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Front Cover: Paul Henshaw / Farmer Phil’s Festival 

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Michaela Wylde 

Joshua Sole 

Ron Penny 

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E D I T O R I A L 

Welcome to the May / June edition of 

Shrop Rocks magazine. Firstly, 

wow what a launch party we had at 

‘The Dana’ Shrewsbury for our rst edition, 

over 500 people turned out and made it a 

night to remember. Jailhouse tours event 

‘Music Behind Bars’ certainly went down a 

treat and looks a great venue for the future. 

Anyway we’re here, and it’s time to start 

thinking about Summer vacations with the 

family, arhh this always is a mixed bag. 

Making memories to last a lifetime comes 

with it’s fair share of cost, most of which 

involves whining, putting up with annoying 

siblings, and some degree of hauling 

ridiculous amounts of luggage. A small price 

to pay, right? 

And those are the good vacations. 

Of course, small, petty annoyances are one 

thing. For some, vacations end up being 

much worse. In fact, some trips turn out to 

be an absolute debacle. The irony is: it's 

sometimes those messy vacations, the ones 

with stories that last a lifetime, that creates 

our most enduring memories. So enjoy your 

family time, as these times are precious. 

Mean while in Ludlow ... 

Mildred, the church gossip, and selfappointed 

monitor of the church's morals, 

kept sticking her nose into other people's 

business. 

Several members did not approve of her 

extra curricular activities, but feared her 

enough to maintain their silence. 

Frank, a man 

of few words, 

stared at her 

for a moment 

and just turned 

and walked 

away. He 

didn't explain, 

defend, or 

deny. He said 

nothing. 

EDITOR@SHROPROCKS.COM 

Later that 

evening, Frank 

quietly parked his pickup in front 

of Mildred's house... Walked 

home... and left it there all night. 

(You gotta love Frank!) 

She made a mistake, however, when she 

accused Frank, a new member, of being an 

alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked 

outside The Bull’s Head, one afternoon. 

She emphatically told Frank (and several 

others) including the vicar, that every one 

seeing it there "WOULD KNOW WHAT HE 

WAS DOING!" 

Love 

Shropshire 

MAy/jun SHROPROCKS.COM P3

THE QUARRY, SY1 1RN

A f t e r a h u g e ly s u c c e s s f u l ‘ B i g B u s k 2 0 1 7 ’ t h i s e d i t i o n s e e ’ s u s c at c h u p 

w i t h K a r e n H i g g i n s . . . 

How did the idea of The Big Busk, rst 

come about? 

When Ben was killed we wanted to 

achieve a couple of things, celebrate 

his life, raise funds for the charity 

that had supported him so much and 

also demonstrate to the public that 

just because a person has found 

themselves on the street does not 

mean they are not loved or valued, 

Ben was very much both. 

Because Ben's rst love was music and 

poetry, a busking event seemed 

perfect. It was actually a friend of our 

who called it the Big Busk (and yes 

she was being a little bit cheeky at 

the time expecting people to 

mispronounce it!) 

What's your rst memory of 

something related to The Big Busk? 

When we put out the appeal on social 

media for musicians to take part we 

were unsure if anyone would but 

within a few hours we had a phone 

call from Beth Prior, we had never 

heard of her then and had no idea just 

how super talented she is. Beth set up 

a musicians closed group and the 

whole event just snowballed from 

there. 

Tell us about some of the people 

you've met while working on the 

Cause? 

That's just impossible because it is a 

massive community event and each 

and every one of the people taking 

part can take credit for making it 

happen. But special moments are 

when you see seasoned professional 

musicians stood alongside very young 

performers. The look of admiration on 

the younger performers faces is 

priceless and we know the level of 

young talent means some of the 

dreams to make music their life will 

be realised. 

What has surprised you most? 

I suppose I always knew Shrewsbury 

was a pretty special place so it doesn't 

surprise me that a community can 

make this happen but it is still 

overwhelming. 

What do you nd most challenging? 

That’s easy, the paper work !! 

The interest seems to be growing. 

Why do you think that is? How has it 

changed over the years? 

It is a very inclusive event and I think 

most of us like to feel we belong. The 

Big Busk is open to everyone and that 

word has got round. 

What's it like to be a volunteer for The 

Big Busk? And how can people 

interested in any of these areas get in 

touch? 

I hope it is a lot of fun. People can get 

involved at any level that suits them. 

We do need more people on the 

planning team as there is a lot of 

preparation, although interested 

people do need to be prepared for 

quite a bit of commitment (but its 

worth it) 

MAY/JUNE SHROPROCKS.COM P5

Being a local magazine supporting live 

music in Shropshire, tell me what are 

your musical inuences? 

I don't really have a specic artist 

that I follow, I tend to listen to radio 

so I get the variety. But if I had to 

choose some I would say Bowie, Adam 

Ant and more recently I do like Rag 

and Bone man. 

How has local music helped towards 

your Cause ? 

Quite simply the event wouldn't 

happen without local music, there is 

so much high quality music playing in 

our local pubs, clubs and other venues 

every weekend, people have just got to 

go out there and listen. 

What do you do when you aren't 

working on The Big Busk? 

I work full time in the NHS doing 

communications and engagement, I'm 

also a trustee of the Shrewsbury Ark 

charity and when I'm not doing that I 

am wife and mum to a very patient 

family. 

What's your personal philosophy on 

what more could be done to help your 

Cause in Shropshire? 

The Shrewsbury Ark needs new 

premises but that will take a big 

investment. The hope is to be able to 

have a building that can accommodate 

more treatment space so the charity 

can tackle the root causes of why 

people are struggling on the fringes of 

society. Many of the clients at the Ark 

have underlying issues such as mental 

health illness, learning disabilities or 

early life experiences that have left 

them very deeply affected. 

How do you see The Big Busk growing 

over the next 5 years? 

The hardest part is trying to keep it 

the same, it works because it is not 

big and commercial so we want to try 

and maintain that. We want everyone 

who wants, to be involved to feel 

welcome. 

