Music
Welcome to Crackerjack's music section, with interviews,
previews, reviews and our guide to what's on where.
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Reg Meuross
Future Inns
Wurzels Tribute Night! with The Mangledwurzels
The Old Manor Inn
State of Undress
Chapel Arts Centre
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Reviews
Gandalf Murphy: Thunderbolt
Crackerjack rating = 8/10
Their name suggests a San Franciscan band from the Sixties who play psychedelic songs with...
Fairport Convention: St George's Bristol
Crackerjack rating = 8/10
When a band stands the test of time, with a career spanning five decades, they must be doing...
CD review: Massive Attack - Heligoland
Crackerjack rating = 9/10
Massive Attack: Heligoland (Virgin Records) If 100th Window was all about dense, multi-layered...
Carolina Chocolate Drops: St George's
Crackerjack rating = 9/10
Perhaps someone was worried that the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ exuberant African-American fiddle...
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Latest news
Music interview: Massive Attack on their new album Heligoland
Steve Harnell catches up with Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja at the band’s Bristol studios to...
Music interview: Hot Chip at the O2 Academy Bristol
Steve Harnell eases into his slippers and sparks up a pipe with Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor and...
Music interview: Martin Carthy and The Imagined Village at the Colston Hall
Steve Harnell speaks to folk legend Martin Carthy about his key role in acclaimed collective The...
Music feature: The best gigs coming up in 2010
Steve Harnell looks ahead to what's on the horizon for Bristol's gig-goers in 2010 Live music...
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