• Lots To Give – Louise Golbey

    The first album of the week for 2015 is Louise Golbey‘s 2014 EP ‘Lots To Give’. A late discovery for me as Louise is set to release her debut album ‘Novel’ later this month and since listening to this EP – I’m eagerly awaiting that release. Just as the album title says, it’s clear that Louise…

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  • George Simpson – The Bottle

    Well kicking off the New Year as I mean to go on, the first live gig attended was put on by the ever popular George Simpson at the Noels Arms Pub – Melton Mowbray. The once dreary Sunday afternoon’s in the small market town are now becoming quite popular since Jo Bowtell and Craig Langton took…

  • 15 To Watch in 2015

    If you thought 2014 was a magnificent year for artists and new music then I can’t wait to see what this year has in store. Here’s the Musicvein rundown of 15 artists who should be on everybody’s watch-list for 2015!   In no particular order: 1) Juliette Ashby – The ‘Lady Boss’ of UK RnB…

  • Musicvein’s 2014 review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many…

  • UK Blog Awards 2015 – The Arts and Culture Shortlist

    UK Blog Awards Shortlist – unfortunately this year the Musicvein blog did not get through to the finals booooo! So how does this make me feel? actually great, I can cut down on the gallons of Chamomile tea I was guzzling down at night to combat my lack of sleep wondering if I’d get through…

  • Musicvein Competition – Win Tickets to see The Thomas Brown Affair

    Want to bag yourself tickets to see The Thomas Brown Affair live at L’oliveto in Feb? Listen to me live on 103 The Eye tomorrow morning – Sunday 14th December – at 11am. Tell me what 3 songs I have played on air and you’ll be entered into a draw to win a pair of tickets.…

  • BGT Melton Mowbray – The Auditionees part 2

    In this 2nd and final part of interviews with those who auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent Melton Mowbray, Musicvein finds out just who the auditionees were, what act they did and what it was like performing in front of research team members Jake Courts and Sophie Brown.   The powerful voice of 26 year old Hannah Castledine,…

  • Festive Ticket Offer for The Thomas Brown Affair

    So here at Musicvein the Christmas decorations are up, the fires roaring and wafts of mulled wine are drifting in from the kitchen. Feeling blessed and festive, I’ve decided to pass those warm feelings on to you my dear readers! 21st Feb 2015 (my ahem birthday weekend) I have Wayne Brown and Kenny Thomas aka…

  • BGT Melton Mowbray – The Auditionees part 1

    First up to audition was 12 year old Taya Jones from Melton Mowbray, she performed ‘Ghost’ by Ella Henderson “I really love singing and have been since I was little. I performed the song Ghost by Ella Henderson. The team were really nice, didn’t make you feel shy or anything, they told me I had…