Tim BradfordAug 31, 20181 min readThe South Benfleet Folk OrchestraThe South Benfleet Folk Orchestra last night at Chalkwell Hall, accompanying the beautiful melancholy Estuary folk pop songs...
Tim BradfordSep 28, 20171 min readUnderground JazzWalking along the corridors at Holborn Tube I hear some comforting clarinet/alto saxophone jazz sounds wafting along and bouncing off the...
Tim BradfordOct 27, 20161 min readTerence O’Flaherty – The Fiddler’s ElbowTerence 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...
Tim BradfordNov 18, 20142 min readChatham County Line – Bush HallThis 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...
Tim BradfordSep 20, 20141 min readWillie Watson – live at The BorderlineThis 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...
Tim BradfordJun 20, 20133 min readThe Lightning Ensemble – Ryan’s Bar, Stoke NewingtonThe 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...
Tim BradfordAug 24, 20101 min readEntertainmentA 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...
Tim BradfordMay 6, 20101 min readCastrated Conservative CouncillorsOf 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...
Tim BradfordMar 25, 20101 min read‘Anticipation’ (Delta 5)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...
Tim BradfordMar 14, 20101 min readThe Allan ‘Sniffer’ Clarke/Mark E Smith Phenomenon#AllanSnifferClarke #football78stickers #MarkESmith
Tim BradfordMar 14, 20101 min readMy legendarily crap Bowie trousersIn 1982 I passed these on to my best mate to let him get hit and bought a pair of Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft black leather...
Tim BradfordApr 22, 20091 min readTreadmill late appointment simulation jogI 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...
Tim BradfordMar 5, 20091 min readThe Woman Out Of Hot GossipI'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...
Tim BradfordMar 10, 20062 min readSupporting Eric Random and the BedlamitesI’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...
Tim BradfordOct 1, 20041 min read‘Never Let Her Slip Away’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...
Tim BradfordSep 27, 20041 min readThe Wonderful Korg MS-10And if someone knocks on your door and says “Shite – I need to get a bass synth sound just like Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft used....
Tim BradfordSep 20, 20041 min readLondon CallingSeemingly out of the blue, my friend Lee asked me yesterday if I knew that The Clash had recorded the London Calling album in Highbury....
Tim BradfordDec 1, 20031 min readProcrastination techniquesI’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...
Tim BradfordApr 9, 20021 min readAled UpThe sound of Aled Jones singing fills the streets of Highbury Vale. Perhaps a fan of squeaky chorister recordings has moved in to the...