P6 SHROPROCKS.COM MAY/JUNE

MAY 

1st May - 42nd 

Telford Beer 

Festival @ 

Crown Inn, 

Oakengates / 

Elephant & 

Castle, Dawley 

------------------------ 

1st May - Clun 

Green Man 

Festival @ Clun 

Castle /12:45 / 

£5 (child £2) U5 

Free 

------------------------ 

4th May - 

'Requiem for a 

Pink Moon: An 

Elizabethan 

Tribute to Nick 

Drake' 

Ensemble 

Phoenix Munich 

@ Lion Hotel, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm / £16.50 

(U26 £8 / U19 

£1) 

------------------------ 

4th May - The 

Simon & 

Garfunkel Story 

@ The Place, 

Oakengates 

Tkts: £18 

------------------------ 

4th May - Stacy 

& Andy @ Ye 

Olde Bull Ring 

Tavern, Ludlow 

------------------------ 

4th May - Nick 

Parker 'Besta 

Venya Tour' + 

Paul Henshaw 

@ Wheatsheaf 

Inn, Chetwynd 

Aston / 8pm / 

Adv £5 

------------------------ 

4th May - The 

Blue Vendors @ 

The Pour 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

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4th May - 

Daniel Bachman 

P8 WWW.SHROPROCKS.COM MAY/JUN 

& Jake Xerxes 

Fussell @ 

SpArC, Bishops 

Castle / 7:30pm 

/ £10 (U18 £5) 

------------------------ 

5th May - 

Paprika Blues 

Band @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury 

------------------------ 

5th May - 


@ The Friars, 

Bridgnorth 

------------------------ 

5th May - 

Hannah & Brian 

@ Wheatsheaf 

Inn, Ludlow / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - Phase 

Seven @ Bull 

Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - 

Overdrive @ 

Dun Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - Rhi & 

Ed @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - The 

Flok @ White 

Horse Inn, Clun 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - Just 

Kaz @ The Vine, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

5th May - 'Folk 

Club' Barlow 

Cree @ 

Bradford Arms, 

Wheaton Aston / 

8pm / £6 Ticket 

Only Event 

------------------------ 

6th May - Viva 

La Coldplay @ 

Theatre on the 

Steps, 

Bridgnorth 

------------------------ 

6th May - Faye 

Bagley @ Ye 



/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - Nibbs 

& Eddy @ 

Bamboo, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - Cella 

Fellas @ 

Captain Webb, 

Wellington / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - 

Alternative 

Route @ Bull 

Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - Joe 

Seager @ The 

Riverbank, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - The 

Endings @ Bear 

Inn, Bridgnorth 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - Black 

& Blues Band @ 

The George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - 

Sunjay Brayne 

@ Bulls Head 

Inn, Chelmarsh 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

6th May - 

Wayne Tulsa @ 

Harry Hotspur / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

7th May - 

12:30pm - Ben 

Cummings & 

Jonathon 

Vinten @ The 

Black Boy Inn, 

Bridgnoth 

------------------------ 

7th May - Ed 

Conway & The 

Unlawful Men @ 

The New Inn, 

Newport 

------------------------ 

7th May - Tia 

McGraff @ 

Henry Tudor 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm 

------------------------ 

7th May - 

Martin Simpson 

@ The Hive, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:45pm / £15 

------------------------ 

9th May - Mike 

Denver @ The 

Place, 

Oakengates / 

7:30pm / £22 

------------------------ 

10th May - The 

Fureys @ 

Ludlow 

Assembly 

Rooms / 8pm / 

£21 

------------------------ 

10th May - Dan 

/Walsh @ The 

Hive, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £12.50 

------------------------ 

11th May - Lilly 

Boughey @ The 

Pour House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

11th May - 

Arthur Ebeling 

@ The Crown 

Inn, 

Oakengates / 

8:45pm 

----------------------- 

11th May - 

Aaron Booton @ 

Ye Olde Bull 

Ring Tavern, 

Ludlow 

------------------------ 

12th May - 

Custard 

Connection @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury 

------------------------ 

12th May - 

Uncle Jim @ 

Dun Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

12th May - 

Acoustic 

Underedogs @ 

The George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Rockin’ Lord @ 

The Vine, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

12th May - 

Click @ Bulls 

Head Inn, 

Chelmarsh / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - 

Savannah @ All 

Nations, 

Madeley / 7pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - 

Collision @ Ye 



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13th May - Paul 

Parker Duo @ 

Bamboo, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - Rik 

& Coil @ 

Dolphin Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------

MAY 

13th May - 

'Shrewsbury 

Jazz Network' 

Brandon Allen 

Quartet plays 

Gene Ammons 

@ The Hive, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £16 (U22 

£8) 

------------------------ 

13th May - Up 

Front @ Bull 

Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - Andy 

Mills @ The 

Riverbank, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Hype @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - 

Anna Silvers @ 

Sanctuary Café, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - Ten 

Bob Millionaires 

@ Harry 

Hotspur, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Page @ The 

Beeches, 

Bayston Hill / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - 3D 

@ Bulls Head 

Inn, Chelmarsh 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

13th May - 

Tipitina @ Wem 

Town Hall, Wem 

/ 7:30pm / £12 

(U20 £5) 

------------------------ 

13th May - 

Church Stretton 

Musicfest / 

10am / £5 (child 

£3) U5 Free 

------------------------ 

14th May - 

Robin Nolan 

Trio @ Theatre 

Severn, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £16 

(student £10) 

------------------------ 

14th May - 


@ New Inn, 

Newport / 6pm 

------------------------ 

15th May - Mort 

Smith @ Cock & 

Greyhound, 

Whitchurch / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Simon & 

Garfunkel Story 

@ Theatre 

Severn, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm / £20 

------------------------ 

17th May - 

Ludlow Jazz 

Quartet @ 

Housmans, 


/ 7:30pm 

------------------------ 

18th May - Joe 

Seager @ Ye 



/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

18th May - 

Synergy @ Pour 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

19th May - 

Flash / Tribute 

to Queen @ 

Theatre Severn, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm / £18 

------------------------ 

19th May - 

Uncle Jim @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Gold Room @ 

Dun Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

19th May - Mis- 

Led @ Bear Inn, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

19th May - Paul 

Parker Duo @ 

The George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Endings @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Brian Poole & 

The Tremeloes 

@ Theatre 

Severn, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm / £20 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Duran Duran 

Tribute Show @ 


Steps, 

Bridgnorth / 

8pm / £12 

--------------------- 

20th May - Ben 

Folger @ Ye 



/ 9pm 

--------------------- 

20th May - 

Plastic 

Pantomime @ 

The New Inn, 

Newport / 6pm 

--------------------- 

25th May - Hats 

off to Led 

Zeppelin @ 


Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £16 

------------------------ 


Sutton @ 

Bamboo, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Dirty Frank @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Indigo Machine 

@ Bear Inn, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Moonshine 

Runners @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Ralph Porrett @ 

Sanctuary 

Café,Shrewsbur 

y / 9pm 

------------------------ 

20th May - 

Nikki Rous @ 

Bulls Head Inn, 

Chelmarsh / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

25th May - 

Savannah @ 

Duke Box, 

Oakengates / 

9pm / £2 

------------------------ 

25th May - 

David Busby @ 

Ye Olde Bull 

Ring Tavern, 

Ludlow / 9pm 

------------------------ 

25th May - 

Monkey Sellers 

@ The Pour 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

26th May - 

Miranda Sykes 

@ Birchmeadow 

Centre, 

Broseley / 8pm / 

£12 

--------------------- 

26th May - Hats 

off to Led 

Zeppelin @ 


Steps, 

Bridgnorth / 

8pm / £14 

------------------------ 


Gold Room @ 

Captain Webb, 

Wellington / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

27th May - 

Whalebone @ 

Farlow & 

Oreton Village 

Hall / 7:30pm / 

£8 

----------------------- 


Searchers @ 


Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm / £22 

----------------------- 

27th May - 

Gersom Engels 

@ Ye Olde Bull 

Ring Tavern / 

9pm 

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27/28th May - 

Gin Festival @ 

The New Inn, 

Newport. Live 

Music, Rich 

Evans, The 

Black Rapids, 

Northbound 

Acoustic Blues 

& Rodney 

Brannigan / 

1pm 

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EDG 

SUN 

f e s t 

1 7 T H 

MAY 

01PM 

‘ 

An on-site 

licensed 

bar and 

food plus 

activities 

to keep the 

young ones 

busy. 

