“W e honestly never dreamed we’d come this far,” Stornoway front man Brian Briggs admits. “Swindon, perhaps… but Exeter? No way.” The whoop this earns almost cancels out the outrage he unleashed earlier, back when he suggested to a tipsy Phoenix crowd that cream teas might have come from Cornwall. Yep: between the regional banter and […]
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Crystal Balls, Raw Steaks and The Lady Downstairs: a Q&A with Stornoway
B ack in October, Oxford-bred indie folk makers Stornoway hit us with some sad news: they’d soon be parting ways after ten years together. The good bit? Their farewell tour would include Exeter. Ahead of their Phoenix gig tonight, I got to pick keyboard player Jon Ouin’s brains on all of life’s important questions – from easing break-ups […]