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Small World, but you wouldn’t want to paint it – entering the sonic sphere of Metronomy with Joe Mount
It’s sign of the times that barely a fortnight after Metronomy shared feelgood second single, ‘Things Will Be Fine’, from their forthcoming seventh album, sole ever-present member Joe Mount – newly returned from Paris – had been forced to temporarily … Continue reading
Truly making his mark – in conversation with Seth Lakeman
Seth Lakeman is back, and on the evidence of new LP, Make Your Mark, the last 18 months did nothing to blunt his creative prowess. Emerging from the long days, weeks and months of lockdown, the celebrated indie-folk singer-songwriter and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Pilgrim's Tale, Alex Hart, Ben Nicholls, Benji Kirkpatrick, Cara Dillon, Cornwall, Devon, Equation, folk, Freedom Fields, Honour Oak Records, Kate Rusby, Kitty jay, Lakeman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Make Your Mark, Penlee, Plymouth, Plymouth Argyle, Poor Man's Heaven, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Plant, Sam Lakeman, Sean Lakeman, Seth Lakeman, Solomon Browne, Stephane Grappelli, Toby Kearney
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Meeting Tim Keegan at Gate 2021 – the Departure Lounge interview
This time last year, it seemed as if we couldn’t move on the internet without some band or solo artist giving living room performances amid the first lockdown. It’s amazing how soon that became part of our musical world, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Walton, Ben Folds, Blue Aeroplanes, Chris Anderson, Departure Lounge, Devon, Grant McLennan, guildford, Homer, Jake Kyle, Janice Long, Jim Jiminee, Kevin Jamieson, Nashville, Nick Hannan, Pat hannan, Peter Buck, Peter Miles, Railroad Earth, REM, Richard Hawley, Ringo, Robert Forster, Robyn hitchcock, Rodney Allen, Romsey, The Deep Season, The Go-Betweens, Tim Keegan, Transmeridian, Violette Records, Worthing
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Saints preserve us – talking Cornershop’s England is a Garden with Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres
Cornershop are back with a new album, England is a Garden, three decades after they left Preston bound for world domination (starting in Leicester), and 22 years since Norman Cook’s remix of ‘Brimful of Asha’ led them to their sole … Continue reading
Aboard the Mothership with Hawkwind – the Dave Brock interview
It takes a while for Dave Brock to reach the phone, his wife Kris – a former Hawkwind dancer, these days the band’s manager – searching for him at their Devon base while their ‘very stubborn’ Hungarian Sheepdogs prove their … Continue reading
Still diving for pearls – the Elkie Brooks interview
At the end of February, Elkie Brooks turns 70, and that seems difficult to believe. In fact, the Lancashire-born vocal talent agrees, chipping in with, “Likewise!” Elkie, born Elaine Bookbinder in Broughton, Salford, and brought up in Prestwich, North Manchester, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Price, Devon, Elkie Brooks, Georgie Fame, Humphrey Lyttelton, lancashire, Lilac Wine, Pete Gage, Robert Palmer, Small Faces, The Beatles, The Lowry, Vinegar Joe
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