’ 

EBENEZER 

WEASEL HOT ROD 55 

MARK LEEDHAM BAND 

THE REGULARS 

DELTA RHYTHM 

he popular EDG Sun Fest will 

Ttake place on Sunday 28th May 

at the Edgar Davies Ground 

Bridgnorth, and this years event is 

set to be held under a giant marquee 

for the rst time, to ensure that rain 

plays no part in the day. 

The amazing Delta Rhythm will be 

appearing at this year's event, Hailing 

from the West Midlands, a cross-breed 

of Blues, Hard Rock, Indie and Prog 

Rock. Their track ‘Break the surface’ 

won track of the month in Ryan’s gig 

guide not so long back. Also 

conrmed Wolverhampton indie outt 

The Regulars will be hitting the stage 

along with Worcester’s Mark Leedham 

band, Hot Rod 55, the excellent 

Ebenezer Weasel and loads more to 

wet your whistle. 

The day has a very friendly family 

orientated atmosphere where 

everyone is made to feel welcome. 

There will be a reduced price for 

admission by buying advance tickets 

for those who like to plan ahead. 

Camping is also available for those 

who’d like to stay over, for more 

information please visit: 

Tickets: £5 Adv / £7 Door 

www.bridgnorthfestival.org.uk 

Facebook.com/EDGSunFest

Should Local 

live shows 

start 

earlier ?? 

Seems reasonable to me’ came 

the words from my musician 

friends mouth (naming no 

names), once asked the question 

‘Should local live gigs start earlier?’. 

‘I just played a string of ve shows in 

a row that started at 7pm. Attendees 

(and musicians) could be in bed by 

11pm. How sane! Totally didn’t think 

this would work, but hey! it did, to my 

surprise’. 

The bars to the venues stayed open 

until at least 1am each night, so the 

drinkers could keep the party rolling 

and the people who needed to get up 

early could leave after the show ended 

at 10pm. In terms of revenue, the 

place pulled from both crowds. 

This approach obviously makes sense 

for venues that appeal to the 30+ 

audience, but according to students 

we’ve asked, lots were reluctant to 

come out on week nights for late 

shows. Starting shows early might 

just be the thing to pump life into 

struggling live-music scenes around 

the country and a local venue near 

you? 

What do you think? 

Should we start acts at 7 / 8pm. How 

late is too late when it comes to 

weeknight start-times? Does it feel 

weird to step on stage when the sun 

is still shining during our summer 

months? Is this just all for the lite 

weights? Or does this genuinely make 

sense? Let us know your thoughts 

Have Your Say at: 

facebook.com/groups/shroprocks 

e d i t o r @ s h r o p r o c k s . c o m 


Why do gigs start so late anyway? 

Suppose you'd decided to see a lm or a 

play or some sports event tonight, and it 

didn't start till 10pm. If you nished work 

at 6pm, that would give you four hours to 

kill, which is a big chunk of time even if 

you did get some food rst and then spent 

the remaining couple of hours in the pub. 

Or, if you were in London over October, 

you might have lled the hours by 

visiting one of the galleries that stayed 

open late as part of a programme called 

Lates. But most people don't want to have 

to hang around killing time, which is why 

lms, plays and matches start at 7pm or 

8pm. 

Gigs, though, are a whole other thing; it 

has become accepted that they begin late. 

And "late" has been getting ever later in 

the last couple of years. The support act 

might wander onstage at 8.30pm - 9pm is 

more common - and if the main band 

show their faces by 9.30pm, you're lucky. 

Chances are, though, it won't be 9.30pm; 

it'll be 10pm or later. At one show I 

attended Brian Molko of Placebo was still 

soundchecking at 10:45pm by my watch, 

and when Guns N' Roses made a 

comeback of sorts in 2006, their 

Hammersmith Apollo gig began at 11pm, 

and ended two hours later, well after the 

last tube, leaving their immensely longsuffering 

fans with a choice of the night 

bus that didn’t exist or an astronomically 

expensive taxi ride. And I don't even need 

to mention (but will anyway) the 

tardiness of rappers, which results in 

performances that don't kick off till the 

milkman has started his round. 

even start till 2am. Go to bed before 

dawn? What do you take him for? Chris 

Martin? Purple haze must have been about 

the colour of the bags under his eyes. It’s 

probably what nished him off. No 

autopsy needed here thank you very 

much. 

But what about the punters who've been 

shufing around a venue for three hours, 

waiting to see whoever they've forked out 

£20+ for? Obviously, it suits venues when 

shows run late, because the bar spend 

increases proportionately. But it wouldn't 

have been the venue's fault that Mr Molko 

didn't get it together to do a soundcheck 

till 10:45pm, or that Axl Rose lives in a 

parallel universe where factors like 

getting home afterward don't gure. I was 

once at a Damien Rice show - at 

Wolverhampton’s civic hall, no less - 

where Rice, whose audience is made up of 

once-a-year suburban gig-goers who rely 

on trains that nish at 11.30pm or 

thereabouts, didn't show himself till after 

10pm. How I chuckled to myself during 

the performance that all these good 

looking young people would be stranded 

in Wolverhampton of all places, God help 

them. And how lucky I was to have a short 

walk home. How annoyed was I later, I got 

home to discover I’d left my front door 

key in my jacket at the venue and was 

locked out. I remember thinking as I 

scurried back to the civic and found it 

shut. Thanks Mr Rice, couldn’t you have 

at least played a longer set, nob. 

In the mind of somebody, somewhere, it's 

edgy to start late and nish later. Kiss, 

after all, wanted to rock'n'roll all night 

(and party every day, which raises the 

logistical question of how they ever found 

time to write songs or, in Gene Simmons' 

case, meet the 3,000 women he claims to 

have notched up) [head scratch]. 

Prince's notorious after-show gigs don't 

P12 WWW.SHROPROCKS.COM MAY/JUN

FISHING FOR OWLS 

middle nger thankyou 

Ato England: it’s rubbish, 

innit? Brexit, bedroom 

tax, bargain hunt, big brother 

society. 

Paul Henshaw & The Scientic 

Simpleton’s sound like the old 

England. The sound of football 

chants, nursery rhymes and bad 

puns, the days when we drank 

and danced the weekends away, 

but were proud of our ag, and 

we all still had money left over 

monday morning. 

Fishing For Owls 

gives this feeling 

back, this is a well 

thought out selection of 

tunes that showcases the 

full range of their mastery. 

The album was recorded at 

Ashley’s wine bar in 

Shrewsbury, but don’t be 

fooled, the sounds, full on 

studio raw and the quality 

of the songwriting 

shines. 

