I was fortunate enough to be front row for the final Maker Live Session of the year on the 2nd December at the Random Arms & Energy Room at Maker Heights on the Rame Peninsula. Read on to see how the evening unfolded.

As I write this, it’s 8:40pm on December 30th, I’ve not had a great deal of news to blog about so I have been running through a few other websites to see what they’ve been up to over the festive period (other than stuffing their faces of course!), here’s what I found….

Andy Quick, it turns out, is a multifaceted musician and songwriter, he writes much more widely than the rather splendid brass fuelled funk of Land of the Giants.  He has been collaborating and writing with Josie Boucharde, Jackal Hebb and Martin Jenkeys for 2 years and has gathered an eclectic collection of songs together for a new album to be released in the 2018.

In this new feature, we take a look at some popular music blogs and re-post what they’ve been talking about over the past week.

What a strange and slightly crazy year it has been. Apart from disgusting acts of violence across the globe and having to endure the sociopathic tendencies of an orange-skinned dictator, the music world needed another righteous shot in the arm and it emerged bloody, bruised, beaten but unbowed at different points throughout the yet to be completed 365.

An evening of curated Showcase gigs will complement the 3rd Annual AMA UK Awards Show and Music Industry Conference, collectively known as AmericanaFestUK, these take place at various venues around Hackney from 31st Jan to 1st Feb 2018.

Striking a slightly different chord from recent acclaimed single ‘Dance Floor’, ‘One More Night’ conjures a lonely hearts column in dystopian 80's future. A future where Synth wave rules and the classic power ballad never left our radios. A very emotive subject matter. What apparently didn't matter on the "Dance floor" does in the bed room!

Taken from his debut album - The Attractions Of Youth

Out now on Virgin EMI

100 million digital streams

100,000 albums sold worldwide

London headline show at Scala on March 22nd, 2018 (Tickets on sale now)

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Roundhouse presents 'In the Round'

31 January - 10 February 2018

An eclectic mix of artists in a rare, intimate setting featuring:

Oumou Sangaré, Jimmy Webb, Nadine Shah, Portico Quartet, Levellers, GoGo Penguin, Chip and Beth Orton

I recently told you about The Wailers heading out on a UK tour throughout March 2018, if that wasn't enough, we have a pair of tickets to giveaway for each of the following shows.

Tonight saw the end of the Double Trouble tour featuring Beans on Toast and Skinny Lister, I was expecting a certain special guest this evening, read on to find out who this was....

Tonight’s main act doesn’t really require an introduction, he fronted one of Britain’s most popular bands, along with his older brother and fellow band mates, they went on to take over the world (literally), leaving behind them a wake of bands who were keen to replicate their levels of success but the majority of them failing to do so to any great degree. I am of course talking about OASIS and tonight, at the Plymouth Pavilions, Liam Gallagher was to take to the stage to show the people of Devon what it takes to be a bonafide rock ‘n roll star!

Following their huge UK tour earlier this year The legendary Wailers band have confirmed a UK headline tour for March 2018. Steered by famed bassist and founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, and joined in solidarity with original Wailers’ guitarists Junior Marvin and Donald Kinsey, The Wailers will perform 14 dates across some of the UK’s major cities!

UK ACOUSTIC HEADLINE TOUR 2018

with Ginger Wildheart as support

We were contacted recently by a Toronto based alt/pop musician called BRANT who has just released his new single “Where The Light Comes In” along with its visual accompaniment.

ALL NEW 'VO5 NME AWARDS ROAD TRIP' WILL SEE THE VACCINES, BASTILLE, THE AMAZONS, IDLES, FRANK TURNER AND VO5 NME AWARDS 2018 HOST HUW STEPHENS TAKE TO DJ BOOTHS AT VENUES ACROSS THE UK 

ANNOUNCES UK TOUR FOR SPRING 2018 INC LONDON’S HEAVEN ON 28TH MARCH

CATCH THEM LIVE AT THE CAVERN, EXETER ON DEC 7TH

DEBUT ALBUM ECLIPSE COMING SPRING 2018

Gabrielle Aplin will be throwing an end of year celebration with her Never Fade Records ‘Christmas Party’ at the beautiful Union Chapel. The line up will be headlined by Gabrielle and also feature Hudson Taylor, Hannah Grace, Callum Beattie, Sonny and Hali - all signed to Gabrielle's Never Fade Records.