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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.
Welcome to the October edition of Playing Out Loud. As
usual we’ve got pages and pages of live music
listings,
news and gig and CD
reviews. Our
Festival Focus section is taking a
rest until early next year, but we’ll be the first to give you the 2007 lineups.
If you haven’t caught up with our
Food & Things section, then take a look now. It lists 160 restaurants and
eating places across the South. We’ve eaten in all of them and given them the
POL seal of approval. So if you want to find somewhere to eat before or after
going out to a music gig, or are looking for somewhere to celebrate a special
occasion, just take a look at Food & Things which is set out geographically just
like our Listings section. We’ve
spotlighted some of the gigs of the month in our
Articles section, including alt
country star Peter Bruntnell, contemporary folk hero Nick Harper, Sheffield band
The Long Blondes, enduring talent Hazel O’Connor, Bluegrass man Tim O’Brien and
blues veteran John Mayall. Gig and CD reviews are added throughout the month, so
dive in to POL regularly. If we’ve left anything out in the area in which you
live, just let us know.
We also welcome gig reviews, news and opinions. Happy gigging!
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!
COMING SOON!. Don’t forget to check
this section which enables you to plan ahead. It gives advanced listings for
most of the bigger venues, with further dates added throughout the month.
LATEST UPDATES:
27th October - News,
Messages
23rd October - Single Reviews
13th October - CD Review
11th October - Gig Review
9th October - 3 News, CD Review
6th October - 2 CD Reviews
4th October - Single Reviews, Message
2nd October - Coming Soon! Previews, Message
1st October - New Edition of Playing Out Loud.co.uk
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Featured artists:
see POL Articles
John Mayall
The Guildhall, Portsmouth
Wednes October 25
Hazel O’Connor Various October Dates
Peter Bruntnell Railway Inn, Winchester
Saturday October 28
Nick Harper
Mr Kyps, Poole Wednes October 25
Tim O'Brien
Talking Heads, Southampton
Sunday October 29
The Long Blondes The Joiners, Southampton
Friday October 27 |
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