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Category Archives: Music
Ruby celebrations showcase Stranglers’ survival instincts – the Jean-Jacques Burnel interview
Warning: this interview includes JJ Burnel’s own brand of industrial language in places, possibly explaining the derivation of the phrase, ‘excuse my French’. A note on The Stranglers’ website from Jean-Jacques Burnel reads: “On this, the occasion of our Ruby … Continue reading
Gary Numan / Roman Remains – Preston 53 Degrees
So there we were, seven dates into Gary Numan’s ‘intimate’ club tour, and another venue was feeling the love for this prime mover in electronica. And here was proof – if it were needed – that age has not sullied … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Are Friends Electric?, Dead Son Rising, Gary Numan, Liela Moss, Preston, Replicas, Roman Remains, Splinter, The Pleasure Principle
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Electric dreams still stirring emotions – the Gary Numan interview
It must have been on London’s Capital Radio when I first heard Tubeway Army, 35 years ago this month. I was only 11 at the time, yet already knew the charts inside out. But this was something else. With my transistor … Continue reading
Fiestas, festivals, fracking, Frank and First World problems – Beans on Toast, with added crunch
I’m not usually one for Wikipedia entries, but for my latest interviewee the entry starts ‘Beans On Toast is a British folk singer. He sings about sex, drugs and politics.’ Go to his Facebook and Twitter pages and you can … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Beans on Toast, Bestival, Billy Bragg, Boomtown Fair, fracking, Frank Turner, Glastonbury, Glenn Tilbrook, Lizzie Bee, Mumford & Sons, Preston
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Judy Street refused UK entry, but hoping to return later this year
I don’t tend to do breaking news on the writewyattuk blog, but on the morning of Friday, May 16, it was announced that Judy Street – the subject of a feature and interview on this site last Saturday (May 10) … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Bolton, Edinburgh, Glenn Walker-Foster, Judy Street, Manchester, Preston's Got Soul, Russ Winstanley, Twisted Wheel, Wigan
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Pass the bass, it’s Evil Blizzard!
When it comes to live entertainment, arthouse shockers Evil Blizzard are in a class of their own, offering a truly theatrical experience, though not one for the faint-hearted. It’s difficult to explain what they’re all about, but the fact that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arne Wald, Black Sabbath, Dominic Brunt, Emmerdale, Evil Blizzard, Jeff Hordley, John Lydon, John Robb, Mark E Smith, Membranes, Preston, The Dangers of Evil Blizzard, The Fall
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Carrying on regardless with The South
It doesn’t seem right getting emotional on hearing Tony Hatch’s Crossroads theme. I really can’t put my finger on why either, save for nostalgia and the fact that my Nan was the only person I knew who watched that … Continue reading
The South rises again – the Dave Hemingway interview
Cast your mind back, and follow me on a journey to my past, and the last time I got to meet Dave Hemingway. Unlikely as it seems – to me at least – it’s a quarter of the century since … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldershot, Alison Wheeler, Dave Hemingway, Dave Rotheray, Hugh Whittaker, Hull, Jacqui Abbott, Norman Cook, Paul Heaton, Sweet Refrains, The Beautiful South, The South
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