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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Nora Brown & Steph Coleman, St George’s – ‘To begin with, the crowd is patient’

  A Scottish piper steals the show from the American duo

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• Music / television

  Bristol singer makes cameo in Netflix crime thriller

  The singer-songwriter makes a cameo as a 1920s jazz singer in the Agatha Christie adaptation

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• Music / Folk & Roots

  Bristol’s month in folk and roots – January 2026

  This month presents a few select musical events to help blow the winter blues away

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• Music / News

  Bristol Beacon welcomes new cohort of resident musicians

  The new cohort represents the city's diverse musical palette

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Gregory Alan Isakov, Bristol Beacon – ‘Echo and reverie’

  Soulful, introspective and a beautiful silky voice to boot

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Shackleton Trio, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Gloriously intricate, full of potential’

  It's all about the power of three at the north-east Bristol folk club

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: the Alan Fletcher Band, Hen & Chicken – ‘Neighbours’ Dr Karl brings Americana to North Street’

  Fletch entertained with a mix of humour and reflections on love, life and that TV soap

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Elly Hopkins, the Ill Repute – ‘Brushed drums and a bruised heart’

  The Old Market pub with lived-in charm was the perfect place for Hopkins' debut single launch

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