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Sunshine, moonlight, good times, boogie – the Tito Jackson interview
It’s not even 9am in California, but it’s already Tito Time, with the third eldest Jackson sibling more than happy to share a few stories from his impressive career. Guitarist and vocalist Tito – real name Toriano Adaryll Jackson – … Continue reading
Jimmy’s Merry Transatlantic Christmas – in conversation with Jimmy Osmond
There are moments in life which seem a little surreal, and one came for me last week, on the phone to a performer who was first introduced to the world as Little Jimmy Osmond. While I’m quick to tell people … Continue reading
Tripping the dark fantastic with The Membranes – in conversation with John Robb
It’s fair to say that the bands topping the bill at this weekend’s Un-Peeled Christmas Party at The Continental, Preston, Lancashire, are enjoying something of a renaissance. Post-punk outfit The Membranes and C86 outsiders The Wolfhounds have both released LPs … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpool, Dandelion Adventure, Dark Matter/Dark Energy, Death to Trad Rock, Folk Devils, Joe Corre, John Peel, John Robb, Johnny Marr, Kevin Shields, Mark Tilton, Mott the Hoople, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Brown, Overend Watts, Peter Hook, Preston, punk, Section 25, Sisters of Mercy, Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder, Steve Albini, TEDx, The Fall, The Membranes, The Undertones, Un-Peeled, Wardruna, Wolfhounds
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Beyond the Dandelion Adventure – having words with Ajay Saggar and Marcus Parnell
This story starts with The Membranes, because without that Lancashire post-punk band a singer known as Fat Mark and a lanky Asian indie kid called Ajay might never have met. That initial meeting came sometime in the mid-‘80s amid an … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Amsterdam, Blackpool, Blur, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Deutsche Ashram, John Peel, John Robb, Kevin Shields, King Champion Sounds, Mark E Smith, My Bloody Valentine, Preston, The Bent Moustache, The Boo Radleys, The Continental, The Fall, The Membranes, The Stranglers, Thurston Moore, Tuff Life Boogie
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Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
If a building really carries social history within its walls, there can be few greater examples in Lancashire than Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom. The ornate decoration throughout the Winter Gardens tells its own stories, and there’s no disguising the magic of … Continue reading
Testing the Big Band theory – the Jools Holland interview
It’s difficult to write about Jools Holland without going down the retro route. He is after all a man who carved out a career celebrating the best in popular music from the past century. His long-running BBC television show Later … Continue reading
Cleaning up with Crissy Rock – from Liverpool to Peterlee, via Benidorm
Award-winning actress, stand-up comic and best-selling author Crissy Rock is in a Teeside tailback, and has clearly forgotten our 11am phone date. We go ahead anyway, while Crissy inches slowly along amid A19 amid traffic gridlock, ‘hands-free’ communication and backup satellite … Continue reading
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