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		<title>BBC 6 Music Closure &#8211; a threat to up-and-coming talent</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/03/12/bbc-6-music-closure-a-threat-to-up-and-coming-talent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC 6 Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC Asian Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Thompson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Up until 9am on Tuesday last week I had hoped that this blog would take the form of a simple review &#8211; a critique of my very first auditorium-based, seated Seth gig or a round up of the Cornish shenanigans at the ICA. But then I heard the news I had previously hoped was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the spring tours commence!</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/02/26/let-the-spring-tours-commence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auction for the Promise Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cara Dillon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily portman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Oates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Moray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Lakeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yay! Next week heralds the beginning of March. A new month, a new season and of course the start of the Spring tour season!!!
So, since I cannot blog about the &#8216;Night for Haiti&#8217; (the event was, unfortunately, canceled), I thought I would give you a sneak peak of the bands I&#8217;m seeing in the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Jim Causley &#8211; The Goose is Out (DHFC)</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/02/19/review-jim-causley-the-goose-is-out-dhfc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/02/19/review-jim-causley-the-goose-is-out-dhfc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bright Young Folk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Causley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mawkin;Causley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Goose is Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An epic train failure kept me from the gig I had intended to go to in Cambridge on Wednesday and I daren&#8217;t blog about JLS winning best breakthrough act for fear of falling into a deep despair about the state of the British popular music scene.
[To all those who would write me off as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Night for Haiti: UK Benefit Concert</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/02/05/a-night-for-haiti-uk-benefit-concert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/02/05/a-night-for-haiti-uk-benefit-concert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action Against Hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boxer Rebellion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliza Doolittle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Young Pony Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last three weeks, I don&#8217;t think there has been anyone has been left untouched by the dramatic and heart-breaking pictures, news and interviews coming out of Haiti since the Earthquake struck. Here in the UK the emergency response was swift and the media attention meant the appeals were never far from our minds. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rummage in the bargain bin</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/01/22/a-rummage-in-the-bargain-bin/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/01/22/a-rummage-in-the-bargain-bin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe McEldrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RATM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X factor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in December the social network feeds went mad for RATM. For those of you outside the US, the sudden appearance of Rage at the top of the trending lists on Twitter and the like was confusing at best. Why are lots of people suddenly talking about a track that was released 12 years ago?
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A musical interlude</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/01/15/a-musical-interlude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Gibb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayley Westenra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Confession time, since New Year I have done very little in the way of anything musical. Sitting next to me on the desk are the latest editions of R2:Rock &#38; Reel and Word Magazine just waiting to be read and their respective CDs waiting to be imported into my iTunes.
So, while I get my life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: NYE with Bellowhead at the South Bank Centre</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/01/08/review-nye-with-bellowhead-at-the-south-bank-centre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellowhead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Moray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southbank centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reviewartists.com/?p=1337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As with Hallowe&#8217;en, New Year&#8217;s Eve (NYE) has never ranked highly on my &#8216;nights to celebrate&#8217; scale. For one reason or another years have passed, countdowns have been counted down and the parties I have attended have been satisfactory at best. This year, however, I received a small envelope at Christmas containing a ticket, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ones to watch in 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2010/01/01/ones-to-watch-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auction for the Promise Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bands to watch 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casistas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucy Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orchid Thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paper Heroes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!!
After last week&#8217;s epic, I&#8217;m going to keep it short and brief. Here are the bands I&#8217;m keeping an eye on over the coming 12 months.
Orchid Thieves
They&#8217;ve just mastered their debut EP and if the quality of the demos they&#8217;ve released via Twitter are anything to go by, it&#8217;ll be fantastic!
Casitas
A Chagstock discovery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counting down the decade one album at a time!</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/25/counting-down-the-decade-one-album-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/25/counting-down-the-decade-one-album-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albums]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[3 Daft Monkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Album of the decade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs Die in Hot Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dropkick Murphys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idlewild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mago de Oz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Gabriel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relient K]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Lakeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Hughes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ask me what my favourite album of the past decade, nay ever, is and the answer will be immediate. Idlewild – The Remote Part. From the first bar of You Held the World in Your Arms it is an immense album. Yes, much more mainstream than their previous work, The Remote Part opened up an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seth Lakeman: Shepherd&#8217;s Bush Empire</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/18/seth-lakeman-shepherds-bush-empire/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/18/seth-lakeman-shepherds-bush-empire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[02 Shepherd's Bush Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folk Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Lakeman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing Seth Lakeman live for the first time, I stated that:
Any man who can double stop harmonics wins my ultimate respect!
But after Saturday&#8217;s end-of-tour extravaganza at the Shepherds Bush Empire, it wasn&#8217;t just his technical prowess which totally blew me away.
Now, anyone who has ever read any of my other blogs may have noticed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-confessed Music Addict</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/11/self-confessed-music-addict/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/11/self-confessed-music-addict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last FM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Boyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Observer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tribal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hold the front page! David Mitchell only has two albums?!?
Sitting here, faced with my ever expanding iTunes folder, I have to admit this is a completely alien concept. Sure, I remember the time when my CD collection was well into the single figures. In fact I still remember saving up my paper money for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>X Factor, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye!</title>
		<link>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/04/x-factor-you-are-the-weakest-link-goodbye/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reviewartists.com/2009/12/04/x-factor-you-are-the-weakest-link-goodbye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stokes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas No.1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jedward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Cowell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X factor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jedward, Danyl, Lloyd: Three &#8216;names&#8217; which I have heard repeated again and again &#8211; not only on the entertainment channels or by friends, but by actual journalists who deem the recent goings on in ITV&#8217;s TV Talent Show worthy of inclusion in the bulletin.
And so on Sunday, I mistakenly decided to sit down and give [...]]]></description>
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