Festival Previews Video Blog

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Check out David Devant and His Spirit Wife who are previewed here with their haunting music.  They were on for one night only at Fletch @ St. Andrews at the beginning of the Brighton Fringe.  This Brighton based glam-pop band take their name from the famous British Victorian magician David Devant.  To find out where they will be performing next, check out their MySpace web pages and website.

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Check out some raw stompin’ mountain music with The Curst Sons performing at  Brighton’s Fringe City.  Based in Brighton these rootin tootin sons are Willie Kerr (vocals and percussion);  Tim Dunkerley (mandolin, side guitar and vocals); and Dave Simner on Lead Guitar and vocals.  For more information about The Curst Sons do check out their website.

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The Brighton Beach Boys and the Psychedelic Love Orchestra are captured here at Fringe City.  Pet Sounds Vs Sgt Pepper is on at St. George’s Church on the 22nd and 23 May 2009.   If you fancy some beautiful 60’s music these guys know how to deliver.

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Check out Estrondo and this really groovy sound!  Their 22 piece percussion band put on an agile and animated display at Brighton’s Fringe City at the start of the Fringe and the crowd shoogled in their shoes!   The Brazilian music makes you want to party with its rich diffusion of Ameri-Indian, Portuguese and Africian sounds.

Last year they performed at the Joogleberry Playhouse, now known as the Latest Music Bar.  A change of venue this year saw them performing at Volks Bar in Maderia Drive.  Hopefully Estrondo will be back next year for a longer run.

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How supremely topical this show is with the “Mother of all Parliaments” in dire straights and a constitutional crisis simmering away in the background!   Election Idol takes a satirical look at the British general election in 2010 where celebrities challenge the established political incumbents.  Not so far fetched however in the light of superb investigative journalism by Heather Brooke who exposes a rotten parliament of political careerists.

Election Idol have hit on a rather topical winner as they present their alternative musical candidates to challenge the established order.  Written and created by the award winning team of William Christopherson, Tamara Samuels, Andrew Brinded and choreographed and directed by Luke Sheppard, Election Idol presents musical mayhem with a light hearted look at flipping politics!!