Music, local bands, clubs, pubs and venues in Oxfordshire from the Oxford mail.

Candy Says ...let’s have a party!

5:30pm Friday 29th November 2013

Oxford's sweetest band take over bookshop for festive shows

• Review: Oxford Folk LiveFriday @ Ashmolean Museum - 'A night of folky fun'
• Live review: Texas @ New Theatre, Oxford - 'Pop goddess has such energy'

Five less one still equals 5ive as boy band returns

11:20am Thursday 28th November 2013

They were the lad equivalent of the Spice Girls before splitting. But the Five are back and, as Tim Hughes finds out, are loving every minute

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Smilex: Oxford's art punk dynamos are a freewheeling rock force

7:00am Thursday 28th November 2013

Often outrageous Smilex frontman Lee Christian tells Tim Hughes that he first got into a band to ‘put two fingers up’ and he isn’t going to let anyone else tell him what to do

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Thriller: Michael Jackson fan Cleo Higgins is thrilled to be on stage

3:30pm Thursday 21st November 2013

Cleo Higgins, star of The Voice talks to KATHERINE MACALISTER about the Michael Jackson show

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Ashmolean LiveFriday: There's nowt so queer (and fun) as folk at the museum

3:30pm Thursday 21st November 2013

Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is set to come alive with the sound of... folk! Tim Hughes reports

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The Vuvuvultures will pick your brain clean

3:00pm Thursday 21st November 2013

Do Vuvuvultures represent the future of rock? Tim Hughes finds out more about this quirky four-piece and discovers that they probably do

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Oxford City Music Festival: Bands line up for seven day celebration of local music

9:00am Thursday 21st November 2013

Summer may be over but the festival season in Oxford goes on, as Tim Hughes finds out. Read - and listen - to what's in store...

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Audisocope: Alternative music with a conscience

8:00am Thursday 21st November 2013

When Audioscope rolls into town you never know what to expect. But Tim Hughes knows it’ll be something good...

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Protest singer Peggy Seeger is still a rebel with a cause

5:42pm Thursday 14th November 2013

She has incurred the wrath of the US government and fought for peace, justice and civil rights. But Peggy Seeger tells TIM HUGHES she is also focusing on issues closer to home

• Superstar DJ Charlotte Devaney is a model clubber
• Gary Numan is a human – and that’s official
• Soweto Gospel Choir: Shimmy Jityone jams in a rainbow world
• Monty Halls reveals the mysteries of the deep... in the heart of Oxford

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Superstar DJ Charlotte Devaney is a model clubber

5:39pm Thursday 14th November 2013

MODEL, artist, actress, producer and DJ... Charlotte Devaney is a woman who wears many hats.

• Gary Numan is a human – and that’s official
• Soweto Gospel Choir: Shimmy Jityone jams in a rainbow world

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Gary Numan is a human – and that’s official

5:36pm Thursday 14th November 2013

‘Numanoid’ Tim Hughes catches up with his synth-pop pioneering hero Gary Numan who gives his perspective on 35 years of groundbreaking music

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Soweto Gospel Choir: Shimmy Jityone jams in a rainbow world

5:30pm Thursday 14th November 2013

Katherine MacAlister gets down to the rhythms of South Africa

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Ruarri Jospeh keeps things real

10:33am Friday 8th November 2013

‘Mellowed out’ Ruarri Joseph lets the songs write themselves, as Tim Hughes discovers

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Boy George: We’re all still mad about the Boy

10:29am Friday 8th November 2013

Talented but troubled, Boy George battled his demons and triumphed with a body of work which confirms his role as a national treasure. Tim Hughes finds out more...

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Aaron Keylock: Oxfordshire's teenage blues brother sets his sights on the big time

12:20pm Thursday 7th November 2013

Schoolboy Aaron Keylock is making waves as a blues musician. TIM HUGHES talks to a young artist who is planning to go all the way. Read and listen here...

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Comic Luisa Omielan is laughing at misery.. with help from Beyonce!

6:10pm Thursday 31st October 2013

Luisa Omielan explains her feelings to Katherine Macalister

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Win a private Gabriella Cilmi gig ... in your home!

5:56pm Thursday 31st October 2013

Win this unique chance to have a chart-topping star play a secret show for you and your mates...

