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‘Music which is uncomfortable and makes you take notice.’ Rock duo Le Chat Noir in conversation (part one)

Le Chat Noir are famed for their live energy and their lusciously dark, killer tunes. We caught up with Dartmoor’s rockin’est duo to find out more about their style, their sound and their story

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Torquay Town Hall to be a £9 million community centre

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Torquay Town Hall will become a super £9 million centre of community activity, according to the council’s latest decision on its develpment.

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Free radio for the free world. Radio Free South West and the PRSD bring you top tunes from the region

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Radio Free South West and the People’s Republic of South Devon are working together to bring the best South West music straight to your ears. Check out the nifty little plug in on the People’s Republic of South Devon site or shuffle over to the Radio Free South West page on

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The Sounds of Young Plymouth annual concert at the Guildhall

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The Sounds of Young Plymouth are expected to be especially dulcet – that’s sweet – at the Plymouth Youth Music service annual concert in the Guildhall, Plymouth, on Saturday (January 24), from 6.30pm to 9pm.

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Lemanis push against new sound control as The Truth About a Push Me-Pull You will out

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Lemanis will be launching their album The Truth About a Push Me-Pull You at the Hippo (the renamed Plymouth Hub) on Saturday, February 28 (that’s two days before Valentine’s Day for those looking to woo). We are assured there will be at least 12 of the band in attendance, and they’ll

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Strength and depth from Plymouth bands in 2008

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We are constantly amazed about the musical talent that resides in and around the People’s Republic of South Devon, and we’re looking to provide more music news now we’ve broken into the new year, but what was 2008 like for the Devon music scene?

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Catch Heavy Load and director Jerry Rothwell in Newton Abbot tonight

This year’s BritDocs Audience award winner, Heavy Load, is being shown at Newton Abbot’s Alexandra Theatre tonight (December 4) as part of the View From Here festival.

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Plymouth's Proximity Effect art show to, er, take effect

Red Ape gets the Proximity Effect show swinging at Plymouth Arts Centre today at 6.30pm, a ‘daring’ (artspeak for kooky and intriguing) programme of events, which runs until January 11.

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Staying up late with Heavy Load

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The Stay Up Late campaign aims to give people with learning disabilities more control over how they structure their lives.

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Teignmouth Jazz Festival swings by the sea

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Award-winning Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra with Artist in Residence John Etheridge set the Teignmouth Jazz Festival swinging today as the whole town is subsumed by the syncopated rythmns of the three-day event.

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Blue Onion Music

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If ever you wondered about the vitality, depth and diversity of the Exeter and South West music scene, then you should put on your sexiest black t-shirt and pop along to a Blue Onion Music night – there’s one coming up at the Hub Exeter on August 23.

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Lemanis news

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With the sad news that the Reel Cinema in Plymouth – which we will always call the Lemanis picturehouse – is set to close down, we thought we’d bring you news that the famous psychedelic funksters – that’s Lemanis – have got a big gig coming up at the White Rabbit,

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Inhale and Hold #1

This is the first in our series following the progress of Inhale and Hold, the endurance dance event which splashes its way from Ilfracombe to Plymouth, starting on July 10.

Four dancing men equipped with a lifeguard’s tower and miniature band attempt to perform their way across Devon, north to south, at a long list

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Inhale and hold

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Keep on eye out and join in what sounds like a thrilling combination of dance, music hall, daring feats and swimming lessons, which is Inhale and Hold – an endurance event which will splash its way through Devon from north to south between July 10 and 14.

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