Even Butterflies Make A Sound
The new Snakes LP, Expo, finds the group entering a darker domain than their debut Colour Polished Dreams. Guest reviewer Anthony Gibbons dares to enter their lair. In Chinese mythology, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. In an interview with the BBC, Dr Xuan Wang, a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at Cardiff University, […]
Shake Rag, ace punk-blues rockabilly act from Hyde, has been invited to play Chelmsford’s Hot Box again, despite nearly taking the roof off a couple of years ago. The support for this Saturday’s show comes from local trio The Trial. Discover the connection between Shake Rag and Elvis Presley Ahead of the show, Richard Moses […]
A clever clogs once said: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” This statement has always really annoyed me. Why cannot someone do a shuffle of delight when their eyes first fall on a beautiful building? Who would deny Sir Christopher Wren a gigue when he saw a dome, for the first time in […]
Kill Bosco, the hotly tipped Essex four-piece, returns to the musical fray with a new single this week. The band launches the single with a performance at Hot Box in Chelmsford this Saturday (18 January), with support from Essex whippersnappers Park Drive and The Trial. A Kill Bosco LP is also due, but the band […]
Lewis Leverett is Essex born and bred. There are high hopes for him to follow in the well-beaten path of other Essex singer-songwriters, like Billy Bragg, Darren Hayman, and Dodie, into the nation’s consciousness. I bumped into him at the City Sound Studios in Chelmsford. He was there to perform live and chat with Paul […]
It’s a great week for music with new releases from fiercely independent artists, Julia-Sophie and Maria Uzor. They are mates and have previously worked together. They play live at The Victoria in Dalston this Wednesday.
Bird is the stage name of renowned award-winning, half-English, half-Irish multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Janie Price. In a career comprising many highlights, Bird kindly took time to speak with me about her most recent triumph: the film – both screenplay and soundtrack – she wrote. Please click on the image below to listen to the chat […]
Jo Bartlett, one half of legendary electronic/folk duo, It’s Jo and Danny, has released her first solo LP – the spookily titled Ghost Tapes 1 to 9.* A life in music: Jo Bartlett Jo and I chatted as part of Paul Dupree’s show on City Sound Radio. Please listen here to our discussion about the […]
I spoke to Leeroy Thornhill and Giuseppe Morena ahead of their joint show at Chelmsford’s Hot Box this coming Saturday (10 May). During the conversation, another news story emerged: they had both remixed tracks from Empirion’s most-recent LP. Please feel free to listen to my chat with them at the end of this article. So, […]
Ian Griffiths. Ian was the founder and sole constant member of kult kosmische rockers Kontakte. Following the untimely death in 2020 of his band-mate Stuart Low, Ian released the band’s final recordings last year. You can read all about the painstaking and often painful process here. Below, Ian guest reviews Hidden View, the new LP […]