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Still acting nonchalant with The Searchers – the John McNally interview
John McNally was back home in Crosby when I called this week, barely five miles from his Kirkdale roots. It seems like he’s rarely there though, thanks to a punishing tour schedule for his band, The Searchers, one of the leading … Continue reading
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Tagged Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Frank Allen, Hamburg, Jackie DeShannon, Jerry Lee Lewis, John McNally, Liverpool, Mike Pender, Needles and Pins, Paul Du Noyer, Scott Allaway, Spencer James, Star-Club, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Iron Door, Tony West, When You Walk In the Room
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From The Jam – The Cavern Club Live Lounge, Liverpool
The hottest night of the year so far, and I was Going Underground. Not as a safe haven from the Sounds From the Street, but to hunker down and resolutely celebrate cultural values increasingly under attack. This was the first … Continue reading
Delivering the late bloomer’s last rider – the Ron Sexsmith interview
The morning I spoke to Ron Sexsmith, he was in the pensive frame of mind I might have expected. Despite leaving his adopted city of Toronto for a new base 90 miles away in Stratford, Ontario, barely a week before, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Rock, Canada, Carousel One, Chris Martin, Don Kerr, Elvis Costello, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Scott, Leonard Cohen, Michael Buble, Ontario, Paul McCartney, Ray Davies, Rod Stewart, Ron Sexsmith, St Catharines, Stratford, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Last Rider, The Tragically Hip, Toronto
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Exploring the enduring legacy of ABBA – the Carl Magnus Palm interview
In the week Lucie Jones flies the flag for the UK in Kiev at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest finals, it seemed apt to feature a recent interview with a Swede whose early memories of the competition centred around his … Continue reading
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Tagged Abba, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Bright Lights Dark Shadows, Carl Magnus Palm, Eurovision, Lucie Jones, Mark Lewisohn, Monica Zetterlund, Polar Music International, Siw Malmkwist, Smash Hits, Stockholm, Sweden, The Beatles, The Hep Stars, The Winner Takes It All, Voulez Vous
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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller
From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading
Yes yesterdays and todays – the Alan White interview
This coming summer, drummer and songwriter Alan White will have been in the band Yes for a staggering 44 years – give or take one worked gap-year. That equates to two-thirds of his 66 years and counting, so I guess … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Price, Alan White, All Things Must Pass, County Durham, Doris Troy, Drama, Fragile, Geoff Downes, George Harrison, George Martin, Imagine, John Lennon, Jon Anderson, Newcastle, Plastic Ono Band, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, The Beatles, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Washington, Yes
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