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Milestones Play The Music Of Miles Davis
Kino TeatrSaturday 17th August By Andrew Myers Well, this is embarrassing. I had every intention of reviewing the Milestones: Kind of Blue 60th anniversary show at the Kino. I went…
Sanctuary Festival: Sun, Food, Music and Swimming
The beautiful walled garden of Ashburnham Place rang with sounds of music and laughter last Sunday (23rd June) as the Hastings Community of Sanctuary celebrated its Festival by the Lake.…
IN CONVERSATION: Image and Music – Christopher White
Resident in Hastings since 2016, New Zealand-born composer Christopher White has written extensively for film and TV, as well as collaborating with musicians as varied as Van Morrison and Noel…
Drinking From The Fountain Of Food, Wine And Music
A review of Marina Fountain I caught up with chef Rupert Walton last Saturday over a couple of his small plates: silky homemade fig leaf ricotta with peas, asparagus and…
Music Competition – Spring Live! 2019
East Sussex College sets out to prepare the best acts. After the success of last year’s show, the College is looking for four acts (solo artists or groups) to perform…
Trevor Watts @80 – Musical Pioneer, Part 3
Trevor Watts, long-time Hastings resident and globally renowned pioneer of improvised music, turns 80 this year. Andrew Myers caught up with him for a couple of pints at the Jenny Lind.…
Trevor Watts @80 – Musical Pioneer, Part 2
Trevor Watts, long-time Hastings resident and globally renowned pioneer of improvised music, turns 80 this year. Andrew Myers caught up with him for a couple of pints at the Jenny…
Trevor Watts @80 – Musical Pioneer, Part 1
Trevor Watts, long-time Hastings resident and globally renowned pioneer of improvised music, turns 80 this year. Andrew Myers caught up with him for a couple of pints at the Jenny…
If Music Be The Food Of Love, I’m Out Of Luck
I haven’t got any musical talent and I don’t mind. Which reminds me of a programme I saw about overweight kids. They asked a girl whether she was concerned about…
Musical treasures on our doorstep
Hastings Philharmonic (Chamber Ensemble) perform Schubert, Dohnanyi and Brahms with polish and verve Christ Church St Leonards-on-sea, Saturday 1st December 2018 By Andrew Myers If, like me, you have fallen…
Hastings Early Music Festival
By Jane Gordon and Caf Fean Hastings Early Music Festival returns this Autumn, featuring world-renowned choir, THE SIXTEEN. One of the newest festivals in the area, the line-up presents established…
COUNTY MUSIC SERVICE – Funding Issue Escalates
We have reported previously on ESCC’s plans to cut their funding for the East Sussex Music Service hub (ESMS) so that teaching of musical instruments on an individual basis or…
Jason Singh and Anna Helena McLean: Flight Music
A medieval Sufi prince and a Nordic goddess. What kind of music would they make together? Had you been at the Kino-teatr on Saturday, 30th June in St Leonards you…
Hastings Beer and Music Festival Hosts This Year’s Seaside Zumbathon Party
St Michael’s Hospice is delighted to announce the return of the Seaside Zumbathon Party, which is taking place at Hastings Beer and Music Festival on Saturday 7th July, 9am –…
Top Musicians Support Festival Welcoming Refugees to Hastings
Award winning jazz musicians Liane Carroll and Ian Shaw, and poet John Hegley are among the artists appearing at Festival by the Lake on Sunday 24 June, 12-8pm, in the…
Great Opportunity for Local Music or Dance Groups – YOU’RE WANTED!
Seaside attraction Hastings Adventure Golf is looking for three local music or performing groups to showcase their talents as part of its summer entertainment line-up. Located at the newly developed…
Children in East Sussex deserve a music service
Ros Donald reports Wooden sounds and smells echoed and deadened. Chairs thumped on worn parquet. ‘Cellos vibrated woodily as their metal spike was quickly deployed. We learned rhythms by beating…
Face the Music
County proposals for school music cuts go forward despite petition backlash East Sussex Music Service (ESMS), which provides the major proportion of music tuition across the county, is in crisis…
Sea, Sun and Classical Music
HIP talks to violinist Jane Gordon on what it has been like to move to St. Leonards and set up a new festival here one year on. PICTURE: Ben Borley…
Classical Music
CHRIS CORMACK REPORTS: Hastings has a wealth of classical music talent, making 2018 a year splendidly rich in events that should enthuse us all. Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (HIPCC)…
Music Month – 13 February – 17 March
SALLY LAMPITT REPORTS: Do you love great music? The music scene across Hastings and Rother gets hotter every year and we want to celebrate that. Music Month shines a light…
Live Music
EMMA HARWOOD As home to a vast array of talented musicians and with a reputation for its rich and diverse arts and music scene, it is hardly surprising that the…
Early Music Festival
Rautio Piano Trio, from left Jane Gordon, Victoria Simonsen and Jan Rautio Sophie Shaw talks to Jane Gordon as she launches Hastings Early Music Festival ‘We’re talking about historically informed…
Write on in Hastings: Gavin Martin – Talking Musical Revolutions
Pete Donohue introduces: Hastings & St Leonards based music critic and performance poet, Gavin Martin, has interviewed or reviewed just about any artiste worth knowing about in the music industry…