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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

June 05 Edition
Ian Hunter & The American Rant Band, Brian McFadden, Supergrass, Girls Aloud, Shawn Jones CD, Dave Gibb CD Reviews

Bellowhead, Bang Lassy, Taj Mahal & many other blues acts, Towers of London, Los Albertos, Marianne Faithfull & Christina Jackson Articles

July 05 Edition
Sheila Hancock, Larmer Tree Festival, Blues On The Farm, Taj Mahal Trio, IAN PARKER CD, Alice Cooper CD, Keren CD, Wilko Johnson CD, The Magic Numbers CD, PURE REASON REVOLUTION CD, FEEDER CD & SHOUT OUT LOUD CD Reviews

Danni Leigh, The Old Crow Medicine Show, Frank Marino, Zoot Money, Status Quo & Howard’s Alias Articles

August 05 Edition
Eastleigh Summer Festival, Richard Hawley. Coles Corner CD, Alanis Morisette. Jagged Little Pill Acoustic CD, Mick Harvey. One Man’s Treasure CD, Donal Hinely. Giants CD, Goldfinger. Disconnection Notice CD, Big Joe Turner. My French Connection CD & Buck 65. Secret House Against The World CD Reviews

The Blockheads, Lightnin’ Willie, The Ukrainians, The Duhks, Rory Ellis & The Honeymoon Machine Articles

September 05 Edition
Exclusive interview with Alfie
Exclusive interview with Laura Vane

The Laura Vane Band. Odditorium or Warlords of Mars. The Dandy Warhols CD, Alfie. Tears At Teatime CD, Helium Soul - Mass of Four CD, Missy Higgins - Scar CD, The Dandy Warhols - Smoke It CD, Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere CD. Ben Folds - Jesusland CD, The Doves - Sky Starts Falling CD, The Coral - Something Inside Of Me CD, Richard Hawley - The Ocean CD, The Subways - With You CD, Faith Evans - Mesmerized CD, Alfie - Your Own Religion CD, Idiotpilot - To Buy a Gun CD, My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You CD.

John Parish + special guests Black Nielson, Loonaloop, Shooglenifty, Jeff Scott Soto & Dragonforce Articles

October 05 Edition
The Coral. An Evening with Dio, The Oysterband, Wild Child, ERIC CLAPTON. BACK HOME CD, JACKIE LEVEN. ELEGY FOR JOHNNY CASH CD, NAZARETH. BAD BAD BOYS - THE BEST OF NAZARETH CD Reviews.

Capercaillie, Mukka, Ray Davies, Joe West Trio, Guy Davis & Lizz Wright Articles

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Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Theatre Royal, Winchester
Friday November 4


Natalie Imbruglia Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
Tues November 22


Emily Smith
Forest Arts Centre, New Milton
Sat November 12


Kindred Spirit
Central Studio, Basingstoke
Friday November 25


Finbar Furey
Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
Sat November 5 & Tower Arts Centre, Winchester
Thurs November 24


Sherman Robertson The Brook, Southampton
Wed November 23


Szapora
Turner Sims, Southampton
Thurs November 24


Martha Wainwright Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Mon November 14


Peter Bruntnell
The Railway Inn, Winchester
Sat November 12