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      Here is the first of our reports from Southsea Fest, but keep checking back for other people’s views of the day and some brilliant photos of the goings on       Many people mark down Bestival as the end of the summer festival calendar, but for those of us who dwell [...]

We at Call Upon The Author love The B Of The Bang… there’s no two ways about it, we are unashamedly huge fans of Wit and his merry minstrels, so when we discovered they were curating a Southsea Fest stage we were very excited indeed!   WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? Anarchy! Well, perhaps not, but expect [...]

Those of you who keep up with events at Call Upon The Author will have already come to the conclusion that we’re big fans of Jelly Maid music artists The B Of The Bang. So it’s with excitement and just a hint of trepidation (when you’re really into a band, new material is always best [...]

We at Call Upon The Author have a great deal of time for Stiff Promotions, not only do they consistently put on top gigs, but they have a great reputation for looking after their performers too, so it was with utmost anticipation that we trekked to The Cellars At Eastney. Tonight’s bill sees The Dawn [...]

Fresh off the road from their debut UK tour, Jelly Maid record’s The Dawn Chorus return home to Portsmouth to wrap their heartfelt tunes around the intimate interior of The Cellars at Eastney. Having stockpiled praise from a number of sources in 2008, from the likes of Clash Magazine, who wrote about their “Beautifully Melancholic [...]

Here at Call Upon The Author we’ve been keeping tabs on the good folks at Jelly Maid Music for some time. Last year we were dazzled by the debut release by Dawn Chorus and our thoughts on B of The Bang are well documented here. So, when we realised label boss Rich Tamblyn was putting [...]

The B Of The Bang are, perhaps the most enigmatic of Portsmouth’s bands. Their lineup seems to be in constant flux, their sound is near impossible to pigeon hole and their frontman, Wit, is at once both a charismatic frontman and a seemingly reserved songwriter. All of this, of course, makes for a jumbled and [...]

I’ve seen Lupen Crook before, and I was mesmerised. There’s something of a wandering minstrel feel to Lupen and his Murderbirds, packed into their van and zipping from gig to gig to play their tunes. For those who haven’t had the pleasure before, and there were a few in the audience, it would be an [...]