star Spangled Express Reviews
Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain, Ten Years After, Guy Davis, Mike Berry, Edgar Winter, Carleen Anderson, Fareham’s Ashcroft Arts Centre, Mark Nightingale Articles


June Edition
Bluesathon, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Silver Beatles, Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent Band, Glenn Tilbrook, Ten Years After, Mike Berry Reviews
Sarah Sharp, Kevin Ayers, Kelly Joe Phelps, Bill Jones, Pumpbottom Farm, Derrin Nauendorf and Dave Downing Articles


July Edition
Exclusive interview with Ravi Shankar
Larmer Tree Festival, Folk at the Abbey, Sarah Sharp, Shine, Larry Miller, Eddi Reader CD & Kelly Joe Phelps CD Reviews
Bebel Gilberto, The Blues Band, Catrin Finch, Arlen, Real Abba Gold Articles


August 03 Edition
Exclusive interview with Showaddywaddy
The Rolf Harris ‘Rock ‘n’ Rolf Show, The SAS Band, Trowbridge 30th Village Pump festival, Dennis Locorriere, Eastleigh Summer Festival, Magic Car CD & Rose Kemp CD Reviews
Basingstoke Anvil New Season, Mick Taylor, Hedge Monkeys, The Extraordinaires & Susan Maughan Articles


September 03 Edition
Exclusive interview with Geno Washington
Aqualung, Sam Brown, Bullfrog Blues Machine CD, The Paperboys CD & Martin Simpson CD Reviews
Carvin Jones, Biffy Clyro, Charles Walker, Bobby Cochran & The Poozies Articles


October 03 Edition
Exclusive interview with Michael Weston King
Exclusive interview with Long John Baldry
Exclusive interview with Walter Trout
Michael Weston King & The Decent Men, Southampton YMCA Musical talent contest special, Bluehorses, The Chucky Monroes, The Davey Brothers, Georgie Fame, Walter Trout & The Radicals, Walter Trout CD, The Handsome Family CD, Kate Rusby CD & Michael Weston King CD Reviews
Southampton YMCA Musical talent contest, Hampshire Hog The Limelight scheme, The Angel Brothers / Satnam Singh & Denys Baptiste Articles


November 03 Edition
Exclusive interview with Gordon Haskell
Kelly Joe Phelps, Thea Gilmore, Show of Hands, Michael Weston King & The Decent Men, Show of Hands CD, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers & Friends CD & John Lee Hooker CD Reviews
Andy Sheppard, Ben Weaver, Dame Cleo Laine, Ezio & The South African Gospel Choir Articles


December 03 Edition
Albert Lee, Yardbirds, Horse Stories, Never The Bride, Martyn Joseph, Midge Ure, Ben Weaver, Colin Vearncombe, Gordon Haskell, Ben Weaver CD & Ian Parker CD Reviews
The Dylan Project, Horse Stories, The Spikedrivers, Peter Rowan, Roger Chapman & The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Articles


January 04 Edition
Albert Lee, Yardbirds, Horse Stories, Never The Bride, Martyn Joseph, Midge Ure, Ben Weaver, Colin Vearncombe, Gordon Haskell, Abbie Lathe CD & Willard Grant Conpiracy CD Reviews
The Black Keys, Top Topham / John Idan Band, Southampton Jazz Club, The Tyla Gang, Tina May & Salisbury City Hall Articles


February 04 Edition
Los Pacaminos, The Pickpockets, The Hollies, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Gig at the Guildhall, Kirsty McGee CD Reviews
Martha Reeves and Jimmy Ruffin, The Searchers, Dolly Varden, Jethro Tull, Paul Kelly & Sophie Yates Articles


March 04 Edition
Colin Blunstone/Rod Argent Band, Gordon Haskell, Jackie Leven, Steve Hackett, Lulu, Tony Hadley vs Peter Cox & Go West, The Searchers, Sarah Sharp CD, Step into the Park CD & Ray D’Inverno’s 60th Birthday Concert CD Reviews
Katie Melua, Steve Hackett, Gordon Haskell, John Walker, Eleanor McEvoy, Rokia Traore & Freed Articles


April 04 Edition
Martin Stephenson, The Paperboys, The Passion, Sinnerboy, Fish, The Rutles, Hazel O’Connor, Bangstick, Aerosmith CD, Alvin Lee CD, Danny Barnes CD, Eric Fiedor CD, & Lucinda Williams CD Reviews
Cara Dillon, Alvin Lee, Ian McLagan, The Passion, Wreckless Eric, Martin Stephenson & Freed Articles


May 04 Edition
The Bowie Experience, Charlemagne, Michael Marra, David Cassidy, The Handsome Family, Mr Love & Justice CD, Chumbawamba CD Reviews
Stacey Kent, Peter Bruntnell, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Yat Kha, Michael Marra & Danu Articles


June 04 Edition
Blondie, Kissmet, Peter Bruntnell & James Walbourne, Lifford David / Katie Holmes / Laura Vane & Guests, Steeleye Span CD Reviews
Jeff Beck, Iron Butterfly, Ezio, The Drifters, Tony Joe White & Eric Bibb Articles


