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Weekly wind-up

LAST WEEK IN LONDON: The Drums, The Drums, The Drums (27 May 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome; so I arrived back from Brighton relatively unscathed, braced by the sea air and the good music (the mussels and beer weren’t bad, either). It’s Monday and I am back...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON: (19 May 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Rains and Boats and Pains by Peter Coulston Hello and welcome once again to another week of live music in what has become one of the hottest cities in Europe, in more ways than one. It’s...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON: The Boys Are Back In Town ( 7 April 2008)

Last Week in London By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to another live week in the nation’s capital. I started late this week, Wednesday to be exact, and it was not a good start. Have you ever noticed that, when...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON (31 March 2008)

Here Come the Girls by Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to a live music week in London which was, for me at least, very female dominated. By that I mean that most of the acts that I saw were female;...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON (25 March 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Some of these Nights by Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to what has been quite a week on the London music scene. New international artists and rock legends have graced this fair city and I was...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON ( 4 March 2008)

From Tin Pan Alley to Texas by Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the last week in February on this, a Leap Year. Not only do we get the Olympic Games and unsolicited proposals of marriage from our girlfriends, but...

Last Week In London (26 February 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Synths, Sex and Suicide Hello and welcome to another week in live music land, where we shall again become acquainted with new people and new locations, and maybe find ourselves one step away from the corridors...

Last Week In London (12 February 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON: Folk, Rock, Blues and Bad News By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the latest happenings in the finest live music establishments in London. This week has been a mix of acoustic and bands, ending with...

Last Week In London ( 4 February 2008)

French Fields, Spitalfields and Smithfield By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the live music scene here in the capital; this is where it was all happening. As promised, the emphasis has been on bands and the action started early;...

Last Week In London (28 January 2008)

A Good Reason For Joining the EU By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the real reason for living in London, the music. With contributions from artists from Germany, Denmark, Ulster, Edinburgh and Hull as well as home grown talent,...

Last week in London ( 8 January 2008)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON – Such As It Was by Peter Coulston Before I forget, happy New Year and I trust that you all had a good break. As always, the holiday season dragged on ever longer with viruses and...

Last Week In London ( 3 January 2008)

THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS By Peter Coulston So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Not a lot if you are anything like me. The tree is up but there are no presents under it and I haven’t even...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON ( 4 December 2007)

Close Contests and Clever Covers by Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to another week of good music in London. By pure coincidence I have been a regular at the Bedford in Balham this week, as that venue was hosting a...

Last Week In London: Bullets, Borders and Babies (27 November 2007)

by Peter Coulston Hi everyone, hope you had a good seven days that were everything you expected. Mine certainly were, as I became a grandfather on Friday, which curtailed my activities a little for the week. However, I managed two...

Last Week In London (19 November 2007)

Old Punks and New Poets by Peter Coulston Hello Ladies and gents; hope you are well and had a good week last week. I certainly did but, what's new. So starting with Monday, something was Rotten in the Borough of...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON (12 November 2007)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Mostly In The Jeans By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to a review of some of the good things, musically, happening in the capital last week. Much of the action was down to Levi Jeans and...

Last Week In London ( 5 November 2007)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Haunting & Daunting By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the definitive guide to live music in London during this witchy week. I have survived intact and the only spirits present were those consumed by the...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON (22 October 2007)

Chapels, Loos and Electric News By Peter Coulston My musical week began on Tuesday in the beautiful Union Chapel in Highbury. Located on Compton Terrace, just across the road from the Highbury and Islington tube stop served by the Victoria...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON ( 8 October 2007)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Hip Hop Beats and Balham Treats - Peter Coulston My column is a little shorter this week because last week I was down with a cold and only managed two gigs. They were, however, quite diverse...

Last Week In London (24 September 2007)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON Water Rats & California Cats By Peter Coulston I started out the week on Monday night at one of my favourite venues, the Water Rats Theatre in King’s Cross, not realising that I would be back...

The Musical Week That Was... (13 August 2007)

LAST WEEK IN LONDON-WHERE WERE YOU? By Peter Coulston Well, London was certainly buzzing last week, what with the good weather and Prince hitting town. For more news about THAT gentleman later in the month, watch this space. In the...

THIS WEEK IN LONDON (23 July 2007)

THIS WEEK IN LONDON by Peter Coulston This week has certainly been a busy one, if not to say, diverse. From TV shows, to live pub gigs to stadiums. All good stuff in it’s own way, with some excellent music...

Weekly music wind-up (29 June 2007)

It's been a big week in the world of gigs... The Spice Girls have announced their return to Pop world. The term "Wannabe" springs to mind. Imagine the dressing room requests for that lot - lettuce leaves and baby bottles...