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

Music festival is a real family affair

6:00am Monday 28th July 2014

THOUSANDS of people gathered on a meadow in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds to dance in the sun at the county’s biggest free music festival.

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Festival is a D-light for music fans

5:42pm Thursday 24th July 2014

When it comes to organising music festivals, small is beautiful. Just ask Craig Evans....

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Take me to the river for a festival of music

11:45am Thursday 24th July 2014

With great bands and free entry, Tim Hughes says Riverside Festival is the perfect summer’s day out

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Rabbit Foot Dispatches: 'Dangerously sober, stood up by a shire horse - but rubbing shoulders with a half-naked hero'

6:35pm Wednesday 23rd July 2014

The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band's festival summer rolls on - with dates at Cornbury, Marlborough and Truck... rubbing shoulders with a half-naked Georgie Fame and being stood up by a shire horse.

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More fun on the farm at Truck Festival

11:53am Thursday 17th July 2014

Tim Hughes gears up for the big names set to grace the six stages at this year’s Truck Festival

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Girls' essential guide to being a shiny, happy festival-goer

12:53pm Thursday 10th July 2014

With the summer music festival season in full swing, music-lover and serial festival-goer Ella Reeves presents her list of must haves - to make your festival experiences as fun, shiny and mud-free as possible

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A midsummer night's dream of quirky music

11:46am Thursday 10th July 2014

With a bill of of creative artists playing in a scenic pub garden, Saturday’s Irregular Folk Summer Session is set to be a seasonal highlight. Tim Hughes finds out more

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Rapper Tinchy Stryder brings East End grime to village cricket club party

7:01pm Wednesday 9th July 2014

One of the biggest UK rap stars is playing an Oxfordshire cricket club fundraiser. Tim Hughes finds out why...

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Funny business at Cornbury Festival

11:53am Thursday 3rd July 2014

Comedy, talks, a kids' zone and vintage cinema are just a few of the non-music related activities at Cornbury, says Katherine MacAlister

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• Picture special: Plenty of challenges and fun for schools

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Dandy Warhols on nudity, taboos and keeping things live

11:21am Thursday 3rd July 2014

Tim Hughes talks to Zia McCabe of cult US band the Dandy Warhols whose cool brand of indie-rock is still as popular as ever

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A carnival of delights

11:18am Thursday 3rd July 2014

Tim Hughes takes a look at the musical offerings at this year's Cowley Road Carnival

• Rod Stewart story is devil of a great show
• Funny business at Cornbury Festival
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Arrested Development

9:41am Thursday 3rd July 2014

Arrested Development rapper Speech tells Tim Hughes how he is looking forward to inviting the PM on the festival stage

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Simple Minds are alive and kicking and ready to rock

12:58pm Thursday 26th June 2014

Jim Kerr, frontman of iconic 80s band Simple Minds, tells Tim Hughes things have never been better

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Rich pickings at 'Poshstock'

9:46am Thursday 26th June 2014

Tim Hughes talks to Cornbury Festival Director Hugh Phillimore about his feast of music with an upper class vibe

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Let Rainbow Reservoir fill your life with colour

7:00am Thursday 26th June 2014

Looking for something different, TIM HUGHES meets up with the singer-songwriter Angela Space – who mixes beauty with dark-edged realism and a playful sense of fun

BST festival brings a feast of parklife

11:35am Thursday 19th June 2014

As London's BST festival lines up a season of music for all tastes and ages, Tim Hughes looks ahead to a top summer of live music

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On yer bike for festival fun

8:00am Thursday 19th June 2014

Tim Hughes meets the brains behind the low-carbon, largely acoustic Tandem Festival

The rocker teaching students how to party...

5:03pm Friday 13th June 2014

Californian hedonist to impart his hard-earned knowledge of the benefits of revelry

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Rabbit Foot Dispatches: Off the rails in Norfolk and Wood festival

3:54pm Thursday 12th June 2014

The Original rabbit Foot Spasm Band's festival diary continues - with very different dates in Norfolk and back home in Oxfordshire

• Rabbit Foot Dispatches - Part one

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Andy Jordan has the Chelsea factor

12:23pm Thursday 12th June 2014

Made In Chelsea star and former Oxford schoolboy Andy Jordan is all about the music. Tim Hughes reports

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Madchester indie rockers are still as cool as... ever

11:40am Thursday 12th June 2014

Inspirational Carpets guitarist Graham Lambert tells Marc Evans about the band's visit to Oxford and on being in a group that's been there, done that... and sold the T-shirt

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Big break puts Glass Animals in spotlight

11:31am Thursday 12th June 2014

Glastonbury, Meltdown, sell-out shows and a debut album release are all part of a crazy week for this Oxford band, as Tim Hughes finds out

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Luke at Latitude

5:36pm Wednesday 11th June 2014

Wood festival headliner takes his down-tempo magic to Latitude

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Setting sail once again after star's solo voyage

1:04pm Thursday 5th June 2014

Starsailor frontman James Walsh tells Tim Hughes why the time is now right for the successful indie pop band to get back together

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Sex, drugs and jazz: Deep South operetta is a runaway success

9:54am Thursday 5th June 2014

Alexander The Great tells the story of two runaway teens, with folk, rock, jazz and blues. Tim Hughes meets creator Humphrey 'Huck' Astley

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• Dine out on laughs with a faulty cast
• Radiohead star team to tri their best

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Blur star is Latitude bound

6:50pm Wednesday 18th June 2014

Damon Albarn is one of many artists choosing to make exclusive appearances at Britain's most eclectic summer festival

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Hear a Pin Drop...

