Tag Archives: Glastonbury Festival

Just past the crossroads – back in touch with Mark Radcliffe

Posted on June 29, 2019 by

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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Whatever floats your Boat – the Pip Blom interview

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

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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Stepping back to gain perspective with The Proclaimers – the Charlie Reid interview

Posted on August 9, 2018 by

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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Return to Deeply Vale – in conversation with festival pioneer Chris Hewitt

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Forty years ago, an estimated 20,000 punters congregated in the North West of England for the third of the legendary if somewhat quirky Deeply Vale free festivals, just two years after 300 attended the first. Those looking on and duly … Continue reading →

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The Levellers, for folk’s sake – the Mark Chadwick interview

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Three decades ago, a conversation in a pub in a busy South coast resort led to the newly-introduced Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham discovering they had plenty in common, not least their political world-view and taste in music. As guitarist … Continue reading →

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