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- Listening In – surveying The Undertones’ golden years with Mickey Bradley
- Amos Trust Presents: Sumud – Billy Bragg, Paul Weller & Steve Pilgrim, Declan O’Rourke, Rasha Nahas, Ian Prowse, Amelia Coburn, Aziz Ibrahim, The Dome, Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Heart on his sleeve – a personal tribute to Woking FC’s John Moore
- Rising up, morning, noon and night – talking No Names with Ian Prowse
- Hanterhir / Keeley – Falmouth, The Cornish Bank
- Paying attention to Detail – in conversation with Claire Mahoney, author, magazine editor, and modernist
- Forever seems a long time – back in touch with Nicky Weller
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Introducing True Confessions: A People’s History of The Undertones
This year marks 50 years of live music from The Undertones, as many of you that have caught the band across Europe and on both sides of the Irish Sea since April have been reminded (as will be the case … Continue reading
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Tagged A People's History Of, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Dig Yourself Deep, Get What You Need, Hypnotised, John O'Neill, Mickey Bradley, Paul McLoone, Positive Touch, Spenwood books, Teenage Kicks, The Sin of Pride, The Undertones, True Confessions
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Disabling devices and shedding light on the new Dark Ages – in praise of Vinny Peculiar’s The Curse of You Know Who
If it’s autumn, it must be time to wax lyrical on the latest release from cultured songwriter and storyteller Vinny Peculiar, on this occasion celebrating The Curse of You Know Who. No way was I early to this particular party, … Continue reading
Jumping over pavement cracks – the Rachel Love interview
Did I mention that Dolly Mixture were the second band I ever saw live? Well, somehow that was 45 summers ago now, barely an hour before the first of many live sightings of The Undertones, at Guildford Civic Hall in … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Thomson, Cambridge, Captain Sensible, Debsey Wykes, Dolly Mixture, Flannelette, Hassocks, Hester Smith, Hillman Minx, Ian Button, Peter Momtchiloff, Rachel Love, Railcard, Robyn hitchcock, Skep Wax, Steve Lovell, The Damned, The Jam, The Undertones, Two Steps at a Time
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Listening In – surveying The Undertones’ golden years with Mickey Bradley
It’s been another busy year for The Undertones, a stack of shows between April and August in mainland Europe, back on these shores and in Ireland (including dates with Adam Ant, Die Toten Hosen, OMD, Sex Pistols and Stiff Little … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Tone, BBC Radio Foyle, BBC Radio Ulster, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Dolly Mixture, Feargal Sharkey, Jim Bob, John O'Neill, Men They Couldn't Hang, Mickey Bradley, My Perfect Cousin, Paul McLoone, Rolling Stones, Sham Pistols, Teenage Kicks, The Beat, The Casbah, The Chords, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Top of the Pops, Vinny Cunningham
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Amos Trust Presents: Sumud – Billy Bragg, Paul Weller & Steve Pilgrim, Declan O’Rourke, Rasha Nahas, Ian Prowse, Amelia Coburn, Aziz Ibrahim, The Dome, Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
What a line-up, what a cause, what a blast. And an emotional evening at that, as Liverpool’s own, Steve Pilgrim, joined forces with the Amos Trust to curate a special show in the heart of the city, raising funds for … Continue reading
Rising up, morning, noon and night – talking No Names with Ian Prowse
There’s a lot to be said for meeting your heroes, and while we occasionally hear associated horror stories, for most of us it’s nearly always a positive experience. And that was certainly the case for Pele and Amsterdam frontman turned … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Films & TV, Music
Tagged Amsterdam, Bobby Sands, Bruce Springsteen, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Dexy's, Ellesmere Port, Elvis Costello, Fiona McConnell, Get Happy, Graham Parker, Ian Prowse, Jarod Clemons, John Lennon, Liverpool, Merseyside, Mick Head, No Names, Paul McCartney, Pele, sam Fender, She Sings, The Clash, The cleaner, the Pogues, The Specials, The Stranglers, The Waterboys, Wakefield, Wings
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Hanterhir / Keeley – Falmouth, The Cornish Bank
A return to the Cornish Bank just short of a year since my last visit, with an altogether different vibe this time – swapping the big band soul warmth of Midland outfit Stone Foundation for the sonic explorations of Kernow … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel, Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Andrew Paresi, Cornish Bank, Cornwall, Dublin, Falmouth, Germany, Hanterhir, Inga Maria Hauser, Keeley, Keeley moss, Morrissey, Munich, Redruth, Sandie Shaw, The Smiths
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Paying attention to Detail – in conversation with Claire Mahoney, author, magazine editor, and modernist
‘It’s like a heat wave, it’s burning in my heart.I can’t keep from burning, it’s tearing me apart…’ The weather was a little challenging when I caught up with Claire Mahoney, the first couple of minutes of our conversation involving … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Films & TV, Music
Tagged Cardiff, Claire Mahoney, DC Fontana, Detail, Jalen NGonda, Liverpool, Magazine, Mod, Modernism, Music, paul weller, review, reviews, Rick Buckler, Stone Foundation, The Jam, The Style Council, writing, Zombies
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Forever seems a long time – back in touch with Nicky Weller
Landing on doormats across this land and further afield of late is a new publication from the team behind Soul Deep Publications… and typically large at that, not so easy to read in bed. On the back of the same … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football, Music
Tagged About the Young Idea, Acid Jazz, Ann Weller, Brendan Lynch, Gig for Kosovo, guildford, Heavy Soul, Her eComes the Weekend, In the Shadow of the Sun, John Weller, Lawrence Watson, Nicky Weller, paul weller, Smokin' Mojo Filters, Soul Deep, Stanley Road, The Jam, The Style Council, war Child, Wild Wood
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Darkening Sky lightens up your day – in praise of The Suncharms
I first caught Sheffield five piece The Suncharms some 25-plus years too late… or so I thought at the time. That was at the Continental in Preston, an early 2017 comeback show when they opened for Wessex indie legends The … Continue reading
