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WriteWyattUK’s Guide to Finding Inspiration … In Spite of These Times, pt. II

Posted on December 31, 2020 by writewyattuk

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 →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Accrington, Action Records, Andy Crofts, Babyshakes, Bad Company, Beabadoobee, BOB, Bradford, Carl Hunter, Chorley Theatre, Cigar Box Blues, Conor Deegan, Dave Hemingway, Dave Hodgson, David Gedge, Don Powell, Everything Everything, Ewan Butler, Folk Devils, Fontaines D.C., Free, Ginnel, Gordon Gibson, Grant Keir, Heavenly Recordings, Hull, Ian Robinson, Jeremy Pritchard, Jon Anderson, Kate Stables, lancashire, Liverpool, Mark Wareing, Neil Jones, Nick Clift, On the Wire, paul weller, Ray Gange, Richard Blackborow, Richard Farnell, Robin Turner, Rude Boy, Saunder Jurriaans, Simon Kirke, Slade, Steve Barker, Stone Foundation, The Beautiful South, The Clash, The Housemartins, The Psychedelic Furs, The Undertones, The Wedding Present, This is the Kit, Tim Butler, Vinyl Exchange, Virginia Heath | Leave a comment

Searching for a love supreme – in conversation with Stone Foundation’s Neil Jones

Posted on September 9, 2020 by writewyattuk

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 →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | 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 | Leave a comment

From Circular Quay to Monks Road and onwards – back in touch with Dr Robert about The Blow Monkeys

Posted on March 5, 2020 by writewyattuk

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 →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | 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 | 1 Comment

Another year over … a new one just begun – WriteWyattUK’s live story of 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by writewyattuk

As December 30th became December 31st, we slipped into Ramones Night apparently, the seminal NYC punk outfit’s ’20-20-24 hours to go’ from 1978’s ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ neatly reinterpreted. And that, subliminally – as is the case with a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged AVA, Beabadoobee, Big Country, BOB, Buzzcocks, Edwyn Collins, Fisherman's Friends, Fontaines D.C., Geno Washington, Glenn Tilbrook, Icicle Works, London Calling, Mott the Hoople, Neil Innes, Neville Staple, Nouvelle Vague, Penetration, Pete Shelley, Pip Blom, Ramones, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Hawley, Robert Forster, Rutles, Skids, Steve Harley, Stone Foundation, The Amber List, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Selecter, The Sha La La's, The Suncharms, The Undertones, The Wedding Present, Vinny Peculiar, Wilko Johnson | Leave a comment

WriteWyattUK 2019, in quotes, part two – the final six months

Posted on December 30, 2019 by writewyattuk

With 2020 knocking at the door, us at WriteWyattUK Towers (OK … just me) thought it high time to deliver the second part of this site’s highlights from the last 12 months in quote form, covering from July to December. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Ash, Babybird, Beabadoobee, Bez, BOB, Buzzcocks, Carl Hunter, Chris Amoo, Craig Reid, Dave Fenton, Davey Goldsworthy, David Bowie, Dean Leggett, Debbie Horsfield, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Eddie Amoo, Edwyn Collins, Erland Cooper, Grace Maxwell, Happy Mondays, Hugh Cornwell, Hugh Harris, Ian McNabb, Jeffrey Lewis, Jon McClure, Kooks, Matteo Sedazzari, Mick Shepherd, Neil Sheasby, New York, Orkney, paul weller, Pauline Black, Pete Shelley, Poldark, Ranking Roger, Reverend and The Makers, Rick McMurray, Simon Barber, Sometimes Always Never, Stephen Jones, Steve Diggle, Stone Foundation, The Amber List, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Farm, The Icicle Works, The Proclaimers, The Psychedelic Furs, The Real Thing, The Selecter, The Stranglers, The Vapors, Tim Butler, Tony Beesley, Vinny Peculiar | Leave a comment

Stone Foundation – Manchester Gorilla

Posted on November 3, 2019 by writewyattuk

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 →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Curtis Mayfield, Everybody Anyone, Gorilla, Graham Parker, Hamish Stuart, Manchester, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, paul weller, Stone Foundation, Street Rituals, Style Council | 1 Comment

From The In Crowd and onwards – talking Boys Dreaming Soul and Stone Foundation with Neil Sheasby

Posted on October 17, 2019 by writewyattuk

After successive UK top-30 albums, it’s fair to say Midlands soul collective Stone Foundation are on a high, the success of 2017’s Street Rituals followed by last year’s Everybody, Anyone, another long player recorded at Paul Weller’s Black Barn Studios … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Atherstone, Boys Dreaming Soul, Curtis Mayfield, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Edwin Starr, Graham Parker, Hammy, Hinckley, Kevin Rowland, Madness, Mod, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Northern Soul, Paul Hanlon, Paul Speare, paul weller, Phil Ford, Richard Barnes, Stone Foundation, The Jam, Van Morrison | 2 Comments

January to June 2017 – the writewyattuk review: the first six months …

Posted on December 22, 2017 by writewyattuk

Blue Aeroplanes frontman Gerard Langley on the band’s early days: “When we started out, we got out of Bristol as much as we could, but would often be third on the bill, playing without a soundcheck. We thought we’d just run … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Abba, Alex Neilson, alt-J, Andy Bell, Benny Andersson, Blondie, Blue Aeroplanes, Brendan Cole, Brian Epstein, Bruce Foxton, Captain Beefheart, Carl Magnus Palm, Chris Stein, Del Amitri, Den Davis, Denny Walley, Doug Perkins and the Spectaculars, Dunfermline, Erasure, Frank Zappa, From The Jam, Gerard Langley, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, J Willgoose Esq, James Taylor, James Taylor Quartet, John McNally, John Peel, Jose Jacobs, Justin Currie, Katrina and the Waves, Katrina Leskanich, Leo Sayer, Lloyd Cole, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Buble, Mott the Hoople, Neil Sheasby, Orange Juice, paul weller, Public Service Broadcasting, Richard Jobson, Ron Mael, Ron Sexsmith, Rose McDowall, Runshaw College, Russell Hastings, Simon Barber, Sparks, Stone Foundation, Strawberry Switchblade, Strictly Come Dancing, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Jam, The Searchers, The Skids, Trembling Bells, Vince Clarke | Leave a comment

Behold the Stone Foundation – the Neil Sheasby interview

Posted on April 28, 2017 by writewyattuk

US broadcaster David Brinkley is quoted as saying, ‘A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her’. And Neil Sheasby knows a fair bit about all that. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Atherstone, Bettye Lavette, Curtis Mayfield, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dr. Robert, Graham Parker, Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Ocean Colour Scene, paul weller, Stax, Steve Cradock, Stone Foundation, Street Rituals, Tamworth, the Impressions, The Jam, The Proclaimers, The Specials, The Style Council, William Bell | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Stone Foundation

WriteWyattUK’s Guide to Finding Inspiration … In Spite of These Times, pt. II

Searching for a love supreme – in conversation with Stone Foundation’s Neil Jones

Another year over … a new one just begun – WriteWyattUK’s live story of 2019

WriteWyattUK 2019, in quotes, part two – the final six months

Stone Foundation – Manchester Gorilla

From The In Crowd and onwards – talking Boys Dreaming Soul and Stone Foundation with Neil Sheasby

January to June 2017 – the writewyattuk review: the first six months …

Behold the Stone Foundation – the Neil Sheasby interview

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