Music Live COLCHESTER - Artists

This will be a showcase for Colchester, Essex's community of fantastic artists, and the artists who come to visit our little town


It's a work in progress, so please bear with us as we build something special. As ever, please get in touch to contribute.

Robin Oxford (Loxley)

Songwriter/producer. Presenter for Loxley's Corner

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Elephant Jane

Who's this Jane then? They invented the Velvet Punk movement through sweaty plum jackets and muzik!

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Jamie Williams

Prolific writer of accessible songs that people love

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The Trial

Chelmsford rock band inspired by Tim Buckley, Can and Charlie Mageira

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The Punk Freud

We describe ourselves as like The Angry Brigade: bloody angry

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Matt Selley

Singer/songwriter based in Wivenhoe, Essex

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Sam Milne

Up-and-coming indie rock musician based in Ipswich

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Fiona Harmon

Songwriter, musician and artist. Works at Hobo Chang, The Wicked Ravens, Harmon Art and Red Rocket Music, Wivenhoe

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The Jackson Line

Redefining UK country

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Mincer

Antifascist hard punk from Suffolk

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Syncopate

Three piece indie-rock band based in Clacton/Colchester

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We Fought a Bear Once

Silly little pop punk trio from Essex

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Laura Tuckey

Promoter and musician based in Essex

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Arms To Oblivion

Groove metal soup from East Anglia, UK, with flavours of Down, Metallica, KSE, Tool, and Pantera

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The Portland

Rising indie-rock band from Peterborough, UK

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Kerosene

Essex-based independent band

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Chest

Energetic, enigmatic and effortlessly stylish Norwich band

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Chris Allard

"Great playing...beautiful...a real guitar player" - Pat Martino

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Dharma Hounds

Three bois, big noise. Essex

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Slow Husky

Noir indie rock

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Mr. Griff

Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and performer

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GT William

Hitting the small time...

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Andy Watson

Guitar player and teacher

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The Rabbitts

Genre-blending folk

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Pieces

Essex noise

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Verona

Acoustic duo based in north Essex

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Brown Horse

The very best of East-Anglian Americana

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The Mink

Sleepy soft and slinky, in that order. Flute rock forever baby

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Native James

Rock-rap artist who transcends genre boundaries, melding hip hop, grime, nu-metal, rock and garage into a unique sound

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Earth Mother Fucker

English noise rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk

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Reverie Sons

Brand new indie band from Chelmsford, Essex

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Amalgam

Perhaps the most original group to emerge from Southend's Jazz 825 scene

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Snakes

One of Chelmsford’s best-loved bands

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The High Points

Four-piece band from Norwich, delivering funky, feel-good music with an edge

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Tom Peplow

Awaiting profile

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Lava Pigeon

Awaiting profile

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A Light Left On

Upbeat and light-hearted original trio from sunny Clacton-on-Sea

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George Bone

Singer, songwriter and producer based in Essex and London

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Martin Newell

Singer-songwriter, poet, Psychedelic Gardener and Cleaner from Venus

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Kieran Jeremiah

Rock, indie, punk and pop mash-ups

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Radiator

Post-punk high-octane blasts of indie, and a fusion of furious intellect and straight-to-the-vein songwriting

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Matt-As-Trophe

Messy haired singer songwriter living in Chelmsford

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Bloom

Indie rock band, Essex

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Divided Kingdom

High-energy metal band from Essex

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88MPH

Full throttle live 80s band for weddings, parties and functions

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City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

First-rate performances consistently delivering on imaginative programmes

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Juanstone

Electronic and rock producer from Chelmsford

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