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Category Archives: Music
The Quo must go on – back in conversation with Francis Rossi
I wasn’t quite sure how to start my conversation with Francis Rossi, wondering at what point it would be right to bring up the subject of Rick Parfitt’s passing, 11 months ago. I shouldn’t have worried though, the effervescent Londoner … Continue reading
The best of Friends with Shalamar – the Howard Hewett interview
Howard Hewett had only been in the UK a couple of days when I called, and was alternating between press calls and rehearsals with fellow stalwart Jeffrey Daniel and more recent Shalamar addition Carolyn Griffey. But if my interviewee had … Continue reading
The Undertones / Roughneck Riot – Warrington Parr Hall
“Any day of the week’s when Saturday comes” And when it entails a night in the company of The Undertones, it’s always going to be special. What’s more, this time it involved a new venue for me, five and a … Continue reading
Clean Bandit / Starley – Manchester Academy
It’s official – there’s still life in pop music, 65 years to the week Al Martino topped the first official UK charts, judging by this winning Manchester tour finale. Granted, I can’t imagine Martino’s Here In My Heart or fellow … Continue reading
Still pickin’ up Good Vibrations – talking The Undertones with Mickey Bradley
Devising questions for the following feature/interview, I thought it was high time I caught up online with The Mickey Bradley Record Show, in which The Undertones’ bass player treats listeners to a two-hour weekly stroll through a vinyl wonderland of his … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 1977, Billy Doherty, Buzzcocks, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Feargal Sharkey, John O'Neill, John Peel, Louder than Words, Mickey Bradley, Paul McLoone, Penetration, Radio Foyle, Radio Ulster, The Casbah, The Clash, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Top of the Pops, Trevor Horn, Warrington
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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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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
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