Tag Archives: Oxford

InLight LIVE review + interview with Charlie Cooke

InLight

Last Sunday night I went to see InLight at The Bullingdon Arms in Oxford. After watching two members of the band play an "acoustic" set last month at The Jericho Tavern when they supported Baskery, I was looking forward to seeing them as a full band ... Continue reading

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Baskery LIVE @ The Jericho Tavern, Oxford review

Baskery

Last night I had the pleasure of attending one of the best shows that I've seen in a long time. I was looking forward to going to The Jericho Tavern for a change - as opposed to the Carling Academy now the O2 Academy in Oxford ... Continue reading

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Music News: Rufus Wainwright @ Oxford Union + Vagabond, Robyn Hitchcock, REM, more

MBC

Even six inches of snow couldn't keep Rufus Wainwright from speaking at the Oxford Union yesterday afternoon. In an amusing and informative hour long Q&A session he talked about his forthcoming opera Prima Donna, reminisced about Jeff Buckley, talked about making his next album with just piano and vocals ... Continue reading

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Mongrel LIVE review - O2 Academy Oxford

Mongrel

It was good timing to have been able to, on the same day, review Pete Doherty's upcoming debut solo album, Grace/Wasteland, and then later that night - last night - to go out and see Mongrel play live at the O2 Academy (was Zodiac; Carling Academy) in Oxford ... Continue reading

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The Tommos to play Barack Obama Inauguration Party @ Brookes University - Oxford, England

The Tommos - Jenny May, Dave Tommo

The Tommos will be playing an acoustic set at the Obama Inauguration Party at Brookes University (Gipsy Lane) in Oxford, England on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 8:00pm ... Continue reading

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Martha Wainwright + Angus & Julia Stone review, Oxford Town Hall

Martha Wainwright

Last night (4 November, 2008) I witnessed two sets from Martha Wainwright and her support act Angus & Julia Stone that couldn't be more different ... Continue reading

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Seb from Keyboard Choir EXCLUSIVE interview

Keyboard Choir

Oxford based band the Keyboard Choir is a unique collaboration of musicians that, in their own words, "make music with the turbulence and dynamics of traditional 'ensemble' performances from purely electronic sound sources and 'found sound'". Read the exclusive interview! Continue reading

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The Pipettes review, Carling Academy Oxford

The Pipettes

In keeping with the history of glamorous pop trios, The Pipettes have undergone what they call in the business, a line up change. In that the band are effectively a brand new entity, with none of the original members left ... Continue reading

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Padma, Keyboard Choir to play benefit show for Oxford Buddhist charity So-Wide

Keyboard Choir

Photo: Keyboard Choir. A special fundraiser benefit gig for the Oxford based Buddhist charity group, So-Wide, will be taking place Sunday 19th October, 2008, at the dining hall of Wolfson College, Oxford ... Continue reading

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Behaveya set to play at the Temple Bar - Oxford, England

Behaveya

The talented young band Behaveya is set to play at the Temple Bar in Oxford, England Saturday 27th September, 2008 ... Continue reading

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