One of the original members of The English Show hosting crew, none other than Mr. Jake Dixon, joined us in the studio tonight. Jake is a New Yorker who has made Switzerland his home for over a decade. He is an English teacher and lives with his beautiful girlfriend and
their adorable cat.
Take one social media platform, a few thousand fans, and one songwriter - and voilà, eleven weeks later, you have an album. Such was the case with Snow Patrol.
Take one social media platform, a few thousand fans, and one songwriter - and voilà, eleven weeks later, you have an album. Such was the case with Snow Patrol.
People ask me: "So, does it ever get boring seeing a band more times than you can count?". If the band is as great as Editors, the answer is: no. Well, yes and no. Some concerts are of course more memorable than others when you go and see the same band every other Tuesday.
But there are always those moments of elation when Editors launch into "Papillon", or when they play "Frankenstein" live for the first time, or when the whole room sings along to "Sugar".
When bands take a seven-year hiatus, you might be forgiven for thinking that they'll never get back together again. It's all the more pleasing, then, when they release a new album, go on tour, and prove that they're still tremendous in a live setting.
There are rock stars, and then there are Rock Stars - capital R, capital S. Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan is a Rock Star. Blessed with powerful vocals and oodles of charisma, he brings to mind the strutting frontmen of yore.
What do you get when two masters of between-song banter share the Baloise Session stage? A highly entertaining evening and music to die for. Both Tom Walker and Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody have a knack for telling stories, taking the mick, and just generally spreading cheer.
In addition to music and clubbing, we've also come up with a list of venues that feature art, theatre and more - all of them mentioned regularly in our Cultural Events calendar.
New to Basel?Wondering where to go and what to do? The English Show has had the (not very) arduous task of scoping out Basel's cultural life - and we've come up with a list of venues which feature live music (from classical to jazz to pop/rock) and club sounds - they're mentioned regularly in our Cultural Events calendar. We've also added some venues further afield - in Zurich, for example.
One of the original members of The English Show hosting crew, none other than Mr. Jake Dixon, joined us in the studio tonight. Jake is a New Yorker who has made Switzerland his home for over a decade. He is an English teacher and lives with his beautiful girlfriend and
their adorable cat.
