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Looking back with the ultimate R’n’B survivor – the Wilko Johnson interview
I reckon Wilko Johnson forgot I was calling. Either that or he was just wrapped up in the book he was reading, Thomas Middleton’s early 17th century play, The Revenger’s Tragedy, enjoying time to himself back at home in Southend before … Continue reading
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Tagged A Matter of Life and Death, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Blockheads, Cambridge, Canvey Island, Charlie Chyann, Chess, Colne, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, Essex, Game of Thrones, Great British R'n'B Festival, Ian Dury, JJ Burnel, john Donne, Johnny Kidd, Julien Temple, lancashire, Norman Watt-Roy, rhythm and blues, Roger Daltrey, Rolling Stones, Southend, The Jam, The Pirates, The Seventh Seal, The Stranglers, The Who, Thomas Middleton, Wilko Johnson, Zoe Howe
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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller
From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading
On the write wavelength – the Jenn Ashworth interview
Jenn Ashworth is part-way into a busy schedule of promotional visits, travelling to and from her North Lancashire base spreading the word about newly-published, critically-acclaimed novel Fell, a haunting, mysterious tale set on the edge of Morecambe Bay. Born in … Continue reading
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Tagged A Kind of Intimacy, Andrew Michael Hurley, Betty Trask Award, Bodleian Library, Cambridge, chorley, Cold Light, Curious Tales Publishing Collective, Ebb & Flo, Fell, Grange-over-Sands, Jenn Ashcroft, lancashire, Lancaster, Libraries, Melvin Burgess, Morecambe Bay, Newnham College, Preston, Shirley Jackson, The Friday Gospels, The Loney
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Matteo’s Modern world – in conversation with writer Matteo Sedazzari
Matteo Sedazzari was part-way through his latest social networking drive when we spoke, spreading the word about debut novel A Crafty Cigarette – Tales of a Teenage Mod while getting to grips with the ever-changing world of new media. “I like … Continue reading
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Tagged A Crafty Cigarette, alan Bleasdale, Cagliari, Gillian Flynn, Grange Hill, If, Irvine Welsh, italy, Joe R Lansdale, John Cooper Clarke, Johnny Jarvis, Juventus, Mark Twain, Martina Cole, Matteo Sedazzari, Milan, Mod, Oscar de Paul, paul weller, Positive Energy of Madness, Scully, Secret Affair, Terry Taylor, The Jam, Victor Meldrew, Walton-on-Thames, Zani
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Restart on reel two – back in touch with Gary Numan
Following the success of his 2013 album Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) and its accompanying two-year world tour, Gary Numan returns to the UK soon, for a live celebration of his breakthrough long players, Replicas, The Pleasure Principle and Telekon. After a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ade Fenton, Are Friends Electric?, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Los Angeles, Pleasure Principle, Pledge Music, Replicas, Splinter, Telekon
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An appointment with Dr Hook – the Dennis Locorriere interview
Dr. Hook were always something of a musical conundrum for me. Sharp, witty purveyors of great songs, but somewhat disregarded by the professors of cool on account of their more chart-friendly fodder. As a kid turned on to punk and … Continue reading
Return of the Magnificent Maytals – the Toots Hibbert interview
I’m not quite sure where Frederick Hibbert, better known as ‘Toots’, is when I get through, but I’m guessing it’s Jamaica’s own back of beyond, with the phone reception poor. It doesn’t help that he’s en route between engagements, nor that … Continue reading
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Tagged 54-46 Was My Number, Amy Winehouse, Big Feastival, Bob Marley, Funky Kingston, Island, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Madness, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Reggae, rocksteady, ska, The Clash, The Harder They Come, The Specials, The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert
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Sideways On – the Geno Washington interview
I should give prior warning here that this interview involves lots of exclamation marks. But believe me, there could have been many more. Let’s just say that the septuagenarian soul legend on the other end of the line lives life with … Continue reading
Lead us unto The Temptations – the Otis Williams interview
At the end of a month in which the world mourned for Muhammad Ali, it seems apt that I’m conducting an interview with the sole surviving original member of a band the revered US boxing legend and civil rights activist … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Berry Gordy, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick, Gerri Hirshey, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Muhammad Ali, New Jersey, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Richard Street, Ron Tyson, Smokey Robinson, Tavares, Texarcana, The Distants, The Four Tops, The Primes, The Temptations
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Getting up close and personal with Toyah
Regular readers of this blog won’t be surprised that this scribe is an avid viewer of BBC 4’s Top of the Pops re-runs, a point I soon confess to my latest interviewee, Toyah Willcox. “Oh, God bless those!” The more … Continue reading
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