The South Benfleet Folk Orchestra
The South Benfleet Folk Orchestra last night at Chalkwell Hall, accompanying the beautiful melancholy Estuary folk pop songs...
The South Benfleet Folk Orchestra last night at Chalkwell Hall, accompanying the beautiful melancholy Estuary folk pop songs...
Walking along the corridors at Holborn Tube I hear some comforting clarinet/alto saxophone jazz sounds wafting along and bouncing off the...
Terence O’Flaherty’s voice is like an aged whiskey… it’s rich but it’s got an edge, which is what I love about it. So many Irish...
This is the second of what I hope will be a regular(ish) series of reviews in illustrated form. This is an old fashioned image map so you...
This is the first of what I hope will be a regular(ish) series of reviews in illustrated form. This is an old fashioned image map so you...
The Lightning Ensemble are already on stage when I arrive, after nine o’clock, due to our new boiler leaking and me having to wait for an...
A few years back I went with a mate to a Raincoats reunion gig at the T&C2 and, late on, encountered a-little-the-worse-for-wear Andy...
Of course, these are the sentiments of point-and-shout 15 year olds coming to terms with a whole year of Thatcherism. We got much more...
10 year old: That was good until they started singing. 7 year old: Why are they singing like that? They continue to look troubled as the...
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In 1982 I passed these on to my best mate to let him get hit and bought a pair of Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft black leather...
I did just over two and a half km on the treadmill in an attempt to recreate that excruciating jog to an appointment or interview on a...
I'm trying to remember the name of the singer who had that hit with Hot Gossip in 1978. 'I lost my heart to a starship trooper'. She was...
I’m at a time in my life right now in where I’m asking one of life’s important questions. What should I do with my Eros Les Paul Copy? I...
This morning I was sitting on the top deck of a no. 19 bus. Around Highbury Corner the conductor started to whistle the tune to Andrew...
And if someone knocks on your door and says “Shite – I need to get a bass synth sound just like Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft used....
Seemingly out of the blue, my friend Lee asked me yesterday if I knew that The Clash had recorded the London Calling album in Highbury....
I’m trying to finish an outline for a new travel book, which might be about the Vikings in some way. This planning stage is the hardest...
The sound of Aled Jones singing fills the streets of Highbury Vale. Perhaps a fan of squeaky chorister recordings has moved in to the...