July 04 Edition
OMAR with SYJO & guests, Juliet Turner & Pierce Pettis, Jerry Lee Lewis & Chuck Berry, Queensryche & Hurricane Party, Los Pacaminos, Dennis Locorriere,  Zoe Schwarz CD & The Divine Comedy CD Reviews
Hazel O’Connor, The StiX, Dionne Warwick, Nigel Kennedy, Chuck Berry & Zoë Schwarz Articles


August 04 Edition
Purbeck Music Festival, Pukaar Curry Night, The stiX, Eastleigh Summer Festival, Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, The Larmer Tree Festival, Donny Osmond, Hank Williams JR CD, Gordon Haskell CD & Amy Wadge CD Reviews
Clinic, Billie Joyce, Hohodza Band, Amy Wadge, Mark Lanegan & Pronghorn Articles


September 04 Edition
Aint Life a Bastard Biography by Eddie Hardin, Hipstar, Rod Picott CD, Canned Heat CD, The stiX CD & Sue Foley CD Reviews
Bowling For Soup, Last Night’s Fun, Richmond Fontaine, The RedEyeBand, Steve Knightley, Seth Lakeman & Jenna Witts & The Bees Articles


October 04 Edition
Exclusive interview with John Leyton
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Song By Song Book, Whitesnake, The Best of Me,  Jackie Leven, Tom Waits CD, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds CD & Grand Drive CD Reviews
The Brook, Nils Lofgren, Southampton YMCA, Nazareth, Sam Mangwana, John Leyton & Gwyneth Herbert Articles


November 04 Edition
Exclusive interview with Fee Waybill / The Tubes
If I Was Midge Ure Autobiography, Motorhead, Bafaana,  The Manfreds, The Hamsters, Aynsley Lister CD, Bernard Allison CD, Leonard Cohen CD & Stan Webb CD Reviews
Beverley Craven, The Bills, Hayley Westenra, Motorhead, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Fee Waybill Articles


December 04 Edition
The Human League, Roy Wood’s Army, Eric Bibb & Friends,  STEELEYE SPAN CD, JOHN OTWAY CD, HOTPANTZ CD, CHANTZ CD & ROGER CHAPMAN & THE SHORTLIST CD Reviews
Dr Feelgood, Roy Wood's Army, Human League, Wildcards, Scarlet Soho, Jon Amor Articles


January 05 Edition
CARLEEN ANDERSON, Snow Patrol, GIGS OF THE YEAR - 2004 & ALBUMS OF THE YEAR - 2004 CD Reviews
Emma Johnson, Aynsley Lister, Call Up The Groups, David Kitt, Jive Aces, Jim Diamond and Snake Davis Articles


February 05 Edition
CANDYE KANE. WHITE TRASH GIRL CD & RON TRUEMAN-BORDER & THE PERFECT STRANGERS. APPROPRIATELY WRECKED CD Reviews
Hayseed Dixie, Dana Gillespie, Laura Veirs, Deadstring Brothers, KT Tunstall, Philip Jeays and The Quireboys Articles


March 05 Edition
The Merry Widow theatre production, Erasure gig, The Quireboys gig, Nazareth gig,  ROGER CHAPMAN & THE SHORT LIST CD, IAN BAILEY CD & JULIE DUNN CD Reviews
Motimba, Equation, Shane McGowan, Ray Gelato, Arthur Lee & Bruce Katz Articles


April 05 Edition
ETHAN DANIEL DAVIDSON BAND, THE CHRISTIANS, Manic Street Preachers, GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL, BANG LASSY, MERRILL OSMOND, BILLY IDOL CD & DENNIS LOCORRIERE CD Reviews
Sinnerboy, Jacqui Dankworth, Rocky Athas, Eddi Reader, Rebecca Carrington & Ethan Daniel Davidson Articles


May 05 Edition
Shawn Jones, Tony Hadley/Martin Fry, Sam Brown, Glitterati, Hurricane Party & The Black Velvets, Eddi Reader, GARBAGE CD, T RAUMSCHMIERE CD, THE SUBWAY CD, A CD, RAY LAMONTAGNE CD, KEVIN MARK TRAIL CD, OASIS CD & AMBERSHADES CD Reviews
Vic Chesnutt, Courtney Pine, Rufus Wainwright, Donovan, Bellydance Superstars, Marianne Faithfull & Rebecca Carrington Articles

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Bellowhead - Crawley Folk Festival, Sussex - Sunday June 26
Bellowhead
Crawley Folk Festival, Sussex Sunday June 26

Bang Lassy - The Plough, Tiptoe Sat June 25 & The Dolpin, Southampton Thurs June 30
Bang Lassy
The Plough, Tiptoe Sat June 25 & The Dolphin, Southampton Thurs June 30

Taj Mahal & Many Blues Acts at various venues throughout June
Taj Mahal & many other blues acts
various venues throughout June

Towers of London - The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - Tuesday June 7
Towers of London The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth Tuesday June 7

Los Albertos - Talking Heads, Southampton - Sat June 18
Los Albertos
Talking Heads, Southampton
Sat June 18

Marieanne Faithfull - Salisbury Festival - June 11
Marieanne Faithfull Salisbury Festival Saturday June 11

Christina Jackson - Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury - Sat June 30
Christina Jackson Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury
Sat June 30

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