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Kora master meets violin virtuoso

Coinciding with the release of his debut album Kanéfonyo (Never Give Up) Gambian kora player Suntou Susso is touring the UK this year in various (mostly folk-oriented) venues. One of the earliest of his shows was a concert in St John’s Church, St Leonards on 26 March, where an enthusiastic audience listened in awe to the extraordinary sounds Susso could conjure from this instrument. Victoria Kingham praises this remarkable kora maestro who is coming back to play in St Leonards at the end of April.

Posted 12:45 Wednesday, Apr 3, 2024 In: Music & Sound

Kim Wan shows self-portraits and new graphic works at Electro Studios

Electro Studios Project Space is hosting a new exhibition by artist Kim Wan. In advance of the show he answered a few questions put to him by Jude Montague.

Music Cover Sheet for 'The Man on the Flying Trapeze'

Music Hall songs at The Pig

Jude Montague and Tim Whelan (Bloodtub Chairman) are providing pub piano at The Pig on Sunday lunchtimes. Jude often prefers to concentrate on the 1920s and 1930s period and works with Danny Brittain and Matt Armstrong with their band Clive Papers, she is also fascinated by music hall. Tim’s performance concentrates on bringing music hall back to life, with twists and turns.

Posted 11:43 In: Music & Sound Tags: Music Hall, the pig venue

County Council and local pension fund have spent over £200k resisting calls for climate action

Over the last two-and-a-quarter years, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and the East Sussex Pension Fund (ESPF) have spent over £200k resisting calls for them to stop investing in the giant fossil fuel companies that are driving the climate crisis, a series of Freedom of Information Act requests has revealed. Gabriel Carlyle from Divest East Sussex reports.

Posted 11:34 In: Campaigns

Gaza ceasefire motion blocked again

The most recent (20 March) Hastings Borough Council (HBC) broke up in confusion and anger after the Labour Mayor refused to let the full council meeting, following a question from the public about a blocked ceasefire motion. Katy Colley from Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign gives her account of what happened.

Posted 21:36 Sunday, Mar 31, 2024 In: Campaigns

The Funny Hole

The Funny Hole brings together four distinctive artists for a thoroughly idiosyncratic weekend exhibition of unbridled gaiety and whimsy April from 19 to 21 April at The Observer Building in Hastings. Presenting collages, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, film and sound work, you are invited to step into the vivid realm of their collective imagination. Leonie Ellis writes.

Posted 22:54 Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024 In: One Long Party Tags: The Funny Hole

Oli Spleen on Brighton, Hastings and surviving AIDS with poetry and cabaret

Posted 14:43 Monday, Mar 25, 2024 In: Music & Sound Tags: poet

Sinéid Codd ‘A Fuller Acquaintance with the Archipelago’ at the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

Posted 16:52 Friday, Mar 22, 2024 In: Visual Arts Tags: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Sinéid Codd