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Welcome to
PLAYING OUT LOUD!
Welcome to the latest edition of Playing Out Loud,
POL for short, a monthly guide to live music
in the South of England, with gig listings, articles, interviews, news, CD and
gig reviews and much more. We now get nearly 250,000 hits per month, reflecting
the success of our mission to stimulate interest in live music in Hampshire,
Dorset and Wiltshire and parts of adjoining counties.
Jazz, pop, blues, folk, country, rock, soul and classical music are all covered
- if it’s live it’s here. Just click on the headings above to go where you want
to go, or use our search engine to keep track of your favourite artists.
As experts in the music media field with a host of contacts in the music
industry, we also offer our services, for a small fee, to bands and performers
looking to improve their press, media or web content, and get more gigs, and to
venues wishing to raise their profile and pull in more customers. Please email
me for more details. And if you like the look of this website our website
manager can also help you set up your own website or improve your existing
one. Again, just email for more information.
 And
don’t forget to look out for AND Magazine where PLAYING
OUT LOUD has a
double-page spread in each issue. The magazine covers the same geographical area
as POL and also includes leisure, travel,
food, fashion, cinema, theatre and
many other subjects.
POL Editorial.
October is traditionally a great month for live music with many major acts
embarking on national tours. That’s especially true this year with top names out
on the road including Blondie, Simply Red, Van Morrison and many more.
So keep in touch with this site to find out who’s playing where and when.
This month we are highlighting some varied acts in our
Articles section - including jazz
singer Lizz Wright,
Kinks hero Ray Davies, bluesman Guy Davis, folk giants Capercaillie, quirky
American act, the Joe West Trio and world music exponents Mukka.
Full details of what’s on in October appear in our
Listings section, what’s coming up
in November and December will appear in our constantly-updated
Coming Soon section so you can plan
your diary for the rest of the year. This is the only music website in the South
where you can do that, so bookmark us straight away!
Gig reviews and
CD reviews will be added
as the month goes on and our Message
Board allows you to keep in touch with what’s happening on the music scene
generally and post your own news and suggestions. As usual, we welcome your
input - if you have any comments or criticisms or suggestions, we’d be glad to
hear them. And we are also looking for people to help us with reviews, so if you
would like help getting tickets in return for a review, just contact us.
In the
meantime, enjoy your live music wherever you are.
NUJ Member No 0896708
CDs for review or press packs etc should be sent directly to:
Playing Out Loud
Co/ Peter Ashton
45 Roselands Gardens,
Highfield,
Southampton,
Hants SO17 1QG.
STOP THE PRESS!
Due to public demand we are introducing this new section to enable you to plan
ahead. Coming Soon! will give basic live music listings over the next couple of
months after the current month. Full listings with details of music genres will
of course appear in the monthly Listings later. Please don’t forget to have a
look at Festival Focus for lineups right through to the end of September!
This
section will be constantly updated throughout each month, so keep coming back!
Click here to see what is COMING SOON!
LATEST UPDATES:
25th October - 2 Gig Reviews
24th October - Gig Review, Message
12th October - New Listings, Gig Review
4th October - 3 CD Reviews
3rd October - Listings, Coming Soon!, Message
1st October - New Edition of Playing Out Loud.co.uk
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Featured artists:
see POL Articles
Capercaillie
The Brook, Southampton
Friday October 21
Mukka
Salisbury Arts Centre
Friday October 28
Ray Davies Southampton Guildhall, Southampton Wednes October 12
Joe West Trio
Talking Heads, Southampton Thursday October 27
Guy Davis
Quay Arts Centre, Newport, IOW
Friday October 14
& The
Anvil, Basingstoke Thursday October 20
Lizz Wright
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton Friday October 28
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