The righteous anger 

of “Middle nger 

thank you” has the 

power to stir the 

blood. “England”’s 

hurdy gurdy, “Take 

more punches, 

Stomach hurts from 

body blows” we hear from 

Henshaw. The yearning 

pulse of “Hometown King”. 

The stark passionate 

melodrama of “Kid on a 

Bridge” is crying out to be 

covered by some dark metal 

band.. 

With an utterly unique 

sound of punk guitars, 

samples, punchy drums and 

those delicious, sardonic, 

dark, witty lyrics, there just 

isn’t another band that 

sounds like them. 

Fishing For Owls is 10 

songs of pure gold. It’s 

positively indulgent. One of 

the greatest aspects of their 

ability is to take dark 

subject matter 

and craft 

superb, catchy 

grunge/dance/pu 

nk/indie/rock 

tunes around 

them without 

sounding trite 

or preachy. And 

this is reected 

in the album. Henshaw gets 

to the heart of the matter at 

hand but never forgets to 

write a killer hook, riff or 

melody to get you singing 

and dancing. 

I was pleased to see this 

album pop up in my inbox 

and listened to it intently 

over a few beers and vodkas 

bank holiday Monday. By 

the time the last track ‘I’ll 

Never be a Pirate’ came to 

it’s outro, I spilled out into 

the streets of Bridgnorth. 

Glorious, triumphant and 

utterly compelled, The 

Scientic Simpletons prove 

once again why they are a 

credit to Shropshire. 

Today’s 'alternative' music 

is too slick, too shiny, too 

designed. What we need is a 

Paul Henshaw & The 

Scientic Simpleton’s 

musical. Take the best 

songs from all their stuff, 

orchestrate them and turn 

them into a show. A show 

about shattered dreams and 

ruined lives, a show about 

getting drunk and having a 

bloody good knees up, let’s 

make it as bleak as Chicago 

but with a Lion King 

ending and all done with a 

Salopian accent. 

Legendary 


‘ 

Following on from the 2016 release 

"You! Just Lost The Game" which 

peaked at #3 in the Amazon download 

charts, FISHING FOR OWLS tells tales 

of hometown primadonnas, nights 

drinking Wild Turkey Whiskey and 

losing your shoes, general fakery and 

bizarrely, never wanting to be a pirate. 

It's honest, it's raw and it’s real. 

’ 

Available for sale now at www.paulhenshaw.com or at all reputable 

download outlets 

A full list of shows is listed below: 

May 2nd - House Party - Solo with Nick Parker 

May 4th - Wheatsheaf, Chetwynd Aston - Solo with Nick Parker 

May 5th - Bell and Talbot, Bridgnorth - ALBUM RELEASE 

PARTY 

May 6th - The Swan, Talke, Stoke - ALBUM RELEASE STOKE 

May 7th - Ashleys Bar, Shrewsbury - ALBUM RELEASE 

SHREWSBURY 

May 9th - The Black Boy, Bridgnorth - Duo 

May 10th - Shrewsbury - Duo 

May 12th - Wheatsheaf, Frankwell - Duo 

May 13th - Tiddleyfest, Ellerdine - Duo 

May 13th - Tiddleyfest, Ellerdine - Band

PERCY’S CAFÉ BAR 

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6th may - UK:ID & Def Neon 

12th may - Soapgirls "Party In Hell" UK Tour Premiere 

13th may - Manumit & Cosmic Ninja 

28th July - Fahran 

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B R I D G N O R T H 

The Brewery, 

Great Hales Street, 

Market Drayton 

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www.joulesbrewery.co.uk

MAY 

26 HAYGATE RD - WELLINGTON - Tf1 1QA 

Friday 5th - Captured & Fred Larkinsen and the Legitimates 

Saturday 6th - TBC 

Friday 12th - A Pig Called Eggs & Cavalier Kings 

Saturday 13th - AC/DC Tribute - Whole Lotta DC - £7/£9 

Friday 19th - After The Riot 

Saturday 20th - Retribution 

Thursday 25th - High Lord, 14 Pieces & I Assassin 

Friday 26th - Slade Tribute - Slade UK - £7/£9 

Saturday 27th - Air Ambulance Charity Gig - £3 

JUNE 

Friday 2nd - The Zoobs 

Saturday 3rd - Collision 

Friday 9th - The Dreaming Tree 

Saturday 10th - Private Event 

Friday 16th - Savannah 

Saturday 17th - Gehtika & Aghast 

D R I N K S 

Kaltenberg LAGER 

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Thwaites Smooth BITTER 

£2 a Pint 

All day Sunday - Thursday 

12pm - 6pm Friday & 

Saturday 

Friday 23rd - Paul Parker and all the Right Friends 

Saturday 24th - TBC 

Friday 30th June - Sunday 2nd July 

Degeneration Ska & Punk festival 

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TEL: [01952] 247333

f you're an avid follower 

Iof live music and 

songwriters in the local 

area then the name Heidi 

Browne won't be new to you. 

Heidi has been entertaining 

audiences both locally and 

abroad, and featuring on 

national and local radio for a 

while now. She demonstrates 

storytelling songs and multiinstrumental 

abilities, mixed 

with a blend of humour and 

class. New audiences are 

captivated by her one-off 

personality and gripped by 

original music, which has 

the unusual quality of 

feeling familiar to the 

listener by the time they've 

heard the rst chorus. 

Wylde Thoughts 

Heidi Browne 

Michaela Wylde Writes ... 

Heidi, thank you 

for taking time 

out of your busy 

recording and gig 

schedule to talk to Shrop 

Rocks. You've written a 

lot of fantastic songs, 

what have you found 

inspires you to write? 

I think as a song writer 

you need to have your 

eyes and ears open at all 

times to feelings and 

ideas. Anything can 

inspire a song, whether 

it's an inside or outside 

source. I can be inspired 

by a mood, a weather 

condition, a change in 

life. I tend to write in 

moments of quiet and 

snatch these 

opportunities to write. 

You have to go off into a 

sideways space and tap 


into the bubbles of ideas 

that are waiting to be 

released. 

Of everything you've 

written, is there one 

song you are particularly 

proud of? 

One song I have never 

dropped from the set 

over my many years of 

performing is 'This 

Wandering Heart'. It's 

got a lot of light and 

shade, interesting 

chords and sophisticated 

melody. I wrote it 10 

years ago and I think it 

might be my best song. 

If you are able to 

pinpoint one moment so 

far in your music career, 

what's been a particular 

'high' for you? 

Meeting Terry Wogan 

was amazing. I was 

playing Elton John's 

piano which is in the 

lobby of BBC Radio 2 

where I was rehearsing 

for a live session with 

Thea Gilmore. We were 

on air in 45 minutes and 

I saw the reection of 

someone in the shiny 

piano, turned around 

and it was Terry with a 

tray of confectionary. 

My heart literally 

stopped. We played live 

on his show and he put 

us all at ease. An 

absolute charmer. The 

rst time I heard my 

name announced on 

radio was also amazing, 

I went cold and felt 

terried and elated at 

the same time.

