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Searching for a love supreme – in conversation with Stone Foundation’s Neil Jones
It’s landing a fair few months later than planned, but Midlands-based soul collective Stone Foundation are finally set to release their latest studio album. And for these ears it’s possibly their best yet. Is Love Enough? is now due out … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Codling, Atherstone, Bettye Lavette, Carleen Anderson, Charles Rees, Coventry, Dookie Squad, Dr. Robert, Durand Jones, Ernie McKone, Everybody Anyone, Graham Parker, Hamish Stuart, Is Love Enough?, Laville, Lynval Golding, Mavis Staples, Mick Talbot, Mr Memory, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Nuneaton, paul weller, Peter Capaldi, St Ives, Steely Dan, Steve White, Stone Foundation, Street Rituals, Style Council, Sulene Fleming, Tamworth, The Specials
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How we got there – talking Together with The Vapors’ Dave Fenton
Four decades to the week of the release of their debut LP, The Vapors delivered a new album, and it’s one that proved beyond doubt the staying power of a band that were always about so much more than one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Foxton, Crazy, Dan Fenton, Dave Fenton, Ed Bazalgette, From The Jam, guildford, Howard Smith, Lewis Carroll, Magnets, Michael Bowes, Midnight Oil, New Clear Days, paul weller, Portmeirion, Steve Levine, Steve Smith, The Feeling, The Jam, The Vapors, Together, Turning Japanese
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Return to Orkney – back in touch with Erland Cooper
We’ll have to wait a while before we see acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper and his ensemble live again, but can at least transport ourselves to his spiritual neck of the woods in our imaginations through latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Band on the Wall, Bryan Ferry, Edwyn Collins, Erland Cooper, Hannah Peel, Hether Blether, John Burnside, Kathryn Joseph, King Creosote, KT Tunstall, London Contemporary Orchestra, Lottie Greenhow, Manchester, Orkney, paul weller, Peedie Breeks, Scotland, Simon Tong, Solan Goose, Sule Skerry, The Magnetic North, Tony Allen, Will Burns
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From Circular Quay to Monks Road and onwards – back in touch with Dr Robert about The Blow Monkeys
While sleet, high winds and plenty of rain battered my adopted Lancashire and Spanish intruder Storm Jorge followed in the wake of his pals Brendan, Ciara and Dennis, I found Robert Howard, aka Dr Robert, at home near Granada, enjoying … Continue reading
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Tagged Circular Quay, Curtis Mayfield, Digging Your Scene, Dr. Robert, Flatlands, Granada, King's Lynn, Kym Mazelle, Mick Anker, Monks Road Social, Neville Henry, paul weller, Realms of Gold, Robert Howard, Stone Foundation, Sydney, The Blow Monkeys, The Wild River
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Ignore Alien Orders – talking The Clash with Tony Beesley
As the 40th anniversary of The Clash’s acclaimed London Calling double-LP approaches, it’s time to not only remind you that a few copies remain of my biography of the band, This Day in Music’s Guide to The Clash (subtle hints, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Davie, Gary Crowley, Ignore Alien Orders, Joe Strummer, London Calling, Marc Bolan, Mescaleros, Mick Jones, Neil Sheasby, Our Generation, Paul Simonon, paul weller, Rawmarsh, Ray Gange, Sex Pistols, Sheffield, The Clash, The Jam, This Day in Music's Guide to The Clash, Tony Beesley, Topper Headon, Tracie Young, Walker
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The Selecter – Guildford G Live
As regular readers of this website know, Guildford and I go way back, and it was as a 13-year-old that I saw my first band at the Civic Hall, catching The Undertones on the Positive Touch tour, a mile and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, Boileroom, Boys Dreaming Soul, Coventry, Emily Capell, G Live, guildford, Guildford Civic Hall, paul weller, Pauline Black, Ranking Roger, Rhoda Dakar, ska, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter, The Specials, Too Much Pressure, Winston Marche
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Local hero at home among Orcadian soundscapes – the Erland Cooper interview
Erland Cooper was getting ready to head to the studio to continue work on his latest record when I called, but happy to hang back and discuss another hectic year. This talented singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Scotland’s Northern Isles … Continue reading
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Tagged Donegal, Erland and the Carnival, Erland Cooper, Game of Thrones, Hannah Peel, Jackson C. Frank, King Creosote, Lancaster Library, Leo Abrahams, Local Hero, London, Nest, Norman Ackroyd, Orkney, paul weller, Portia Coughlan, Public Service Broadcasting, Simon Tong, Solan Goose, Sule Skerry, The Good The Bad and The Queen, The Magnetic North, William Doyle, Youth
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Stone Foundation – Manchester Gorilla
The idea was to take the soul train to Manchester on Friday night, but Northern Rail shenanigans put paid to that, the state of the nation’s railways more ‘What’s Going On?’ than ‘People Get Ready’ right now, discussions over whether … Continue reading
