Guernsey Gigs

Here’s another little flavour of some of the acts that played last night at our Unplugged Club. The club gets together on the first Tuesday of every month down at the Golden Lion, free entry.

It’s a friendly welcoming space where anybody can get up and have a go at whatever skill level they are at and perform whatever music they’re working on to an audience of like minded musicians who are there to sit and listen and not just a pub full of punters who are there to drink and chat over the music.

Each month we have a loose theme to try and inspire people to write to or learn songs for. We also have a music related raffle with prizes kindly donated by kendall guitars and vinyl vaughans there’s a chance at the end for a short jam session and a chat.

This month’s theme for the club was “songs about your instrument”. We’ve selected a few performances that’ll give you a taster of the evening.

Featuring music from:

1 – Gregory Harrison Music

As you all probably know by now we’re big fans of up and coming band and local legends Track not found, so we thought it might be fun (or a huge mistake we’re not sure yet…) to lend them our podcasting setup and give them their own show on our feed so they can give you their fresh perspective on the local music scene and a bunch of laughs too! So, without any further input from us here’s episode one of Pod Not Found.

This week we’re joined by Richey Powers and Ash Jarman of  The Recks where we take a deep dive into how the band formed, their approach to song writing and we talk about few of their trials, personal struggles and successes on their ongoing journey as a band.

We’re back at our usual round table this time we have local legend Mark Guillou who has worked behind the scenes in Guernsey’s music scene for a long time now and has been involved in way too many events and festivals to name them all, but his latest endeavour is the Sark Summer Festival which we talk to him a bit about, we also find out how he got into music and became a sound technician and guitar teacher and learn a bit about his life/work philosophies.

Enjoy!

We’re in St James for this super special episode with journalist and writer David Hepworth of  NME, Empire, Mojo, and presenter on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test and also Live Aid. We’re talking to him about his new book Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of The Rock Stars. huge thanks to the Guernsey Literary Festival for bringing him over and letting us have this chat.

Our guest host, filling in for Greg who’s off gigging is Jon Bisson from Sound

Enjoy!