And I agree with @locust about the Courtney Marie Andrews as well; it’s a fine record and a real grower.

Sad loss – his work is so joyous and full of life that it is hard to imagine him no longer with us. We saw the big immersive digital show as well but the one I really treasure was his Royal Academy show some years […]

My God. That’s remarkable. I’m in awe of people who can somehow come back from utter tragedy as he has and express their feelings through their art like this. ‘I’ve stood sentry at the tower of song for far t […]

I’m not sure anything new has truly excited me so far this year but I have enjoyed these: Juni Habel – Evergreen in Your Mind Spare, intimate performances from this young Norwegian singer songwriter Saoud M […]

I’m just trying to imagine how your girlfriend’s mum shared this information with her daughter! They must have had a very honest and open relationship…

Cosmos Factory – the very first record I have ever bought and it still sounds fresh to me; a great record. Willy and the Poor Boys is also essential mind you. Funnily enough I played Bop till you Drop the other […]

Saw In the cinema, The Christophers which I’m afraid unlike other esteemed Afterworders I didn’t really enjoy at all. Not enough substance in the material and two performances which felt self consciously act […]

Very sad loss. The comments from those who knew and worked with him do suggest he was genuinely one of the good guys. We’re working our way through Ted Lasso at the moment (yes, I know, late to the party) a […]

Yes me too; had never made the connection until I read the obit today.

Which previously unknown (to me) information has just destroyed all illusions I had about the wonderful Cheryl Hines, you bastard….

Blue Rose Code – Glasgow Rain Capercaillie – Stinging Rain Although I do wonder if this is an exercise in confirmation bias – I mean, there are a LOT of songs about rain. There’s even one by a bunch of […]

Nigel – ‘I think the Horst Wessel song, don’t you? Nothing like a jolly upbeat drinking song to show what a man of the people I am and the metropolitan woke Guardinistas will hate it.’ Panicky advisor – ‘Yes […]

‘ A Reform source told The Times: “We approached the BBC as we thought it would be a no-brainer with Keir and Kemi going on, but it would appear they have a ban on Reform — the party has led in the opinion polls […]

Bob Dylan Van Morrison (who seems to be getting a lot of votes here) And to contrast, The Beatles or The Stones. Oh Ok, The Beatles it is. Alternatively Beethoven, Shostakovich and Mozart would keep me occupied.

If Rough and Rowdy Ways turns out to be his last album it’ll be up there with Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Beethoven’s late string quartets and TS Eliots Four Quartets as a wonderful late flowering by a major artis […]

Lovely piece Bingo. And I say that as a Tottenham fan. From what I have seen Arsenal are indeed ‘boring boring Arsenal again’. The greed of modern football, the corrupt money and ownerships, and the ugly […]

I chose Tottenham Hotspur when I was eight or nine. The fact that they were based in London several hundred miles and across the Irish Sea from where I lived was unimportant.; Jimmy Greaves, Pat Jennings, Alan […]

Couple of reviews from Liverpool: The Telegraph gave it a great review as well but its behind a paywall

Nice review – as you mentioned, some variations in set from Liverpool but clearly a similar vibe.

I’d forgotten that terrific review Dai – sounds like a great concert, and a fair amount of overlap in setlist compared to now, but still ringing the changes.