Tag Archives: Burnley

Right on track with The Goa Express – in conversation with James Douglas Clarke

Posted on May 12, 2022 by writewyattuk

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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Broadcasting On the Wire after all these years – in conversation with Steve Barker

Posted on July 13, 2020 by writewyattuk

It’s been 42 years since St Annes-based East Lancs lad Steve Barker made his broadcasting debut on Radio Blackburn, his contributions to the RPM magazine show leading to him helping usher in the 1980s with follow-up, Spin Off, and in … Continue reading →

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Remembering Brian Pilkington, and Burnley’s 1959/60 title win

Posted on May 3, 2020 by writewyattuk

This weekend 60 years ago, Burnley were crowned league champions after a last-day victory at Manchester City, just the excuse needed to finally post about former Clarets star and England international Brian Pilkington, a near-neighbour and old friend who died … Continue reading →

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Taking the Long Road home – the Milltown Brothers interview

Posted on May 15, 2015 by writewyattuk

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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Stepping Stones to the big time – the Paul Carrack interview

Posted on October 31, 2014 by writewyattuk

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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Scotch and water, claret and blues – The Spin Doctors at Burnley Mechanics

Posted on February 21, 2014 by writewyattuk

I remember a lad from Detroit that I met on my travels who genuinely seemed to think Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a documentary, believing all Brits wore bowler hats and probably had ludicrous walks to match. In no way am … Continue reading →

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Tubthumping, suffragism and pantheism – the Boff Whalley interview

Posted on January 17, 2014 by writewyattuk

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 →

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