Snowboy drums beat into Sutton with Shopland festival
	3:25pm Thu 3 Jul 08
	THE cool beats of Latin Jazz are not the staple diet of your average barn dance. It's about as far removed from dosey-do your partner as it gets!

	Updated: Leigh Folk Festival
	1:15pm Sun 29 Jun 08
	THIS year’s Leigh Folk Festival is being hailed the best ever, with thousands of people enjoying open-air music, dancing and family fun.

	On song to tell tales
	11:37am Wed 25 Jun 08
	SIX months ago Rachel Harrington was working as a university admissions clerk back home in the States.

	Gig will return... bigger and better
	5:49am Tue 24 Jun 08
	CROWDS failed to materialise at a free live event showcasing Southend's up-and-coming musical talent - but the schoolboy organiser remained upbeat about future events.
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Sarah's acoustic hopes heightened

3:18pm Thursday 19th June 2008

THREE months ago Sarah Russell, one of the Leigh Folk Festival performers, was just another aspiring singer songwriter.

	Summer festival treat for the Shy
	11:12pm Wed 28 May 08
	A SEASIDE songstress is set to swap the south Essex coast for the beaches of Cornwall, after landing a slot at a major UK summer festival.

	Forget Glastonbury, Southend Festival gets my vote
	12:56pm Wed 28 May 08
	HE may be preparing to scale the lofty peaks of this year's Glastonbury festival but Sam Duckworth is currently busy proving home is where the heart is.
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	Music man’s mission to nurture new talent
	3:51am Wed 7 May 08
	CREATING new and un-heard sounds from the circuit board of an old toy is as unusual as it is inventive.

	The battle is won
	11:44pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	DESPITE a four whole days to get used to it, Essex Battle of the Bands victors Caleb are still reeling from their win.

	Oz boys kick off big tour
	11:39pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	AUSTRALIAN four-piece City Riots will kick off their European tour at the Ship in Leigh next Friday.

	Hot Rod revival
	1:52pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	EDDIE and the Hot Rods are undergoing an internet revival on the other side of the pond.
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	A night to remember for the many old Crocs
	3:55am Tue 29 Apr 08
	STEVE Strange should be a national treasure. One of the great music industry icons, the flamboyant pioneer of the Eighties New Romantic scene - dubbed the Peacock Prince - rose to fame running the legendary Blitz club, in London, and fronting his own band Visage.

	Old school pals sign four-year record deal
	11:31am Mon 28 Apr 08
	TWO Southend lads have taken their unique brand of hip-hop and RnB from the playground to the recording studio.
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Let battle commence

4:21am Thursday 24th April 2008

THE judgment day is almost upon us.

Fundraising gig tribute to heart victim

10:30am Tuesday 22nd April 2008

GET ready to rock with Essex band Glasshouse who, for the third year running, are staging a charity gig to raise money for the Cardiomyopathy Association.

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