Call Upon The Author

As we sit at the bar and await the doors being thrown open to the public, chatting to the support acts and joking with the bar staff, there’s one question on our lips tonight – “where is Lupen Crook?”. As the audience filter in our headliner is nowhere to be seen. No matter though, as  [ Read More ]

It’s a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon and the crowds are heading to the beach en masse, except for a select few who have, instead made their way to the cool interior of The Cellars at Eastney. Stiff Promotions are known for putting on an eclectic line up of gigs and today they’ve secured a familiar  [ Read More ]

Stiff Promotions have a strong reputation and steady following in Portsmouth, but when they decided to venture into Southampton we at Call Upon The Author decided we had to be there! The Talking Heads is a real spit & sawdust venue, a stage in the large back area of what is essentially a pub. It  [ Read More ]

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  [ Read More ]

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  [ Read More ]

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  [ Read More ]