• Hot Club of Cowtown: inspired by jazz, gypsies and Texas cows
• Seventies star Susan Cadogan brings Jamaican good times to Oxford
• Retiring reggae legend DJ Derek is no dreadlock Rasta
• Dracula: Ballet dancer Hannah Kid takes a bite at a classic gothic tale
• Live review: Young Knives @ The Cellar, Oxford 'Young Knives are razor sharp'

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Hot Club of Cowtown: inspired by jazz, gypsies and Texas cows

5:53pm Thursday 31st October 2013

Combining smooth Parisian jazz with Country and Western swing, The Hot Club of Cowtown are a thrilling proposition. Fiddle player Elana James tells Tim Hughes what they’re all about

• Seventies star Susan Cadogan brings Jamaican good times to Oxford
• Retiring reggae legend DJ Derek is no dreadlock Rasta
• Dracula: Ballet dancer Hannah Kid takes a bite at a classic gothic tale
• Live review: Young Knives @ The Cellar, Oxford 'Young Knives are razor sharp'

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Seventies star Susan Cadogan brings Jamaican good times to Oxford

5:48pm Thursday 31st October 2013

Tim Hughes talks to chart-topping West Indian artist Susan Cadogan

• Retiring reggae legend DJ Derek is no dreadlock Rasta
• Dracula: Ballet dancer Hannah Kid takes a bite at a classic gothic tale
• Live review: Young Knives @ The Cellar, Oxford 'Young Knives are razor sharp'

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Retiring reggae legend DJ Derek is no dreadlock Rasta

5:44pm Thursday 31st October 2013

A thick West Indian accent has helped make him a groundbreaking figure on the British reggae scene for more than 50 years. But TIM HUGHES learns that the reality is different

• Seventies star Susan Cadogan brings Jamaican good times to Oxford
• Dracula: Ballet dancer Hannah Kid takes a bite at a classic gothic tale
• Live review: Young Knives @ The Cellar, Oxford 'Young Knives are razor sharp'

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Young Knives break free with their best ever album

6:20pm Thursday 24th October 2013

The opus, Sick Octave, is ‘messy, laissez-faire, low-fi’ and the ‘best record Young Knives have ever made,’ as TIM HUGHES is assured

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Holy Foals! Oxford's finest could win the Mercury Music Prize

6:15pm Thursday 24th October 2013

With the gong to be awarded next week, Tim Hughes looks at the local contenders

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Roger Taylor is passing on the rocker's crown to The Queen Extravaganza

5:59pm Thursday 24th October 2013

Roger Taylor tells TIM HUGHES about putting together a group to keep the great band’s songs alive

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Eloise Rees makes the musical journey from Wantage to Nashville + Listen to one of her songs

12:00pm Friday 18th October 2013

FRESH from following in the footsteps of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton in America’s capital of country music, Eloise Rees is back performing in her home city of Oxford

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It’s cool for CATS as the carnival comes to town

5:00pm Thursday 17th October 2013

Embracing jazz, funk and Latin, Tim Hughes learns that Cat Empire most of all love to party

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Peace, love and instant karma – from Kettering

5:00pm Thursday 17th October 2013

They may look like space cadets, but TIM HUGHES finds Temples have their feet firmly on the ground

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Nadine Shah: haunting singer will reach into your soul

5:50pm Thursday 10th October 2013

An intriguing mix of Norwegian, Pakistani and Geordie, startling artist Nadine Shah offers something emotional and unsettling. And Tim Hughes discovers that her ‘Dum and Mad’ like her music to...

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Bright Works: the future looks bright for Oxfordshire math-rockers

5:40pm Thursday 10th October 2013

They may be awkward and just a bit too clever, but Tim Hughes predicts the future belongs to Bright Works

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Cream of city’s bands line up for Oxjam Oxford Takeover

5:21pm Thursday 10th October 2013

With 40 acts playing seven venues, Saturday’s Oxjam Takeover will be the biggest so far. Tim Hughes talks to co-organiser Katie Herring

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Hot Chip star Alexis steels himself for a hot blend of musical styles

4:50pm Thursday 3rd October 2013

Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor and steel band virtuoso Fimber Bravo tell Tim Hughes about a remarkable collaboration about to hit Oxford

