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Countryside comes to town

2:02pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

If you wander onto Hampton Court Palace Green for A Country Affair this weekend you might be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time. In sights rarely seen since the 17th century chivalrous knights will be sorting out age old disputes, possibly involving damsels in distress, with a spot of jousting.

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Music with a message

2:00pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

Last summer’s Live Earth concert was an unmitigated disaster with the sound of environmental band wagon jumping almost drowning out the music. The event was a damning example of how glib and embarrassing the melding of music and “big issues”, be they politics, charity or the environment, can be.

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Tilston playing Rose Theatre benefit

8:10pm Monday 18th August 2008

When I ask Martha Tilston whether her popularity has taken her by surprise, she seems genuinely taken aback that she is considered famous.

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Your chance to be famous

5:27pm Thursday 14th August 2008

Think you have what it takes to be a star but too scared by the bright lights and high trousers of Simon Cowell?

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Mod rockers Taking the Fifth

11:11am Thursday 14th August 2008

Dodgy, The Charlatans, The Jam and Makin’ Time have all had an influence on Midlands band The Upper 5th.

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Ska-ting back into fashion

5:20pm Friday 8th August 2008

More often than not fashions and tastes are repeated over and over again throughout history.

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Festival's a Scream

1:08pm Thursday 31st July 2008

Valhalla, Silversky and Junk Time Party sound like things from a strange out of space Viking fairytale.

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Ronnie Scott's heads to Marble Hill

11:24am Monday 28th July 2008

The legendary Soho jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s is decamping for one night only to Marble Hill when two stars of the BBC Jazz Awards are to perform a tribute to the grand old man of British jazz, Humphrey Lyttelton.

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Red Hot Ash

6:30pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Northern Irish indie rockers Ash are among a starry line-up at this weekends Ben & Jerrys Summer Sundae at Clapham Common. Drummer Rick McMurray spoke to Paul Fleckney about the bands best festival moments.

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Gospel with a touch of Glastonbury

12:27pm Thursday 17th July 2008

While big name acts Jay-Z and Groove Armada wowed audiences at Glastonbury last month, the London Community Gospel Choir were quietly drawing a little crowd of their own to the acoustic stage.

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