Tubular Bells 50th anniversary tour – Milton Keynes theatre
Review of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary tour at Milton Keynes theatre, arranged by Robin Smith
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Connecting through music with Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 speaker
Connecting through music with a review of the Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 speaker, a portable handheld speaker updated version.
Introducing kids to music through childhood
Ways to introduce kids to music through childhood with benefits of parent and child bonding across musical interests
Gift Guide for rock music lovers – children or adults
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links In our house you can’t often get away from rock music. While I pretty much stopped listening to Guns n Roses after I finished secondary school, the OH continued his love of rock…
Big Feastival as a first timer
One of the things I love about festivals is how bright and cheerful they all are. And Big Feastival doesn’t disappoint. We went this year for the first time just for the Saturday. We arrived at around midday in the…
Father and son bonding with Now 100 Hits classic rock
Father’s day isn’t as big in our family as it is for many others, but children always love to give a gift to their parents. Music is an easy gift to give, and this year, N way excited to review…
10 tips to improve music education for children
Music has always been a big part of my life. As a child I learnt three musical instruments played in orchestras and music school from the age of 9 and took part in area orchestras and post university, a swing…
Thursford – organs and steam engines
Sometimes we visit some really random places. Many of those that I’ve remembered since my own childhood, and the Thursford  was one of these. On a rainy day on our Norfolk holiday, we decided to change plans from the beach…
Should you use or lose your guilty pleasures?
Hands up. I admit it. I have guilty pleasures. Some of which are secret guilty habits. And truthfully, some of them I don’t feel guilty about at all. Some might call them vices, and I guess if you think of…
The Snowman and Nutcracker concert at Coventry Cathedral
I’ve never been to Coventry Cathedral but recently we combined our love of music with Christmas and headed off there for The Snowman Tour concert. I’d seen it advertised a while back, and as N loves the Snowman and quite…
My cracking top 10 Christmas songs
I love a good Christmas song, although Christmas carols are up there as well. I seem to have passed on my love of Christmas songs and music to N who discovered my Christmas compilation* album and has wandered off with…