Noel Gallagher was interviewed by the BBC at the back end of 2014 and claimed that the working class in Britain no longer has a voice and that he finds popular music increasingly dominated by the middle class. Paul Weller has also come out and said, ‘I'm missing a lot of working class bands; I think … Continue reading No More Heroes Anymore?
In terms of the live music experience I have recently been asking myself ‘what exactly is it about singer-songwriters that captivates me’; the solo performer on stage armed only with a guitar, more often than not an acoustic guitar, sometimes fortified with various sound effects and loop pedals, but nonetheless, a singular person up there … Continue reading What is it about Singer–Songwriters?
We were 16 year old schoolmates in the fifth form at a grammar school in Hillingdon, outer west London. We both had similar tastes in music, and apart from other interests in bands like Cream (both of us) and singer-songwriters like David Ackles (mainly Herman), we were particularly interested in the music beginning to emanate … Continue reading We saw Nick Drake – Twice!
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