This Sunday we visited CLAYGATE — at the tail-end of their superbly organised MUSIC FESTIVAL week — to see the pioneering British progressive rock group CURVED AIR play live in concert at the Claygate Village Hall. Their “Air Conditioning” album (1970) is still considered “essential listening” by the prog-rock crowd. It was exciting to see…
The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is a music academy located in Guildford, Surrey in England. The Academy was the brainchild of Phil Brookes, a guitar tutor from nearby Woking, Surrey who established the institution in 1995 with the aim of bringing music education and the music industry closer together. The school differs from more…
“Money Tree” is a song written, performed and recorded by Keith Beasley (with the help of some good ol’ friends) back in 2005. Keith has released a special video for the number, shot in Camden Town this summer — to mark the 10th anniversary of the song The song features on his album “Highways Hobos…
Surrey legend Hugh Cornwell will be playing this year’s Weyfest — 2015. Cornwell is one of the UK’s finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers. He is the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter for The Stranglers. His classic songs include Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess…
Beatles drummer Ringo – with Barbara Bach – brought Rydinghurst and its 200 acres for £2million back in 1999. Starr now aims to sell off the Surrey property. It’s a million miles from his childhood home at 10 Admiral Grove, Dingle, Liverpool The Grade-II listed Jacobean mansion is likely to fetch ten-times more than he…
In the English County of Surrey there has been no history of musical fusion to mould events, nor has there been any recent history of musical integration from foreign shores. There has been no deep-felt religious musical traditions to keep things alive. So what makes Surrey such a creatively lucrative landscape for young rock artists?…
Rocking Surrey 