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Small Seeds – Hong Kong Gardeners November Update

So what has been happening in the Hong Kong Gardeners potting shed this month? Not a lot as it happens. We have been having a rest from putting on gigs, which has given us some time to actually listen to some music for once.
With the excitement and the exhaustion of Southsea Fest it has been [...]

mINtSOUTH TV: Blissfields – The Movie

mINtSOUTH TV presents: Blissfields – The Movie. Highlighting the wonderful Blissfields Festival, held by the Bliss Family on their farm in Bradley, Hampshire, on the weekend of 2nd-5th July 2009.

Review: Mumford and Sons, Shoreline + Pete Roe

The experience of going to a Mumford and Sons gig is one that will generally lead you to feel that you got excellent value for money from their support acts as well. Pete Roe, Mumford’s roadie and fellow musician opened the night with his solo set. Roe’s music fits neatly into a tradition of romantic [...]

Blissfields Diary – Day One

Andy Williams reports from Day One of Blissfields 2009.
Having driven through the gorgeous Hampshire countryside we arrived at the picture-postcard village of Bradley and admired its quaint duck pond and big red telephone box. Friendly high-vis-vest types directed us to our parking spot and everybody piled out of the car just as the sun broke [...]

Lisa’s Great Escape Diary – Day 2

The Great Escape, Day Two – Friday 15th May 2009. Big Seagulls, torrential rain and a festival highlight.

Evan Dando Makes The Great Escape

With a deserved reputation for unearthing the music scene’s most exciting and vibrant new bands, The Great Escape, have pulled out all the stops to add even more incredible acts to this year’s bill.

Blissfields to announce Saturday night headliner

Blissfields Festival are announcing their Saturday night headliner on Monday, and we’re pretty confident that as soon as they do, the remaining tickets will be sell out quickly.

Laura Marling to Headline Blissfields.

Returning to its home of the Bliss family farm, the acclaimed Blissfields Festival (Best Small UK Festival 2007) is back in 2009 for another bout of reverent musical merriment under the banner of ‘The United States of Bliss’. Tickets are now on sale through blissfields.co.uk at £41 (+booking fee) for a full weekend camping ticket.

It’s A Funny Old Place That Portsmouth

Joel Ransom introduces you all to his new column on mINtSOUTH, I hope you enjoy. I’m sure it will be the first of many. Portsmouth has a stigma attached to it that it just can’t shake off no matter how hard people strive to make things better for their gig going public… And we do try! …

Mumford & Sons announce UK Tour

London quartet Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of a huge UK tour, including a date at Eastney Cellaers in Southsea. The hotly tipped young West Londoners will head out on a 22 date UK tour later this month and are also pleased to confirm that they will be performing at this year’s South By South West in Texas.