GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance, With the stars up above in your eyes, A fantabulous night to make romance, ‘Neath the cover of October skies.” – quoth Van Morrison, ‘Moondance’ As the days continue to shorten and the nights to lengthen, we yet …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great, big, greedy nincompoop!” – quoth The Oompa Loompas, ‘Augustus Gloop’ Sure as eggs is eggs, August follows July, and thus it was no surprise for me to awake on the day after 31st July to find that I was yet …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “True love blooms for the world to see, Blooms high upon the July tree.” – quoth Nina Simone, ‘July Tree’ With the summer months now well and truly upon us and the academic year drawing to an end, July represents for many a period of winding …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “June is bustin’ out all over! All over the meadow and the hill” – quoth Oscar Hammerstein II, ‘June Is Bustin’ Out All Over’ This month’s Gig Review takes us all the way through to June – halfway through the year already, and I still haven’t …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields.” – quoth an unknown wellwisher from Ireland, ‘An Irish Blessing’ Well in case you hadn’t realised …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “Though April showers may come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May; so if it’s raining, have no regrets because it isn’t raining rain you know, it’s raining violets.” – quoth B. G. De Silva, ‘April Showers’ Good grief is it that month …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! “You bettah Stick to the plan and get me planted by March ‘Cos They call me Iron Man – y’know, Tony Starch? [woof!]” – quoth Rich Tweed, ‘Something About Buckwheat‘ Well, we were dragged kicking and screaming into January, we staggered blindly into February, but then …
GOOD EVENING! And welcome to… THE GIG REVIEW! This is a brand new, freshly-baked feature in the Michael A. Grant Blogging Universe, in which I will be taking a wry look at the preceding month’s performances, sharing some of my sublime and ridiculous adventures, and – who knows? – maybe even learning some life lessons …
I don’t often post on here about The Jelly Roll Jazz Band, largely because I put things fairly regularly on the band’s Facebook page and YouTube channel so I somehow feel as though everyone already knows about it! Further thought, however, leads me to believe that this may not in fact be the case, and …
I bring you good news! The Jelly Roll Jazz Band – everyone’s favourite jazz band (but least favourite rock band) – have made a new video! And the good news is that this time, they remembered to agree on a tune, key, tempo and structure! Even better news: There’s an opportunity for you to win …
