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Blancmange / Alice Hubble – Lancaster, Kanteena
Admittedly, I should have got this review together a while back … but sometimes life gets in the way. Instead, consider this as much a heads-up to two of my long-playing highlights of 2022, each deserving proper recognition. Besides, with … Continue reading
Still walking in the sunshine – celebrating five decades of Bad Manners with Buster Bloodvessel
Ska legends Bad Manners are out and about again this month, veteran vocalist Buster Bloodvessel and his band bringing their stage prowess and hits catalogue to 27 UK venues, allowing himself just five nights off before New Year’s Day’s Glasgow … Continue reading
Moving Inside Out with The Mighty Lemon Drops – the David Newton interview
A look at my (mostly trusty) list of live shows attended reminds me it was 37 years ago this week (November 17th, 1985) that I first chanced upon The Mighty Lemon Drops, supporting That Petrol Emotion at The Agincourt in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acklam Hall, Andfy kershaw, Birmingham, Blue Guitar, Blur, Burbank, C85, C86, California, Cherry Red, Chrysalis, Dan Treacy, David Newton, Dudley, Geoff Travis, Glastonbury, Happy Head, Heavenly Recordings, Janice Long, JBs, John Peel, Julian Cope, Katydids, Keith Rowley, Like an Angel, London, Marcus Williams, Martin Gilks, Mo-Dettes, Paul Marsh, roehampton, Sire, Slade, SXSW, That Petrol Emotion, the Adverts, The blue Aeroplanes, The Fall, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Wonder Stuff, tony linehan, wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
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What we still do on our holidays – talking Fairport Convention, Cropredy, and much more with Dave Pegg
Legendary bass player Dave Pegg marked his latest big birthday in style recently, turning 75 with lots of good friends at Dudley Town Hall, a date that also marked 53 years’ involvement with British folk-rock legends Fairport Convention. “It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Bob Dylan, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Elton John, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Joe Brown, John Bonham, Krumlin, Led Zeppelin, Liege & Lief, Little Hadham, Mike Burney, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Perranporth, Ralph mcTell, Richard Houghton, richard Thompson, Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, Simon nicol, The Beatles, The Shadows, Woodworm
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Running around my soul – talking Working Men’s Club with Syd Minsky-Sargeant
Three months after its initial release, Working Men’s Club’s cutting-edge second album, Fear Fear, returns in a deluxe edition next Friday (October 28th), this fast-rising Heavenly Recordings act having reached No.11 in the UK LP chart on its release, amid … Continue reading
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Dig Yourself that Lytham rhythm – The Undertones / Hugh Cornwell: Lytham, Lowther Pavilion Theatre
Two Undertones / Hugh Cornwell nights out in six months? In a year in which I’ve caught just nine live shows? Monsieur, with zis you are really spoiling us. Actually, with Derry’s finest it’s more Mars confectionery than that … Continue reading
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Star treatment – back in touch with Ian Broudie, talking Lightning Seeds
It seems a negative way to start this feature, but other than reaching No.1 in the UK singles chart three times with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner with ‘Three Lions’ (in 1996, 1998, and 2018, for a song seemingly everywhere … Continue reading
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Tagged Adele Emmas, Cloudcuckooland, Echo and the Bunnymen, Emily Smiles, Ian Broudie, James Skelly, Jim Sharrock, Jollification, Lightning Seeds, Liverpool, Marine Research, Martyn Campbell, Pale Fountains, Riley Broudie, See You in the Stars, Terry Hall, The Coral, The Zutons, Three Lions, Wrexham FC
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