The April Podrophenia is a rockin' rollin' conversation' with bass player Chris Constantinou. From his early days with Drill and...

Pretty much around the same time I started this blog - The Railway in Southend opened it's doors with new owner installed Dave Dulak...

The Art Podrophenia is up for download and features two special guests - video director and photographer Carl Hawkins - chatting...

Your recommended reading for this month: the most rock 'n' roll mag on the shelves Vive Le Rock From me, you've got a meet...

TV times, Smith and Johnson - photo by Paul Hughes We really do get the best guests, bands, boozers, dancers, photographers and audien...

It's that photobomber again - 2nd from right While I'm still in recovery from the broken shoulder - how about catching up on wh...

Photos by Paul Hughes Swishy, sweaty and spectacular - is the answer! And where we were joined by London based label bosses, journali...

Hurrah and hats aloft for Metal's 2013 Village Green Festival. And what a compendium of mixed-mediums and musical doings are in stor...

Centred in the twelfth issue of  Vive Le Rock - amongst features on The Adverts, The B52s,Tom Tom Club and The Cramps you'll find te...

1) Piley's interview with Eight Rounds Rapid - yes the very same 8RR as played on Mark Radcliffe recently. Channel Swimmer in fact ...

  Martin McNeill and the Bottletop Blues Band will be blazing away from 4 today at Southend's most rock 'n' roll local and ep...

Swinging at the Sunday Sessions - get me in the floral shirt! Flats and fifths: those steps and semitones that give jazz and blues t...

Take a stroll to the bottom of this post and you'll see the cover of the latest issue (# 8) of Vive Le Rock, an edition frothing ove...

Wilko at Village Green - photo by Paul Hughes Behold! a three way video review of some recent weekend action ... From Friday the 22...

Although this won't be an improv pop up performance similar to the recent Railway runs. No, no - Wilko (accompanied by bass legen...

Where shall we start: Friday's ram-out at The Railway perhaps. Southend's most rock 'n' local was packed to a bubbling an...

And we'd only popped to the pub for a mid-afternoon set by a barbershop quartet who never arrived. All true!  Mrs M and myself had pe...

Terribly grim business this week with Donald Duck Dunn and Donna Summer -  Larry does the pitch perfect tributes to both  here  and  here...