37/60 – Bluebell Roots with M G Boulter, 31 March 24
Yes, we were back in the Bluebell Kitchen again – 3 times in one month! This was the March Bluebell Roots event featuring a first half of floor spots and a second half of featured guest this time MG Boulter. We’d met Mat before at the Softly Softly gig in...
36/60 – The Section, 17 March 24
We were pleased to be invited to play at this new event in Arlington organised by Bruce Knapp and friends. We’ve know Bruce for a while now, he’s played on some of our recorded work, and is a brilliant musician and a lovely bloke. The Section is a band...
35/60 – Livestream from Arlington, 13 March 24
A Your Stories in Song event We hadn’t live-streamed for a while using Streamyard, something we did a lot during lockdown, so paid our mate and all round clever techy sound guy and MC, Neil Povey to come and help us for this event. Philippa and Michael Vine very...
34/60 – Live on Radio Reverb, 11 March 24
A whirlwind, hundred-mile-an-hour stop at the Radio Reverb studio in Brighton to chat with the inimitable Pete Jones. This man is a force of nature and was born to be on the radio – no, that doesn’t mean he’s ugly. His enthusiasm just cannot be dampened. He...
33/60 – Twickfolk, 3 March 24
Another memorable evening, a lovely event run by lovely people.The train journey there wasn’t as straightforward as to Croydon and we were wary of being stranded again so decided to drive to Three Bridges as there are more return options. Unrestricted parking in the...
32/60 St Edith Folk, Sevenoaks – 1 March 24
This was our second time playing St Edith Folk Club. It’s in a great hall in Otford, near Sevenoaks. That’s just over an hour’s drive away, not easy accessible by train for us. Car parking is free after 6pm but you have to get a ticket from the machine. The group...
31/60 – Bluebell Roots with Daria Kulesh, 24 February 24
Daria Kulesh is lovely and was really helpful getting us set up as we arrived pretty late, always rushing and that makes it very stressful. We’d had a busy morning then friends over for lunch and hadn’t managed to take the dog for a walk so had to exercise her first...
30/60 – Crowborough U3A, 15 Feb 24.
A Your Stories in Song event. Crowborough Community Centre is a bit special – it’s a HUGE hall with an enormous stage suitable for several levels of flats. Seating for 300 and a built in PA. We’d taken out own PA which was OK as the audience was about 100 and we...
29/60 – Croydon folk club, 12 Feb 2024
It’s always a pleasure coming to Croydon Folk Club. Brian and Jenny are a lovely couple who run the club, always the first to arrive to set up display boards, chairs, stage, banners, ticket desk, raffle and lighting. We’d actually arrived even earlier as we came by...
Livestream!
Wednesday 13th March, 8.30pm GMT Join us, Jim and Jo, as we sing some of our songs and tell the stories behind them live online. We’ll ask you to share some of your own stories – personal recollections, family history, local legends or people, reality or...
28/60 – Acoustic Sessions, Rainham, February 10th.
This is a very special gig and this was the second time we have played it. Held in the lovely Oasthouse Theatre in Rainham www.oasthousetheatre.co.uk, the evening is run by Luke Bailey as totally acoustic for a listening audience every 2 months or so –...
27/60 – Old Oak Inn, Arlington. 9th Feb 2024.
Back once again in our local. There was a good crowd when we got there including some of our neighbours and friends form Bluebell Roots, and most people stayed around, which is often not the case in food pubs – people will eat then leave. A group at one table,...
26 /60 – Frontier Bar, Eastbourne. February 7th, 2024.
This event was organised as a Your Stories In Song event (our first one) with Compass Community Arts. They had wanted to hold the event as part of Eastbourne Alive, arts celebrations alongside the Turner Prize at the Towner. We had originally talked about holding it...
22 – 25 of 60 – Bluebell Roots sessions
I had managed to miss out the Bluebell Roots monthly sessions in my earlier ’60 by 60’ write ups so am going back to October, November of 2023 and January of 2024 (I’d already written about the December 2023 session as it was a Milton Hide special). In case you...
Notes Home
NOTES HOME Memories left behind, plans for the future, reflections on a theme – Notes Home Thursday 23rd November 2023, The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne. 7.30pm Tickets £12 – from groveeastbourne.com Join us for an evening of original song, sound, video,...
Songwriting Weekend – 5th and 6th Aug 2023
In August we will be running our first ever Songwriting Weekend at Pickhams in Wilmington, East Sussex. If you or somebody you know is interested in songwriting, we invite you to book a place today. As this will be our first Songwriting Weekend and we’re testing the...
An Evening with Milton Hide
Wed 13th Sept. 7.30pm. Bluebell Farmhouse Kitchen, Arlington, BN26 6SH.£20 inc meal (Vegan option). Booking essential. ...
One Year On
Recorded live at Hailsham Pavilion on 1st October 2020, when venues across the country were unable to open to the public, you can now pay what you like to watch on Youtube. A concert of original music by this popular Sussex duo featuring guitar, vocals, cajon and...Sussex Express article
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/eastbourne-debut-album-launch-for-milton-hide-3364913 SUSSEX EXPRESS – Arts and Entertainment Eastbourne debut album launch for Milton Hide The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne hosts the debut album launch...
Album Launch Night – The Grove Theatre
Temperature’s Rising Launch night Having launched our debut album way back in March during lockdown, to critical acclaim, we thought the time was ripe to celebrate that success. We are re-launching Temperature’s Rising with a brilliant evening of music at...
Concert at Hailsham Pavilion
Concert at Hailsham Pavilion Watch this online broadcast of Milton Hide in concert, recorded live at Hailsham Pavilion. Recorded when venues were unable to open to the public, this concert is a fundraiser for the Pavilion. Help us to support this wonderful venue by...
Old Songs, New Songs!
Old songs, New songs! 7th May 2020 On Sunday 10th May, 7.30pm, tune in to our facebook.com/miltonhide or YouTube channel for a live interview with Neil Povey (of Hailsham FM, Bluebell Roots and DJ Neil Povey) all about our Little Fish ep. Hear the stories...
Lockdown
Milton Hide in Lockdown 31st March 2020 Our album recording has sadly ground to a halt in the current lockdown but we will be getting on with what we can. It’s looking increasingly unlikely that our launch date will be 18th July, but we’re not throwing in...
Slipper Session
Milton Hide’s Slipper Sessions 18th March 2020 Milton Hide Slipper Sessions Due to the current situation with regard to the virus, all of our forthcoming gigs have been cancelled. On all gig dates we will be doing an online concert instead – go to our...
House Concerts
House concerts 14th February 2020 Feeling the love! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far – we’re doing really well with the album fund We’ve got another week to run so there is still time to choose from the great selection of rewards on...