Popular Music
10:05 - 09 October 2008
BOB Ayre from Wheathampstead has scored a major coup for his regular Shades of Blues gig held monthly at the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans. Next Friday, October 17, sees the legendary King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys launch themselves onto the stag... Full Story »
10:01 - 09 October 2008
PUBS and bars in St Albans are fast becoming trendy music hotspots thanks to the efforts of a young local musician. Danny Price, aged 23, set up his music-based business, E crip Promotions, at the start of this year to help local bands get gigs in the cit... Read More »
11:49 - 19 September 2008
INDIE favourites Athlete took the Hertford Marquee by storm last Friday after a show-stealing performance which saw them sounding out old classics and new soon-to-be hits. Fans gathered eagerly to watch the Deptford foursome play a selection of tracks fro... Read More »
Classical Music
10:14 - 09 October 2008
ONE of the most stirring and best-loved compositions in the classical music repertoire, Finlandia by Sibelius, launches St Albans Symphony Orchestra s 2008/9 season next Saturday (October 18) at St Saviour s Church in Sandpit Lane, St Albans. Written in... Full Story »
10:02 - 09 October 2008
Fauré s Requiem and Ralph Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem feature in the Hardynge Choir s Autumn Concert on Saturday November 8. Fauré himself said of his work: It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called... Read More »
Miscellaneous Music
10:23 - 09 October 2008
AN ALTERNATIVE punk-pop band discovered by the late John Peel is going to stop off in Hitchin before taking the world by storm. The Pocket Gods which consists of Mark Lee (lead vocals and guitar), his wife Claire (bass) and friend Annelise Moeke (lead gui... Full Story »
10:22 - 09 October 2008
* AMERICA S golden eras of the 1940s and 1950s will be brought to life in Comet country this Saturday. An authentic six-piece band called The Sentinels of Rhythm will be coming to The Plinston in Letchworth GC where they will be playing swing and rhythm a... Read More »
10:21 - 09 October 2008
Thursday October 9 o Sam and Danni s acoustic night – The Arena Tavern, Letchworth GC. o Zetan Spore, Shiroboni and Wooden Casino – Club 85, Hitchin, £6 o The Scallywags – The Sir John Barleycorn, Hitchin Friday October 10 o Claude Bourbon – The Bucks He... Read More »
10:15 - 09 October 2008
A SPECIAL birthday is being celebrated by the Alban Arena next Sunday, October 19, and a pair of tickets can be won. The Arena will be 40 and to celebrate the anniversary, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra will be performing. The city-centre theatre is looking... Read More »