Archive
2012
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 27th December 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers open-mic hosted by Vic Cracknell "Energised" As expected a very pleasant night at The Bat and Ball although .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 13th December 2012 The Horns, Crondall, (GU10 5RJ) Vic Cracknell music Night hosted by Vic Cracknell "It's All Falling Into Place" A bit of a belated report but last Thursday was a very pleasant .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Tuesday 11th December 2012 Damien A. Passmore / Paula Curtis / Andrew Shearer The Global Cafe, RISC, London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS "They Think It Is All Over..... It Is ...... Oh Hang On A Minute...." What can I say? That felt like a special night to me and some .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 5th December 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Like a Million Dollars" There are some people who say the nicest things to me at The .... |
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Blog - Tuesday 4th December 2012 Postcard Addendum#3 I remember in an interview that I read that the interviewee .... |
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Gig - Sunday 2nd December 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: "Boho at the Hop" "It's the Way I Tell 'Em" A fairly quiet night at the Hop Leaf, matched by a fairly unattentive .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 29th November 2012 The Hook And Tackle, Reading (RG1 2ND) White Bear Promotions presents: JACOB, RAJI K, ANDREW SHEARER, and JASON RIORDAN musical Pacman I like playing at the Hook And Tackle. I feel like I'm in some .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 21st November 2012 Dj's, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic open-mic hosted by Rob Sowden .... "Where's the Onus?" For reasons I'll go into some other time on Wednesday night I .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 7th November 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Always Good To Be Back At The Crown" I've said elsewhere how I like returning to the Crown and last .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Tuesday 6th November 2012 Rhu Bar, 21 London Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7NT; 9:00pm Silverscreen Band: Andrew Shearer "Obama 1 : American Pie 0" Very pleased to be asked to support supergroup Silverscreen .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - Sunday 4th November 2012 Postcard Addendum#2 When I first started writing the story / essay At The Water's .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 31st October 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic It's Not You, It's Me Well it's been a long time since I played Bohemian Night, not .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 28th October 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: "Boho at the Hop" Jimmy Savile Perhaps one of the positives to come out of the Jimmy Savile .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 25th October 2012 The Hook And Tackle, Reading (RG1 2ND) White Bear Promotions presents ANDREW SHEARER, EMILY CHARLOTTE HAYNES, DE LA RUE With me doing so much soul searching and writing recently I .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 11th October 2012 Postcard Addendum#1 Anyone who knows me personally will realise that the lyrics to .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 10th October 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic APOLOGIES BUT I CAN NO LONGER MAKE TONIGHT.... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 9th October 2012 Carole King's autobiography "Performing wasn't something to fear; it was merely a larger .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 4th October 2012 The Hook And Tackle, Reading (RG1 2ND) White Bear Promotions presents ELLIOTT JAMES, ANDREW SHEARER Hmm inspite of favourable comments and actually becoming .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 3rd October 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "And the Winner Is ..." A busy night down at the Crown last night. Good to see Warren, .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - Sunday 30th September 2012 Joanne Kelly / Strawberry Sundae Interview TONIGHT A big BIG thanks to Joanne Kelly whom clearly had done .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 30th September 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: "Boho at the Hop" Another enjoyable night at The Hop .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 27th September 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers "Shadows" Another very pleasant night at The Bat and Ball last night apart .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 26th September 2012 Live @ The Harlington, The Harlington Centre, Fleet, GU51 4BY "A Night of Firsts" What was my first night at the Harlington and my first event for .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 24th September 2012 Something Wild on the Radio Great to hear Something Wild on the radio last night. I forget .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 21st September 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night Showcase "Impromptu" A last minute drop out resulted in me getting asked if I wanted .... |
............................................................................................................. Gigs - Tuesday 11th September 2012 Ham And Blackbird, Farnborough, GU14 7LZ Vic's Buskers open-mic Flying Underwear Last night was the first time I'd been to the Ham and Blackbird .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 5th September 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Icing on the Cake" When is it not great to go back to where it all started? Last night .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 2nd September 2012 Richard Bach Plane Crash A little stunned and puzzled by the news that Richard Bach .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 31st August 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic Raji K - Scratched Thoughts EP Launch A very pleasant night opening for Raji K's five-track Scratched .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 30th August 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers Nelson Towers Another great night at The Bat and Ball though I did wonder .... |
