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Rising up, morning, noon and night – talking No Names with Ian Prowse
There’s a lot to be said for meeting your heroes, and while we occasionally hear associated horror stories, for most of us it’s nearly always a positive experience. And that was certainly the case for Pele and Amsterdam frontman turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Bobby Sands, Bruce Springsteen, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Dexy's, Ellesmere Port, Elvis Costello, Fiona McConnell, Get Happy, Graham Parker, Ian Prowse, Jarod Clemons, John Lennon, Liverpool, Merseyside, Mick Head, No Names, Paul McCartney, Pele, sam Fender, She Sings, The Clash, The cleaner, the Pogues, The Specials, The Stranglers, The Waterboys, Wakefield, Wings
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Paying attention to Detail – in conversation with Claire Mahoney, author, magazine editor, and modernist
‘It’s like a heat wave, it’s burning in my heart.I can’t keep from burning, it’s tearing me apart…’ The weather was a little challenging when I caught up with Claire Mahoney, the first couple of minutes of our conversation involving … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Films & TV, Music
Tagged Cardiff, Claire Mahoney, DC Fontana, Detail, Jalen NGonda, Liverpool, Magazine, Mod, Modernism, Music, paul weller, review, reviews, Rick Buckler, Stone Foundation, The Jam, The Style Council, writing, Zombies
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Wham! Bam! Thank You, Slade!
Fifty years ago this week, Slade were deep into their ‘Thanks for the Memory’ tour, on the back of the release of Slade in Flame, the cult movie about to get the remaster treatment five decades later, back on the … Continue reading
The Undertones / Ruts DC, Liverpool, Hangar 34
It’s always so good to catch The Undertones live, with last Thursday night no exception… exceptional as they always are. What’s more, this marked my official North-West big show farewell before an impending move to Cornwall. And coming on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon's Burning, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Dave Ruffy, Hangar 34, Hypnotised, In a Rut, John O'Neill, Leigh heggarty, Liverpool, Malcolm Owen, Mickey Bradley, Music, Paul McLoone, Pete Wylie, Positive Touch, Ruts Dc, Segs Jennings, Teenage Kicks, The Rezillos, The Undertones, travel
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Echoes of The Bunnymen – Preston, The Continental
I was nervous enough ahead of this live show, let alone the band. Four fellas with deserved acclaim for their own adventures in music tackle a tribute set to a much-loved Liverpool outfit with such a revered back catalogue… and … Continue reading
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Tagged Crocodiles, Echo and the Bunnymen, Echoes of the Bunnymen, Heaven Up Here, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Liverpool, Mick Shepherd, Ocean Rain, Pete de Freitas, Porcupine, Preston, Scott Carey, Simon Dewhurst, The Continental, Tony Cornwell, Will Sergeant
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Slade Alive at Christmas – a two-decade trip down Memory Lane … towards Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
There’s a rather wonderful website out there listing more than 20 years of live performances for Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell, marking Slade’s evolution from their time with the bands that preceded the Black Country’s finest … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Ambrose Slade, Dave Hemingway, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Hammersmith Odeon, Jim lea, Liverpool, Noddy Holder, Royal Court Theatre, Slade, Spenwood books, Sweet, the Vendors, Top of the Pops, walsall, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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Journey to the Art of Darkness – talking The History of Goth with John Robb
Ah, the dreaded label. An integral part of music culture down the years, but an all too easy way to categorise, and often proving nonsense. Punk, post-punk, alternative, indie, indie pop, twee pop, shoegaze, soul, funk, jazz funk, heavy soul, … Continue reading
Missing You – a tribute to Terry Hall and Iain ‘Tempo’ Templeton
“Love, there was so much love, enough to last a hundred years. Laughs, we had so many laughs, how come they turned into tears?” I wasn’t sure it was common knowledge when I got the sad message from Iain ‘Tempo’ … Continue reading
Star treatment – back in touch with Ian Broudie, talking Lightning Seeds
It seems a negative way to start this feature, but other than reaching No.1 in the UK singles chart three times with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner with ‘Three Lions’ (in 1996, 1998, and 2018, for a song seemingly everywhere … Continue reading
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Tagged Adele Emmas, Cloudcuckooland, Echo and the Bunnymen, Emily Smiles, Ian Broudie, James Skelly, Jim Sharrock, Jollification, Lightning Seeds, Liverpool, Marine Research, Martyn Campbell, Pale Fountains, Riley Broudie, See You in the Stars, Terry Hall, The Coral, The Zutons, Three Lions, Wrexham FC
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