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Here’s Squeeze playing Annie Get Your Gun at the Anchor and Hope on Tuesday 8th June 2010. This was a billed as “Glenn and friends” gig and it was a pleasant surprise when Mr Difford, along with John Bentley, Simon Hanson and Stephen Large also turned up. The pub was packed full and a great […]
5 classic studio albums packaged together in a new slim line slipcase from one of the biggest female artists of the 70s & 80s, commonly referred to the ‘British Queen Of Blues’. In 2012, Elkie had released more albums that had reached the top 75 of the UK album chart than any other British female […]
Welcome to The Social Club. The Social Club opens its doors again on February 6th Live music and chats, special guests with spuds on the bar. A place to come and share your thoughts and ask questions, a place to be part of a new online community to embrace each other’s hopes and fears. A […]
Chris wrote … Today we saw just below 9 hours of daylight we wont see that figure again until the end of January, two months from now. As we enter the tunnel of Christmas and December things become claustrophobic. Most years this would be a time of touring and travel, shopping for presents and staying […]
In 2016 Chris Difford, co-front man of Squeeze and Ivor Novello award-winning lyricist, collaborated with Boo Hewerdine to write Fancy Pants; a musical narrative, (described variously as a Play On Words and a Mid Life Musical). Fancy Pants tells the story of how love comes along later in life to save a formerly famous prog-rock […]
Our good friend Tony Andrews, a dedicated music lover, a deeply knowledgeable but completely unpretentious authority on certain types of Jazz, both live and recorded and an all-round decent bloke wrote this. Tony, we all thank you for this. Being as I am a devotee of real music one issue seems to get to me […]
NB: The above is just one of Mo’s extensive instrument collection. It has no relevance to the post below; we just happened to like the image. Yes, it is ‘effectively an EB3 and an SG on one body’ says Mo. Anyway, moving on ….. Mo tells us ….. I had been a fan of Gil […]
Although Iain Matthews hadnt realised it at the time, Walking A Changing Line was one of the most important of his career. A comeback of sorts. It was his one and only concept album and it reaps dividends until today. Beneath his band cooperations with Fairport Convention, Plainsong, HiFi and Matthews Southern Comfort he always […]
Editor’s note: ANY words by me, however carefully considered and heartfelt are utterly insufficient in the face of this. Neil. ====================