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Still acting nonchalant with The Searchers – the John McNally interview
John McNally was back home in Crosby when I called this week, barely five miles from his Kirkdale roots. It seems like he’s rarely there though, thanks to a punishing tour schedule for his band, The Searchers, one of the leading … Continue reading
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Tagged Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Frank Allen, Hamburg, Jackie DeShannon, Jerry Lee Lewis, John McNally, Liverpool, Mike Pender, Needles and Pins, Paul Du Noyer, Scott Allaway, Spencer James, Star-Club, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Iron Door, Tony West, When You Walk In the Room
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From The Jam – The Cavern Club Live Lounge, Liverpool
The hottest night of the year so far, and I was Going Underground. Not as a safe haven from the Sounds From the Street, but to hunker down and resolutely celebrate cultural values increasingly under attack. This was the first … Continue reading
Kingdom come, beyond Del Amitri – the Justin Currie interview
Chances are that you probably still know Justin Currie best for Del Amitri, the Scottish alternative/crossover outfit who enjoyed a dozen top-40 hits over a decade in the wake of 1990’s classic breakthrough single, Nothing Ever Happens. But this Glaswegian singer-songwriter … Continue reading
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Tagged Boo Hewerdine, Chris Difford, Del Amitri, Edwyn Collins, glasgow, Iain Harvey, Justin Currie, Kendrick Lamar, Nothing Ever Happens, Orange Juice, Scottish Maritime Museum, Sun kil Moon, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Teenage Fanclub, This is my Kingdom Now, Waking Hours
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Absolute game on – reconvening the Skids: the Richard Jobson interview
While there’s inevitably a sombre undertone bearing in mind guitarist Stuart Adamson’s sad passing 15 years ago, it’s fair to say Richard Jobson is relishing the chance to relive his youth while charting new territory with a reborn Skids outfit. … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 Years of Alcohol, Big Country, Bill Simpson, Bruce Watson, Burning Cities, Buzzcocks, Coronation Street, Days in Europa, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Fife, Hamburg, Into the Valley, John Peel, Manchester, Mike Baillie, Rezillos, Richard Jobson, Saddleworth, Skids, St Pauli, Stuart Adamson, The Armoury Show, The Clash
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Delivering the late bloomer’s last rider – the Ron Sexsmith interview
The morning I spoke to Ron Sexsmith, he was in the pensive frame of mind I might have expected. Despite leaving his adopted city of Toronto for a new base 90 miles away in Stratford, Ontario, barely a week before, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Rock, Canada, Carousel One, Chris Martin, Don Kerr, Elvis Costello, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Scott, Leonard Cohen, Michael Buble, Ontario, Paul McCartney, Ray Davies, Rod Stewart, Ron Sexsmith, St Catharines, Stratford, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Last Rider, The Tragically Hip, Toronto
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Exploring the enduring legacy of ABBA – the Carl Magnus Palm interview
In the week Lucie Jones flies the flag for the UK in Kiev at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest finals, it seemed apt to feature a recent interview with a Swede whose early memories of the competition centred around his … Continue reading
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Tagged Abba, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Bright Lights Dark Shadows, Carl Magnus Palm, Eurovision, Lucie Jones, Mark Lewisohn, Monica Zetterlund, Polar Music International, Siw Malmkwist, Smash Hits, Stockholm, Sweden, The Beatles, The Hep Stars, The Winner Takes It All, Voulez Vous
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Still touched by Blondie’s presence, past and future – the Chris Stein interview
After more than 40 million albums worldwide, six UK and four US No.1 singles, Blondie are back with an 11th studio album and doing the rounds again this side of the Atlantic, their youthful energy belying the ages of their … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondie, CBGB, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri, JJ Burnel, Johnny Marr, Leigh Foxx, Matt Katz-Bohen, Misfits, New York, Pollinator, Ramones, Sia, The Stranglers, The Strokes, Tommy Kessler
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Sounds from the Other City – Salford St Philip’s Church
As someone who associates the festival circuit with camping fields, lush greenery, damp tents and mud-caked marquees, I struggled to get my head around Greater Manchester’s latest sell-out ‘celebration of new music, performance and art’. But on the evidence of … Continue reading
Behold the Stone Foundation – the Neil Sheasby interview
US broadcaster David Brinkley is quoted as saying, ‘A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her’. And Neil Sheasby knows a fair bit about all that. For … Continue reading
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Tagged Atherstone, Bettye Lavette, Curtis Mayfield, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dr. Robert, Graham Parker, Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Ocean Colour Scene, paul weller, Stax, Steve Cradock, Stone Foundation, Street Rituals, Tamworth, the Impressions, The Jam, The Proclaimers, The Specials, The Style Council, William Bell
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Spirit of ’77 – All Around the World with Russell Hastings and From The Jam
It was a cheap shot, but when I called Russell Hastings back seven hours after rescheduling our initial 10am date due to a dodgy signal, I couldn’t help but ask him, ‘So, Just Who is the Five o’clock Hero?’ “Ha! I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fairclough, Belfast, Bruce Foxton, David Moore, From The Jam, In The City, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Mark Brzezicki, Mike Randon, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Russell Hastings, Sex Pistols, Slade, Suzi Quatro, The Cavern, The gift, The Jam, Tom Heel
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