... Alexander Brothers Kilmarnock Tom and Jack, the Alexander Brothers, are showing signs of emulating Tennyson's brook and going on forever. This is their 38th year in showbusiness but neither in appearance nor in performance do they ever seem to change. Immaculately attired in high land dress, they perform to per fection with every indication of personal enjoyment in other words, as true ...

... The Fabulous Rock, Rock, Rock Show Babbacombe The Rock, Rock, Rock Show, the brainchild of Anne George, for the first time producing and choreographing in her new role as head of Trevor George Entertainments (UK), is a scintillating, fast-moving show that pressed the elusive button of success the moment it started at me inn on me Downs. Having played to delighted audi ences in London and ...

... Dozens provide comedy heaven London Palladium The Dirty 3½ Dozen Show There is a simple phrase to describe The Dirty 3½ Dozen Show at the London Palladium, and that is comedy heaven. Exactly 42 of Britain's brightest new wave comedy performers gathered to raise money for sacked Liverpool dockers at a fantastic benefit gig. Top of the bill were several big names from TV, such as Steve ...

... Blood on the Fields Barbican Hall Wynton Marsalis' near three hour work for jazz orchestra and three solo singers has been termed an opera, but perhaps oratorio would be nearer the mark, except that the term conjures up performances of The Messiah. But this is in no way meant to denigrate Marsalis' achieve ment. I am sure that when he feels the time is right, Marsalis is the man to produce an ...

... Jane Siberry Queen Elizabeth Hall If you have heard of Jane Siberry, you will probably have seen her name lumped in with Kate Bush, Tori Amos and so on--women singers with an edge. This pair of concerts, two in one day, was her first in England in, oh, centuries, and it really was a game of two halves. Despite performing pretty I much the same set, the i Canadian, augmented by a pianist, ...

... Blackpool Summer Show Preview Sheffield Stanley Road WMC brought a preview of its summer entertainment to the Dial House, and brought its own enthusiastic club members to join the Shetfield crowd. Many of the acts from other areas, who have taken residence in Blackpool, have found their efforts and talents rewarded. Some of these were on hand, working with the resident duo, the Kingstone Sound ...

... Box of delights doesn't stop Jazz Cafe Sam Brown It was open the box for Sam's songs at the Jazz Cafe as Sam Brown previewed her April album of self-penned numbers at the start of a promotional tour. And with her driving band, including brother Pete on guitar and Claire Nicolson sharing the keyboard worn wiin brown, ana wren aaa Joe in the balcony, she proceeded to impress a receptive audience ...

... Blackpool Magicians' Club 45th Annual Convention Blackpool Inside the Winter Gardens there was magic in the air as 3,000 magicians gathered to watch some of the best wand wielders in the world. There was the artistic delight of Tommy Wonder, whose skill as he conjured with an orange, lemon, egg and a little singing bird in a cage, currently makes his one of the most beautiful acts to be seen. ...

... Ireland's showbands capture spirit of times BY LISA MARTLAND In the proper spirit of St Patrick's Day, a Radio 2 Arts Programme entitled The Showband Years (BBC Northern Ireland for R2, Saturday. March 15) reflected on a unique trend in Irish popular music during a time of great social and economic change in the country as a whole. As one observer explained to presenter Father Brian D'Arcy, ...

... Deborah Boily Rheingold Club There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about promoting London's cabaret scene, and I must say, American singer Deborah Boily is not a bad advertisement for keeping it well and truly alive. For a start, Boily has an act to offer, not just a string of favourite songs thrown together with the odd thank you in between. It sounds like she had enough of that ...

... Teddy Edwards/Stacey Kent Pizza Express, Dean Street Now in his early seventies, Teddy Edwards is enjoying new levels of success. He tours Europe regularly, his greater prominence sparked by his recording contract with French Polygram and by the public realisation that his bop-oriented playing style is timeless and of rare quality. In an age where most tenor saxophonists seek to emulate ...

... Trio whips up stormy delight Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor and Danny Thompson Union Chapel This was the final performance by this trio of Singing the Storm, a set of new and traditional border ballads set to music by Savourna Stevenson, having been commissioned for the Borders Festival in October 1995 and taken on occasional tours since then. It is hard to see how the evening could have ...