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Tag Archives: Glastonbury Festival
Awakened by the Sound of the Morning – the Katy J Pearson interview
Katy J Pearson is powering her way through what’s shaping up to be a huge summer for her, promoting new album Sound of the Morning, out now via Heavenly Recordings. Having already delivered a string of well received record shop … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligator, Ardyn, Bristol, Float, Glastonbury Festival, Gloucestershire, Gwenno, Heavenly Recordings, Kate Bush, Katy J Pearson, Later with Jools, Oliver wilde, Orlando Weeks, Paul McGann, Pip Blom, Samantha Crain, Sound of the Morning, Stevie Nicks, Stroud, Talk over Town, The Unthanks, The Wicker Man, Willow's Song, Withnail & I
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Remembering the Bickershaw Festival, 50 years on – back in conversation with Chris Hewitt
With Glastonbury behind us for another year, give or take BBC iPlayer highlights, there’s still plenty to savour on the festival calendar, but in this feature I’ll head far further north and back 50 years, to one of the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bickershaw, Bickershaw Festival, Bohemian Rhapsody, Captain Beefheart, CH Vintage Audio, Chris Hewitt, Dandelion Records, Deeply Vale, Elvis Costello, Glastonbury Festival, Harry Cohen, Isle of Wight Festival, Jeremy Beadle, Joe Strummer, John Peel, Northwich, Paul Rowley, Peter J Harris, Peter Trollope, Pink Floyd, Pistol, Rivington Pike Free Festival, Rochdale College, rocketman, The Development of Large Rock Sound Systems, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Tractor, Woodstock
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WriteWyattUK’s year in quotes, 2021 – part one (January to June)
As another challenging year moves towards its stuttering conclusion, here’s the first half of my 12-month review of sorts, featuring quotes prised from the collected words of the WriteWyattUK website in 2021, involving the opening six months as the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Holmes, All the Colours of You, Amelia Fletcher, Andy Strickland, Beautiful People, Birling Gap, Boo Hewerdine, Brexit, Brick Briscoe, Brix and the Extricated, Brix Smith, Catenary Wires, Cathal Coughlan, CBGB's, David Stark, Departure Lounge, Du Kane, Eddi Reader, Ellie Rowsell, Femi Kuti, Glastonbury Festival, Holly Ross, Iain Templeton, Indiana, Jacinda Ardern, Jacknife Lee, James, Jaz Coleman, Jim Glennie, Joey Ramone, John Robb, K÷, King Rocker, Laura Marling, Lee Mavers, LUMP, Made Kuti, Martin Stephenson, Membranes, Mick Carroll, Mike Lindsay, Monty don, New York, New Zealand, NHS, Nigeria, Pete hughes, Peter Hook, Preston, Provincials, Rob Pursey, Robert Lloyd, Seb Hunter, Shack, Steve Hanley, Stoned Rose, The Beatles, The Bible, The Daintees, The Fall, The Ferret, The La's, The Loft, The Lovely Eggs, The Nightingales, Tim Allen, Tim Booth, Tim Keegan, Tunng, William Doyle, Wolf Alice, Yellow Submarine
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Up, up and away – a late introduction to Magic Roundabout
Once upon a long ago, there was a band – described by their modern-day label as ‘criminally-unheard Manchester noisemakers’ – that borrowed its name from a hit UK children’s TV show that itself started life in a very different form … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McGee, Backdraft, Bolton, Glastonbury Festival, Ian Masters, Inspiral Carpets, Jack White, James, Julian Cope, Karrie Price, Leeds, Linda Jennings, Loop, Magic Roundabout, Manchester, Mark E Smith, Mark Webber, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Davidson, Pale Saints, Paul Chadwick, Spaceman 3, The blue Aeroplanes, The Boardwalk, The Fall, The Flatmates, The Shop Assistants, the Velvet Underground, Third Man Records, Tony Wilson, Up, Warren Defever, Zodiac Mindwarp
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Coming to an understanding of myself – the Liam Ó Maonlaí interview
It’s not often that world-renowned singer-songwriters – not least those from Dublin – end solo tours on the outskirts of Preston, Lancashire. But Liam Ó Maonlaí’s rarely one to take a conventional route.Hothouse Flowers frontman Liam’s Routes Music-promoted 11-date tour … Continue reading
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Tagged ALT, Andy White, big Love, Bono, Dublin, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Glastonbury Festival, Hothouse Flowers, Hungry Bentley, Inhaler, Jacquelyn Hynes, Kevin Shields, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Martin Stephenson, My Bloody Valentine, Penwortham, The Complex, The Waterboys, Tim Finn, Transatlantic Sessions, U2, White Sail
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2-4-6-8 motorway networking with Pip Blom
It was a ‘sunny-ish’ day in Amsterdam (her word, not mine) when I caught up with Pip Blom, lead singer and guitarist of the group of the same name, soon to release their second LP. And let’s face it, chatting … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Big Jelly Studios, Boat, Caesar Edmunds, Danny Griffioen, Darek Mercks, Gini Cameron, Glastonbury Festival, Heavenly Recordings, Isabelle Griffioen, Manchester, National Lottery, Netherlands, Pip Blom, Ramsgate, Revive Live, Sara Elzinga, Tender Blom, Welcome Break
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Years on the clock, but magic in the songbook – the Craig Reid interview
It’s been a busy year for The Proclaimers, still promoting last year’s mighty Angry Cyclist album with live dates here, there and everywhere, clocking up a hell of a lot more than 500 miles and 500 more so far. But … Continue reading
Just past the crossroads – back in touch with Mark Radcliffe
When much-loved BBC radio and TV broadcaster, musician and writer Mark Radcliffe announced on air he was receiving treatment for cancer, I think we all feared the worst. Boltonian Mark, this weekend co-presenting TV coverage of the 2019 Glastonbury Festival, … Continue reading
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Tagged #SpeakOut, Bluedot Festival, Cotton Clouds, Crossroads, Galleon Blast, Glastonbury Festival, John Peel, Kendal Calling, Kraftwerk, Mark Radcliffe, Noddy Holder, North West Cancer Research, Paul Langley, Roy Wood, Stuart Maconie, The Folk Show, Tools You Can Trust, Une
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Whatever floats your Boat – the Pip Blom interview
In a sense, perhaps it was almost inevitable that Pip Blom would follow her parents into the alternative music market. It’s now three years since this Amsterdam-based singer-songwriter first shared her somewhat raw, lo-fi brand of indie guitar pop with … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Band on the Wall, Eton Crop, Glastonbury Festival, John Peel, Kim Deal, Manchester, Micachu and the Shapes, Netherlands, Pip Blom, reading, The Breeders
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Stepping back to gain perspective with The Proclaimers – the Charlie Reid interview
This weekend, Cooking Vinyl release Angry Cyclist, the 11th studio album from The Proclaimers, with plenty of dates between now and the end of the year to celebrate on both sides of the Atlantic. Their first LP since 2015’s Let’s Hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Cyclist, Canada, Charlie Reid, Cornwall, Craig Reid, Dave Eringa, David Tennant, Dexy's, Edinburgh, Fife, Glastonbury Festival, Hibs, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), John Williams, Kevin Rowland, Paul Simon, Scotland, Shrek, Stephen Greenhorn, Steve Earle, Sunshine on Leith, The Clash, The Housemartins, The Proclaimers, This is the Story
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