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Looking beyond the lockdowns – the Provincials feature/interview
Ground-breaking singer/songwriter turned broadcaster and double WriteWyattUK interviewee Tom Robinson described Provincials on his BBC 6 Music show as ‘poetic, brooding, resonant and menacing’, with ‘an edge of Ennio Morricone’, while The Independent deemed them, ‘by turns ethereal, unsettling and … Continue reading
Creating soundscapes, drawn from life at home and abroad – the Brick Briscoe interview
Brick Briscoe was editing his TV show at his home studio in Petersburg, Indiana, when I called last week, needing it submitted by Sunday night ahead of an air date of February 11th. “I’m almost done – get off my … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Any Road, Arizona, Billy Bragg, Brick Briscoe, Camper Van Beethoven, cancer, CBGB's, COVID-19, Frank Funaro, Indiana, Joey Ramone, Los Angeles, My Favorite Los Angeles Restaurant, New Harmony, New York, paul weller, Petersburg, Phoenix, R Dean Taylor, Ramones, Saunder Jurriaans, Television, The Blue Jean Bridge, The Clash, The Dictators, The Song Show
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More songs about water and power, This is the Kit style – the Kate Stables interview
This is the Kit’s latest long player, Off Off On, is a record that quickly gets under your skin, somehow tapping into key themes of this testing year, despite being written pre-pandemic. The alias of Kate Stables (guitar, banjo, vocals) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Coming to Get You Nowhere, COVID-19, Hold Steady, Jamie Whitby-Coles, Jesse D Vernon, Josh Kaufman, Kate Stables, Neil Smith, Off Off On, Oli Middleton, Paris, Peter Gabriel, Real World Studios, Royal Albert Hall, Rozi Plain, Taylor Swift, This is the Kit
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Going viral, 2020 style …
This is a WriteWyattUK public service announcement … without guitars. Hereby follows a written intermission, after a testing fortnight on the home front in which this website’s sole scribe finally succumbed to the dreaded coronavirus. Normal service will be resumed … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music
Tagged Boris Johnson, Cornwall, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dido Harding, lancashire, NHS, Sheffield, Surrey
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West Coast aspirations, dreams and realisation – the Karima Francis interview
There’s a new single out from Karima Francis, 11 years beyond feted debut LP, The Author. And it signals a welcome return for this acclaimed Blackpool singer-songwriter, currently based in London after a spell in Los Angeles. ‘Orange Rose’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpool, COVID-19, Dan Austin, Flood, Get it Loud in Libraries, Hugh Cornwell, John Robb, Karima Francis, Katie Von Schleicher, Ken Nelson, Las Vegas, Orange Rose, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten, Shelf Life, The author, The Stranglers, Tim Carr, Venice Beach
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