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Tag Archives: Glastonbury Festival
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
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
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
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music
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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Return to Deeply Vale – in conversation with festival pioneer Chris Hewitt
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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Tagged Deeply Vale, Freddie Mercury, Glastonbury Festival, Gong, Graham Massey, Here and Now, Heywood, Ian Dury, John Peel, Morrissey, Nik Turner, Pink Floyd, Rochdale, Steve Hillage, The Fall, The Ruts
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The Levellers, for folk’s sake – the Mark Chadwick interview
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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Tagged A Weapon Called the Word, Abbey Road Studios, Beautiful Days, Brighton, Glastonbury Festival, Jeremy Cunningham, Joe Strummer, John Leckie, Led Zeppelin, Levellers, Levelling the Land, Mark Chadwick, Metway, The Clash, The Men They Couldn't Hang, We the Collective, Zeitgeist
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