I have just completed my fourth week in self-isolation. Other than a visit to a local supermarket three weeks ago the only outside space I have seen is my garden. I am not alone, far from it. Millions of people around the world are getting by on little more than an hour a day spent …
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Locked down 2 – Stir Crazy
Working from home is a tough gig. On the positive side, I am kept very busy so the day passes quickly. I realise what a great bunch of people I am working with, the team spirit is fantastic. I speak with Craig who I share an office with most days which always boosts my morale …
Locked down
We live in strange time’s comrades. Increasingly large parts of our lives are on lock down. Some of us are personally locked down for the foreseeable future. I have just completed a week of self-isolation; I’ve had to work at home for a week and I found it unbelievably stressful. It’s likely that we will …
(I don’t want to go to) Sheffield. Elvis Costello Sheffield City Hall 7th March 2020
After a musically barren (gig wise) February I was really looking forward to seeing this show. We hadn’t seen Elvis Costello since he played an acoustic show in our hometown in the early eighties. Support act that night was someone I’d never heard of, T Bone Burnett. I vowed to myself to look out for …
A musical epiphany
I love music, have done since I was very young. It has defined my life, influenced travel plans and consumed a significant part of my income. I have heard many people say they love music too but what they really mean is they like it. Like doesn’t confer any sort of passion hence they use …
It’s a grand old place. My love affair with Liverpool
This blog is about my enduring love for the city of Liverpool. I have visited many of Great Britain’s best cities but none feel as welcoming as Liverpool. Natives are known as Liverpudlians or more commonly as Scousers (after the cities signature dish). In England we have Cockneys, Brummies, Mancs, Northerners, Southerners……..I could go on………but …
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I drink therefore I am
The Ultimate Pub crawl!! My adult life has been defined by three things; Music, travel and drinking in no particular order. In my previous blogs I have concentrated on gigs we’ve attended recently and the cities where they took place. Of course, every city we have visited has resulted in visits to the various hostelries …
Goodnight Austin Texas, Wherever you are
My friend Phil e-mailed me at 6.0 am on Thursday. His neighbours had just complained that he was playing Live and Dangerous (by Thin Lizzy) too loud. ‘You can’t play Live and Dangerous too loud’ I replied. I guess it was Midnight in Austin, a great time to blast out Thin Lizzy. I have been …
The blog on the Tyne
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turresi – The Sage Gateshead 29/11/2019 So to the final leg of our November tour that has featured two visits to Bury, Edinburgh and the latest trip to Newcastle. We have seen Wishbone Ash, Mary Gauthier, The Hot Club of Cowtown and Rhiannon Giddens. We’ve been to Newcastle a few times …
Come to Marlboro country!
Hot Club of Cowtown – The Met Bury, 16th November 2019 Back in Bury again, just two weeks since our last visit. Honestly, my heart lifts as we drive into this small town. I always smile when I pass the Roach Hotel, I must go there! Even if we don’t stay there I must have …