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Flights of Helios rock out for art's sake at Modern Art Oxford

4:46pm Thursday 3rd October 2013

Flights of Helios expect to rattle a few picture frames when they play at an art gallery, as TIM HUGHES learns from the five piece

• Out & About: Oxford's Vintage Fair is ab fab!
• Jethro Tull's Martin Barre brings songs old and new to Banbury
• Take note: Rowan Coupland, Empty White Circles, and Nina Nesbitt

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Chanteuse Melanie will not be lost in translation

5:00pm Thursday 26th September 2013

The French vocalist with Nouvelle Vague talks to Tim Hughes about her solo career and why she prefers the music scene in Britain

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True musical wizardry of Catweazle maestro Matt

5:00pm Thursday 26th September 2013

Forget X Factor, the true stars perform at the open mic nights that have sprung up all over Britain, as Matt Sage tells TIM HUGHES

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Adam Barnes strikes the right chord

4:20pm Thursday 19th September 2013

Acoustic folk musician Adam Barnes tells Matt Ayres how the support of fans helped him realise his dream of recording an album. Read and listen to him here...

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Jailhouse rock with The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band

4:00pm Thursday 19th September 2013

Oxford's r'n'b party animals have been banged up in teh slammer! What's going on?

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The 1975: The slick school band who did it their way

4:00pm Thursday 19th September 2013

Tim Hughes talks to Matt Healy of band of the moment The 1975

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The Brickwork Lizards bring their Turkabilly sound to an Oxford church

3:00pm Thursday 19th September 2013

Oxford's Brickwork Lizards prepare for genre-bending at St John the Evangelist

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The Sea The Sea: Oxford band roll in from far off shores

2:00pm Thursday 19th September 2013

Matt Ayres meets a dream pop band with an ocean of talent. Read and listen more here...

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Oxford's Alcopop! Records swims against the digital tide

4:00pm Thursday 12th September 2013

Alcopop! Records founder Jack Clothier tells MATT AYRES of his releases of CDs, tapes, vinyl records, scarves and frisbees

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Clamouring for more glamour with pop-jazz star Caro Emerald

3:00pm Thursday 12th September 2013

Caro Emerald is more than just a pretty face. She tells Tim Hughes her sultry brand of jazz-pop has a thoroughly modern twist

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Alice Francis brings jazz age sex appeal to Didcot Cornerstone's birthday party

2:50pm Thursday 12th September 2013

DIG out that tuxedo or sexy cocktail dress and get into the spirit of the jazz age to celebrate the anniversary of one of the county’s leading arts venues.

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Rock Doctors dispense musical medicine for air-guitarists

2:40pm Thursday 12th September 2013

Matt Ayres meets a group of Oxfordshire lads with a love of killer rock covers

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Oxford band Foals shortlisted for Mercury Music Prize

6:25pm Wednesday 11th September 2013

Oxford band in running for UK's top album award

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Bestival: Forget Elton John and Snoop Dog.. it's all about the Disco Shed!

6:19pm Thursday 5th September 2013

Oxford's Disco Shed posse prepare to rock the Isle of Wight

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Wild Swim go in at the deep end

6:16pm Thursday 5th September 2013

Wild Swim have unfussily gone about growing into one of Oxford’s best bands. Tim Hughes learns why from eloquent singer Richard Sansom

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Kill Murray: Oxford indie-pop's big hitters raise the roof

6:04pm Thursday 5th September 2013

Matt Ayres talks to the mighty Kill Murray

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Tamara Parsons-Baker: Baroque pop songwriter aims for equality

5:58pm Thursday 5th September 2013

Oxford’s music scene is dominated by blokes but MATT AYRES meets a woman who is championing the melodies of the ladies

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Oxford's Skeletor crew serve up bone-shaking metal for the new breed

2:01pm Friday 30th August 2013

Matt Ayres looks ahead to a night of deafening rock

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After The Thought: Matt Chapman is a maestro of technology

1:58pm Friday 30th August 2013

It’s difficult to pin down the type of music that Matt Chapman (aka After The Thought) makes. He calls it “ambient-electronic-dronegaze-minimalist-fuzzcore-experimentalism,” but that’s just him.

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