Tag Archives: Leonard Cohen

Delivering the late bloomer’s last rider – the Ron Sexsmith interview

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

The morning I spoke to Ron Sexsmith, he was in the pensive frame of mind I might have expected. Despite leaving his adopted city of Toronto for a new base 90 miles away in Stratford, Ontario, barely a week before, … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Cole – Preston Guild Hall

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

We were two songs in on Monday night before our special guest deigned to talk to us, fixing us with something of a 1,000-yard stare while sussing out his audience before announcing, ‘You’re not getting any younger either’. It was … Continue reading →

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Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters (Scarlet Letter Records) – a writewyattuk review

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

From the moment the electric guitar chops signal the lead-off title track on Blackbirds, we’re in no doubt as to the underlying grit of Gretchen Peters’ latest 10-track opus. We certainly have a contender for a career-best outing here, the … Continue reading →

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