I can imagine that was an amazing 

experience for you! As someone who is 

regularly working on both disciplines, 

if you had to make a choice, would you 

rather perform live or record in the 

studio? 

If I could only ever do one of those 

ever again, it would be recording. I 

love trying out lots of ideas, layering 

up instruments, adding my own 

harmonies, creating a perfect whole 

product. I am a perfectionist when it 

comes to my performance and I love 

the discipline of getting everything 

right, then having something you can 

keep forever. You may play a perfect 

rendition of a song at a live concert 

and have no record of it, which in a 

way is a beautiful thing, but it's so 

nice to have something physical for 

posterity. 

For anyone reading this who hasn't 

seen you perform before, what can 

people expect from a Heidi Browne 

show? 

Each show is different. Depending on 

the line up my style can shift between 

softer to more rocky. I've just got a 

new electric guitar so the sound is 

evolving and moving away from folk. 

In a larger band line up I sometimes 

move off guitar and piano onto ute 

and violin. I just love creating an 

atmosphere and giving each song its 

own identity. Sometimes I get the 

audience to join in. I love a bit of 

choral or rhythmic interaction. In 

between songs I tend to be quite 

sarcastic and tell people my life story. 

I treat an audience as an intimate 

group of friends, no matter how many 

people are there. 

So, what is next for you? Are you 

working on any new material? 

I'm just recording my newest album. I 

am so excited with how it's going. 

We're pushing the boundaries into new 

genres and my voice has matured so 

much since the rst album, 5 years 

ago. I can't wait to get it out there. 

The album should be nished by 

Summer and we have festival gigs 

lined up as well as some big things in 

the ofng, both in the UK and 

abroad… so watch this space. 

It is fair to say that we are very 

excited to hear what's in store from 

Heidi's new studio release! Want to 

nd out more? Heidi keeps her fans 

well updated on her Facebook page: 

facebook.com/heidibrownemusic 

www.heidibrowne.co.uk 

Where you can nd all her local, 

national and international tour dates. 

You can nd all 4 studio albums on all 

good download sites, or head over to 

one of her gigs and grab a physical 

Cd’s in person. You won’t be 

disappointed. 


UPCOMING GIGS 

MAY 

12TH HAVANA REPUBLIC - SHREWSBURY 

13TH THE QUARTER - HANLEY 

19TH HENRY TUDOR HOUSE - SHREWSBURY 

20TH THE FAT BOAR - MOLD 

JUNE 

2ND VOODOO MOON - WREXHAM 

10TH MOWSLEY VILLAGE HALL - LEICESTER 

24TH THE SANCTUARY - WELLINGTON 

JULY 

4TH THE FINSBURY - LONDON

‘ 

Savanah are a gigantic 

rock music explosion 

hailing from Telford. 

Their ferociously strong 

original tracks are 

currently fuelling the 

streets,as their audiences 

grow in numbers from 

across the length and 

’ 

breadth of the country. 

OUR 

PICK 

@THE HAYGATE 

16TH JUNE 

fter 3 years of hand crafting 

Atheir original, new British 

rock sound & harnessing the 

power of their art, Savannah now 

appear from nowhere, paving the way 

for unsigned talent & the musical 

revolution that is much needed and 

long overdue in new British music. 

Interweaving the sound of the 4 piece 

British rock greats such as The Who, 


Led Zeppelin, Stone Roses with so 

much more to go in-between. 

Savannah's sound is raw & powerful 

and certainly holds back no punches. 

It's the music of life that injects a 

dose of "here and now" into the 

system, Savannah stop at nothing to 

achieve the ambitious goals they set 

themselves and look to be on their 

way to bigger things.

Amassing a great loyal local following and 

recently gaining new bassist Ellish Holmes 

the three original members Liam Ball 

SALOP ST - BISHOPS CASTLE - SY9 5BW 

(Vocals), Jason Lewis (Guitar) and Harry 

Neat (Drums) nd themselves at the 

crossroad they have been working so hard 

to reach. They are now the band they have 

been destined to develop into. 

The debut album from Savannah is highly 

anticipated for 2017. Until it’s release the 

band continue to tour and record, whilst 

picking up new followers from all corners 

of the UK. Big band, Big Sound, Must 

Listen !!! 

Listen @ 

https://www.soundcloud.com/savannahuk 

Watch @ 

https://www.youtube.com/user/UKSavannah 

Tweet @ https://twitter.com/uksavannah 

Download @ 

https://midlandsavannah.bandcamp.com 


HAS THE NET CLOSED IN 

From Merseybeat to grunge, it is doubtful any 

major local music scene would have had the 

same impact in the age of the internet and the 

'bedroom musician'. Will there ever be another 

Madchester? 

nce upon a 

Otime, sounds 

were attached 

to places. Rock'n'roll 

travelled the Atlantic 

and docked at 

Liverpool, giving birth 

to Merseybeat. 

Manchester married 

raving and rock music, 

and spawned 

Madchester. Grunge 

formed under Seattle's 

gloomy skies and then 

took over the world. 

The local scene – the 

notion of several bands 

and musicians from the 

same area 

appropriating a similar 

style of records – 

would begin with 

friends listening to the 

same music and 

forming bands that 

would play in the same 

clubs, before record 

labels, DJs and writers 

would take note, at 

this point a city's 

bands would nd 

themselves, the centre 

of worldwide attention. 

These local genres 

weren't always as 

denitive as legend 

would have it: many of 

them appeared by 

accident before being 

written into history. 

Phil Saxe managed the 

Happy Mondays before 

Madchester's heyday in 

the late 80s and early 

90s, and went on to 

promote new music at 

Manchester's industry 

showcase, In the City. 

"When the Mondays 

rst started, 

Mancunians weren't 

interested," he says. "It 

took off in London, 

particularly with the 

London journalism 

intelligentsia. But 

calling it Madchester 

makes it a local scene. 

If Madchester's music 

had been called 

'ecstasy music' or 

something, would the 

link with Manchester 

be as strong as it is 

now?" 


ON THE LOCAL SCENE ?? 

Madchester 

1993 

he idea of the local scene has 

Talways been an attractive 

prospect, playing on tribal 

mentalities and a very human desire for 

order. It has helped dene emerging 

music, and in doing so, endowed places 

with certain musical characteristics 

that come to be seen as inalienable 

(play musical word association, and see 

what comes after Seattle). But recently, 

local scenes seem to be dying out. With 

the advent of the internet, the way we 

consume and create music has changed. 

We still turn to genres to help dene 

sound, but these days these scenes are 

often built on artists who share 

nothing in terms of geography – 

disparate bedroom artists such as 

Washed Out, Toro Y Moi and Memory 

Tapes nd themselves lumped together 

under the "chillwave" banner by 

bloggers and internet communities 

drawing parallels in sound, though 

their bedrooms are hundreds of miles 

apart. 

Crucial to this process has been the 

slow death of physical music. Where 

scenes collided in the past, it was often 

round a record shop or a club where 

people could hear particular sounds. In 

the late 80s, for example, regulars at 

the Hacienda were able to hear the 

Chicago house and Detroit techno 

imports that underpinned Madchester. 

