Tag Archives: Pet Shop Boys

All hail the Lakeland echo sounders – talking Sea Power with Noble

Posted on February 18, 2022 by writewyattuk

I often wonder when talking to musicians deemed to have ‘made it’ how much of a part fate played in their success. There’s more often than not plenty of toil and heartache en route before that perceived rise to a … Continue reading →

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Stars in her eyes – the Bianca Kinane-Ewart interview

Posted on December 27, 2018 by writewyattuk

You can know a person a long time before you learn more about them. And such was the case for me with a professional singer as good as on my doorstep in Lancashire. I’d seen Bianca Kinane-Ewart out and about … Continue reading →

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The enduring appeal of Sparks – in conversation with Ron Mael

Posted on June 29, 2017 by writewyattuk

  Many of us of a certain age will recall the first time we heard American art-pop-rockers Sparks, a band that properly appeared on the UK chart radar around the time of the glam movement, sitting pretty comfortably amid an … Continue reading →

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When Daldry and Daltrey took up the London 2012 baton

Posted on August 13, 2012 by writewyattuk

There was little sign of life at Our House on Monday morning, the latest of several late nights clearly taking its toll after the party to mark the end of a truly spectacular event. My youngest was battling with her eyelids shortly … Continue reading →

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