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  • Pub landlord is fined £1,300 over concert

    A LANDLORD has been fined hundreds of pounds for holding a two-day rock concert without permission. Colchester Magistrates’ Court was told residents suffered foul language and a singer making obscene suggestions at the concert at the Crown,

  • Collection of recordings from county's past

    HARKING back to a bygone musical age, a new collection of recordings by Essex folk singers has just been released. The Fox and the Hare contains a mixture of traditional folk songs, music hall and recitations by five of the county’s most popular performers

  • Piano scheme hits the right notes

    WHEN it comes to music, I’m more of a listener than a performer. Some have said I play a pretty mean air guitar and my singing in the shower, I reckon, could give some of the contestants on the X Factor a run for their money. However, since our family