This Is Wiltshire | Music

Young musician contest strikes right chord with visitors

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:29 +0000

THE 16th Swindon Young Musician of the Year Competition attracted 25 entrants at the weekend.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:47 +0000

The world is littered with great, unanswered questions. What if the Universe isn’t infinite? What if The Matrix is right and this is all an illusion? What if the Hulk had the brain of Bruce Banner? What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us?

Most Wanted

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46:40 +0000

POP sensations The Wanted are the latest band to annoucne a summer gig at Westonbirt Arboretum.

Sounds of the 60s from The Jets in Swindon's MECA

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:44:30 +0000

The swinging sixties are being brought back to life by former chart toppers, The Jets, tomorrow when the MECA in Regent Circus, Swindon, throws open its doors to the hit theatre show Kings of Harmony, Legends of the 60s.

Gabby is fighting fit for Swindon gig

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:42:49 +0000

Swindon’s Gabby Young makes a welcome return to her home town on Saturday, after being forced to pull out of her show at the Arts Centre in October due to a throat infection.

Young singers are record breakers

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

SCHOOLCHILDREN across Swindon hit a high note in a bid to set a world record for the most people to sing and sign a song simultaneously.

Full Quota of rock for Swindon bars

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:24 +0000

Rockin’ all over the world, well at least all over Swindon, when a gaggle of Quo bands drop into town.

Swindon's When Words Fail jet off to make music in the wild west of America

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:34:19 +0000

Swindon’s high energy melodic rock band When Words Fail have scooped a record deal in America.

Music fans set to get their kicks

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:55 +0000

MUSIC lovers are set to get down with the trumpets when Rizzle Kicks perform at the Oasis later this year.

Teen clarinettist in BBC Young Musician woodwind finals

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000

TALENTED teenager Jordan Black has made it through to the category finals of the BBC Young Musician 2012.

Ox sing songs from new CD

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:28:20 +0000

Ox, led by Mark Browning, from Canada is heading back to Swindon this weekend.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:06:57 +0000

Last week I was delivered a schedule that was a local music writer’s dream. And do you know what? It’s only gone and happened again...

Celebrating heritage

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:13 +0000

A concert in the Railway Village on Saturday celebrates the Queen’s Jubilee and her links with Swindon’s railway history.

Old friend is back

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:19 +0000

TOMORROW night, an old favourite – Diverse – returns to Swindon clubland at Suju.

'Rat Pack' bring a touch of glamour to charity do

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:20:00 +0000

SWINDON’S Charity Ball will sway to the classy sounds of the Rat Pack after the West End show’s original cast agreed to top the bill.

It's Rock over pop

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The Oasis Leisure Centre has played host to an array of musical talent in recent years, from top rockers Kings of Leon to the poptastic Alexandra Burke.

1000 Planets launch their new album at The Vic in Swindon

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:23 +0000

ROCK band 1000 Planets launch their latest album entitled Side Effects on Friday with eight new tracks written and produced by the musicians.

Crazy world of music

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:02:25 +0000

Madness in very different forms heads for Swindon on Thursday.

We still get on after 60 years

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:46 +0000

A ROCK star has been reunited with his long-lost cousin after 60 years, thanks to an appeal in the Adver.

Rodents rock the meca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:35 +0000

Garry Roberts was the original guitarist and singer with the Boomtown Rats.