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Gig - Wednesday 29th August 2012 Hemingways, 48 High Street, Haslemere GU27 2LA Vic's Buskers open-mic "A Great Atmosphere" Well I'm not sure what I was expecting of Hemingways. Perhaps .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 27th August 2012 Market Hotel, 3 Market Square, Alton GU34 1HD Vic's Buskers open-mic "Things Have Changed" A very, very pleasant night at the Market Hotel last night. Great to ... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 25th August 2012 Addictions I've never been a great fan of Russel Brand but I was impressed .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 31st August 2012 Raji K - Scratched Thoughts EP Launch Very pleased to be asked asked to open for Raji K's five-track .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 19th August 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: "Boho at the Hop" "Queue-jumpers And The Like" So, a nice bit of irony here: I make a reference to Ray Davies .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 19th August 2012 Ray Davies' Olympian Nerves Okay, well with respect to an earlier blog this week, this really .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 18th August 2012 Oily Urchin Okay, last week someone called Oily Urchin became a fan .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 14th August 2012 Me and Ray Davies I was out last night so I didn't see the closing ceremony of the .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 7th August 2012 Postcard - New Lyrics .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 2nd Auguest 2012 White Russian Come To Reading - UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED - SORRY FOR LATE NOTICE Delighted to discover that my favourite Surrey band White .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 1st August 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Boisterous" Good to be back to where it all started, and where, I think is .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 29th June 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: "Boho at the Hop" "A Case of More Than a Few" What a remarkable night at the Hop Leaf last night. The nineteen .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 27th July 2012 Pangbourne Village Hall, Reading, RG1 2LG: Hall of Sound open-mic "Bohos Playing Away" It felt like we had a little team of Bohemian Nighters to visit the .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 25th July 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "The Eyes, the Eyes, Look into the Eyes..." Reviewing someone else's performance over the last week, I .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 21st July 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country open-mic "What If The Train Did Eventually Come But You'd Given Up?" I'd heard on the grapevine that this evening might be thin on .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 9th July 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Maybe It Was Just Me" To be honest I didn't enjoy Monday night. It's strange as I've .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 8th July 2012 Caversham Festival 2012, Christchurch Meadows, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8BY; Bohemian Buskers Stage "Stay Cool Is Still The Main Rule. (Editions of You/ Roxy music)" So I was due to be on stage at 12:00pm on Sunday to bill at ..... |
............................................................................................................. Friday 6th July 2012Ace Space, Newbury, Berks RG14 5PR - open-mic "One Enchanted Evening" About March / April time last year I discovered open-mics .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 4th July 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Special." Okay so I unashamedly spend a little time on these pages talking .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 2nd July 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Hope, Doubt, Bitterness, Regret, and then American Pie." Last night I thought that I should start with Something Wild .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 30th June 2012 My song, Something Wild used in radio advert .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 28th June 2012 The Horns, Crondall, (GU10 5RJ) Wychwood and Friends "Back at the Crossroads" I was very flattered to be invited by Catherine Williams to join ....
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............................................................................................................. Blog - 26th June 2012 Eliza Shaddad "Why do boys always say
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............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 25th June 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Up-tempo Blast" open-mic hosted by Tony Brown. A busier night than last week at The Jolly Anglers. For most .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 23rd June 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country open-mic "A Tough Life" For the second consecutive open-mic night I had two of my .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 20th June 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Wonders Will Never Cease" Okay I've had some complaints about the delay for this report .... |
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Gig - Monday 18th June 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Perfect Day Lapped Up" Artist-wise a very quiet night but very nice to see .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 15th June 2012 Silent Valley Laffanki, the artist of Silent Valley gets in touch .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 10th June 2012 Bat and Ball Beer Festival, Farnham, GU10 4SA Hosted by Vic Cracknell. Very pleasant atmosphere at The Bat and Ball Beer Festival in .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 6th June 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Crackerjack!" Always good to go back to where it all started .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 4th June 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Anniversaries" Apparently it was the second anniversary of Tony Brown .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 2nd June 2012 The Sun Inn, Castle Street, Reading, RG1 7RD HubFest "Nice Review from Reading Radio DJ." This was a very well organised event with a diverse range .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 1st June 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night Showcase "Rob Sowden : Andrew Shearer : Damien A Passmore" "The Soft-Voiced Honesty Strikes Again" - A Review by Maija Päivikki Cooperr.... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 30th May 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Not Quite On All Cylinders" Busy night at Deja Vu last night including two of my favourites .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 27th May 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: Bohemian Night at the Hop open-mic hosted by Rob Sowden. Artist-wise it was a quiet night last night, I think perhaps people.... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 23rd May 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "A Plethora of Exceptional Talent" A plethora of exceptional talent last night. In particular I .... rt to follow. |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 20th May 2012 The Old Book Binders 17-18 Victor St, Oxford, OX2 6BT "Two Strangers in This Town" Following on from the last post's theme of just being able to .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 19th May 2012 Special Screening of Finding Joe: 18th May, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 19th May 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country open-mic "Cheap Nights of Rich Artistry" Another very pleasant night at The Greyhound last night .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 9th May 2012 Special Screening of Finding Joe 18th May, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, 6:30-7:50pm If there is something that you have wanted to do all your life .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 6th May 2012 Rob Sowden - Reading Beer Festival - The Hop Leaf Tonight I was fortunate to see Rob Sowden do a masterclass in solo .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 2nd May 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "Full Circle" This was the last of five consecutive nights of performing and ....
