Tag: Phildel

Jul 15

Good Vibrations Society: wild spa, woodland jazz bar, 60 plus local acts

We’re lov­ing the sound of this gen­tle and heart­warm­ing fes­ti­val. Good Vibra­tions Soci­ety returns to Ash­down For­est this sum­mer with an expand­ed pro­gramme that dives even deep­er into con­nec­tion, com­mu­ni­ty and cre­ativ­i­ty. Along­side the music music line-up, there are trans­for­ma­tive talks, evening live ses­sions in The Root, a diverse show­case of local per­form­ers, fresh eco…

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Dec 9

Top albums, EPs & singles of 2024

This has been an excep­tion­al year for new releas­es of all gen­res with per­haps a lean­ing towards shoegaze/­­dream-pop on this list. Bill Ryder-Jones got the year off to a great start with the inspired Iechyd Da while Father John Misty’s Mahash­mashana slipped in as a late Novem­ber clos­er and is per­haps my album of the year.…

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Phildel gig 2024
Sep 20

Phildel performs at Karma Sanctum hotel

A Phildel gig is a rare thing indeed and when they do hap­pen, you can be sure of expe­ri­enc­ing some­thing orig­i­nal and mul­ti-sen­­so­ry. This lat­est show was an immer­sive expe­ri­ence replete with detail and sur­prise touch­es – we escaped to the woods with Phildel, her chil­dren hand­ing out aro­mat­ic leaves for ther­a­peu­tic effect and biscuits…

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Jan 9

Special Phildel gig at St Pancras Old Church

Phildel will be return­ing to the atmos­pher­ic and inti­mate St Pan­cras Old Church for a spe­cial gig on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 21st where she’ll be per­form­ing songs from The Dis­ap­pear­ance of the Girl and Wave your Flags but as you’ve nev­er heard them before, with the accom­pa­ni­ment of strings and choir. St Pan­cras Old Church was Phildel’s choice…

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Dec 11

Best albums of 2019

These are the 2019 albums that I have on restric­t­ed-play mode, in case I over­do it. These are best played when you’re on your own. No dis­trac­tions and no play­ing them as mood music in the back­ground – who wants some ran­dom per­son to sud­den­ly start talk­ing to you just as you get to the…

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Mar 8

Phildel – new album Wave Your Flags plus gigs

Phildel is back. Hav­ing tak­en time out to move to Brighton and raise a young fam­i­ly, the com­pelling and mys­ti­cal vocal­ist and com­pos­er has been nev­er­the­less work­ing away behind the scenes. She has an upcom­ing gig at the Pur­cell Room on March 20th and will play songs from her new album Wave Your Flags. She…

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Phildel CD cover
May 9

Music news: Phildel and Metallica (but not together)

Phildel has just won Pop/Top 40 cat­e­go­ry for Moon­sea in the Inter­na­tion­al Song­writ­ing Com­pe­ti­tion where she was up against over 20,000 entries. A fan­tas­tic result from a mul­ti-tal­en­t­ed and extreme­ly hard­work­ing per­former. This pres­ti­gious songr­writ­ing com­pe­ti­tion was judged this year by such lumi­nar­ies as John May­all, Black Fran­cis (The Pix­ies), Robert Smith (The Cure),  Tom Waits and Imag­ine Drag­ons.This is…

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Phildel sings at St Pancras
Apr 26

Phildel: The Disappearance of the Girl at St Pancras Old Church

Phildel used her sur­round­ings of St Pan­cras Old Church to cre­ate a mixed media expe­ri­ence, instead of sim­ply per­form­ing her songs – this was an inspired move. This tiny church has a rich his­to­ry and amongst those buried in its church­yard are a vam­pire writer, a com­pos­er and a sculp­tor. It clings to the edge of the glitzy…

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Phildel CD cover
Apr 15

Phildel: The Disappearance of the Girl

Phildel is more than a singer song­writer, she’s a mul­ti-tal­en­t­ed per­former whose artistry per­me­ates every aspect of her work. So I was keen to buy the phys­i­cal CD of The Dis­ap­pear­ance of the Girl and enjoy the art work and read the lyrics. Some­times I just think, damn those soul­less down­loads: music with­out its his­to­ry. For Phildel,…

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Phildel
Feb 24

Mixing it up at Bush Hall: Phildel and Ali Warren Band

Bush Hall, with its its rich red vel­vet drapes, majes­tic chan­de­liers and upstairs bar with view­ing gallery is opu­lence in minia­ture. Such swag­ger for such a tiny place. This Sun­day eve is Mixel­la­neous Melodies, and true to its name, it’s a very ran­dom mix of artists who play to a relaxed week­end crowd. Ozzie band…

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