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The underdog of guitar solos
Turin Brakes
October 30, 2024
Reasonably recently I got the pleasure of watching Turin Brakes live for the first time in about 20 years since…
The old songs, we love to hear
Shakin' Stevens
December 13, 2023
Christmas is wedded to nostalgia, in the UK it's often a nostalgia for a white Christmas. Which is weird when…
Don't believe them the original isn't always the best
Ben Folds
November 14, 2023
Having flung myself headlong into Ben Folds Five in the late 90s / early 2000s the 2001 solo album "Rockin'…
A gateway to hard jazz
Jamie Cullum
October 25, 2023
I remember first encountering Jamie Cullum but it took me a while to remember where and it turns out it…
The importance of MTV
Foo Fighters
June 29, 2023
The recent Foo Fighters album feels so familiar, in a good way. I'll often find myself listening to it and…
New Christmas songs work - with a hint of nostalgia
Jamie Cullum
December 21, 2022
I read somewhere that new Christmas songs don't work. I didn't get into the article but I fundamentally disagree, I've…
Drifting in and out
Gomez
November 15, 2022
I think I've written this before but Gomez were the first band I ever saw live - or at least…
The great small town storybook
Stereophonics
May 8, 2022
The Stereophonics dropped a new album recently, I hadn't heard much pre-release, I just noticed it in my Spotify feed…
Oh, dig it - It's not all about the guitar
Jimi Hendrix
June 12, 2021
I recently had a guitar repaired* and when I got it back the first thing I did was blast out…
