by Joy McKay. Roller derby had a riotous return when our own Southampton City Rollers took on the Brighton Rockerbillies at a sold out game in Haywards Heath at the weekend. In their new uniforms, debuted at the weekend, they looked like a true team ready to have a great...
Local Heroes
Dan Mar-Molinero: Hometown Jazzer
By Charlie Hislop. Dan Mar-Molinero – for many years at the core of Southampton’s music scene and music education has finally released an album of his own music. ‘Taproot’ came out on Bandcamp today (March 3). It’s a big band, lockdown-created, Ivor Novello award-nominated jazz project. It’s Dan’s work...
Interview: Caity Baser to play Southampton homecoming gig in April
by Peter Nicholson. It’s homecoming time for Southampton’s Caity Baser on the 19th April. The Engine Rooms in Southampton will host this dynamic young musician when she returns to her home city following a whirlwind rise to stardom. The show is already SOLD OUT, although this is hardly a...
Southampton-born singer Caity Baser to play homecoming gig in April following release of EP
Southampton-born singer Caity Baser will be playing a homecoming gig at the city’s Engine Rooms on April 19. The date is part of a UK tour following the release of her new EP Thanks for Nothing, See You Later, which will be released on February 17. The EP will...
Hundreds gather in Southampton for strike solidarity rally
by Charlie Hislop. Today (February 1) saw the largest strike day in this country for many years, and certainly in the recent wave of unrest over pay, the cost of living, the condition of the country’s public services, and the government’s clampdown on the rights of workers to take...
Opinion: How I learnt to stop worrying about The X Factor
by Lewis MacLean. Recent English Eurovision contender and runner up Sam Ryder needs no introduction. He will go down in history as the closest we got (since Bucks Fizz) to winning what England generally condisers the most biased and contentious global competition of all. However, enthusiastic Sotonites who turned...
Southampton’s Interesting Wallpaper release debut EP
by Anita Foxall. March 2020 was certainly unforgettable for us all. But this is also the date that marked the beginning of Interesting Wallpaper, a Southampton based band who have now released their first EP. Pete Harvey, the lead singer and song writer, explained they started as a trio,...
Chair Emeritus of Hampshire’s Blue Apple, theatre company honoured
Georgiana Robertson, Chair Emeritus of Hampshire charity Blue Apple, has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Winchester in recognition of her enormous contribution to Blue Apple and the wider impact of her work in supporting people with learning disabilities. Georgiana (pictured top) was chair of Winchester’s...
Alt rock LGBTQ+ band Hunting Hearts bring a ‘Queer Prom’ to Hampshire
On November 4th at The Edge of the Wedge in Southsea, Hunting Hearts – alt rock LGBTQ+ band from Southampton – are hosting “Queer Prom”, featuring a diverse line-up of queer artists and band from across Hampshire, including Wyse from Portsmouth, Velour from Bournemouth and another Southampton based band,...
Southampton musician Amy Da Silva wins Youth Music award in national competition
Southampton musician Amy da Silva has won the Youth Music Best Original Track Award (Solo) sponsored by TikTok with her her track Think Twice. She has featured on both Sounds of Southampton Vol 1 and Vol2 albums,made by SoCo Music Project, a not-for-profit music organisation that provides inclusive music-making...