Music
This week at The Stables: With Jo Harman, Dodgy, Keith James, Elio Pace, Liz Pichon & more...
Martin Taylor celebrates his 60th birthday by hitting the road, and the multi-award-winning guitarist, composer and educator will be back at The Stables on Tuesday (October 25). Incredibly, Martin has spent 45 years working as a touring artists, and the man widely considered to be the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz and finger-style guitar has more than 100 recordings to his name......
Third Forest, Folk & Roots appearance for the inimitable Gerry Colvin Band
If you look up prolific in the dictionary, the explanation probably reads as Gerry Colvin... Expect to hear songs taken from various eras of his extensive history, in a fusion of roots, country and jazz....
Big Evil Grin, Black Martis and Ivory Yardsale play Milton Keynes Gallery this week
Loyalty to any particular genre goes out of the window and what is left is a truly passionate sound unrestrained by what is expected. Imagine if the collective members of And So I Watch You From Afar, Fugazi and Explosions in the Sky were to come together and form a piano trio. That's the sound that Black Martis make....
Competition: Win copies of the Urban Hymn soundtrack with Total MK
The CD features artists including The Clash, Belarus, Patti La Belle and Tinchy Stryder, and we've got five copies to give away in this week's competition.......
Shoe gazers move in to Bedford Esquires
The Somerset shoegazers live show will be brimming with guitars and atmospheric indie anthems and with a debut album set to be released in the new year this is likely to be the last time you will be able to catch them in a more intimate venue....
On Track: Dub Pistols frontman Barry tackles Total MK's questions...
The chaps at Beatcheck are back with a decidedly tasty show by The Dub Pistols... The 'return of the pistoleros' to The Craufurd Arms gives you reason to grin like a Cheshire, and a skanking, bouncy night is a given when they check in on Friday (October 14)....
