Tag Archives: Tony Visconti

Animal instincts – entering the world of LUMP with Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay

Posted on June 14, 2021 by writewyattuk

It was a creative project borne out of a chance meeting five years ago at a bowling alley inside The O2 in South-East London, while Laura Marling was supporting Neil Young on a UK arena tour. Two days later, Laura … Continue reading →

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Behold what she has done – back in touch with Hazel O’Connor

Posted on November 9, 2018 by writewyattuk

Hazel O’Connor was at home in County Wicklow when I caught up with her, after a long haul from a gig in Taunton, Somerset, including a late-night Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire ferry. “My boat got me in about half past midnight. It’s … Continue reading →

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A question of life balance – the Justin Hayward interview

Posted on April 27, 2018 by writewyattuk

If I made Justin Hayward feel old right from the outset of our conversation, he had the good grace to laugh and carry on talking to me. My genuine respect for his back-catalogue probably helped, mind. I was telling him … Continue reading →

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Remembering Bowie, through Sound and Vision

Posted on January 12, 2016 by writewyattuk

There’s not a lot I can write here that hasn’t been covered elsewhere, but I couldn’t let the week pass without my own tribute to David Bowie, who left us on Sunday, January 10th, 2016, two days after his 69th … Continue reading →

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Where we are now – Bowie 2013 style

Posted on March 4, 2013 by writewyattuk

In which writewyattuk gets in a few early listens of the eagerly-awaited new David Bowie LP, The Next Day, and is suitably impressed … EVEN the cover of David Bowie’s new album is something of a statement, a blanked-out version … Continue reading →

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