Right up to the mid-90s, people would 

ask their friends for recommendations 

and share mixtapes, even if those 

friends were obsessives like High 

Fidelity's Dick and Barry, championing 

anything obscure and ridiculing the 

ignorant. The internet, and all it entails 

– MySpace, social networking, lesharing, 

blogs – has destroyed the 

importance of the physical ownership 

of music. Now, everyone has access to 

every kind of music, digitally and 

instantly. We no longer depend on other 

people and their imports, club nights 

and mixtapes to discover new sounds. 


Where local scenes were built on bands 

who had honed their skills in the clubs 

of their hometown before the wider 

world even knew of their existence, 

bedroom musicians are now nding 

success through the internet before 

they've even stepped outside their front 

door– presenting them with new 

problems. 

Even in a world in which everything is 

changing, some things are constant: we 

still want to hear musicians play live, 

and we still look to people to lter the 

proliferation of new ideas. I’m sure that 

even if the internet has made the death 

of the local scene possible, it's not 

inevitable. "The internet is all very well 

but it merely spreads information. 

People are still restricted because they 

haven't been digitalised. And its people 

who make the decisions, people." 

Have Your Say at: 

facebook.com/groups/shroprocks 

e d i t o r @ s h r o p r o c k s . c o m

P18 SHROPROCKS.COM MAR/APR

JU 

1st June - The of Groove @ 3rd June - Paul Inn 2nd 


Original Wanted Friars Inn, Balmer @ Ye Birthday Bash' @ Alberts Shed, 

@ Crown Inn, Bridgnorth / Olde Bull Ring The Ronaldos @ Shrewsbury / 

Oakengates / 8pm 

Tavern, Ludlow / The New Inn, 9pm 

8:45pm 

------------------------ 9pm 

Newport / 5pm ------------------------ 

------------------------ 2nd June - Doo ------------------------ ------------------------ 9th June - Rhi & 

1st June - Good Dahs @ Bear 3rd June - Rhi & 4th June - Sean Ed @ The 

Bye Ohio @ Pour Inn, Bridgnorth Ed @ Sanctuary Saye @ 

George, 

House, 

/9pm 

Café,Wellington Wheatsheaf Inn, Bridgnorth / 

Shrewsbury / ------------------------ / 9pm 

High St, 

9pm 

9pm 

2nd June - Ego ------------------------ Shrewsbury / ------------------------ 

------------------------ Friendly @ Bull 3rd June - Joe 8:30pm 

9th June - Magic 

1st June - Adam Inn, Shrewsbury Seager @ The ------------------------ Mirrors @ 

Giles @ Ye Olde / 9pm 

Riverbank, 4th June - Dave Salopian Bar, 

Bull Ring 

------------------------ Shrewsbury / Falshaw @ Shrewsbury / 

Tavern, Ludlow / 3rd June - Ian & 9pm 

Salopian Bar, 9pm 

9pm 

Quay @ All ------------------------ Shrewsbury / ------------------------ 

------------------------ Nations, 

3rd June - Amy 5pm 

9th June - 

2nd June - 

Madeley / 

Quibell @ The ------------------------ Dawson @ Bear 

Indigo Machine 7:30pm 

Britannia Inn, 5th June - 


@ Salopian Bar, ------------------------ Aqueduct, 

'Lazyacre Club' /9pm 

Shrewsbury / 3rd June - David Telford / 9pm The Thornhill ------------------------ 

9pm 

Busby Duo @ ------------------------ Brothers + Andy 9th June - 

------------------------ Bamboo, 

3rd June - 

Eastwood @ Dynamite Dick 

I am Sam - Bridgnorth / Pigdaze @ Bull Lord Hill Hotel, Band @ Bull 

Bailey Head, 9pm 

Hotel, 

Shrewsbury / Inn, Shrewsbury 

Oswestry / 9pm ------------------------ Shrewsbury / 8pm / £9 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 3rd June - 

9pm 

------------------------ ------------------------ 

2nd June - 

Indigo Machine ------------------------ 8th June - 

9th June - Mike 

Hannah & Brian @ Admiral 3rd June - 

Poobahs @ James @ The 

@ Wheatsheaf Duncan Inn, Alternative Crown & Anchor Vine, Bridgnorth 

Inn, Ludlow / Baschurch / 9pm Route @ The Vaults, Bishops / 9pm 

9pm 

------------------------ Crown, Abbey Castle / 8:30pm ------------------------ 

------------------------ 3rd June - 

Foregate, 

------------------------ 10th June - Matt 

2nd June - Dave Savannah @ Shrewsbury / 8th June - The Johnson @ 

Onions @ Black Stellings 

9pm 

Timedivers @ Bamboo, 

Boy Inn, 

Lounge, 

------------------------ Crown Inn, Bridgnorth / 

Bridgnorth / Wellington / 3rd June - 

Oakengates / 9pm 

9pm 

------------------------ 

2nd June - David 

Busby @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

2nd June - Steve 

Yeomans & Matt 

Whitehouse @ 

White Horse 

Inn, Clun / 9pm 

------------------------ 

2nd June - Micro 

Baby @ Dun 

Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

2nd June - 4oz 

9pm 

------------------------ 

3rd June - 

Barrel House 

Blues Band @ 

Wheatsheaf 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

3rd June - 


@ Cock & 

Greyhound, 

Whitchurch / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

3rd June - 

Cooper & Davies 

@ The George, 

Bridgnorth 

Monterey Jack 

& The 

Malcontents @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

3rd June - 

Jordan Brown @ 

The Beeches, 

Bayston Hill / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

4th June - The 

East Pointers @ 

Henry Tudor 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £15 

------------------------ 

4th June - 'New 

8:45pm 

------------------------ 

8th June - Chris 

Quinn @ Ye 


Tavern, Ludlow / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

8th June - 

Blacksmith Hill 

@ Pour House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

9th / 10th June - 

Land Fest @ 

Crown & Anchor 

Vaults, Bishops 

Castle 

------------------------ 

9th June - 

------------------------ 

19th June - 

Limehouse Lizzy 

@ Ludlow 

Assembly Rooms 

/ 8:30pm / £16 

------------------------ 

10th June - Lost 

Highway @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Thomson 

Oldeman @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------

NE 

10th June - 

Midnight Idols 


Ring Tavern, 

Ludlow / 9pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - Gary 

Hall @ 

Sanctuary Café, 

Wellington / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 


@ The 

Riverbank, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Dave Falshaw @ 

The Britannia, 

Aqueduct, 

Telford / 8pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Crimson Child 

@ The Friars, 

Bridgnorth / 

8pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Melvin Hancox 

Band @ Bear 


/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Sonic Boom @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

