Category Archives: Music

Experiencing eclipses and supersonic flight – the Smoke Fairies interview

Posted on May 8, 2015 by writewyattuk

Katherine Blamire was roaming around rural Yorkshire with fellow members of the band Smoke Fairies when I called her, enjoying a day off from a UK tour supporting Public Service Broadcasting. To add to 13 shared dates, the band headlined … Continue reading →

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Public Service Broadcasting / Smoke Fairies – The Ritz, Manchester

Posted on May 1, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s ironic that the night we decided to do without the car and took the train to Manchester, my better half and I were let down by public transport. Not so much Public Service Broadcasting as Replacement Bus Service, cheated … Continue reading →

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The Crumpsall Kid rides out – the Mike Harding interview

Posted on April 23, 2015 by writewyattuk

Veteran comic, folk singer-songwriter, author, broadcaster and playwright Mike Harding is set to visit 17 small theatres and arts clubs in May. From Keswick to Barnsley via Pocklington, Mike has a busy few weeks ahead of him, and it’s not … Continue reading →

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Voicing an opinion – Paul McLoone on life with The Undertones

Posted on April 15, 2015 by writewyattuk

It was only supposed to be a one-off show, a November 1999 date to mark the opening of a new venue in their home city. There would be no Feargal Sharkey this time, he of the fantastically-distinctive warbling voice by then … Continue reading →

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Time for Truth – the Rick Buckler interview

Posted on April 2, 2015 by writewyattuk

There have been insider accounts of the story of The Jam from various angles since Paul Weller called time on the band in late 1982. The first to made an impression on me – and I was barely 15 when … Continue reading →

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Flying in the face of fashion – the Wayne Hemingway interview

Posted on March 27, 2015 by writewyattuk

This September, Vintage by the Sea returns to the Lancashire coast, aiming to build on last year’s successful event in Morecambe, one that attracted 40,000 visitors. The two-day festival will see the resort seafront and its landmark venues transformed, the … Continue reading →

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Albania to Southport, via Brighton – with Attila the Stockbroker

Posted on March 20, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s been some journey for Attila the Stockbroker, who publishes his autobiography Arguments Yard later this year, with little to suggest he’s slowing down. This is the radical performance poet and musician who toured East Germany four times before the … Continue reading →

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Picture the poet, greet the griot – the Benjamin Zephaniah interview

Posted on March 19, 2015 by writewyattuk

When I spoke to Benjamin Zephaniah earlier this week, he was between a BBC radio interview and two days lecturing at West London’s Brunel University. The Lincolnshire-based dub poet, author and activist was then heading back for another radio broadcast … Continue reading →

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March on with The Stranglers – the Baz Warne interview

Posted on March 13, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s not often a front-man is still regularly held up to scrutiny after 15 years with a band, but that’s how it often goes with Baz Warne. To put it mildly, The Stranglers’ founder member Hugh Cornwell was a hard … Continue reading →

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Cathy’s Adventures in Wonderland – the Cathy Cassidy interview

Posted on March 7, 2015 by writewyattuk

In my second feature centred around World Book Day 2015, I talked about Alice, libraries, music, the power of dreams and much more with best-selling children’s writer Cathy Cassidy, in an interview a few days before her WBD appearances at Preston … Continue reading →

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