11:35am Thursday 29th May 2014

Emily Scott, Jess Hall and Julia Meijer play a night of beautiful music this Saturday

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• Chas & Dave still have plenty of rabbit

Chas & Dave still have plenty of rabbit

10:02am Thursday 29th May 2014

Chas Hodges, of Chas and Dave fame, tells Tim Hughes how the duo got together, and why their unique brand of pub-pop still brings in the crowds

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Mystery 'Poshstock' headliner revealed...

11:13am Thursday 22nd May 2014

Cornbury reveals Romany party band will top the bill on festival's closing night

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Festival fun is odds-on favourite

9:41am Thursday 22nd May 2014

On the eve of its 10th birthday, Tim Hughes finds out about Wychwood's eclectic line-up

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Gipsy Kings to headline Cornbury Festival’s last night

8:30am Thursday 22nd May 2014

THE Gipsy Kings will top the bill on the closing night of the Cornbury Festival, ending months of speculation over the headline act.

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Fracture break-through

8:00am Thursday 22nd May 2014

Oxford's Fracture could well be the future of anthemic pop-rock. Listen here and decide for yourself...

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Gypsy folk

5:19pm Thursday 15th May 2014

Sam Lee and band put a contemporary spin on some Travellers' gems at St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford

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A night at the museum

4:07pm Thursday 15th May 2014

Tim Hughes looks forward to a weekend of after-hours music and fun at the county's museums

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Rabbit Foot: Dispatches

12:42pm Thursday 15th May 2014

OXFORD jump-blues and vintage-jazz group The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band have a ferocious reputation as a hard playing - and even harder partying - bunch of musical hedonists. This summer the dapper seven-piece are on the road, playing music festivals the length and breadth of the country. This is their festival diary....

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'Wood' you believe it?

9:33am Thursday 15th May 2014

Tim Hughes finds out what musical and eco-friendly attractions will be on offer at the sixth Wood festival

• Rabbit Foot: Dispatches

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Chocks Away: Public Service Broadcasting take to the skies

1:49pm Friday 16th May 2014

Tim Hughes looks forward to a series of unique shows by electro-rock history buffs Public Service Broadcasting

• Cropredy ready to go for world record bunting attempt

Get Melodic with a Latin twist

2:30pm Friday 9th May 2014

Folksters The Melodic are causing a stir brilliantly fusing the South American rhythms with, er, British Indie pop, writes Tim Hughes

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Take a Punt on these great new bands

9:25am Thursday 8th May 2014

Tim Hughes discovers the wealth of talent lined up to play at one of Oxford's best-loved music events

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Jethro Tull star returns to his prog-rock genius

9:55am Thursday 1st May 2014

Dynamic flute-playing frontman Ian Anderson explains to Tim Hughes why his latest work harks back to a hero of the 1970s

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Latin groove with global swing

9:20am Friday 25th April 2014

Tim Hughes talks to the Colombian group La Chiva Gantiva ahead of their Oxford gig

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There'll be dancing in the streets

9:19am Thursday 24th April 2014

Oxford Folk Weekend organiser and singer Cat Kelly tells Tim Hughes why this year’s line-up of top local and national acts is set to make it an event to remember

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WIN tickets to see Made In Chelsea stars - Young Kato!

7:13pm Thursday 17th April 2014

Win tickets for gig at O2 Academy Oxford

On the road with The Hornicator

7:01pm Thursday 17th April 2014

The ever-inventive Thomas Truax tells Tim Hughes what he does - and why it is necessary to create his own instruments to do it....

Record shops celebrate surprising success story

9:28am Thursday 17th April 2014

Everyone thought shops selling vinyl discs were going the way of the dinosaurs but Tim Hughes learns that they are still out there

• Doyathinkysaurus? T-Rex comes to life at Dinosaur Zoo

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Alkaline Trio take a look on the darker side of life + Video

9:28am Thursday 10th April 2014

Alkaline Trio’s Dan Andriano talks to jason collie about the bleak inspiration behind their music and their forthcoming Oxford gig

• Blowing his own harp: on the road with a harmonica virtuoso

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Blowing his own harp: on the road with a harmonica virtuoso

9:22am Thursday 10th April 2014

As he prepares for his Oxford gig, Will Pound tells Tim Hughes about his life with mouth organs – and how it all began

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Truck on! festivals unveil 'best-ever' festival line-ups

11:00am Friday 4th April 2014

ORGANISERS of two Oxfordshire music festivals have unveiled dozens of new acts, saying they now have their best ever line-ups. Music writer ELLA REEVES reports

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Chic-pop dreamboats 'Candy Says' keep things intimate

11:20am Thursday 3rd April 2014

Former rock chick turned low-fi chic pop artist is ready to launch new album with her art band Candy Says, writes Tim Hughes

• Strictly fun for dance diva Sophie

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Strictly fun for dance diva Sophie

11:14am Thursday 3rd April 2014

Motherhood, TV, a new album and a tour are keeping Sophie Ellis-Bextor busy, as Tim Hughes finds out

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