10th June - 

Gareth Rhys 

Jones @ Cock & 

Greyhound, 

Whitchurch / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

11th June - 

Carrie Elkin @ 

Henry Tudor 

House, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £12 

------------------------ 


Endings @ The 

New Inn, 

Newport / 6pm 

------------------------ 

11th June - 

Loose Lips @ All 

Nations, 

Madeley / 

2:30pm 

------------------------ 

11th June - Will 

Killeen @ 

Wheatsheaf Inn, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury 

/ 8:30pm 

------------------------ 

12th June - 

Jonathan Byrd 

and Pickup 

Cowboy + 

Kyshona 

Armstrong @ 

The Hive, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:45pm / £12.50 

------------------------ 

14th June - 

Synergy @ 

Housmans, 


/ 7:30pm 

------------------------ 

15th June - Beki 

Brindle Band @ 




------------------------ 


Boys From The 

All Night 

Chemist @ 

Crown Inn, 

Oakengates / 

8:45pm 

------------------------ 

15th June - 

Nikki Rous @ Ye 



9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Martha Tilston 

@ Theatre 

Severn, 

Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £14 

------------------------ 


Cassidy & James 

Hickman @ 

Bishop’s Castle 

Town Hall / 

7:30pm / £12 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Indigo Machine 

@ Captain Webb, 

Wellington / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Savannah @ The 

Haygate, 

Wellington / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - Two 

Blank Pages @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - Jack 

Brett Hosts 

'South 

Shropshire 

Blues Club' 

Blues Jam @ 

Rose & Crown, 

Ludlow / 8pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

HMV Band @ 

The George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Alternative 

Route @ Dun 

Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - Paul 

Parker & All the 

Right Friends @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Monterey Jack 

& The 

Malcontents @ 

Bear Inn, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

16th June - 

Contraband @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Otis 

Gibbs @ 

Birchmeadow 

Centre, Broseley 

/ 8pm / £10 adv / 

£12 Door 

------------------------ 

17th June - 

PaperWing @ 

Bamboo, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Dan 


Hickman @ 

Quatt Village 

Hall, Bridgnorth 

/ 7pm / £10 

------------------------ 

17th June - 

Steve Day @ 




------------------------ 

17th June - 

Sons of Yoda @ 

Ye Olde Bull 

Ring Tavern, 

Ludlow / 9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - 

Daniel Sutton @ 

Sanctuary 

Café,Wellington 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Ray 

& Maire Rooney 

@ White Horse 

Inn, Clun / 9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Dan 

Page @ The 

Riverbank, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Kev 

Taylor @ The 

Britannia, 

Aqueduct, 

Telford / 8pm 

------------------------ 


Gold Room @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - 

Ashley Vardy @ 

Cock & 

Greyhound, 

Whitchurch / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

17th June - Ben 

Holder and 

Stuart Carter- 

Smith @ Willow 

Gallery, 

Oswestry / 8pm / 

£10 

------------------------ 

18th June - 

Alexandra Jayne 

@ The New Inn, 

Newport / 6pm 

------------------------ 

18th June - 

Buddy’s Revival 

@ The Pheasant, 

Neenton / 

4:30pm 

------------------------ 

18th June - 

Exiles @ All 

Nations, 

Madeley / 

2:30pm 

------------------------ 

18th June - 

Nancy Kerr & 

James Fagan @ 

The Hive, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:45pm / £15 

------------------------ 

18th June - 

Bouzatina @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 


22nd June - Dan 


Hickman @ 

Boathouse, 

Ellesmere / 7pm 

/ £12 

------------------------ 

22nd June - 

Troy Redfern 

Band @ Crown 

& Anchor Vaults, 

Bishops Castle / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

22nd June - 

Andy Mills @ Ye 


Tavern / 9pm 

------------------------ 

22nd June - 

Claire L Shaw @ 

Pour House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

23rd June - Kent 

Duchaine + 

Leadbessie! @ 

Hermon Chapel, 

Oswestry / 8pm / 

£7 

------------------------ 

23rd June - 

Grant Pritchard 

Trio @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

23rd June - Paul 

Adams @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

23rd June - 

Dawson @ Dun 

Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

23rd June - 

Paprika Blues 

Band @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


23rd June - 

HMV Band @ 

Bear Inn, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

23rd June - Pete 

Harrington @ 

The Vine, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Blacksmith Hill 

@ Bamboo, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


Searchers @ 

Ludlow 

Assembly Room / 

7:30pm / £22 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Graham Clews 

Band @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Midnight 

Runner @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - Sean 

Saye @ Ye Olde 

Bull Ring 


9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Heidi Browne @ 

Sanctuary 

Café,Wellington 

/ 9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Andy Mills @ 

The Riverbank, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 


James Brothers 

@ Britannia Inn, 

Aqueduct, 

Telford / 8pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Probably Roy @ 

Bull Inn, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Nikki Rous @ 

Cock & 

Greyhound, 

Whitchurch / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

24th June - 

Sarah Mac @ 

The Vine, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

25th June - Kent 

DuChaine @ The 

New Inn, 

Newport / 6pm 

------------------------ 


Kilkennys @ 


Shrewsbury / 

8pm / £16 

------------------------ 

25th June - HMV 

Band @ The 

Pheasant, 

Neenton / 

4:30pm 

------------------------ 

25th June - Pale 

Aliens @ All 

Nations, 

Madeley / 

2:30pm 

------------------------ 

25th June - Tony 

Skeggs @ 

Wheatsheaf, 

High St, 

Shrewsbury / 

8:30pm 

------------------------ 


Rockin’ Lord @ 

The Vine, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

------------------------ 

28th June - 

Sarah Barnwell 

Trio @ 

Housmans, 


/ 7:30pm 

------------------------ 

29th June - 

Funkomatic @ 




------------------------ 

29th June - 



Ring Tavern / 

9pm 

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29th June - 

Robbie Jones @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

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29th June - 

David Busby @ 

Pour House, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

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Hype @ The 

George, 

Bridgnorth / 

9pm 

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30th June - Beez 

Neez @ White 

Horse Inn, Clun 

/ 9pm 

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30th June - Paul 

Wallis @ 

Loweld Inn, 

Marton / 8pm 

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30th June - HMV 

Band @ Dun 

Cow, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

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30th June - 

'Atlas' Album 

Launch by Joe 

Seager @ The 

Wightman, 

Shrewsbury / 

7:30pm 

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30th June - Rich 

Evans @ The 

Golden Ball, 

Ironbridge / 9pm 

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30th June - 

Uncle Jim @ 

Salopian Bar, 

Shrewsbury / 

9pm 

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30th June - 

Living For The 

Weekend @ Bull 

Inn, Shrewsbury 

/ 9pm 

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30th June - Neil 

Harrison @ The 

Vine, Bridgnorth 

/ 9pm 

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Sir Humphrey Kynaston 

About 400 years ago, the rural 

landscape of Shropshire could 

be a dangerous place to be. 

But nowhere was as dangerous as 

Nesscliffe, the lair of the notorious 

highwayman Sir Humphrey Kynaston. 

Back in the 1500s, Shrewsbury made 

its fortune on the wool trade. 

Wool merchants based in the town 

bought Welsh cloth at Oswestry 

Market, then took it back to their 

home town to be made into clothes. 

