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Flagging their independence

Tommy Bassom speaks to singer and guitarist Marc Girdlestone from Weybridge band Flags about their growing popularity.Read

Inland Empire's bid to rule

WITH a big love for music, ex-Salesian School pupil Oliver Cotton from East Molesey always wanted to front a band, and now he does.Read

Band of brothers' big gig

TWO brothers will be performing alongside half of the NME award-winning electro band Orbital later this month.Read

Jools to star at Hampton Court Palace Festival

FEW musicians can claim to have worked with the likes of Tom Jones, Eric Clapton and former Beatle George Harrison - but Jools Holland has no plans to stop there. Read

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Singer Charlene returns to her Chertsey roots

Despite moving from Chertsey to the capital, musician Charlene Huskinson has come back to the county of her birth for her latest chance at stardom.Read

Festival has a sound chance

Watch out Glastonbury - an IT consultant from Walton is planning to put the town on the map by organising a music festival on her doorstep.Read

Eighties throwback concert is a winner

Hits by Madonna and The Eurythmics were among many performed by the Thamesmead School, Shepperton, music department in a 1980s concert.Read

Not a piano in sight

Four Poofs and a Piano singer Stephen De Martin says he only gets recognised when he is with his camp cohorts. Read

Amateur singers are invited to join church choir

A course for amateur singers, held in the United Church, Egham, was so popular that a new mixed choir has been formed to cater for the graduates.Read

Grant helps choir expand for teens

A teenage youth choir has been set up in Walton with the help of a £500 grant from the RC Sherriff Trust.Read

Glad rags on for record breakers

A musical penned by an Ottershaw woman will be staged by drama students across the UK in a bid to beat a Guinness World Record.Read

'I'm Simon Cowell's partner in music'

Popstars including Take That and Boyzone have filed through the gates of Nigel Wright's Chertsey home to make music. Read

Former Herald reporter's band wins record deal

It's all happening for former Herald & News reporter Dan Murdoch.Read

Rocking all over the Lammas

Rock music rang out around the normally-peaceful surroundings of Lammas Park, Staines, on Saturday afternoon as fans from across Spelthorne congregated for the borough's Youth Music Festival.Read

Dizz-e new heights

DISNEY Pixar have once again out done themselves by raising the bar in this out-of-this-world CG animation masterpiece. WALL-E is the follow up to the studio's hugely successful production, Ratatouille, which won Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Oscars.Read

Hello again!

As one of pop's most enduring singer-songwriters, Neil Diamond proved the comeback kid of last month's Glastonbury Festival, a former ride hand at Thorpe Park is thanking his lucky stars for the superstar's everlasting talent that helped launch his own music career 11 years ago. Read

Emily Pankhurst would have been proud

Students from Ashford Park Primary School, Ashford, have been using an original musical to convey the struggle faced by suffragettes in the early 1900's.Read

Just a band

The Essex duo have just finished their set on the Sandisk stage, to a rousing reception from the Hyde Park crowd. "Everyone seems to be up for the dance day, which is great. Some of our best crowds have easily been London," says Pip.Read

Stepping into the limelight

They have been given rave reviews by legendary music magazine NME and were nominated Best British Newcomers at the Kerrang! rock n' roll awards in 2007.Read

Guilfest resturns

Blondie, The Levellers, Kula Shaker and Cerys Matthews are just a few of the headline acts who will appear at this year's Guilfest.Read

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