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EG is the Essential Guide to entertainment in Nottingham, published every Friday in the Nottingham Evening Post.

EG's home is www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainment
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CD: GALLERY 47 - Breakfast At The Clinic EP

JACK Peachey is one of the city's most proactive solo musicians, with a third EP release in a matter of a few months.An Empty Room is a tranquil opener that doesn't stray far from Peachey's tested for...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:07:00 GMT

CD: SWOUND! Hello Future We Are Swound!

BOUNCING back and forth like a hyperactive concoction of Enter Shikari (minus the annoying electro element), The Automatic and hint of recently disbanded Reuben, this quartet are as urgent as an elbow...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:06:00 GMT

Nephu ship CDs to troops

Nephu Huzzband release their debut album Live in London next month and are about to ship 1000 free copies to British troops serving in Iraq to distribute around the various front line bases to show th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:48:00 GMT

Holly Dearden: The Optimist’s Daughter

Holly Dearden- The Optimist's Daughter (Ambiguous Records) *** ½ Classically influenced, inspired with a trace of Jazz, while added with a dash of folk, this young solo musician and beautifully voice...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:45:00 GMT

Nephu Huzzband: Live In London

Nephu Huzzband  Live In London (Deep Recording)  Out Now** The live setting is the area which can make or break a band, you could have an amazing release, but without a live show to reinforce it tha...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:44:00 GMT

INTERVIEW: Lone

Lone a.k.a. Matt Cutler Your debut solo album Lemurian has been out since August.  What sort of reaction have you been getting? It's all been really nice, and really flattering  which has been s...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:27:00 GMT

WELFARE MOTHERS: Welcome To Assassination City

DARKLY titled it may be but there really isn't much dark about The Welfare Mothers who mix rock and folk with inspiring lyricism. With a breezy, idyllic and surprisingly cheerful finish this is a fant...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:24:00 GMT

NEPHU HUZZBAND: Should Have Used An Abacus

BROUGHT out just in time to coincide with their new release Live In London, this frantic follow up to the slightly more pleasing single Nurse! Nurse! won't necessarily prove to be unfamiliar to listen...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:23:00 GMT

The Hockley Hustle

IT isn't just an all-day bash to raise cash for Oxfam and the NSPCC, it's the largest ever showcase of Nottingham's bands. "And the line-up's unbelievable this time," says organiser Adam Pickering. N...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:44:00 GMT

MOBO nomination for Tony Kofi

NOTTINGHAM jazz musician Tony Kofi has been nominated for a MOBO Award. And it all started by accident, he tells SIMON WILSON AT the age of 16, Tony Kofi was working on a building in Arnold when he sl...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:39:00 GMT