Trading these clothes in London 

reigned in fat prots for Shrewsbury 

merchants, who built themselves ne 

timber houses. 

However, it wasn't all plain sailing for 

these merchants. Trading meant 

carrying large quantities of gold and 

silver to Oswestry. 

And Nesscliffe, with its high wooded 

hill, was just the place for the 

enterprising highwaymen to relieve 

them of it. 

Highwaymen would wait on Nesscliffe 

Hill, where they could see the 

approaching merchant's horses, before 

attacking. 

And the pub just east of the village, 

the Wolf's Head, was well-known as a 

meeting place for all sorts of 

criminals. 

Of all the highwaymen who terrorised 

the road between Shrewsbury and 

Oswestry, Sir Humphrey Kynaston 

was the most feared. 


Sir Humphrey was a bit of a tearaway 

at the best of times, but things went 

seriously off the rails when he 

inherited the family home of Myddle Castle. 

Unfortunately for Sir Humphrey, he couldn't 

afford to keep the castle as well as continue 

with his lifestyle. Outlawed for his debts, Sir 

Humphrey abandoned the castle and went on 

the run, setting up home in the sandstone 

caves above Nesscliffe. 

It was here, according to legend, that the 

outlaw lived with his horse, evading all 

attempts of capture. 

In the true mould of the robber-hero, Sir 

Humphrey is said to have stolen from the 

rich in order to give to the poor who lived 

nearby. 

In return they protected him, providing him 

and his horse with food. 

Some stories even claim Sir Humphrey's 

horse was the devil himself. One account 

claims the horse was called Beelzebub! 

Kynaston and his horse made an unbeatable 

team, and many of the stories about this 

dynamic duo credited them with superhuman 

abilities. 

For example, the local lawmen once set a 

trap for the highwayman at Montford 

Bridge. The structure crossing the Severn in 

the village, these days, was built by Thomas 

Telford in the early 1800s, but in the time of 

Sir Humphrey, it was made of stone and 

wood. 

The sheriff and his men removed the planks 

from the bridge, leaving a gaping hole, and 

waited for their man. On arriving at the 

bridge and sensing a trap, Sir Humphrey 

spurred his horse on, jumped the gaping 

hole and escaped. 

On another occasion, Sir Humphrey is said 

to have jumped his horse from the top of 

Nesscliffe and landed at Ellesmere - nine 

miles away! 

There's even a section of the 

Severn, 40 feet wide, called 

Kynaston's leap, where the 

highwayman is said to have jumped 

the river. 

One day, so the legend goes, he 

found a man sitting in his seat at 

the Nesscliffe pub, so he calmly 

went over to him, drew his pistol 

and shot the man dead before 

escaping up a chimney. 

After a lifetime of evading the law, 

Sir Humphrey died of illness in his 

cave. 

The cave can still be visited today. 

Steps cut into the red sandstone 

lead up to a cave split into two, 

although erosion has meant that a 

wooden staircase is now used to 

get into the cave. 

Intriguingly the initials H K and 

the date 1564 are carved into the 

rocks. 

And if you visit the Old Three 

Pigeons pub in Nesscliffe, Sir 

Humphrey's seat, reputedly taken 

from the cave, is part of the 

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BEYOND 

THESHIRE 

BETH HEMMINGS WRITES 

The Idolins have released two 

albums: Bridges and You 

Said that have received a 

marvelous critical reception. 

Including air time on BBC Radio 2 

and other BBC Introducing 

channels. Which leads us to our 

soothing melodic masterpiece- the 

Idolin's newest single, Seasons. 

From the rst enthralling stroke of 

Nick and Karen's guitars and the 

beautiful harmonious violins, 

Seasons captivates you- ready to 

throw you into that total space of 

calm and eclipses any woes. The 

adept blend of ear seducing 

melodies and Karen's poignant 

story-telling lyrics is a fantastic 

demonstration of why the genre of 

folk is becoming less niche and ever 

more popular. 

In comparison to The Idolin's 

previous EP Nothing Missing from 

album “Bridges” it is evident that 

Nottingham's folketes have 

developed their sound somewhat. 

Seasons seems to embody more of a 

vigorous passion and sentimentwhich 

also brilliantly coincides 

with the gorgeous accompanying 

music video. 

So if Seasons has not yet touched 

your soul in ways you'd never 

thought possible of a folk song, it is 

time to gateway into this vibrant 

genre and allow the awlessness of 

Seasons to let your woes oat away 

with the wind. 

THE 

IDOLINS 


We all long for those 

moments of total calm 

sometimes. When life's day to 

day events become day to day 

struggles and all you want to 

do is drop everything and 

book the next available ight 

to the Bahamas. So, when 

those moments hit you with 

a urrying amplitude, how 

do you shake them? Perhaps 

you have a happy place 

within your mind, perhaps 

you'll meditate or practice a 

spot of yoga. Or maybe you're 

more like me and nd the 

calm within soothing melodic 

masterpieces. 

Recently, the stress of 

university has been stacking 

up as high as the books on 

my reading list. So I've been 

nding myself searching the 

farthest scopes of the 

internet to nd my soothing 

melodic masterpiece- and I 

think I've found it. It lays 

within the narrative charms 

of Nottingham's Folk ve 

piece, The Idolins. 

What started off as a duo, 

with Karen Smalley and 

Claudine West, The Idolins 

started their musical 

renditions in 2010. Soon 

after, current guitarist and 

friend of Karen's, Nick Scott 

joined the band. Enabling 

songwriter Karen to add 

further dimension to their 

tracks with the inclusion of 

male harmony. In 2012, 

peppy percussionist Mark 

Rice was inducted into the 

band. In the same year, The 

Idolins then became a 

fantastic ve piece when 

cellist Hannah Barrs joined 

the bill. 


We’ve been expecting to review 

Social Confusion for a few 

months now, and we’re 

delighted to say that they have nally 

arisen to the top of our to do pile. New 

releases “Keep on trying” and 

“Reection” stays true to this popular 

Shropshire four-piece’s rock roots, 

there’s a more serious side and 

enthralling concept to these strong, 

catchy tracks. Having been on a break 

from playing in 2014/15 the band 

return in style. 

For it's not for lack of skill. The band 

proffers melodies as imposing as 

Romanesque architecture, solid and 

symmetrical. Mat Spence on guitar and 

vox, Rob Flynn on guitar and vox, Wil 

Blase on bass and Chris Symonds on 

drums have all contributed to the 

mechanics of rock songwriting, from 

the cool guitar tone hooks that 

announces nearly every song they've 

recorded to the reassurance of a chorus 

to the revitalizing contrast of a bridge. 

Their arrangements ascend and surge, 

measuring out the song's yearning and 

tension, cresting and easing back and 

then moving towards a resolution. 

Social Confusion are meticulously 

unied, and their songs have been 

rigorously cleared of anything that 

distracts from the musical drama. 

Social Confusion will be playing at the 

awesome Rock ‘n’ Bowl Festival this 

year, so go check them out !! 

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