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Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Sell your soul to the devil
Posted on 1:14pm Monday 16th May 2011
LEGEND has it that influential bluesman Robert Johnson became a good guitarist after he sold his soul to the devil.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Nah nah nah nah nah nah folk
Posted on 5:39pm Tuesday 10th May 2011
Punky folk act The Singing Loins are one of the highlights of this week's line-up of live music gigs in east London.
Flash Bristow »
Power cuts bring the community together
Posted on 2:02pm Tuesday 10th May 2011
My part of Leytonstone has been subject to power cuts recently. The first happened at dusk, as people were drawing curtains and putting on room lights. Suddenly, we were opening the curtains again.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: The sounds of Texas...in Leytonstone? Crazy!!!
Posted on 2:28pm Tuesday 3rd May 2011
TRADITIONAL Texan singer songwriter Darden Smith headlines Leytonstone’s North Star pub this Thursday (May 5).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Beats with Betamax
Posted on 4:03pm Tuesday 26th April 2011
Long standing indie rock act Betamax headline The Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow this Thursday (April 28).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Easter tunes in Waltham Abbey
Posted on 11:19am Tuesday 19th April 2011
WALTHAM Abbey Folk Club are celebrating the seasonal period with an evening dedicated to music on the theme of Easter and St George.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Bonkers but brilliant
Posted on 11:29am Tuesday 12th April 2011
THE bonkers but brilliant London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra play Ye Olde Rose and Crown pub in Walthamstow this Friday (April 15).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Follie, Ruptured, Synex and Nine Blind
Posted on 8:52am Tuesday 5th April 2011
Ex-Lambchop guitarist William Tyler plays the North Star pub in Leytonstone on Friday (April 8).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Three free good gigs
Posted on 2:37pm Tuesday 29th March 2011
THERE'S a delicious trio of free music nights at Walthamstow's Ye Olde Rose and Crown pub over the coming week.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Fiddle excellence in Walthamstow
Posted on 10:15am Wednesday 23rd March 2011
LEADING fiddle player Tom McConville plays Walthamstow's Ye Olde Rose and Crown on Sunday (March 27).
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: A week of blues harp, onions and battered saucepans
Posted on 4:31pm Monday 14th March 2011
A singer-songwriter from Yorkshire will be bringing the folk sounds of his home county to east London this Thursday (March 17) when he plays a gig in Leytonstone.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: A fresh take on folk classics
Posted on 4:16pm Tuesday 8th March 2011
UP and coming young folk singer Louise Jordan plays Loughton Folk Club this week.
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