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Waiting for the family to arrive – back in touch with Don Powell
If it’s Christmas, it must be time for another chat with a member of glam-rock legends Slade. And it seems that drumming colossus Don Powell has had another happening year. While the credits on 1973 classic ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ read … Continue reading
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
Moving Inside Out with The Mighty Lemon Drops – the David Newton interview
A look at my (mostly trusty) list of live shows attended reminds me it was 37 years ago this week (November 17th, 1985) that I first chanced upon The Mighty Lemon Drops, supporting That Petrol Emotion at The Agincourt in … Continue reading
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Learning new things with the passing of time – revisiting Never Loved Elvis and The Wonder Stuff with Miles Hunt
You can’t measure a band’s success on chart positions alone, but three decades ago The Wonder Stuff were still on the crest of a mighty wave that had been building since the release of their 1988 debut LP, The Eight-Legged … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Hunt, Birmingham, Black Country, Cities in the Park, Erica Nockalls, Fuzz Townshend, James Taylor, John Cooper Clarke, Malc Treese, Mark Gemini-Thwaite, Mark Radcliffe, Martin Gilks, Martin Hannett, Mega City 4, Miles Hunt, Morgan Nicholls, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Never Loved Elvis, Pete Howard, Preston Guild Hall, Senseless Things, Slade, Stourbridge, The Clash, The Move, The Wonder Stuff, Tim Sewell, Vent 414, Vic Reeves
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Christmas Wishing and Hoping for the Blessed – the Cerys Matthews interview
If the phone goes and it’s a private number, I’m often on the offensive, wondering what dodgy scheme or other someone’s out to try and sell to me. But there was really no need for Cerys Matthews to formally introduce … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas No.1, A Christmas Wish, Alfie Boe, All Through the Night, Baby It's Cold Outside, BBC Radio, Cardiff, Catatonia, Cerys Matthews, Dylan Thomas, Fairytale of New York, Freida Pinto, Gavin and Stacey, Guy Chambers, Helena Zengel, Hue williams, Iain Templeton, Iwan Rheon, John Cale, Jools Holland, Llangollen, Mark Roberts, National Lampoon, Owel Powell, Paul Jones, Slade, Space, Steve Abbott, Swansea, Tom Jones, Tommy Danvers, Tommy Scott, Wales, White Christmas
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Songs Sung Blue – Back in touch with Wolf Alice
It seems like it’s taken an age to come around, but the new Wolf Alice LP, Blue Weekend, finally lands today (June 4th), with the band set to return to the road for a full UK and Irish tour next … Continue reading
WriteWyattUK’s Guide to Finding Inspiration … In Spite of These Times, Pt. I
In which WriteWyattUK takes a look back – in quotation form – at the pick of our feature/interviews from 2020, the dreaded year the coronavirus carved a devastating impact on the music and arts scene. Click on the highlighted name … Continue reading
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Slade’s ultimate rockin’ survivor – back in touch with Don Powell
It was a grey and overcast day in Silkeborg, but Don Powell wasn’t overly bothered about that. “It’s just grey skies here, a bit overcast, but whatever. We’ve been pretty lucky here really, and after spending quite a bit of … Continue reading
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