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Gig preview: Daisy Dares You in Morecambe
3:27pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
TEEN punk Daisy Dares You will shun the silence of Morecambe Library when she makes a special appearance at the venue on March 19.
Stunning album by Alberta Cross
3:32pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Broken Side Of Time: Alberta Cross (Ark Recordings).
Brits album reflects great year for music
3:37pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Brits Awards 2010: Various Artists (Rhino).
Kendal Calling early bird tickets sell out
1:04pm Friday 19th February 2010
EAGER festival goers snapped up early bird tickets for Kendal Calling in a record time this morning.
Early bird tickets available for Kendal Calling
10:20am Thursday 18th February 2010
EARLY bird tickets for Kendal Calling will go on sale at a discounted price tomorrow morning (Friday), from 9am.
Sounds Write - Paul McCartney
9:48am Monday 15th February 2010
HE might well now be amongst the elder statesmen of the music world but when it comes to ‘live’ performance ability, there are still few artists of any age who can compete with Paul McCartney.
Gig review: Danyl Johnson and Lloyd Daniels @ lakes leisure, Kendal
4:38pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
HUNDREDS of excited fans welcomed X Factor stars Danyl Johnson and Lloyd Daniels to Kendal with ear-piercing screams and cheers this week.
Concert review: Northern Chamber Orchestra @ Westmorland Hall, Kendal
11:30am Saturday 30th January 2010
THE elegantly-attired Northern Chamber Orchestra, recent guests of the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society, opened its Westmorland Hall concert with a satisfying performance of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture that was remarkable for a profusion of detail, quality of ensemble and rhythmic vitality.
SOUNDS WRITE - Leonard Cohen
5:41pm Tuesday 26th January 2010
Legendary songwriter, performer, author and poet Leonard Cohen has had, for the most part of his lengthy career, something of a cult status, never really appealing to the masses, many of whom just didn’t really ‘get him’ or his music, believing (wrongly) that he was little more than a merchant of doom and gloom with his songs very likely to send the listener spiralling into a deep depression.
Season preview: Lake District Summer Music
9:30am Saturday 23rd January 2010
PATRONS of Lake District Summer Music celebrate their 25th year with a New Generation series of concerts, featuring young artists at the beginning of their careers.
Conductor call for Lakeland Singers
6:43pm Thursday 21st January 2010
LAKELAND Singers are on the look out for a new conductor.
Duo are singing the praises of Tribal art!
6:47pm Thursday 21st January 2010
TONGUE Tribe was set-up for the Staveley Carnival in 2008. An a cappela choir led by Ali Rigg, they staged eight weeks of workshops before putting on three fantastic performances.
Lakeland Singers on the look out for new musical director
9:10am Saturday 9th January 2010
LAKELAND Singers are on the look out for a new conductor.
Tongue Tribe choir wants to spread a little sunshine
1:50pm Friday 8th January 2010
TONGUE Tribe was set-up for the Staveley Carnival in 2008.
Gig preview: Jools Holland in Carlisle
8:40am Tuesday 5th January 2010
JOOLS Holland’s big summer concert at Carlisle Racecourse is set to be one of the biggest events of the year.
Season preview: Kendal Midday Concert Club
3:30pm Sunday 27th December 2009
SECONDS out - and here comes midday magic part two.
Busy year for Kendal's Fables
9:00am Wednesday 23rd December 2009
IT has been a busy year for Kendalian band Fables, but with an upcoming tour their story has just begun.
British Sea Power to headline at national awards ceremony
9:10am Sunday 20th December 2009
BRITISH Sea Power will headline the NME Shockwaves Awards Show on February 9.
Gig review: Dreadzone at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
9:23am Thursday 17th December 2009
DREADZONE were certainly saving the best until last when they delivered their electrifying blend of dub bass, dance beats and reggae vocals in Kendal on Saturday.
Sounds Write - Rod Stewart's Soulbook
5:09pm Wednesday 16th December 2009
IT is more than a little ironic that one of this country’s finest rock singers, Mr Rod Stewart, has enjoyed the greatest commercial success of his long career courtesy of a series of the most un-rock n’ roll of albums.
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