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............................................................................................................. Tuesday 1st May 2012 (10pm start) Rhu Bar, 21 London Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7NT "A Cracking Singer/songwriter" Andrew Shearer : Aquillo : 12 Truths As I said before I was very flattered to be asked to support .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 30th April 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Dead" I know it's going to come back and bite me at some point but .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 29th April 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: Boho at the Hop "Give Me Some Truth" Well I was spoiled tonight with all of my of my favourite .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 28th April 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country open-mic "First Blood" It's interesting how venues can change from one night to the .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 26th April 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers "Dragons and Demons" Well that was a strange one. When I rehearsed during the day .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 23rd April 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Made Those People Happy For A While" Another quality-packed night of artists at The Jolly Anglers .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 18th April 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Tipping Points" It's an interesting phenomena that I've noticed recently. As .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 16th April 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "There's Just No Pleasing Some People" So, I'd got together a nice little vignette of three songs (what, ....
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............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 13th April 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night Showcase "Rob Sowden : Andrew Shearer : Phil Morrison" "What Do You Think Of It So Far?" Okay, so everyone was supposed to cry "Rubbish" when I .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 11thApril 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Excuse Me If I'm Getting Boring." I don't think there was anniversarial element to me forgetting .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 9thApril 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Don't Do What Daddy Says." In the film Finding Joe, Joseph Campbell is quoted as always .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 7th April 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 5th April 2012 The Railway Arms, Alton GU34 2RB: Vic's Buskers "Stars in Alignment" One of the benefits of going to open-mics is discovering new .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Tuesday 3rd April 2012 The Rowbarge, Guildford, GU1 1LW: Vic's Buskers "Heartsong" It's almost a year to the day when I first started doing .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 2nd April 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "In Every Dream Pub A Heartache" Extraordinary performance from Luke Paulo tonight: I thought .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 1st April 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night Showcase Just to give you advance warning that I have a showcase on .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 30th March 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 24th March 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country "A Great Heartwarming Night" Maybe it's because I'm reasonably familiar with the pub now ..... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 19th March 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "No Pie at the Inn" Another great night of talented performers last night. .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 16th March 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 14th March 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "The High Quality Quotient Continues..." Another excellent open-mic at Deja Vu hosted by Rob Sowden .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 12th March 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Good to Be Back". After a brief hiatus it was good to be back at The Jolly Anglers .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 11th March 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - Sunday 11th March 2012 Still Bill: The Bill Withers Story So, I sat down. Fed up. Lifeless. No energy. I made a cup of t.... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - Saturday 10th March 2012 Gig Video; Finding Joe Screening at Rising Sun Arts Centre Having finally taken a soldering iron to the motherboard of t.... |
............................................................................................................. News - 4th March 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 29th February 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Perfect Day" People have said I've got a Lou Reed vibe going on, and so .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 26th February 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Sunday 26th February 2012 Hop Leaf, Reading, RG1 2QZ: Bohemian Night at the Hop "Jam-packed with Superb Acts" Excellent night last night at the Hop Leaf, jam-packed with .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 24th February 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night Showcase "Rob Sowden : Andrew Shearer : Phil Morrison" My 45min showcase seemed to go okay. I didn't feel like I .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 23rd February 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers Lived-in Faces (Part 2) Another particularly enjoyable open-mic tonight hosted by .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 20th February 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "Anniversaries" I saw Don McLean on TV last week, unbelievably it's the 40th .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 19th February 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 11th February 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 8th February 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic "Shameless Pandering" If I'm honest I really didn't want to go to Deja Vu last night .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 5th February 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - Friday 3rd February 2012 The Penguin's Lament A combination of coffee-induced post-performance insomnia .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 2nd February 2012 The Railway Arms, Alton GU34 2RB: Vic's Buskers "Highlighting My Deficiencies" Well talking of guitar players, we were treated to what even .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 1st February 2012 The Crown Inn, Theale, RG7 5BT: open-mic "A New Test For Drunkenness" I always like going back to the Crown, the people are really .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 30th January 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic "The Anglerettes" I always imagined if ever I had some backing vocalists .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 29th January 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Friday 27th January 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS GIG with Luke Paulo Well I needn't have had those sleepless nights worrying if .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Thursday 26th January 2012 Bat and Ball, Boundstone, Farnham, GU10 4SA: Vic's Buskers The Bat and Ball is not the easiest venue to get to but the effort .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 23rd January 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic A nice crowd (with some new faces) last night that seemed to!.... |
............................................................................................................. News - 22nd January 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Saturday 21st January 2012 The Greyhound, Wargrave, RG10 8BU - Boho in the Country Very good humoured, pleasant open-mic at The Greyhound run by Rob Sowden ..... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 18th January 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic It's inevitable when doing open-mics that there are some acts .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 17th January 2012 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS GIG .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 16th January 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic Well, that was a bit of a kick up the backside!.... |
............................................................................................................. News - 13th January 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Wednesday 11th January 2012 Deja Vu, Reading, RG1 2LG: Bohemian Night open-mic Good to be back at Deja Vu last night, although comically .... |
............................................................................................................. Gig - Monday 9th January 2012 The Jolly Anglers, Reading RG1 3EA: open-mic You know that feeling where you've begged and begged and .... |
............................................................................................................. News - 7th January 2012 Newsletter Update .... |
............................................................................................................. Blog - 6th January 2012 A great start to the new year .... |
