Category Archives: Music

Boo Hewerdine / The Huers – Wigan Parish Church

Posted on April 11, 2017 by writewyattuk

I’ve encountered some impressive live music settings over the years, and All Saints’ Church, Wigan, must be up there with the best, however unlikely a venue. It was clearly an odd call for Boo Hewerdine too, this Cambridgeshire-based singer-songwriter up … Continue reading →

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Banishing with love – in praise of Laura Marling’s Semper Femina

Posted on April 7, 2017 by writewyattuk

If expectation carries a weight, it doesn’t seem to concern Laura Marling, six LPs into a somewhat understated yet still stellar career, this super-talented artiste gracefully rising above genre labels amid major music press analysis and hyperbole. I tried to … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Cole – Preston Guild Hall

Posted on April 4, 2017 by writewyattuk

We were two songs in on Monday night before our special guest deigned to talk to us, fixing us with something of a 1,000-yard stare while sussing out his audience before announcing, ‘You’re not getting any younger either’. It was … Continue reading →

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The continuing adventures of the Magic Band, the Mothers of Invention, and the Muffin Men – the Denny Walley interview

Posted on March 30, 2017 by writewyattuk

Do you know the Muffin Men (‘the Muffin Men?’ I hear you ask. Yes, the Muffin Men), presumably based in Liverpool’s Drury Lane or Mulberry Place? Chances are that you might. They’ve been doing the rounds for more than a … Continue reading →

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Life beyond The Waves – the Katrina Leskanich interview

Posted on March 23, 2017 by writewyattuk

When Katrina Leskanich told me down the telephone line, ‘The sun is shining, finally’ in London, I took it with a pinch of salt, not least as earlier that day I revisited a grainy mid-‘80s promo video in which she … Continue reading →

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WriteWyattUK on White Riot … 40 years on

Posted on March 18, 2017 by writewyattuk

I couldn’t get through Saturday, March 18th, 2017, without mentioning a certain clarion call from the early days of punk, released 40 years ago today – the song that inspired this website’s name. Naive maybe, but so much energy to … Continue reading →

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A Whole Lotta Zeppelin, with the Black Dog Orchestra

Posted on March 17, 2017 by writewyattuk

There’s a treat in store for Led Zeppelin fans next month, as Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters opens its UK run at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, prompting us to get the lowdown from this grand-scale production’s Aussie front-man, Vince Contarino. Four … Continue reading →

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Once More … with The Wedding Present

Posted on March 17, 2017 by writewyattuk

Following this site’s breaking announcement last week comes news of The Wedding Present adding a second night in Preston, Lancashire, having sold out their first summer show at The Continental in super-fast time. Three decades after their first visit to … Continue reading →

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Going Going … This Boy Can’t Wait – a writewyattuk exclusive

Posted on March 10, 2017 by writewyattuk

I don’t tend to do ‘breaking news’ and ‘exclusive’ splashes on this website, leaving that to the … yawn … competition. But when you’ve got it, perhaps you should flaunt it after all. Go, Man, Go, as a wise man once … Continue reading →

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Look to get to know him well – back in touch with Howard Jones

Posted on March 9, 2017 by writewyattuk

It was a cold, grey day as Howard Jones looked out on to the Somerset Levels from his West Country home studio when we caught up on the phone ahead of his latest solo tour. But Spring was on the … Continue reading →

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