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‘There Is Always A Dawn’ – Judas Goat & the Bellwether
The Climates Songwriting Competition is an offshoot of the Frome International Climate Film Festival. The Festival itself is a Community Interest Company whose mission is ‘Connecting, Sharing, Supporting and Inspiring Positive Change through Film’. It takes place at the Cheese … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheese and Grain, folk-rock, Frome International Climate Film Festival, Frome Yeovil, Jerusalem, Judas Goat, Judas Goat & the Bellwether, Judas Goat and the Bellwether, Peter Vincent, Sara Vian, The Climates, The Climates Songwriting Competition, William Blake
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Sixto Rodriguez 1942-2023
RIP Sixto Rodríguez whose death was announced this month. He needs no introduction to my friends from South Africa where he was, literally, a legend. In that country he was easily more famous than The Rolling Stones, to take one … Continue reading
The Searchers – ‘Take Me For What I’m Worth’: an album retrospective review
*****Ahead of their time with this cult classic***** While The Searchers ‘Thank You’ tour proceeds I have been listening to all The Searchers’ albums in sequence. Coming to their fifth studio album – their last from Pye Records – released … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Thank You' Tour, Be My Baby, Beach Boys, Bend Me Shape Me, Byrds, Chris Curtis, Does She Really Care For Me, Each Time, Four STrong Winds, Frank Allen, Fred Anisfield, Glen Campbell, Hi Ho Silver Lining, I'll Be Doggone, Ian Tyson, Jackie deShannon, John McNally, Larry Weiss, Mike Pender, P.F. Sloan, Pet SOunds, Pye Records, Rhinestone Cowboy, Searchers, Take Me For What I'm Worth, The Byrds, The Searchers, Too Many Miles, When You Walk In The Room, Younger Than Yesterday
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BBC Centenary – Colin’s Compulsive Listens
The BBC is now 100 years old. In commemoration of that, I have reflected on my top ‘must-listen’ shows – five BBC radio programmes from my lifetime that I was personally hooked on. #5 NICK GIRDLER – ‘The Late Shift’ … Continue reading
Best of 2021
Three great albums from 2021 The Lost Trades’ The Bird, The Book & The Barrel was the exceptionally harmonious product of Wiltshire singer-songwriters Phil Cooper, Jamie R. Hawkins and Tamsin Quin. The Last Inklings – Kadia alumni Leonardo MacKenzie and … Continue reading
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Book Review: When Reading Really Rocked
WHEN READING REALLY ROCKED: THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE IN READING 1966-1976 Adrian Moulton, Mike Warth & Austin Matthews (TWO RIVERS PRESS) http://www.tworiverspress.com Softcover. 138 pp. This is a very readable account of the music scene in just one provincial … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Moulton, Alan Clayson, Amboy Dukes, Argonauts, Arthur Brown, Austin Matthews, Brewers Droop, G.T. Moore, GT Moore, Marianne Faithfull, Mike Cooper, Mike Oldfield, Mike Warth, Party Seven, Reading Festival, Reading music, Sally Oldfield, The Amboy Dukes, Thing-A-Me-Jig club, tudor lodge, Two Rivers Press, When Reading Really Rocked
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Best of 2020
Three great albums from 2020 In Rúnian, the ingenuity of improvisational duo The Ciderhouse Rebellion reached another level when they combined with poet Jessie Summerhayes to form Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter. Scots singer-songwriter Robert Severin scored an impressive debut of … Continue reading
Tony Hooper: a personal tribute
Tony Hooper, vocalist, acoustic guitarist and tambourine player with Strawbs, in two stints with the band, sadly died on Wednesday at the age of 81. Tony was a founder member, along with David Cousins, of The Strawberry Hill Boys, essentially … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Cousins, David Cousins, Hud, John Ford, Richard Hudson, Rick Wakeman, Rod Demick, Strawberry Hill Boys, Strawbs, Tony Hooper
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A view of COVID-19 and theatre arts in Berkshire
Due to go on furlough that evening, Heidi Bird, Outreach Director of Newbury’s Watermill Theatre, made time to speak to me about the renowned provincial theatre’s lockdown activities, when I caught up with her this month. The theatre had “gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Centre, Bagnor, Berkshire, Bracknell, coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, Craig Titley, furlough, Heidi Bird, Newbury, South Hill Park, theatre, Watermill Theatre
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CD review: Northern Lights – Suntrap
Northern Lights – Suntrap OWN LABEL (SUNTRAP005) 2019 The Surrey four-piece have produced their fifth album, the first with fiddle player John Sandall and their newest member, popular guitarist and singer Sue Graves. I had, on first listen, wondered if … Continue reading
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Tagged Accordion, Carey, Guitar, Here There And Everywhere, John Sandall, Mandolin, Mary Wilson, Northern Lights, piano, Sara Byers, Sue Graves, Suntrap, Tom Evans
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The Bailey Beat 