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A Christmas gift for you from Swansea Sound – back in touch with Rob Pursey
This time last year, Swansea Sound were reflecting on a happening few months, this indie-pop supergroup of sorts, founded remotely mid-lockdown, not even having met in person until their late August 2021 debut at Lancashire’s Preston Pop Fest, yet soon … Continue reading
Turning on, dropping by and tuning in for the Swansea Sound experience – off to the Vale of Glam with Hue Williams
With so many new records in recent months it’s often been a case of ‘out at last’, albums long delayed after 18 or so months of lockdowns and various restrictions. But not the delightful debut LP from the remotely assembled … Continue reading
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Over the Birling Gap with The Catenary Wires – the Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey interview
It was meant to be. The day we spoke, May 24, opening with me listening to Tallulah by The Go-Betweens, that 1987 taste of striped sunlight including a namecheck for that date on the evocative ‘Bye Bye Pride’. And 1987 … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Andy Lewis, Birling Gap, Bristol, Canterbury, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Gedge, Elizabeth Price, Fay Hallam, Frampton Cotterell, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, John Peel, Kent, Lee Hazlewood, Marine Research, Nancy Sinatra, Oxford, Pete Astor, Peter frampton, Peter Momtchiloff, Preston, Rob Pursey, Robert Wyatt, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires, The five Year Plan, The Go-Betweens, The Pooh Sticks, The Wedding Present
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Down from The Loft and virtually coming your way – the Pete Astor interview
Three weeks after our initial chat, my latest interviewee was updating me on recent developments while publicising two live shows direct from his place this weekend – in lieu of a cancelled tour – and organising online seminars and lectures … Continue reading
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