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Stepping back to gain perspective with The Proclaimers – the Charlie Reid interview
This weekend, Cooking Vinyl release Angry Cyclist, the 11th studio album from The Proclaimers, with plenty of dates between now and the end of the year to celebrate on both sides of the Atlantic. Their first LP since 2015’s Let’s Hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Cyclist, Canada, Charlie Reid, Cornwall, Craig Reid, Dave Eringa, David Tennant, Dexy's, Edinburgh, Fife, Glastonbury Festival, Hibs, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), John Williams, Kevin Rowland, Paul Simon, Scotland, Shrek, Stephen Greenhorn, Steve Earle, Sunshine on Leith, The Clash, The Housemartins, The Proclaimers, This is the Story
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Continuing Songs of The South – in conversation with Gaz Birtles
When founder member Dave Hemingway and long-serving keyboard player Damon Butcher called time late last year on live involvement with The South – the band that rose from the ashes of The Beautiful South – discussions followed about what to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Wheeler, Andy Mackay, Crazyhead, Damon Butcher, Dave Hemingway, David Rotheray, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Laurel Aitken, Leicester, Paul Heaton, Roxy Music, Su Robinson, The Beautiful South, The Housemartins, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels
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Juplicity: strong, warm, wild and free – the Phill Jupitus interview
It was ‘early doors’ and stand-up comic/actor/performance poet/cartoonist/radio presenter/TV stalwart (perm any two from six there) Phill Jupitus was in Leeds, preparing to head to his next gig, 230 miles south in Tunbridge Wells. But he was at least set … Continue reading
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Tagged Attila the Stockbroker, BBC Radio 6 Music, Billy Bragg, Blockheads, Chorley Little Theatre, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Essex, Kirsty MacColl, Leeds City Varieties, Madness, Mickey Hutton, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Noel Fielding, paul weller, Phill Jupitus, Porky the Poet, Red Wedge, Richmond Georgian Theatre Royal, Sean Hughes, Stewart Lee, The Housemartins, West Ham United
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