Never read the book, seen the film or even heard the Gigspanner project (despite being a massive Edgelarks fan), so I don’t have an emotional investment in the Salt Path drama. I read the Observer article and t […]

Cheers, I think I’m following you back. The thing with Substack is that it feels worthwhile just to have it ‘out there’ even if I only have five people seeing each post, rather than a poxy Tweet or FB post which […]

I’m on there (for free) and rather enjoying it, having spent the last 20 years telling people I’ll never do a blog! I’m sharing music stuff, digging out old articles from fRoots days, recommending gigs, using […]

Bridgwater. Uhmmmmm…

I rarely book ahead, and think all I’ve paid for so far is the Oysterband in Canterbury and Peggy Seeger in London, both on final tours (I’ve been to a lot of those of late – 2024 saw be attending them by Show of […]

Heemoon Lee @ the Purcell Room Chae Soo-jung @ the Korean Cultural Centre Bellowhead @ the Palladium Sean Kuti & Egypt 80 @ Koko Yazz Ahmed @ Grand Junction All very good and all within a week! I’m a lucky boy.

I know if it’s part of the London Jazz Festival there’s a pretty high chance it ain’t jazz. (Last night’s offering, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80.)

Yeah, I dunno how to do it. But it’s here: https://ibb.co/dgxS2c2 Just what came to mind. I’m already thinking wot no Bjork. Wot no Radiohead. etc.

More or less my commute to the office, on the rare occassion I go in.

Well, I really don’t need more CDs and got rid of a bunch of magazine comps when I moved recently, but I hate the idea of they getting chucked! If you find yourself heading into London at any point Metal Mickey…

Does Mojo do themed / curated discs? I’ve little interest in plain ‘best new releases’ compilations but some of the more creative releases are worth having.

I was there in real life. I agree about Camplight but am very surprised Marika Hackman didn’t come across well – for me and my friend she was the absolute highlight (and we’d never heard of her before). Olivia Cha […]

I’ve got a funny one from this year involving Steve Hillage. Can’t be bothered to type it up right now though. Another time ay?

I was there and I enjoyed it a lot. I managed to go without weeing for the whole thing, which is apparently possible when you are 22.

Wow, great meeting!

Thanks, a great review. I was at the Albert Hall show and loved it, but rather wished I’d also caught a full band show. One typo for you: ‘Take Care the Road You Choose’ is from ‘Sweet Warrior’, not his […]

I’ve been to every Glastonbury since 2000 and still have never seen Coldplay. The thing is, I like them quite well enough and would be up for seeing them, it’s just they’re always up against someone I like more. […]

Yes, word was they thought they had Madonna, but couldn’t make her stage stage work to their budget, then had Stevie Wonder lined up before he also cancelled his dates. So SZA was a bit of a left-field choice but […]