BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY Regular members of The Woolpack’s songwriting circle will certainly know who The Reveal is (or are) even if he (or they) are reluctant to …er…reveal… any more personal details about himself (or themselves). That’s enough of that joke – Ed. But who cares when we’ve got ‘In The Trees’ …
BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY Now, if you’ve been holding your breath for a headbanger, you need hold your breath no longer. Four piece Dog Of Man last graced the SSC back in 2020 during dem ol’ dark days of Covid. They mark their return with an acerbic hardcore anthem ‘Headonastick’ which will mangle …
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BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY They say that nostalgia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. But we don’t think that Mike Tripp would agree with you. We think he’d say it can be oddly therapeutic too. After narrowly missing the cut last year with a moody rocker called ‘Home’, Mike’s back again, working …
BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY Another favourite to scoop this year’s SSC honours is multi-instrumentalist Jake Shaw, who arrived here from the Forest of Dean shortly before Christmas but already professes to being blown away by just how much music there is in our valleys. Keen to enter into the spirit of things Jake …
BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY And if you tune into ‘Round And Round’, this year’s SSC entry by Slad’s top tunesmiths The Many Coated, then you’ll hear some palpable pop sensibilities at work too. By ‘pop’ we don’t mean ‘smooth’ and ‘sweet’ and ‘safe’ since the sound this harmonising duo (or Dan and Robbie …
BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY Well oh well oh well oh well! Not only is The Stroud Song Contest (SSC) back again for a fifth glorious year, but, if the first handful of entries is anything to go by, then the songs themselves are going to be even better than ever! Always quick off …
Congratulations to 3.0L Capri for being the first entry into Stroud Song Contest this year! You may remember 3.0L Capri’s irreverent enviro-techno banger, Global Warming which finished 8th in our Grand Final last year. This year, Dr. Gonaz of 3.0L Capri joins forces with a posse of contributors, including none other than James from EMF*, …