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Right on track with The Goa Express – in conversation with James Douglas Clarke
Rising indie guitar band The Goa Express are the sort of outfit that give me hope for the future of live music. The Manchester-based Burnley and Todmorden five-piece’s most recent single, ‘Everybody in the UK’, their ‘call-to-arms for togetherness in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Jonestown Massacre, Brighton, Burnley, Carnforth, Close Lobsters, Everybody in the UK, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Jack Saunders, James Donald Clarke, Joe Clarke, John Cooper Clarke, Kendal Calling, lancashire, Manchester, Mark Gardener, Milltown Brothers, Ride, Ross Orton, Spaceman 3, Steve Lamacq, The goa Express, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Todmorden, Zeitgeist
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Taking the Long Road home – the Milltown Brothers interview
Matt Nelson is on his way home from work to Burnley, having moved back to the North-West around a dozen years ago. Milltown Brothers’ chief singer-songwriter is a family man these days, a dad-of-three who runs a visual effects film … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnley, Colne, Gigantic, Here I Stand, lancashire, Long Road, Manchester Academy, Matt Nelson, Milltown Brothers, Nian Brindle, Preston Front, Simon Nelson, Slinky, The La's
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Stepping Stones to the big time – the Paul Carrack interview
When I introduce myself to Paul Carrack on the phone, telling him I’m putting together something for a Lancashire publication, his gruff Northern response is, “You don’t sound very Lancastrian.” I add more detail, explaining how I’ve got around a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace, Burnley, Glenn Tilbrook, Mike + The Mechanics, Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Preston, Sheffield, Sheffield Wednesday, Squeeze, The Eagles, Warm Dust
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Tubthumping, suffragism and pantheism – the Boff Whalley interview
With ‘one-woman suffragette musical’ Wrong ‘Un about to embark on a 21-day national run, starting at The Lowry Studio, Salford Quays, writewyattuk caught up with the play’s author on the phone from his home in West Yorkshire. Lancashire-born and bred … Continue reading