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Staying Sane with James – back in touch with Jim Glennie
“Everybody’s in their cave, facing what we can’t escape; Every time we’re through, your shit sticks to my shoe; Tell me how you’re staying sane, haven’t hugged a human since the end of May; Quarantine with you, our world’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Colours of You, Andy Diagram, Beautiful Beaches, Broughton Hall, California, Cathal Coughlan, Charlie Andrew, Girl at the End of the World, Happy Mondays, Jacknife Lee, James, Jim Glennie, Living in Extraordinary Times, Manchester, Mark Hunter, Recover, Saul Davies, Scotland, Sheffield, Sit Down, Tim Booth, Topanga Canyon
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Takes Two to tangle in Tākaka – in for the long haul with Tim Allen
Adding 11 hours to UK time to set up an interview when trying to work out the best options for both parties can create headaches. But technological advances eventually meant my chat with Lancashire lad turned New Zealand resident Tim … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Gregson, Auckland, Ben king, Chris Mac, Crowded House, Eddie Rayner, freddie Green, Henry Priestman, Jacinda Ardern, lancashire, Last Bastion of a Lad, Love is a Pill, Neil Finn, New Zealand, New Zealand Music Commission, Preston, Rubber Soul, Six60, The Beatles, Tim Allen
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Meeting Tim Keegan at Gate 2021 – the Departure Lounge interview
This time last year, it seemed as if we couldn’t move on the internet without some band or solo artist giving living room performances amid the first lockdown. It’s amazing how soon that became part of our musical world, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Walton, Ben Folds, Blue Aeroplanes, Chris Anderson, Departure Lounge, Devon, Grant McLennan, guildford, Homer, Jake Kyle, Janice Long, Jim Jiminee, Kevin Jamieson, Nashville, Nick Hannan, Pat hannan, Peter Buck, Peter Miles, Railroad Earth, REM, Richard Hawley, Ringo, Robert Forster, Robyn hitchcock, Rodney Allen, Romsey, The Deep Season, The Go-Betweens, Tim Keegan, Transmeridian, Violette Records, Worthing
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And Everything Changed – the William Doyle interview
A decade after William Doyle’s musical rebirth as East India Youth – going on to receive a Mercury Music Prize nomination for Total Strife Forever, his debut LP in that guise – this acclaimed artist remains strong on songcraft as … Continue reading
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Tagged Blancmange, Bournemouth, Brian Eno, British Sea Power, Doyle and the Fourfathers, East India Youth, Erland Cooper, Great Spans of Muddy Time, Hannah Peel, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Monty don, Neil Arthur, Soft Cell, southampton, Total Strife Forever, William Doyle, XTC, Your Wilderness Revisited
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Translating the Language of Love – the Boo Hewerdine interview
While many artists are raring to get back out on the road again, soon as it’s deemed safe to do so, it seems that treasured Glasgow-based singer/songwriter Boo Hewerdine is happy just where he is for now. The former frontman … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Holmes, Atkin Guitars, backs Records, Bell Book and Candle, Ben Hewerdine, Boo Hewerdine, Cambridge, Chris Difford, Chris Pepper, Darden Smith, Eddi Reader, Edinburgh Folk Club, Findlay Napier, glasgow, Graceland, Gustaf Ljunggren, Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, Norwich, Patience of Angels, Reveal Records, richard Thompson, Selected Works, Shellshock, Simon and the Astronauts, Swimming in Mercury, The Bible, The Huers, Tom Rose, Whittle-le-Woods, Wigan
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Looking beyond the lockdowns – the Provincials feature/interview
Ground-breaking singer/songwriter turned broadcaster and double WriteWyattUK interviewee Tom Robinson described Provincials on his BBC 6 Music show as ‘poetic, brooding, resonant and menacing’, with ‘an edge of Ennio Morricone’, while The Independent deemed them, ‘by turns ethereal, unsettling and … Continue reading
The Continuing Adventures of the Desperate Quartet – in conversation with Robert Lloyd
Spring is in the air, and with it the distant promise of a return to live music across the UK. But you’ll forgive Robert Lloyd for being a little guarded about the prospects right now. The legendary Nightingales frontman lit … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Schmid, Andy Wickett, Birmingham, Cannock, Danny Fields, Duran Duran, Fliss Kitson, Frank Skinner, James Nicholls, Jim Smith, John Peel, John Robb, John Taylor, John Walters, King Rocker, Marc Riley, Mark E Smith, Michael Cumming, Nigel Slater, Preston, Ramones, Robert Lloyd, Stephen Duffy, Stewart Lee, Ted Chippington, Telford, The Clash, The Continental, The Fall, The Mekons, The Nightingales, The Prefects, Tuff Life Boogie
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