Ryan Inglis is a singer-songwriter we saw performing last night.  He was the interval act at Vamps Comedy Night in WsM.  His style is laidback acoustic guitar and bluesy vocals.  I bought his album, worth way more than the fiver he was charging.  Frankly, he was the highlight of the evening.  I'm looking forward to catching him at The Bottle Bar over the summer.

Last weekend I went back for the Beer Festival. It was a great one as ever, and very different from the local festivals in scale and identity. The entertainment was great, too. Pete 'Kiwi' Keegan, The Harvs and two brass bands, Cawston and Wherry, each with a good sense of humour. One of the Cawston pieces involved that bit with the coaching horns...so that'll be one coaching horn, one hose-and-funnel trumpet ala high school physics lesson and a toilet. Yes, a toilet, equipped with a mouth piece and played using the lid, of course :5 They even played, just before the interval, the best known piece of horn music on British TV...yep, The Simpsons. Not to mention Scotland the brave with real pipers, pinball wizard, singin' in the rain. This ain't you're average brass band.

http://www.cawstonband.co.uk/

I had a great selection of brews over the fri and sat eves, with Thornbridge Jaipur IPA being the best I tried.

T.