Katherine Priddy has been wonderful on this tour, hasn’t she? And George Boomsma is such an excellent foil.

(@Clive Eric Clapton staged a Gary Brooker charity gig at Woking Leisure Centre on New Year’s Eve 2022 into 2023. Henry Spinetti, Dave Bronze, Paul Carrack, Doyle Bramhall II were in the band, plus backing v […]

I saw Bernard Butler solo at the Green Note in Camden a couple of weeks ago. He casually mentioned as a quiet aside that James Grant was “a genius”. He also told a very self-effacing story about how ina […]

Thanks for putting in the hard work! 1 The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy 2 The Mysterines – Afraid Of Tomorrows 3 Katherine Priddy – The Pendulum Swing 4 Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department 5 […]

The Last Dinner Party at the Roundhouse The Mysterines at Guildford Boilerroom Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Cardiff Principality Stadium Nerina Pallot at London […]

Blimey @jim. Wishing you the best in your terrific endeavour. I offer you not strictly an album, but a very long single song. Marillion’s “Ocean Cloud” is an 18 minute tribute to Don Allum, the first perso […]

Make sure you get promenade tickets, @fentonsteve. This production is terrific.

Sunday 17th July 1994, Phoenix Festival, Long Marston. I had been reporting on the event for BBC local radio, and John Peel had been the on stage MC for all four days. Instead of sampling the delights of Iggy […]

Kelly Joe Phelps: thanks for including him. Tomorrow marks two years since his untimely passing. There’s an excellent group on Facebook called “Kelly Joe Phelps Fans” which gathers together terrific audio and v […]

So glad you enjoyed it too! Everyone in the audience seemed really happy, and willing her on to knock it out of the park. I’ve been seeing her live right from the start of career, back in 2001. Sometimes her p […]

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Yup. I’ll be there, in the front row with my 19 year old niece who is a huge fan. We’ve been looking forward to this gig since she confirmed she’d booked the Palladium during one of her tiny shows just round […]

Saw them live twice last week. Absolutely terrific band.

@fentonsteve Talking of Clayhill, Ted Barnes is putting on a very rare gig this coming week in Walthamstow. It’s likely that he’ll be airing a few Meadows-adjacent tunes. The last time he played, Ali Friend pro […]

Jude has also written an article for The Quietus: My box arrived today (sorry, @fentonsteve); really looking forward to spending the weekend with it. She’s been my absolute hero since those French And Saunders d […]

I think I went through a period of watching or listening to that version of “Monster” at least once a day for a year or so. The drumming continues to blow my tiny mind. She’s done something on the latest Cory […]

From the TFL website: “Most vehicles don’t need to register with us because we already know if they meet the emissions standards for the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Register y […]

…is the correct answer. Was going to post the same myself. Thanks!

Just to add my meagre two-penn’orth: I still cherish my mid-‘80s model Fender MIJ Telecaster ‘62 reissue, candy apple red, double bound. Saved up all my car-washing money for months, and asked my mum for an ad […]

You beauty, @niallb. Thanks!

You had me at “Joby Fox”. I’ll be ordering imminently…