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Remembering the Bickershaw Festival, 50 years on – back in conversation with Chris Hewitt
With Glastonbury behind us for another year, give or take BBC iPlayer highlights, there’s still plenty to savour on the festival calendar, but in this feature I’ll head far further north and back 50 years, to one of the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bickershaw, Bickershaw Festival, Bohemian Rhapsody, Captain Beefheart, CH Vintage Audio, Chris Hewitt, Dandelion Records, Deeply Vale, Elvis Costello, Glastonbury Festival, Harry Cohen, Isle of Wight Festival, Jeremy Beadle, Joe Strummer, John Peel, Northwich, Paul Rowley, Peter J Harris, Peter Trollope, Pink Floyd, Pistol, Rivington Pike Free Festival, Rochdale College, rocketman, The Development of Large Rock Sound Systems, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Tractor, Woodstock
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Blessed is the Greek – the Tony Michaelides interview
It was barely 7am in Florida when I caught up with broadcaster and former music industry promotions high-flier Tony Michaelides. But he’d already walked his dog, still seemingly functioning on Manchester time, 18 years after leaving the North West for … Continue reading
Examining the Pleasure principle – the enduring appeal of Girls at our Best!
‘We’re not looking forward and we are not looking backWe’ve lost the warranty, we’ll never get our money backMy baby’s buying me another life, getting nowhere fast.’ One of the most influential bands to emerge in the early 1980s, Girls … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thrills, Carl Harper, Cherry Red, Geoff Travis, Gerard Swift, Getting Nowhere Fast, Girls at our Best, Happy Birthday Records, james alan, Jez Pritchatt, Jo Gaffney, John Peel, Judy Evans, Leeds, Leeds Arts Unversity, Leeds Conservatoire, New York City, Pleasure, Rough Trade, Sexbeat, The Butterflies, The Gang of Four, The Mekons, The Wedding Present, Thomas Dolby
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Raising the roof for refugees – with The Amber List, Red Moon Joe, West on Colfax … plus Jah Wobble and The Ukrainians
Three Lancashire bands offering their own individual twists on Americana are uniting for Ukrainian relief efforts two weekends from now, hosting a charity fundraiser at a Preston riverside music venue. Meanwhile, across the Pennines, a stalwart Leeds post-punk outfit putting … Continue reading
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Learning new things with the passing of time – revisiting Never Loved Elvis and The Wonder Stuff with Miles Hunt
You can’t measure a band’s success on chart positions alone, but three decades ago The Wonder Stuff were still on the crest of a mighty wave that had been building since the release of their 1988 debut LP, The Eight-Legged … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Hunt, Birmingham, Black Country, Cities in the Park, Erica Nockalls, Fuzz Townshend, James Taylor, John Cooper Clarke, Malc Treese, Mark Gemini-Thwaite, Mark Radcliffe, Martin Gilks, Martin Hannett, Mega City 4, Miles Hunt, Morgan Nicholls, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Never Loved Elvis, Pete Howard, Preston Guild Hall, Senseless Things, Slade, Stourbridge, The Clash, The Move, The Wonder Stuff, Tim Sewell, Vent 414, Vic Reeves
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Shine on Mellow Moon – the Alfie Templeman interview
It promises to be a memorable summer for rising indie pop star Alfie Templeman, this talented North Bedfordshire teen’s debut LP hitting the shops this weekend, with various in-store and live dates marking the occasion. The impressive Mellow Moon lands today … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfie Templeman, Australia, Bedfordshire, Black Midi, Chess Club, Chloe Moriondo, Forever Isn’t Long Enough, Frank Zappa, Glenn Tilbrook, Hemispheres, Justin Young, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, Mellow Moon, Rob Milton, Rush, Sports Team, Steve Lacy, Steve White, Sundara Karma, The Bootleg Beatles, The Questions, The Wombats, Todfd rundgren, Tom McFarland, Will Bloomfield
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Still Crazy after all these years – on the Long, Long Road with Arthur Brown
“I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you …” If ever a first line of a song grabbed your attention, there was one. Frightening kids since 1968, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown only had that one hit, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown, Bruce Dickinson, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Drachen Theaker, God of Hellfire, Hawkwind, Kingdom Come, Kit Lambert, Long Long Road, Nick Greenwood, prog rock, The Foundations, The Human Perspective, The Who, Tommy, Vincent Crane
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Right on track with The Goa Express – in conversation with James Douglas Clarke
Rising indie guitar band The Goa Express are the sort of outfit that give me hope for the future of live music. The Manchester-based Burnley and Todmorden five-piece’s most recent single, ‘Everybody in the UK’, their ‘call-to-arms for togetherness in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Jonestown Massacre, Brighton, Burnley, Carnforth, Close Lobsters, Everybody in the UK, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Jack Saunders, James Donald Clarke, Joe Clarke, John Cooper Clarke, Kendal Calling, lancashire, Manchester, Mark Gardener, Milltown Brothers, Ride, Ross Orton, Spaceman 3, Steve Lamacq, The goa Express, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Todmorden, Zeitgeist
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Seeking out parallel worlds and channeling rocket science with Simon and the Astronauts – the Simon Wells interview
A collaborative project between two UK musicians and a producer initially put in touch by an acclaimed singer-songwriter has led to a sparkling new LP recorded with a California-based singer, one spending plenty of time on my sound system at … Continue reading
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