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Wolf Alice, back through the Looking Glass – the Ellie Rowsell interview
Ellie Rowsell sounded croaky when she answered the phone. Whether it was down to an early start, testing those vocal cords at rehearsals with her band, Wolf Alice, in East London, or standard rock’n’roll lifestyle fare, I’m not certain. Either … Continue reading
Blancmange / Transfigure – Darwen Library Theatre
“Here comes a love song … there goes the banister!” Time moves on, and some of us aren’t getting any younger (says a bloke who turned 50 two days after this special happening), with none of us beyond nostalgia, not … Continue reading
Juplicity: strong, warm, wild and free – the Phill Jupitus interview
It was ‘early doors’ and stand-up comic/actor/performance poet/cartoonist/radio presenter/TV stalwart (perm any two from six there) Phill Jupitus was in Leeds, preparing to head to his next gig, 230 miles south in Tunbridge Wells. But he was at least set … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Attila the Stockbroker, BBC Radio 6 Music, Billy Bragg, Blockheads, Chorley Little Theatre, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Essex, Kirsty MacColl, Leeds City Varieties, Madness, Mickey Hutton, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Noel Fielding, paul weller, Phill Jupitus, Porky the Poet, Red Wedge, Richmond Georgian Theatre Royal, Sean Hughes, Stewart Lee, The Housemartins, West Ham United
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Jason Byrne – Southport Comedy Festival
For the first time in a long while I went to a gig and didn’t get the pen and jotter pad out once. There seemed to be no point. I’ve regretted that in the past at comedy shows. Getting home … Continue reading
The continuing climb of Clean Bandit – in conversation with Grace Chatto
Few pop bands would be so bold as to fuse string arrangements with electronica and house music, mixing classical and dance elements. But Clean Bandit are no run-of-the-mill chart outfit. Built around a nucleus of Grace Chatto (cello, percussion, vocals) and … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Anne-Marie, Bruno Mars, Cambridge, Clean Bandit, Dust Clears, Elisabeth Troy, Grace Chatto, Hannah Peel, I Miss You, Jack Patterson, Jess Glynne, Lana Del Rey, Louisa Johnson, Love Ssega, Luke Patterson, Marina and the Diamonds, Mozart's House, Neil Amin-Smith, New Eyes, Rather Be, Rockabye, Sam Smith, Sean Paul, Symphony, Tears, Zara Larsson
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Taking art and science into insanity – the Robin Ince interview
Robin Ince, described on his website as ‘comedian, writer and that sort of thing’, was on his way to the Tate Modern for a meeting ‘about an idea’. He wasn’t letting on what, but added, “My life is filled with … Continue reading
Renewable Power in the Darkness – back in touch with Tom Robinson
As I may have mentioned on these pages before, few TV shows of yore hold as much magic as Top of the Pops re-runs for this nostalgic, and recently I was digging among the online archives for the October 1977 … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Adam Phillips, Andy Treacey, Chris Thomas, Danny Kustow, Gerry Diver, Glad To Be Gay, Jim Simmons, John Lydon, Mark Ambler, Northern Ireland, Power in the Darkness, Rock Against Racism, So It Goes, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Tony Wilson, Too Good to Be True, Top of the Pops, TRB, Up Against The Wall, Vic Maile, Wessex Studios, Winter of '79
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Stepping back into Daylight – the Pauline Black interview
You need only take a couple of listens to the new album by influential ska favourites The Selecter to be convinced this is not a band content to sit back on past endeavours. What’s more, vocalist Pauline Black doesn’t do … Continue reading
Revealing the Byrne identity – the Jason Byrne interview
It’s been a mad-busy few years for Jason Byrne, the Irish comic currently heading back around the UK in his guise as The Man With Three Brains show. In addition to extensive worldwide touring, you may know him from appearances … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre
Tagged Adventures of the Wonky-Eyed Boy, Arthur Mathews, comedy, Don't Say It Bring It, Dublin, Father Figure, Father Ted, Graham Linehan, Ireland's Got Talent, Jason Byrne, John Bishop, Roddy Doyle, Simon Pegg, Southport Comedy Festival, The Man With Three Brains, Tommy Cooper
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Returning to Heaven on Earth – the Belinda Carlisle interview
I already had a decade and more than 200 live shows under my belt by the summer of 1990, yet never got to see a headline gig in the North West until that June at Manchester Apollo, out with my … Continue reading
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